Study for "The Mermaid Window," A.H. Barney Residence, New York, NY
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Object Details
- Artist
- Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923
- Client
- Ashbel Holmes Barney, American, 1816 - 1886
- Manufacturer
- Louis C. Tiffany & Co., American, active 1881–1883
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Narrow flanking panel for central composition. Pearl rocaille escutcheon swings from branch of under water plant, with fish swimming about. Large conch shell at bottom.
- Credit Line
- Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 1882
- Accession Number
- 1955-38-2-a
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- architecture
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pastel crayon, brush and wash on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 22.7 x 8.1 cm (8 15/16 x 3 3/16 in.)
- made in
- New York, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1955-38-2-a
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ce20f4b4-6763-47e0-801b-1f41c91a0bd9
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