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FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF MELISSA MACNEILLE

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: First Floor Library


About this object

The frame is carved from pale jade. It is rectangular with a slightly curved top edge. The carved designs include a vase at the top and sprays of leaves along the sides and bottom. The jade is held in a frame of silvered wood. The frame contains a black and white photograph mounted on cardboard of Melissa MacNeille, ca. 1956. She faces the camera and wears a double strand of pearls and a dark johnny-collar sweater.

The frame is carved from pale jade. It is rectangular with a slightly curved top edge. The carved designs include a vase at the top and sprays of leaves along the sides and bottom. The jade is held in a frame of silvered wood. The frame contains a black and white photograph mounted on cardboard of Melissa MacNeille, ca. 1956. She faces the camera and wears a double strand of pearls and a dark johnny collar sweater.

Object name:
FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF MELISSA MACNEILLE
Made from:
Jade -- metal -- wood -- photograph
Made in:
China
Date made:
20th c.
Size:
41.3 x 31.9 cm (16 1/4 x 12 9/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
62.118
Class:
HARDSTONE
Signature marks:
Inscription Bradford Bachrach Lower right corner of photograph. Engraved Inscription X Center top of back of frame. Handwritten in pencil.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973