Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
ca. 1825
1920.5
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Garniture (three pieces)
Object name
Garniture (three pieces)
Date
2001-2002
Medium
Ceramic: slip cast porcelain from an original model with porcelain slip and under-glaze cobalt decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 14 1/4 x 5 x 5 in. ( 36.2 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm )
Description
Three-piece ceramic garniture; bowling pin-shaped forms of women in burkas; cobalt blue decoration with skyline of downtown Manhattan and decorative motifs on white ground.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
2003.75a-c
Gallery Label
Contemporary ceramic artist Michelle Erickson made this garniture following the September 11, 2001 attacks to express her reactions to the event. On the garniture is a panoramic scene of the World Trade Center towering amidst the lower Manhattan skyline. These objects suggest women in burkas, and Erickson conceived of them as a modern interpretation of an antique ceramic form.
Bibliography
Ledes, Allison E., ed. "The Magazine Antiques: January 2005." New York: Brant Publications, Inc., 2005.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
