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Design for a Plate

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Design for plate bordered with gold circular medallions with pendant flowers; in turn those have hanging flowers with 2 prongs against a light green ground; at center is a floral medallion with quatrefoil motif inside. Inscribed in graphite, upper margin: numbers and several tableware designs
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
For
Noritake, Japan and New York, New York, USA
Date
1880–1910
Medium
Brush and gold gouache, green watercolor, graphite on cream paper
Dimensions
28.7 x 15.5 cm (11 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Mat: 35.7 x 45.7 cm (14 1/16 x 18 in.)
Type
tableware designs
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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