Name/Title
FigurineEntry/Object ID
2004.43.15Description
Felt bust of a woman. The face is artistically structured with a distinct seam beneath the eyebrows and needle-felting lines along the sides of the nose to the bottom of the chin. The felt is painted to resemble white skin, with red lips and brown eyebrows. Eyes are created with blue sequins as irises and lacquered embroidery thread as eyelashes. The body is covered in a partial garment made of white cotton with a white neckline. The hem of the neckline is turned toward the outside.
The bust is wearing a headdress consisting of a padded roll of gold lamé decorated with faux-pearl seed beads. Two wires extend from the roll, supporting a rectangular piece of pink, sheer fabric, which is pinned over the tip of each wire. A white cotton band is visible under the roll, as is variegated grey hair made of thread.
The bust is inserted into a Styrofoam base with two metal wires. The base has a paper label that reads, “#9 15thc wimple".Use
Made to illustrate fashionable headwear of the fifteenth century.Context
Made by Mirren Barrie of Waterbury Center, VermontAcquisition
Accession
2004.43Source or Donor
Staudt, Jane M.Acquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Artist
Barrie, Mirren (1915-2004)Place
Town
WaterburyCounty
Washington CountyState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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SculptureNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects