Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Luce Center
Ladies' writing fire screen
Object Number:
Z.1021
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, textile, leaves
Dimensions:
open: 17 3/4 x 28 1/4 x 1/8 in. ( 45.1 x 71.8 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Ladies' writing fire screen composed of seven glass panels with gothic-arched tops, each panel with green silk fabric stitched around outside edges; decorated with leaf specimens, one varieity for each panel, held to glass by backing of tulle fabric.
Gallery Label:
This ladies' writing fire screen and a related example were made by Eliza Lawrence Wells of New Brunswick, New Jersey, daughter of Thomas Lawrence Wells and Julia Brach Lawrence Wells.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward Rutledge, 1954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
