Female figure

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Object Name: 
Female figure
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Nancy
Accession Number: 
54.3.31
Dimensions: 
H: 25.8 cm, D (arms): 11.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1900-1910
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Ellen D. Sharpe
Web Description: 
The Daum Frères firm was also inspired by the fashionable interest in classical sculpture.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Sharpe, Ellen D., Source
1954
Category: 
Modern
Color: 
gray
brown
Technique: 
acid-etching
casting
Material: 
glass

Description

Primary Description: 
Slightly translucent bubbly very heavy greyish and brownish tinted "frosted" glass; cast and acid-etched. "Classical", dressed woman with raised arms, standing on a square base; on base the engraved signature: "Daum Nancy".