Placemat

20th century

  • Titles Placemat (Descriptive)
  • Medium rayon; cotton
  • Dimensions 17 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (44.5 × 29.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Coleman Cooper in memory of his mother, Olive Bryan Cooper, 1984.116.1
  • Work Type placemat
  • Classification Furnishings and Equipment

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Salad fork with handle of dark blue jasper with white relief decoration in a pattern of acanthus leaves and small floral motifs, a small floral motif at the tip, the stem and handle of silver plate.
Cast-iron key hook in the shape of a cartouche, pierced with scrolling foliage and shell motifs, from this element hangs an acanthus leaf pendant and hook.
Solid light blue jasper tea canister with applied white jasper relief decoration, bulbous in shape on round foot, the lower body engine turned, on one side of the canister figures from the Domestic Employment series and on the other the scene of Poor Maria featuring a seated young woman and her dog, on the shoulder a band of overlapping acanthus leaves and a band of roulette-made circles at the top of the short neck, the foot with a band of white around it, the cover (likely a marriage) with acanthus leaves and a pinched ball finial.
Elongated oval light blue jasper cameo with white relief of two women part of the three graces, Aphrodite and Athena below a floral swag