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ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]
Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.
DepartmentHistoric House
Folding Screen
Date1917
Mediumleather, embossed and painted, and attached to a wood frame
DimensionsOverall: 62 3/8 x 84 1/2 x 7/8 in. (158.4 x 214.6 x 2.2 cm)
Each Panel: 62 3/8 x 21 1/8 x 7/8 in. (158.4 x 53.7 x 2.2 cm)
Credit LineReynolda Estate
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object number1922.2.96
DescriptionThe folding screen consists of four identical panels with embossed and painted leather on their obverses and plain painted leather on their reverses all attached to wooden frames with domed upholstery tacks and hinged together. The decorative panels include flowers and ornaments rendered in gold, bronze, iron-red, sage-green, russet and tan on a dark teal-green background.ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]
Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.
Status
Not on view
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