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Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Christopher Columbus portrait
Title
Christopher Columbus portrait
Object name
Embroidered panel
Date
1890-1910
Medium
Painted and appliqued silk satin embroided with silk floss
Dimensions
Overall: 29 3/4 x 28 7/8 in. ( 75.6 x 73.3 cm )
Description
Bust length portrait of Christopher Columbus on white silk satin ground with face painted in fleshtones and silk satin appliqued hair, hat and costume; overall embroidery detail of silk floss. Inscribed in pencil on reverse "Colombo ricamato" (embroidered Columbus).
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Frank de Caro
Object Number
2005.3.1
Marks
written in pencil on back: "Colombo ricamato" (embroidered Columbus).
Gallery Label
This embroidered panel was likely made for Frank DeCaro, an Italian immigrant of New York who owned a successful tailoring establishment from 1890 to his death in 1955. The panel may have been produced by one of DeCaro's own workers, and probably hung in his Brooklyn home. DeCaro was an active member of the Italian-American community, a founding member of the Christopher Columbus Society and the Fraterna Society as well as an advocator for establishing Columbus Day as a holiday.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
