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Source Description
Thesmar began his career designing textiles but was later employed as an enameler. Beginning in about 1890, Thesmar began to work in "plique-à-jour," or openwork, enamel. By 1912, the year of his death, Thesmar was acclaimed as France's finest enameler. Because of their extreme fragility, few of his works survive.
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Document identity
localId
9093
label
Cup
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9093
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Cup
description
Thesmar began his career designing textiles but was later employed as an enameler. Beginning in about 1890, Thesmar began to work in "plique-à-jour," or openwork, enamel. By 1912, the year of his death, Thesmar was acclaimed as France's finest enameler. Because of their extreme fragility, few of his works survive.
provenance
Theodore Child, Paris, ca. 1887, by commission; Mary Cassatt, date and mode of acquisition unknown; William T. Walters, Baltimore, before 1893 (perhaps 1891?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
about 1888
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
cups (drinking vessels)
stands
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6
height
8.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 3/8 × Diam: 3 7/16 in. (6 × 8.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
Decorated with red lettering in enamel around the bowl: Theodore Child
med
Translucent enamel, gold
creator_ids
3812
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
484
2689
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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25b42459c4aeb6ac