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FRAME

Creator(s): Heuvel & Co., Inc. (Jeweler) , Malcolm Rae (Miniaturist)

Currently in storage


About this object

The rectangular agate frame is beveled. The inner gold frame is reeded crosswise. On the top and bottom is a piece of coral set in tiny diamonds. On the two sides are two each of decorations that are gold with four ribs. The miniature is of Nedenia Hutton as a young girl. She is sitting and reading at a card table. She wears a blue dotted dress. The frame came with its fitted box.

Object name:
FRAME
Made from:
Agate -- gold -- coral -- diamonds -- miniature -- watercolor on ivory -- leather -- silk -- fabric
Made in:
New York, USA
Date made:
before 1938
Size:
5 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (14.6 × 12.1 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
21.128
Class:
HARDSTONE
Signature marks:
SIGNATURE: M. Rae [On miniature lower right] LABEL: HEUVEL & Co, INC. / ONE EAST 57TH ST., / New York [In box]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973