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Cut-out Decorative Foil (India)

This is a Cut-out Decorative Foil. It was designed by Lockwood de Forest. It is dated 1881–90 and we acquired it in 2014. Its medium is pierced and cut-out sheet brass foil. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

De Forest ordered large numbers of decorative foils in a variety of shapes and patterns of piercing, often identified with numbers like the room’s teak panels. De Forest drew on traditional textile and metalwork patterns, such as the scrolling vine seen on one foil, in the room’s woodwork, and on the nearby oil lamp and cap.

This object was donated by Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery. It is credited Gift of Sullivan Goss - An American Art Gallery.

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Cut-out (India), 1881–90
pierced and cut-out sheet brass foil.
Gift of Sullivan Goss - An American Art Gallery.
2014-42-2

Cut-out
pierced and cut-out sheet copper foil.
Gift of Sullivan Goss - An American Art Gallery.
2014-42-6

An oblong matchsafe with rounded sides and corners, decorated with silver, winding tendrils that have flowers with copper centers on a steely-gray ground. The lid has a protruding rounded silver lip running along its lower edge. At the bottom of the matchsafe is a small oval shaped striker.

Paisley Decoration Matchsafe
silver, copper, niello.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1982-23-56

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Sample Book, Paisley Collection
screen-printed, flock, vinyl, foil, mylar.
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2010-26-1-1/99

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cotton, silk.
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Pair Of Earrings (USA)
gold, cut rubies.
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1995-51-2-a,b

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 8.9 × 35.6 × 0.2 cm (3 1/2 in. × 14 in. × 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

"N 95" stamped on side margin

Cite this object as

Cut-out Decorative Foil (India); Designed by Lockwood de Forest (American, 1850–1932); pierced and cut-out sheet brass foil; H x W x D: 8.9 × 35.6 × 0.2 cm (3 1/2 in. × 14 in. × 1/16 in.); Gift of Sullivan Goss - An American Art Gallery; 2014-42-4

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Passion for the Exotic: Lockwood de Forest, Frederic Church.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/75k5g/
Accession Number 2014-42-4
Object ID 68743587