Jane

Elsie Dodge Pattee

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)

Title

Jane

Date

ca. 1928

Medium

Watercolor on porcelain portrait in wooden frame with metal liner under glass

Classification

Portrait, Miniatures

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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