Garniture
Garniture
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- Description
- Gold-painted circular wicker or woven fiber basket laden with flowers, including pansies and violets, crafted from colored threads stretched over wire frames and accented with silk leaves. Covered by a clear colorless glass dome or shade that fits on a circular, scotia-molded wood base covered with maroon velvet on three ball feet. No marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- garniture
- bouquet, threadwork
- date made
- 1850-1900
- place made
- United States: Maryland, Baltimore
- Physical Description
- wood (base material)
- silk thread (flowers material)
- silk fabric (leaves material)
- wire (flowers, stems material)
- wicker (basket material)
- paint (basket material)
- glass (shade material)
- velvet (base lining material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 5/8 in x 11 1/2 in; 32.0675 cm x 29.21 cm
- ID Number
- DL.68.0480
- catalog number
- 68.0480
- accession number
- 274913
- Credit Line
- Bequest of August Mencken
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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