Shaker Tin Safe

c. 1939

George V. Vezolles

Associated Names
George V. Vezolles

Artist, American, 1885 - 1956

A large wooden cabinet with two sections. The upper and lower portions have panels with decorative details. The cabinet is brown with panel decorations in lighter hues. It is centered and facing forward against a neutral background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 41 x 30.9 cm (16 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.10465

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 740, no. 2672.

2015

  • Doss, Erika, Jerrold Hirsch, and Jean M. Burks. Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture. Exh. cat. Frazier History Museum, Louisville, 2016: 84-85, no. 8, fig. 54.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: Geo. V. Vezolles

Wikidata ID

Q64571607

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