Paint

Object Name:

Paint

Object ID:

1987.005.55

Creator:

Various

Date:

circa 1920

Description:

Set of china painting materials used by Margaret W. Fabian, 67 items total.
1 tin paint box with: 24 glass vials of dry pigments; 15 brushes; 2 marking pencils; 1 piece of porcelain with color samples; 1 glass burnisher; 2 pieces of fabric; 1 lock with 2 keys.
5 boxes for china decorating gold, each with a square glass plate bearing brown residue (gold mixture?). 3 palette knives, each with brown residue, presumably used for mixing gold. 1 porcelain palette in tin box. 2 ceramic tiles used as palettes. 1 scrapbook of china painting designs. 1 folder of china painting designs. 1 book of decorative designs, 1915. 1 catalog of china for decorating, 1927. 1 "Art Amateur" magazine, 1901. 1 binder with notes on china painting designs. 1 folder with typescript text of china painting lecture, 1973.

Material:

Glass
Ceramic
Textile
Metal

Provenance:

First used by Margaret W. Fabian as a student (then Margaret Williams) at Mount Ida School, Newton, MA, 1920s. Part of the Margaret W. and Edward S. Fabian Wall Stencil Research Collection, compiled from 1977 to 1982. Margaret W. Fabian (1909-1989) and her husband Edward visited 460 homes and taverns throughout New England in an attempt to document all known early decorative wall paintings. They produced photographs, slides, stencils, tracings, and written records. In addition, the collection includes reverse paintings on glass, china painting materials, samples of painted graining, and other items related to decorative painting.

Credit Line:

The Margaret W. and Edward S. Fabian Wall Stencil Research Collection

People:

Fabian, Margaret, Williams, Margaret