A close-up detail from near the left bottom portion of a voluminous, horizontal mural, showing in muted colors, allegorical figures representing Church and State. Three figures stand behind a kneeling figure, each with almond-shaped eyes, long noses, and unsmiling, closed lips. The kneeling figure, presumably a Papal guard, faces toward the right of the mural, wearing a cap over long, curly hair and dressed with a voluminously draped robe over tights, and revealing short Robin Hood-like boots. The figure holds a tall staff -- possibly a halberd -- upward with a bent left arm; the right hand holds a decorative chalice. The standing figure on the left is dressed in a ceremonial armor, with an upturned cap (possibly a Morion helmet), and hands folded over a long sword, pointed downward. The standing figure in the center wears a miter headdress ('Pope's Hat'; reserved for bishops and abbots), and is lavishly clothed in liturgical dress. The standing figure on the right, with reddish, feather-like hair, carries a a trefoil-topped staff over the left sholder, and wears a polka-dotted drape tied across the chest. The mural is framed along the bottom with a border of triangles arranged in alternating arrows, in a repetitive color scheme and varying sizes.

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Mural Detail, The World of Radio, 1934

This is a Mural detail. It was made for Jessica Dragonette. It is dated 1934. Its medium is cotton and its technique is wax resist dyeing (batik) on plain weave.

Allegorical figures representing Church and State.

It is credited Gift of Nicholas Meredith Turner in memory of Jessica Dragonette.

Mural, The World of Radio
cotton.
Gift of Nicholas Meredith Turner in memory of Jessica Dragonette..
1983-73-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The World of Radio.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2FYuqt/
Accession Number s-e-2270
Object ID 1108721995