Paper Filigree Cabinet on Stand with Hairwork and Watercolor Panels

1783

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Sophia Jane Maria Bonnell and Mary Anne Harvey Bonnell

Maker: Sophia Jane Maria Bonnell
Maker: Mary Anne Harvey Bonnell

Paper Filigree Cabinet on Stand with Hairwork and Watercolor Panels

1783

Physical Qualities Wood, watercolor on paper, metallic paper, silk, hair, 41 1/2 × 23 × 15 1/2 in. (105.4 × 58.4 × 39.4 cm.)

Credit Line Decorative Arts Acquisitions Endowment established by the Friends of the American Wing

Object Number 2022.78

The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2022; Carlton Hobbs, LLC, New York, NY by 2016; Private Collection, United States; Florian Papp Gallery, New York, NY by 1988; Edric van Vredenburgh, Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, 1986; Pelling Place, Old Windsor, Berkshire, thence by descent

Florian Papp Gallery, New York: Rolled, Scrolled, Crimped and Folded: The Lost Art of Filigree Paperwork, New York, 1988.

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800", October 1, 2023-January 7, 2024. Circulated to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, March 30, 2024-July 1, 2024.

Grosvenor House Antiques Fair Handbook, 1986

Papp, Melinda F. and William J. Papp. Rolled, Scrolled, Crimped and Folded: The Lost Art of Filigree Paperwork, New York, 1988.

Reif, Rita. “Paper Filigree: An Art for Leisure, “ New York Times, 07 May 1988.

Riley, Noel. The Accomplished Lady – A History of Genteel Pursuits c. 1660-1860, Wetherby, Oblong Creative Ltd., 2017, p. 246-247, ill. 247