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FRAME WITH WEDDING PHOTOGRAPH OF ELLEN BREVOORT MACNEILLE

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: First Floor Library


About this object

Frame is rectangular with top edge slightly curved. The jade is pale green and carved in a design of leaves and flowers. In each corner is an oval carved medallion, two in jade, two in carnelian. Each medallion is framed by a chased gilt metal corner. At top center are carved two small birds and pot of flowers. Frame contains a black and white photograph mounted on paperboard of Ellen Brevoort MacNeille in 1957 wearing her wedding gown for her marriage to Captain George Dudley Iverson V, USA.

Object name:
FRAME WITH WEDDING PHOTOGRAPH OF ELLEN BREVOORT MACNEILLE
Made from:
Jade -- metal -- carnelian
Made in:
China
Date made:
20th c.
Size:
40.6 x 32 cm (16 x 12 5/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
62.121
Class:
HARDSTONE
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973