About This Artwork

French, Limoges

Pair of Plaques with Interlaced Chimeras, 1200/50

Gilded bronze, copper
a.: 9.5 x 3.8 cm (3 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.) b.: 3.8 x 9.2 cm (1 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf through The Antiquarian Society, 1985.1094a-b

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Art Institute of Chicago, Medieval Decorative Arts from Chicago Collections, 2 October 1985 – 5 January 1986.

Art Institute of Chicago, A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago, 12 November 1986 – 4 January 1987, cat. 17.

Ownership History

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Alsdorf, Winnetka, Illinois, by 1985 [according to copy of department catalogue card in curatorial file]; loaned to the Art Institute, 1985 [according to Receipt of Object #33201 in Registrar’s office]; given to the Art Institute through the Antiquarian Society, 1985.