diorama

Object NameDiorama of a Chapel with Nuns

Made FromGlass, Cardboard, Paper, Wax

Date1700-1899

Place MadeFrance, Nevers

TechniqueFlameworked glass

SizeOverall H: 24.7 cm, W: 28.5 cm, D: 15 cm

Accession Number61.3.12

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Howell Howard

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Curiosities of Glassmaking

The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionRectangular cardboard box with an elaborate scene made up of paper, material, wax and flameworked glass figurines, showing a kind of grotto; on the upper right a chapel-like building with a nun of wax kneeling in front of it, on the lower right another building of paper above it is a female saint in the habit of a nun; distributed all over are paper flowers and leaves as well as brown bushes apparently made of moss.
Provenance

Source Mrs. Howell Howard - 1961