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Medium:
Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze
Type:
tiles
Decorative Arts
Wall facing
Made in:
Possibly Delft, Netherlands
Possibly Rotterdam, Holland
Date:
ca. 1725
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Horizontal rectangle. Thirty-seven tiles wide and twenty-one high with opening for door or window nineteen and one-half tiles high and twelve wide. To left and right of opening, centered canopy above. Left, woman representing Hope, right, a sculputure urn. Centered above opening, a mascaron. Arabesque design of foliage.
Credit Line:
Gift of William Randolph Hearst
Accession Number:
1926-43-5-235
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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/kq419216850-4fbe-4c52-88d3-87ddb48df906
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1926-43-5-235