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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for a Covered Dish,

Description

Maker

  • Gorham Manufacturing Company
  • Erik Magnussen

Title

Design for a Covered Dish

Medium

tracing paper, graphite

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Pencil on tracing paper

Techniques

  • Pencil on tracing paper

Dimensions

15.6 x 22.5 cm (6 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

"F/YX" in pencil in the upper left corner, "EM. 84" in pencil to bottom left of the drawing. Along right margin of drawing, all in pencil, "5/32" BALL" with line to top of finial, "5/8" BALL" with line to finial, "TURNED" with line to base of finial, "3" 025" with line to lid of dish, "3X4" and "3X6" with lines to rims of dishes and lid, "3 1/4 025" with line to cup, "5/8" BALL" with line to ball on stem, "IVORY" with line to disk at center of shaft, "TURNED" wtih line to shaft, "1 1/4 028 1/2" with line to base, "4x5" with line to foot. "IVORY" wtih plan view of disk to left of dish. "16 CHASED LINES 1/32" WIDE ON BODY / 8 LINES ON BALLS." to lower right of drawing.

Type

  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.837

About

Design for a Covered Dish

"F/YX" in pencil in the upper left corner, "EM. 84" in pencil to bottom left of the drawing. Along right margin of drawing, all in pencil, "5/32" BALL" with line to top of finial, "5/8" BALL" with line to finial, "TURNED" with line to base of finial, "3" 025" with line to lid of dish, "3X4" and "3X6" with lines to rims of dishes and lid, "3 1/4 025" with line to cup, "5/8" BALL" with line to ball on stem, "IVORY" with line to disk at center of shaft, "TURNED" wtih line to shaft, "1 1/4 028 1/2" with line to base, "4x5" with line to foot. "IVORY" wtih plan view of disk to left of dish. "16 CHASED LINES 1/32" WIDE ON BODY / 8 LINES ON BALLS." to lower right of drawing.

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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 Covered Dish with the accession number of 2005.118.45.837. 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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