Collection Highlights
Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
c. 1940-45
1947.216
Watercolor, gouache, white tempera, and charcoal on heavy watercolor paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Christopher Columbus scene
Title
Christopher Columbus scene
Object name
Embroidered panel
Date
1890-1910
Medium
Silk, cotton linen
Dimensions
image: 18 1/4 x 27 in. ( 46.4 x 68.6 cm )
Overall: 21 1/4 x 31 7/8 in. ( 54 x 81 cm )
Description
Silk satin-stitch embroidery in golds, greens, brown and red on cotton linen backing depicting the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the new world; image includes Columbus at center, kneeling with flag, flanked on left by men holding banner with image of Christ on the cross and priest at right; ships in background and natives in landscaped foreground; embroidered in lower left corner "A.L.F."; embroidered in lower right corner "Frank de Caro"; embroided panel sewn to cotton linen backing.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Frank de Caro
Object Number
2005.3.2
Marks
embroidered at lower left: "A.L.F."
embroidered at lower right: "Frank de Caro"
Gallery Label
This embroidered panel was likely made for or by 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.
