FRAME WITH WEDDING PHOTOGRAPH OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER DURANT
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: First Floor Library
About this object
Frame is rectangular with the top edge slightly curved. It is carved in pale green jade. At the top is a single oval carved medallion in carnelian. The carved designs include sprays of leaves and flowers. Frame contains a black and white photograph mounted on paperboard of Marjorie Merriweather Durant in 1956 wearing her wedding dress for her marriage to Ronald Bowles Waller.
- Object name:
- FRAME WITH WEDDING PHOTOGRAPH OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER DURANT
- Made from:
- Jade -- brass -- carnelian
- Made in:
- China
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 40.3 x 32.1 cm (15 7/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 62.123
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- MARK CHINA on righthand side of back of frame mark is scratched in stone inscription miller of washington lower right hand corner of front of photograph Inscription is raised and in all lowercase letters. mark CHINA on lefthand side of back of frame mark is scratched in stone mark on lefthand side of back of frame left facing checkmark in graphite
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973