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Artificial Flower

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1860

GUSN

GUSN-172374

Description

Pink silk rosette decorated with gold flowers and a plush strawberry.

Details

Descriptive Terms

silk (textile)
paper (fiber product)
Flora, Artificial
Flower, Artificial
Flower, Artificial

Inscription

"PHILLIP THEODOR / MAYER, / Md. Confiscur, / rue de la Vieille-Monnaie, / LA PARIS" (printed)
"From the / Prince's / table, 1860 / Oct. 10 (?) th." (handwritten)

Additional Identification Number

1990.569e

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Paris, France

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Nancy O. Morison Allis

Accession Number

1990.569.5

Places

Paris (Ville de Paris department, Île-de-France, France)

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