FRAME
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: First Floor Library
About this object
The frame has a border of leaf scrolls which are carved in high relief. There are two on each side, each on a separate applied plaque. There are two together at the top and bottom, with a quatrefoil on each corner. It contains a miniature reproduction of a galant scene in an interior with a man and a woman in 18th century dress in the style of Boucher. The man is seated in large blue easy chair, and the woman is standing. There is a low screen with a figure of a Chinaman in the room. It is backed in green silk brocade.
- Object name:
- FRAME
- Made from:
- Ivory -- miniature -- brocade -- glass
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 13.8 x 11.9 cm (5 7/16 x 4 11/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.133
- Class:
- IVORY
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973