Figure (toy) (Horse)

Museum Object Number 1960.0709

Object Name

Figure (toy) (Horse)

Category

Toys and Games

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin is probably Cumberland County, PA as a nearly identical mate to this horse was found in Carlisle, Cumberland County, in 1932.

Date

1825-1875

Subjects

Animals

Materials

Tulip poplar; Paint

Techniques

Carved, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

12.5 (H) , 13 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

31.75 (H) , 33.02 (L)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: p. 50, fig. 43.
[Book] Machmer, Richard S. & Machmer, Rosemarie B. 1991 Just for Nice: Carving and Whittling Magic of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
• Published: fig. 168, p. 47.
[Book] Hornung, Clarence Pearson. 1976 Treasury of American Design, 2 vols.
• For a related horse, see vol. 2, p. 621.
[Book] Kauffman, Henry J. 1946 Pennsylvania Dutch American Folk Art.
• For a related horse, see p. 54.
[Book] Christensen, Erwin. 1950 The Index of American Design.
• For a related horse, see p. 249.
[Book] Lipman, Jean. 1948 American Folk Art in Wood, Metal and Stone.
• For a related horse, see p. 122, fig. 103.
[Book] Schorsch, David A. 1994 American Folk Art: Selected Examples from the Private Collection of the Late Edith Gregor Halpert.
• For a related horse, see p. 6.
[Catalogue] Hollander, Stacy C., et al. 2001 American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum.
• For a related horse, see pp. 168 and 456.