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Figure (toy) (Horse)
1825-1875
Category
Toys and Games
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Cumberland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Tulip poplar
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1960.0709
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1960.0709
Object Name
Figure (toy) (Horse)
Category
Toys and Games
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Cumberland; 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
Subject(s)
- Animals
Materials
- Tulip poplar
- Paint
Techniques
- Carved
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
12.5 (H) x 13 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
31.75 (H) x 33.02 (L)
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.