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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Urn of Flowers
Date Made:1st half 19th century
Type:Painting
Materials:water based color on velvet
Place Made:United States
Measurements:sight: 15 1/4 x 15 1/8 in.; 38.735 x 38.4175 cm
Narrative Inscription:  unsigned, undated
Accession Number:  SC 1990.5.6
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Seltzer (Selma Pelonsky, class of 1919)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
theorem painting of a flatly done urn with flowers; still life; flower

Label Text:
Theorem paintings (like "decals") were done by young ladies "in the parlor." Those done on velvet most sought after as technique of painting-on-velvet is hard to do.

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