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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