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FRAME

Creator(s): Pierre Antoine Baudouin (Painter)

On view in: First Floor Library


About this object

The frame has a border of leaf scrolls carved in high relief. There are two on each side, each on a separate applied plaque. There are two together at the top and bottom with a quatrefoil on each corner. It contains a miniature with is a reproduction of a galant scene in an interior with a man and a woman in 18th century dress in the style of Boucher. It is backed in green silk brocade.

Object name:
FRAME
Made from:
Ivory -- miniature -- glass -- brocade
Made in:
FRANCE
Date made:
19th c.
Size:
13.6 x 11.9 cm (5 3/8 x 4 11/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
36.132
Class:
IVORY
Signature marks:
SIGNATURE miniature signed on the lower right corner: Bodouin
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973