Pot of Flowers1870sFrame Dimension: 17 × 15"Reverse painting and foil on glass, in rustic frameGift of Susan and Laurence Lerner2009.13.230tinsel painting1549604335Artist unidentifiedPaintingsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain. United StatesPaintings
Adirondack frames with oak-leaf corners were readily available from many sources. Adam J. Press Co., a Chicago manufacturer in the 1880s, sold a 9-by-11-inch size for $2.20 per dozen wholesale (Stanley B. Burns, Forgotten Marriage: The Painted Tintype & the Decorative Frame, 1860-1910 a Lost Chapter in American Portraiture, 1995, p. 197). These inexpensive rustic frames were a perfect way to "complete" a tinsel picture.
Lee Kogan, "Pot of Flowers," FOILED: Tinsel Painting in America (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2013), 68
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
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Adirondack frames with oak-leaf corners were readily available from many sources. Adam J. Press Co., a Chicago manufacturer in the 1880s, sold a 9-by-11-inch size for $2.20 per dozen wholesale (Stanley B. Burns, Forgotten Marriage: The Painted Tintype & the Decorative Frame, 1860-1910 a Lost Chapter in American Portraiture, 1995, p. 197). These inexpensive rustic frames were a perfect way to "complete" a tinsel picture.
Lee Kogan, "Pot of Flowers," FOILED: Tinsel Painting in America (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2013), 68
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgCarved rustic frame