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Erik Magnussen

Design for a Compote,

Description

Maker

  • Gorham Manufacturing Company
  • Erik Magnussen

Title

Design for a Compote

Medium

graphite, tracing paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Pencil on tracing paper

Techniques

  • Pencil on tracing paper

Dimensions

28.9 x 26 cm (11 3/8 x 10 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

All in pencil: "EM." in lower left corner."F/YN / EHH" in upper left corner. "HAMMERED" to left of bowl, "8 LINES" to left of finial with plan view of disk, "BALL TURNED / AND HAMMERED / IVORY / TURN" to right of finial along margin, "6 1/4 045 / g 8x8 / WIRE / 8" 045" to right of bowl along right margin, "4 ORNAMENTS / IVORY / 4 ORNAMENTS / CAST PATTERN" to right of stem along margin, "4 1/4 / 5 045 / CAST 38839 / WIRE 7/16 x G 10" to right of base along margin. "16 LINES." with plan view of shaft to left of stem.

Type

  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.935

About

Design for a Compote

All in pencil: "EM." in lower left corner."F/YN / EHH" in upper left corner. "HAMMERED" to left of bowl, "8 LINES" to left of finial with plan view of disk, "BALL TURNED / AND HAMMERED / IVORY / TURN" to right of finial along margin, "6 1/4 045 / g 8x8 / WIRE / 8" 045" to right of bowl along right margin, "4 ORNAMENTS / IVORY / 4 ORNAMENTS / CAST PATTERN" to right of stem along margin, "4 1/4 / 5 045 / CAST 38839 / WIRE 7/16 x G 10" to right of base along margin. "16 LINES." with plan view of shaft to left of stem.

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Design for a Compote with the accession number of 2005.118.45.935. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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