Reproduction frame by William Adair of a design by Stanford White for Dewing's Self Portrait

Object Details

• Frame maker

  William Adair

• Designer

  Stanford White (1853-1906)

• Description

  A gilded cassetta frame, the sight edge with leaf and berry molding and cross straps at the center points and corners, the ogee frieze covered by a raised grill, the mesh with an inner border of feathers and an outer of buds and overlaid with vines at the miters, enclosed by a beaded border and with an ovolo back edge.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (June 19, 1980 to March 18, 1981)

• Origin

  Washington, DC, United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Frame

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1980s, 1970s

• Name

  Adair, William, White, Stanford

• Place

  United States, Washington, DC

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Reproduction, Art, American Art

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Frames