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John Benson

Paperweight, ca. 1980

Description

Maker

  • John Benson, b. 1927, American

Title

Paperweight

Year

ca. 1980

Medium

slate; gilding

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • gilding,
  • gilded,
  • slate

Type

  • Decorative Arts,
  • Stonework

Credit

Gift of Houghton P. Metcalf, Jr.

Object Number

85.100

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Contemporary Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection

July 7 - October 22, 1995

Contemporary Crafts

January 19 - March 18, 1990

Recent Bookbinding by the Guild of Book Workers

March 31 - June 24, 1989

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 Paperweight with the accession number of 85.100. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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