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"The Mermaid Window", Design for Stained Glass Window for the A.H. Barney Residence, New York, NY

Elihu Vedder1882

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Narrow flanking panel for central composition. Pearl rocaille escutcheon swings from branch of under water plant, with fish swimming about. Large conch shell at bottom.

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  • Title: "The Mermaid Window", Design for Stained Glass Window for the A.H. Barney Residence, New York, NY
  • Creator: Elihu Vedder
  • Creator Lifespan: 1836/1923
  • Date Created: 1882
  • Physical Dimensions: w52 x h185 cm
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
  • Medium: Color crayon, brush and gold paint on off-white wove paper
  • Paper Support: Off white wove paper, three sheets mounted together
  • Inscribed: Copyright 1887 By E. Vedder
  • Exhibitions: American Academy of Arts and Letters, Catalogue of Exhibition of the Works of Elihu Vedder," (1937), 215.Washington, D.C. - National Collection of the Fine Arts,Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder, October 13, 1978- January 1, 1979.traveled to: Brooklyn, NY - The Brooklyn Museum, May 12 - July 8, 1979.New York, NY - CHNDM, "The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource," exhibited rotation 1: 03/26/91 - 07/22/91.New York, NY - CHNDM, "Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008," March 7 - July 6, 2008.
  • Dimensions: 50.2 x 39.7 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.)
  • Bibliography: Regina Soria, et al., Perceptions and Evocations: The Art of Elihu Vedder. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979. 180-181 [illus.]
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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