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Fruit Basket
The collection record classifies this work as silver. It is dated 1729. Recorded culture or place: England, London.
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- Museum title
- Fruit Basket
- Date
- 1729
- Culture / origin
- England, London
- Materials and technique
- silver
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.); Center: 33 x 29 cm (13 x 11 7/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Paul Jacques de Lamerie (British, 1688–1751)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1936.353
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Silver fulfilled a prominent role in projecting wealth, status, and power in British life during the 1600s and 1700s. During this time, the arrival of silversmiths from continental Europe infused Dutch, French, and German influences within established English taste. For example, this basket was produced by Paul Jacques de Lamerie, who, despite being the preeminent silversmith in Britain during the early 1700s, was born in the Netherlands to minor French nobility. Unlike later designs, this work, with its rope-twisted handles, scalloped edges, and interweaving pattern, still closely resembles the straw baskets that inspired its shape and decoration.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Grace Studebaker Fish in memory of her father, John Mohler Studebaker · CC0
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