FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF ELEANOR POST CLOSE
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: First Floor Library
About this object
An ivory frame which is elaborately carved with flowers and leaves. On the top sit two putti who hold a medallion with a monogram. It has an easel back. It is set with an oval miniature of Eleanor Barzin. She is seen bust length, facing forward. Her hair is upswept and she wears a pearl necklace and a dress with thin straps.
- Object name:
- FRAME WITH MINIATURE OF ELEANOR POST CLOSE
- Made from:
- Ivory -- miniature -- watercolor on ivory
- Made in:
- France
- Date made:
- 19th c.-20th c.
- Size:
- 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.119
- Class:
- IVORY
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM on frame upper center: CLM (in script)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973