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Medium:
Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze
Type:
tiles
Decorative Arts
Tile wall facing
Made in:
Possibly Rotterdam, Holland
Possibly Delft, Netherlands
Date:
ca. 1725
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Horizontal rectangle. Thirty tiles wide and twenty-three tiles high with opening for fireplace eleven tiles wide and ten high. Foliage arabesques disposed about three vertical axes from which are emphazised by urns at center and right, and at left by the figure of a standing woman carrying an infant on her arm and accompanied by two children.
Credit Line:
Gift of William Randolph Hearst
Accession Number:
1926-43-4-107
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq495a210a2-4a89-434f-a053-0f878a358b2c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1926-43-4-107