b526-M146
Item
Find Number
b526-M146
Item Type
Find Card
Object Type
Mosaics See all items with this value
Sector
DH-27-O See all items with this value
Building Feature
House of the Buffet Supper See all items with this value
Description
H. 1.255 W. 2.00 Border sample of Room C1Outer border, red enclosing a pattern of small, indented diamonds, red on a white field. Black border with continuous series of yellow indented diamonds. Border of perspective ribbon pattern, black bound in yellow; ribbon outlined in white, the outside red shading to white, the inside dark grey shading to light grey. Central panel: black with acanthus rinceau modelled in many colors; the main stem, dark olive greens and greys with traces of dark blue glass on the underside where it loops at the top; the rib of the acanthus leaf is outlined in black, green, and dark violet-red around a light area grading from dark ochre to glass in yellow and white; the serrated edges of the leaf are modelled in violet-greys with very dark olive green shadow; stems of the flowers, dark green glass; acanthus flower, petals white glass with a line of dark green, dark ochre, or violet; stamens, yellow glass tipped with white; buds, center disintegrated, traces of white glass at edges; flowers in corners at left, white and yellow glass, the upper one intersected by green glass; tendrils crossing body of stem, black, grey, white, or yellow glass, black, white.
Date on card
7/15/1938 See all items with this value
Repository
Antioch Museum See all items with this value