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The Library at Brabourne Vicarage

M. F. Pearceca. 1890

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

While this vicarage library is typically Victorian in stye, it incorporates elements of the Aesthetic movement. The circular table covered with a blue velvet cloth, scrap screen on the left and floral-patterned carpet are common to late nineteenth century vicarages. However, the pale gray walls and white-matted watercolors above the bookcase show Aesthetic leanings.

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  • Title: The Library at Brabourne Vicarage
  • Creator: M. F. Pearce
  • Date Created: ca. 1890
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Thaw Collection
  • Medium: Brush and watercolor on paper
  • Provenance: Eugene V. Thaw Collection
  • Exhibitions: New York, NY - Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. House Proud: Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection, August 12, 2008-January 25, 2009.
  • Dimensions: Frame H x W x D: 50.2 x 39.7 x 2.5 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 x 1 in.)Sheet: 20.4 x 13.8 cm (8 1/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
  • Bibliography: Gail S. Davidson et al., House Proud, Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection (New York: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 2008), 137, pl. 73.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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