Paperweight by an unidentified artist
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain

Paperweight

Unattributed · c. 1878

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Florence Constantia Applewhaite-Abbott (1861–1938; born Florence Constantia Applewhaite-Levison), Warwickshire, England, c. 1925 [this and the following according to Selman 1992, 11]. sold, Sotheby's, London, 1953, to King Farouk I (1920–1965), Cairo. Paul Jokelson (1905–2002), New York; sold, Sotheby's, New York, Dec. 2, 1983, lot 71, to Arthur Rubloff (1902–1986), Chicago [the object was placed on long-term loan at the Art Institute of Chicago beginning on Dec. 14, 1983]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1988.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • 1978, New York, The Corning Museum of Glass, Paperweights: "Flowers which clothe the meadows," April 29-October 31.

Literature

Published references

  • McCawley, Patrick K. Antique Glass Paperweights from France. London, Spink and Son, Ltd.: 1968. 44, pl. 14, fig. 6 reproduced.
  • Jokelson, Paul. One Hundred of the Most Important Paperweights. 1966. 68, pl. 27.
  • The Corning Museum of Glass. Paperweights: "Flowers which clothe the meadows". 1978. 162, fig. 287.
  • Casper, Geraldine J. Glass Paperweights in the Art Institute of Chicago. 1991. Cat. 48, color ill. 44, 48.
  • Selman, Lawrence H. All About Paperweights. Paperweight Press, 1992.

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