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