Jane

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Traditional Chinese softwood furniture uses the same frame construction as hardwood furniture. joined and fastened with wooden tenons matching the grain of the various parts. This bench, with its pleasing proportions, three low railings, and rounded horizontal stretcher, could have been used in a bedroom or a scholar's studio. The soft caned seating area may have been restored, as evidenced by the wooden panel support, a common restoration device for Chinese furniture.
Caption
Elsie Dodge Pattee American, 1876–1975. Jane, ca. 1928. Watercolor on porcelain portrait in wooden frame with metal liner under glass, Image (sight): 2 13/16 x 2 3/8 in. (7.1 x 6 cm) Frame: 4 11/16 x 4 3/16 in. (11.9 x 10.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 31.760. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 31.760_bw_SL1.jpg)
Collection
Collection
Artist
Title
Jane
Date
ca. 1928
Medium
Watercolor on porcelain portrait in wooden frame with metal liner under glass
Classification
Dimensions
Image (sight): 2 13/16 x 2 3/8 in. (7.1 x 6 cm) Frame: 4 11/16 x 4 3/16 in. (11.9 x 10.6 cm)
Signatures
Signed upper right: "E. D. PATTEE"
Credit Line
Museum Collection Fund
Accession Number
31.760
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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