Sign, Trade
- Object Name:
- Sign, Trade
- Object ID:
- 2006.020
- Creator:
- Rodier & Fitzgerald
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Advertising sign, reverse painting on glass. Black painted background. Embossed gold leaf lettering, "CHICKERING / PIANOS". Two embossed gold leaf medals (obverse and reverse of same medal), 7.5" diam.: upper left, "EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE MDCCCLXVI A PARIS / CHICKERING", with eagle, laurel wreath, and two angels; upper right, "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR", with profile of Napoleon III. Embossed gold leaf cross, top center, "HONNEUR ET PATRIE", with five arms, green laurel wreath, gold and red crown, and red ribbon bow. Small gold lettering, lower right, "RODIER & FITZGERALD 296 PEARL ST NY". Oak and gilded gesso frame. Wooden backboard in three pieces (two large and one thin central piece). Right board stenciled twice in black letters, "RODIER & FITZGERALD / EMBOSSED / GLASS SIGNS / PEARL ST. / NEW YORK". Stained brown paper adhered to back of glass; it helps to keep paint in place; some areas of loose and flaking paint.
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-24 W-36 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Chickering Piano Co., Boston, MA, founded by Jonas Chickering (1798-1863) of New Ipswich, NH. Donor is a descendant of Jonas Chickering.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Janet Richards and Sydney Wilson-Smith
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