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FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Creator(s): Cartier (Firm)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

The sides of this silver frame are reeded, ending in plain squares at each corner. At center top is the presidential seal in silver and enamel. The frame contains a black and white photographic reproduction of a painting of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Frank O. Salisbury.

Object name:
FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Made from:
Silver -- enamel
Made in:
New York, USA
Date made:
1933-1939
Size:
53 x 42.1 x 3.2 cm (20 7/8 x 16 9/16 x 1 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.377
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
MARK on bottom: Cartier / STERLING 925 1000 bottom edge of frame at center INSCRIPTION For Marjorie Davies from her / friend / Franklin D. Roosevelt at bottom left of print on paper mount handwritten in ink INSCRIPTION To Mrs Post Davies with best wishes / Frank O. Salisbury at bottom right of print on paper mount handwritten in pencil copyright A.C. Cooper & Sons LTD / FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHERS / 2,3& 84, Rose & Crown Yard, / KING STREET on reverse of paperboard backing stamped in blue ink identification number S280 on reverse of paperboard backing handwritten in pencil
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973