{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"4586"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Susan and Laurence Lerner"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1889"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2012    15    8"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2012.15.8"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"tinsel painting"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Reverse painting and patterned foil on glass, in wood case"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":""},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/4752/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"4752"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Tinsel-painted game board"},"geographyCity":{"value":""},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":"This beautiful checkerboard is reverse-painted on glass with a number of motifs that were popular in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Quarter-fans, flowers, and butterflies relate strongly to the types of Japanese design elements seen broadly across the decorative arts especially following the appearance of the Japanese Pavilion at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. The shield of the United States, too, is associated with this era of strong patriotic feeling as the country celebrated its hundredth birthday. It coincides with the height of popularity of the artform known as tinsel painting, which was practiced primarily by women and typically featured floral imagery. The game of checkers, itself, has ancient roots. \"American\" checkerboards had eight squares across, as opposed to the Canadian draughts, which typically had twelve squares.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Game Board,\" exhibition label for Recent Gifts. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2013.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.org"},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Three Dimensional Works"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":""},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"155149"},"geographyState":{"value":""},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"103","content":"Artist unidentified"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Toys and Games"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":"This beautiful checkerboard is reverse-painted on glass with a number of motifs that were popular in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Quarter-fans, flowers, and butterflies relate strongly to the types of Japanese design elements seen broadly across the decorative arts especially following the appearance of the Japanese Pavilion at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. The shield of the United States, too, is associated with this era of strong patriotic feeling as the country celebrated its hundredth birthday. It coincides with the height of popularity of the artform known as tinsel painting, which was practiced primarily by women and typically featured floral imagery. The game of checkers, itself, has ancient roots. \"American\" checkerboards had eight squares across, as opposed to the Canadian draughts, which typically had twelve squares.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Game Board,\" exhibition label for Recent Gifts. Stacy C. Hollander, curator. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2013.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.org"},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1889"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1889"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Monday, August 26, 2019 - Sunday, January 3, 2021","exhibitionEndISODate":"2021-01-03","exhibitionID":"241","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2019-08-26","exhibitionBeginDate":"2019","exhibitionTitle":"Six Decades Collecting Self-Taught Art","exhibitionEndDate":"2021"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - Sunday, September 22, 2013","exhibitionEndISODate":"2013-09-22","exhibitionID":"174","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2013-06-11","exhibitionBeginDate":"2013","exhibitionTitle":"Recent Gifts","exhibitionEndDate":"2013"}]},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"2 × 16 3/4 × 16 3/4\""}}]}