Chemise

About 1920

  • Titles Chemise (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk, cotton, lace
  • Dimensions 33 × 17 in. (83.8 × 43.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift by Jean Schulman and Doryce Levi, in memory of Miss Bertha Klenova, 1986.77
  • Work Type chemise
  • Classification Costume

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Covered urn of white jasper with green jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, on round foot with overlapping acanthus leaves around the edge, the lower body with acanthus leaf motifs, the main body divided into four reserves with decorative lattice work in between, each reserve with an applied white classical vignette, including Psyche bound by Cupids, Aurora in her Chariot, Cupid as Oracle, and Muses watering Pegasus, with a band of ivy leaves and ribbon just below the shoulder and with acanthus leaves around the neck and on the cover, with drop finial.
Plate with lotus pattern in blue
Cast from mold with profile portrait of George Washington
Large, elegant, vase-shaped silver covered urn on round foot resting on square base that is edged with beading, the main body likewise with two bands of beading around the upper edge and shoulder, with two elongated loop handles that terminate in leafy motifs, the tall, slender cover rises up to a domed tip, with urn-shaped finial, the main body engraved with a coat-of-arms (unidentified).