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FRAME WITH MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST AS MARIE ANTOINETTE

Creator(s): Edward F. Caldwell & Company, Inc. (Manufacturer) , C. E. Patino (Miniaturist)

Currently in storage


About this object

The base of the frame is made from a rectangular piece of mottled marble with a gilt bronze band of beading. The frame itself has an elaborate design of scrolls and leaves along the side and there is a boy as a protome on either side. At the top is a vase of flowers. The frame is oval in shape and contains a miniature portrait of Marjorie Merriweather Post in a Marie Antoinette costume. She is seen almost full length. She faces to the left and holds an outspread fan in her right hand. Her other hand is placed on her hip.

Object name:
FRAME WITH MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST AS MARIE ANTOINETTE
Made from:
gilt bronze -- marble -- miniature -- watercolor on ivory
Made in:
New York City, USA
Date made:
1927
Size:
21.6 × 24.1 cm (8 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
14.104
Class:
METAL
Signature marks:
MARK E.F. Caldwell & Co. New York [On back of frame] SIGNATURE; DATE C.E. Patino 1927 [On front lower left of miniature]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973