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1940	We acquired this object.
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Frieze, Japanese Passion Flower

This is a Frieze. It is dated ca. 1880 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is block-printed on embossed paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

This object was donated by Edith Wetmore and Maude Wetmore. It is credited Gift of Edith and Maude Wetmore.

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a floral pattern. The pattern consists of nine large, white, realistic, radially symmetrical flowers, on a blue background with golden brown stems and leaves and four identical, evenly spaced, stylized, round, brown medallions containing smaller white flowers that look like simplified cherry blossom. While the large flowers and leaves look realistic, the veins on some of the leaves are stylized with geometric patterns formed by a continuous line that remind of a Greek key pattern. The large flowers have five large white petals each, with brown nectar guides and a complex, circular structure in the center so that stigma and stamens are not clearly visible. The drawing is on a square with wider lateral margins. In the center of the drawing, there is a subtly penciled 50x50 grid of identical squares, numbered 1 to 50 along each of the four sides and in the middle of the grid. The pattern is such that it can be repeated, like in a block print, because the lines at opposite margins match and complete each other.

Drawing, Textile Design: Japonisme
brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on paper.
Museum Purchase.
1982-50-1

A wooden bookcase with a taller double-width center section and a shorter single-width section to right and left of the center. A variety of woods were used, in particular walnut and blackened cherry. The piece is embellished with inlays and there are six drawers, each with a bronze pull. The doors of the cabinet have glass panels and can be locked.

Bookcase
joined and inlaid walnut, ebonized cherry, marquetry of various woods,....
Gift of George P. Ververis, Jr..
2013-12-1-a/mm

Its dimensions are

68.5 x 57.5 cm (26 15/16 x 22 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Used as frieze with 1939-45-7.

Cite this object as

Frieze, Japanese Passion Flower; possibly England; block-printed on embossed paper; 68.5 x 57.5 cm (26 15/16 x 22 5/8 in.); Gift of Edith and Maude Wetmore; 1939-45-11-a,b

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Botanical Expressions.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2D7in/
Accession Number 1939-45-11-a,b
Object ID 18556831