Bookends
St. Michael's Museum & Genealogical Centre
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| Nom de l'objet : | Bookends |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Furnishings |
| Discipline : | Household Accesory |
| Matériaux : | soapstone(?) |
| Technique de fabrication : | sculpted |
| Médium : | sculpture |
| Numéro d'accession : | SM 2010.4.2 A-B |
| Nom de la collection : | Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph |
| Description : | Each bookend is pure white and is sculpted in soapstone. The bust of an angel sits atop a pedestal base. Circular bottom of pedestal is adorned with a lattice type design sculpted around the elevated base. The stem of pedestal has a series of vertical grooves around the entire column. The sculpted angel has curly hair and is looking at a book, sculpted and resting in her left hand. The angel's head rests on the right hand and arm. She wears a sculpted top, worn slightly off her shoulders. |
| Commentaires : | These bookends are seventy to seventy-five years old (maybe more). They were among the many artistic pieces in the ART STUDIO on the third floor of St. Michael's Academy. As a student in high school, I often visited the studio where I had many a good conversation with Sister Gertrude McLauchlan, RHSJ." (As told by Sr. Rena Doucett,RHSJ, May 2010) |
| Fonctions : | These bookends were used at the old Hotel Dieu Hospital in Miramichi, New Brunswick. Donor believes that they are approximately seventy five years old. |
| Hauteur : | 24 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 2 |
| Mention de crédit - Image : | For copyright contact St. Michael's Museum. |
| Établissement : | St. Michael's Museum & Genealogical Centre |
| Ville de l'établissement : | Miramichi |
| Province de l'établissement : | New Brunswick |
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