Inlaid Spur

c. 1937

Rose Campbell-Gerke

Associated Names
Rose Campbell-Gerke

Artist, American, 1879-1964

The image depicts a single ornate spur with a large, intricately detailed rowel and a leather strap. The color palette includes shades of brown for the leather and gray with metallic tones for the metal parts. The spur is positioned horizontally across the center of the image, with the leather strap on the left and the spiked wheel extending to the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, colored pencil, and pen and ink

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27.9 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 6" long; 3" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.1860

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 783, no. 2785.

Inscriptions

lower left in watercolor: ROSE-CAMPBELL-GERKE

Wikidata ID

Q64629876

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