Sample of Millwork

anonymous, 1876

Stuk paneelwerk van de Centennial Tentoonstelling in Philadelphia in 1876. Het is uit één stuk gemaakt en toont één lang uitgefreest geometrisch motief.

  • Artwork typesample
  • Object numberNG-MC-1378
  • Dimensionsheight 1.4 cm x width 28.7 cm x depth 13 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood and paper

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Sample of Millwork

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1378

  • Description

    Stuk paneelwerk van de Centennial Tentoonstelling in Philadelphia in 1876. Het is uit één stuk gemaakt en toont één lang uitgefreest geometrisch motief.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, on the back, on a square paper label, in ink: ‘Verslag / Tentoonstelling / Philadelphia / Bijlage XVI.’

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Creation

  • Creation

    maker: anonymous, United States of America (possibly)

  • Dating

    1876

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood and paper

  • Dimensions

    height 1.4 cm x width 28.7 cm x depth 13 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1876

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

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anonymous

Sample of Millwork

? United States of America, 1876

Inscriptions

  • inscription, on the back, on a square paper label, in ink:Verslag / Tentoonstelling / Philadelphia / Bijlage XVI.

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1378

Entry

Piece of panelling from the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876.1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 23/3/1877 N29 (inv. no. 2492). It is made in one piece and has a long milled-out geometrical motif.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1378

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Sample of Millwork, United States of America, 1876', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054250

(accessed 22 mei 2026 00:49:41 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1HNA 2.12.01 Min. Marine, Exh. 23/3/1877 N29 (inv. no. 2492).