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Constructed with precious metals—silver and gold—this serving spoon, and its matching fork (1989.4.1.McD), instead appears to be made from bamboo and oyster shells fastened with twine, suggesting primitive or amateur craftsmanship. In the final decades of the 19th century, Gorham Manufacturing Company and its competitors produced numerous lines of silver hollowware and flatware in the shape of grass, leaves, shells, and other organic forms, which satisfied the period obsession with nature.
Adapted from
- Samantha Robinson, Label text, 2014
NOTES
added tags, corrected rule - 9/27/17 JBA
I updated the titles to include the pattern - Bamboo.
I changed the date from c. 1880 to c. 1882 based on research for current label copy.
*Note -- I didn't see in TMS that the date had actually been updated from 1880 to 1882 for either object (spoon or fork) as stated above, so I updated it in TMS along with the search dates. JBA 10/16/2017
I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References in TMS.
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From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased at auction, Christie's New York, January 20-21, 1989, sale 6742 "Flower," lot 248 [1], [2]
[1] See Christie's Shipping Form for Purchases (dated January 30, 1989, copy in Collections Records Object File). See also Macray Movers, Inc. fax (dated February 14, 1989, copy in Collections Records Object File).
[2] Works of art given or purchased by The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization, are placed in the custody of the DMA for the purpose of public display on the premises of the Museum or in other recognized art galleries or museum. The title to all works of art purchased (or otherwise acquired) by the McDermott Art Fund remains with the Fund.
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[The handles of Gorham Manufacturing Company's Bamboo flatware imitate bamboo. Source: By annieo76 (Flickr profile) (Original webpage:[1] Website publisher: Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABamboo_Forest.jpg]
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Constructed with precious metals—silver and gold—this serving spoon, and its matching fork (1989.4.1.McD), instead appears to be made from bamboo and oyster shells fastened with twine, suggesting primitive or amateur craftsmanship. In the final decades of the 19th century, Gorham Manufacturing Company and its competitors produced numerous lines of silver hollowware and flatware in the shape of grass, leaves, shells, and other organic forms, which satisfied the period obsession with nature.
Adapted from
- Samantha Robinson, Label text, 2014
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Notes
added tags, corrected rule - 9/27/17 JBA
I updated the titles to include the pattern - Bamboo.
I changed the date from c. 1880 to c. 1882 based on research for current label copy.
*Note -- I didn't see in TMS that the date had actually been updated from 1880 to 1882 for either object (spoon or fork) as stated above, so I updated it in TMS along with the search dates. JBA 10/16/2017
I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, and Published References in TMS.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1989: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased at auction, Christie's New York, January 20-21, 1989, sale 6742 "Flower," lot 248 [1], [2]
[1] See Christie's Shipping Form for Purchases (dated January 30, 1989, copy in Collections Records Object File). See also Macray Movers, Inc. fax (dated February 14, 1989, copy in Collections Records Object File).
[2] Works of art given or purchased by The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization, are placed in the custody of the DMA for the purpose of public display on the premises of the Museum or in other recognized art galleries or museum. The title to all works of art purchased (or otherwise acquired) by the McDermott Art Fund remains with the Fund.
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