FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF ELLEN BREVOORT MACNEILLE
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: First Floor Library
About this object
The frame is rectangular with the top edge slightly curved. It is carved from pale green jade. At the top center is one oval medallion in carved carnelian. There is an inner border of chased gilt metal. The jade is carved with an openwork design of leaves, vines and flowers. Contains a black and white photograph of Ellen Brevoort MacNeille, ca. 1957, wearing a strapless evening gown, a single strand of pearls, and filigree earrings.
- Object name:
- FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF ELLEN BREVOORT MACNEILLE
- Made from:
- Jade -- brass -- carnelian -- photograph
- Made in:
- China
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 30.8 × 24.6 cm (12 1/8 × 9 11/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 62.127
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- Inscription miller of washington Lower left corner of photograph. Embossed and cropped so that the bottom of the letters are missing. Inscription TOP Center top of back of frame. Handwritten in pencil.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973