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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Seated Nude Paperweight
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Seated Nude Paperweight

Artist Jean Descomps (French, 1872 - 1948)
Manufacturer Amalric Walter (French, 1870 - 1959)
CultureFrench
MediumPâte de verre
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Base: 2 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. (6.7 x 8.9 cm)
InscribedIncised on side: "AWALTER/NANCY" and on other side: "J.D." for Jean Descomps (sculptor).
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6679
Not on view
DescriptionPaperweight/ornament. Pate de verre. Yellow/tan nude seated hunched on a green mound with her head down and her legs together and arms around them.

Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jean Descomps
ca. 1925-1930
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Jean Descomps
Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Alfred Finot
ca. 1920
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Daum Frères
ca. 1905-1906
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Amalric Walter
ca. 1925-1935
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Amalric Walter
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Amalric Walter
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Henri Berge
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Amalric Walter
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Amalric Walter
ca. 1925
Scanned from a transparency, then color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Georges Despret
ca. 1906
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Amalric Walter
ca. 1920