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(18th and 19th Centuries )
Thesmar began his career designing textiles but was later employed as an enameler. Beginning in about 1890, Thesmar began to work in "plique-à-jour," or openwork, enamel. By 1912, the year of his death, Thesmar was acclaimed as France's finest enameler. Because of their extreme fragility, few of his works survive.
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Provenance
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Theodore Child, Paris, ca. 1887, by commission; Mary Cassatt, date and mode of acquisition unknown; William T. Walters, Baltimore, before 1893 (perhaps 1891?), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1984 | Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1979 | A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, 1860-1909. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 3/8 × Diam: 3 7/16 in. (6 × 8.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters before 1893 (perhaps 1891?)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.571