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Lincrusta-Walton
Christopher Dresser1884
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Repeat of leafy stems and rosettes in relief, gold on dull red. One half of each leaf textured with cross-hatching, pebbling, imbrication or venation unlike that of other half. Rosettes centered with Maltese crosses, circles of dots, etc. The metallic-gold floral pattern stands out in high relief from the maroon ground. Nearly square format.
Details
- Title: Lincrusta-Walton
- Creator: Christopher Dresser
- Creator Lifespan: 1834/1904
- Date Created: 1884
- Physical Dimensions: w545 x h600 cm
- Type: Lincrusta-Walton
- Rights: Gift of John Davison Rockefeller, Jr.
- Medium: Lincrusta, painted and gilded
- Provenance: From dining room, donor's father's house, 4 West 54th Street, New York City.
- Exhibitions: "Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser", CHNDM, New York, NY; March 5 - July 25, 2004.On the Surface: Late 19th Century Decorative Arts; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC; 05/06-08/12/2001."The Cult of Japan: Art and Domestic Life in Victorian America", October 14 - December 29, 1990, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT."In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement", October 20, 1986 - January 11, 1987, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Dimensions: H x W: 60 x 54.5 cm (23 5/8 x 21 7/16 in.)
- Bibliography: "Antiques", December 1972, p.1047, fig. 8, by Catherine Lynn Frangiamore, "Wallpapers used in Nineteenth Century America", p.1042 ff.The Journal of Decorative Art (London), March 1884, p.476.
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