Name/Title
FigurineEntry/Object ID
2004.43.10Description
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 pink lips and brown eyebrows. Eyes are created with brown sequins as irises and lacquered embroidery thread as eyelashes. The body is covered in a partial garment made of blue velvet trimmed with white plush. It is wearing a blue beaded necklace.
The bust is wearing a headdress consisting of a long white cone extending backward from the head, wrapped in gold string and draped with sheer white fabric. A rectangle of black velvet is draped over the head, extending the shoulders, that is decorated with a blue gem surrounded by white beads.
The bust is inserted into a Styrofoam base with two metal wires. The base has a paper label that reads, “#12 15thc late HENNIN"Use
Made to illustrate fashionable headwear of the fifteenth centuryContext
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