Collage

Art

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Collage

Entry/Object ID

GHS 1257.1

Description

Light brown, thin wood frame. Three mats. Small wicker basket filled with dried seaweed, small shells, and other dried sea material. Poem ("O call us not weeds but flowers of the sea...") under collage.

Artwork Details

Medium

wood, glass, paper, collage materials

Dimensions

Height

12-1/4 in

Width

14-1/4 in

Depth

7/8 in

Provenance

Notes

See label on back of frame, "Presented by Sarah Emlen Moore (Mrs. Walter J. Moore) 12 Mon 1866. See GHS True Accession Book, "Received January 5, 1943. 1. Artificial Flowers in frame 2. Artificial Flowers under glass"