#BookRecommendation for #NationalPeacockDay 🦚:
Strut: The #Peacock and Beauty in Art
amzn.to/3KcNqLj via #AmazonAssociates
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It is once again both #NationalPeacockDay & #WorldStorkDay!
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Indian Peacock with tail fully spread open, appearing to display at a small European Peacock butterfly resting on the ground in front of it
closeup of the peacock butterfly
For #NationalPeacockDay 🦚 on #WatercolorWednesday:
Archibald Thorburn (Scottish, 1860-1935)
#Peacock and Peacock #Butterfly, 1917
Watercolor, H 87.5 x W 111.5 cm (34.4 x 43.8 in)
🆔 Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) and European Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io)
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It's my avatar pic... a drawing I did waaaay back in 2002 or thereabouts on black 600grit sandpaper using metallic pencils.
#Art #Drawing #PavoCristatus #Peacock #BirdArt
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I've just learned that today is #NationalPeacockDay! Or it ought to more properly be #NationalPeafowlDay, rather. ;}
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photo of the Mahamayuri on peacock sculpture (big!), with real peacock tail feathers added, along with its gallery label on display at museum
#NationalPeacockDay 🦚:
Mahamayuri on #peacock
China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande mark and period (1426-35)
Gilt copper alloy
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Now on display at “Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100–1900” @ The Met
#BirdsInArt
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photo of the wood sewing box on display at museum: peacock sculpture (with tail fully spread open, finely detailed) on top of shaped stand
photo of the gallery label “SEWING BOX IN THE FORM OF A PEACOCK Mahogany, coniferous wood (pine?), oak; birch, boxwood, ebonized wood; inlay of sycamore, green stained holly, mahogany; bone, silver-gilt, blued steel, brass German (probably Berlin), ca. 1830 At first glance this work looks like a carved mahogany sculpture of a nearly life-size peacock. Lowering the bird's head reveals a surprise: hidden drawers filled with sewing tools! The plumed tail hides a pin cushion; the shaped stand is a cabinet with drawers for sewing supplies. The high-quality workmanship and materials combined with inventive design indicates that the box was made in one of the leading cabinetmaking workshops of early nineteenth-century Berlin. Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, 2023 2023.25a, b”
#NationalPeacockDay 🦚:
Sewing Box in the Form of a #Peacock
German (probably Berlin), c.1830
Mahogany, coniferous wood (pine?), oak; birch, boxwood, ebonized wood; inlay of sycamore, green stained holly, mahogany; bone, silver-gilt, blued steel, brass
On display at The Met (2023.25a,b)
#BirdsInArt
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photo of object in display case at museum: peacock-shaped musical instrument decorated with real peacock tail feathers, side profile view “The name of this bowed instrument means peacock, the bird associated with Saraswati, the goddess of music. Popular at 19th century courts, it derives its form from the dilruba, an instrument combining features of other Indian stringed instruments like the sarangi and the sitar.”
different angle view (quarter turn side profile) to see more of instrument
closeup of the peacock-shaped body of instrument
#NationalPeacockDay 🦚:
Taus (mayuri), India, c.1885
wood, parchment, metal, feathers
On display @ The Met
“The name of this bowed instrument means #peacock, the bird associated with Saraswati, the goddess of music.“
#BirdsInArt #MusicalInstruments
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photo of a pair of beweled bangle-style bracelets on grey background, one in front view and one in side view, each topped with a pair of peacocks, one facing right and one left
For #NationalPeacockDay 🦚:
Pair of Bracelets with #Peacocks
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur or Delhi, c.1900
enameled & partially gilded silver inlaid w/ emeralds, rubies, glass, & silicate minerals; paint
3 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 5/8 in. (8.89 x 8.57 x 1.59 cm)
LACMA collections.lacma.org/node/226915
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#BookRecommendation for #NationalPeacockDay:
Strut: The Peacock and Beauty in Art
amzn.to/3KcNqLj via #AmazonAssociates
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This is a Purse. It was designed by M.E.D. Jenkinson and Grace Hazen. It is dated 1910–30 and we acquired it in 1956. Its medium is silk, glass beads, metal, cotton and its technique is beaded embroidery, applique, satin and velvet weaves. It is a part of the Textiles department. This object was donated by Gwendolyn Sauvage. It is credited Gift of Gwendolyn Sauvage. Its dimensions are H x W x D (without handle): 25.4 x 23.5 cm (10 x 9 1/4 in.) H x W x D (with handle): 40.3 x 23.5 x 3.8 cm (15 7/8 x 9 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
This is a Sidewall. It was manufactured by Arthur Sanderson & Sons, Ltd.. It is dated 1910 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is block-printed paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department. This object was donated by Harvey Smith. It is credited Gift of Harvey Smith. Its dimensions are H x W: 170.5 x 57 cm (67 1/8 x 22 7/16in.) It is inscribed Printed in right selvedge: Reg'd No. 550982 (partially illegible on CHSDM piece).
This is a Frieze. It was manufactured by Bradbury and Bradbury Wallpapers and after Walter Crane. It is dated 1982 and we acquired it in 1982. Its medium is screen printed on paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department. It is credited Gift of Bruce Bradbury. Its dimensions are 75 x 56 cm (29 1/2 x 22 1/16 in.) It is inscribed Printed in top selvedge: Handprinted by Bradbury & Bradbury Wallpapers, Benicia, CA, ©1982; printed in bottom selvedge: Peacock, Adopted by John Burrows from a design by Waler Crane.
This is a Sidewall. It is dated 1896 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is machine-printed paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department. Design of peacocks and poppies which conjure images of formal landscaped gardens with brightly colored peacocks strutting about, showing off their plumage. The use of peacocks were popularized by Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetic Movement in the late nineteenth century. The slight bleeding of the high-speed printing works to this design’s advantage, creating a more organic feel. This object was donated by Grace Lincoln Temple. It is credited Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple. Its dimensions are H x W: 105 x 56 cm (41 5/16 x 22 1/16 in.) It is inscribed Printed in right selvedge: "THE PEACOCK RD Nº 276170 ALSO FOR FABRICS".
Pretty peacocks from the Cooper Hewitt collection for #NationalPeacockDay :
1. Purse, 1910-30 cprhw.tt/o/2Cn2R/
2. Sidewall, The Cedar Tree, 1910 cprhw.tt/o/2Cngx/
3. Frieze, Peacock, 1982, After Walter Crane (English, 1845–1915) cprhw.tt/o/2EmDc/
4. Sidewall, The Peacock, 1896 cprhw.tt/o/2C4Ve/
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“Peacock (L) and stork (R), standing in front of a landscape with hills and river. The print is part of a series with birds as the subject.”
Today is both #NationalPeacockDay & #WorldStorkDay …
Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, c.1560-1618)
Twee vogels in een landschap: Pavo (pauw) en Ciconia (ooievaar) [#Peacock & #Stork], 1598-1602
engraving, w 187 x h 128 mm
Rijksmuseum RP-P-1892-A-17421
hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001...
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