Details
Creator Centennial Photographic Co.
Contributor Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect.
Title Japanese screen and bronzes. [graphic] / Centennial Photographic Co., International Exhibition, Philadelphia. Edward L. Wilson, W. Irving Adams, proprietors.
Publisher Philadelphia : Centennial Photographic Co
Date 1876
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 11 x 18 cm (4.25 x 7 in.) (stereograph format)
Description View showing a screen and bronze sculpture, urn, and vases on display at the Japanese Court within the Main Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Shows the ornately decorated pieces on a tablecloth lined table. From left to right are: a vase decorated with flowers; an urn; sculptures of a bird holding a snake in its beak, a dragon, and a crane standing on a turtle; and a pillar vase decorated with a chicken, flowers, and leaves. Behind the table is a screen depicting a tree, flowers, and several kinds of birds. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Is part of International Exhibition, 1876 2180
Notes Title on negative.
Date from item.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876.
White curved mount with rounded corners.
Gift of Raymond Holstein.
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Birds.
Bronze.
Decorative arts -- Japanese.
Dragons.
Exhibitions & displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Flowers.
Japanese.
Screens.
Sculpture -- Japan.
Sculpture, Japanese.
Turtles.
Urns -- Japan.
AAPI.
Geographic subject United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Holstein stereo - Centennial Photo. Co. [P.2011.47.517]
Accession number P.2011.47.517