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A work made of wooden box with lid, covered in various commercially prepared decorative papers, lined with commercially printed gold paper. the lid has a glass cover beneath which the artist assembled a three-dimensional collage of etched and cut ivory wove paper elements, with touches of watercolor and gouache.

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  • A work made of wooden box with lid, covered in various commercially prepared decorative papers, lined with commercially printed gold paper. the lid has a glass cover beneath which the artist assembled a three-dimensional collage of etched and cut ivory wove paper elements, with touches of watercolor and gouache.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Mrs. James Ward Thorne
American, 1882-1966

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Narcissa Niblack Thorne

Title

Untitled

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1902–1966

Medium

Wooden box with lid, covered in various commercially prepared decorative papers, lined with commercially printed gold paper. The lid has a glass cover beneath which the artist assembled a three-dimensional collage of etched and cut ivory wove paper elements, with touches of watercolor and gouache

Dimensions

10 × 15 × 65 cm (3 15/16 × 5 15/16 × 25 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertrande Coleman

Reference Number

2013.177

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