Sketch

Art

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Sketch

Entry/Object ID

MP.2001.58 b

Description

Brown crayon drawing with lead pencil accents, wall elevation of Montgomery Place Parlor drapery: sketch of drapery treatment for three windows; drapes are drawn with each side pulled up at sides with a round tieback and then drapes come back together at top; drapes are swagged at top in four areas, three long pieces hang down with two diamond shapes at bottom ends; a rose and laurel shape at top of two of them with the center piece plain; center piece has arrows in between fabric; arrows are also placed at top on each top end, short piece of fabric angles down from top to center on each end; fringe trim on four swags; vase on pedestal on each side of center line. At top, in pencil, "1/2/Under the rose/2/Over the arrow/2/1/3/3/3", handwriting on viewer's upper left is intelligible; at bottom, in pencil, "Yellow Drawing Room Draperies at Montgomery- West Front-"; "Directions/Cover Draperies Ends/1 Put Up First/2 Then Cross Hangings/3 Last Center Ornaments"; "Arrow in this Corner Covers Corner of ? (intelligible) of ? (intelligible) ? (intelligible)".

Artwork Details

Medium

crayon, Pencil, Paper, Crayon, pencil, paper

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1840 - 1850

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

13-7/16 in

Width

19-7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 13 7/16 x 19 7/8 in. (34.1 x 50.5 cm)

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: Has been conserved by Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1989. See file. Remarks: Details of condition: Paper is brown (discolored) throughout, five major vertical and diagonal tears at top, 5" horizontal tear on viewer's left side at center, 1 1/2" horizontal tear on right side at center, two vertical tears on bottom edge of paper, viewer's lower right corner is dog-eared with diagonal crimp. Tears have been conserved.

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

MP.2001.58 a - Sketch - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

This sketch depicts the draperies installed at Montgomery Place about 1840-1850 by Louise Livingston. It is uncertain when the draperies were removed from the windows, possible in the late 19th or early 20th century, but the draperies (as well as hardware, tiebacks, cornices and other parts of the window treatments) survive in the collection. [Jessa J. Krick, 5/3/2010]

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 14D