Garters
- Culture
- Great Lakes artist
- Date
- c.1920
- possibly made in
- United States, North and Central America
- possibly made in
- Canada, North and Central America
- Classification
- Costume & clothing, jewelry & personal accessories
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- a: 3 × 31 1/2 in. (7.6 × 80 cm)
b: 2 7/8 × 31 1/8 in. (7.3 × 79.1 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Adam
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 154:1977a,b
NOTES
Rows of diamonds and parallelograms oscillate in contrasting cool and warm tones across these garters. The artist created this work by weaving beads on cotton thread. These threads extend beyond the beaded section and are plaited with heavier, blue wool yarn. Garters are a key component of historic Great Lakes men’s dress, worn around leggings below the knee.
Provenance
- 1977
Charles Adam (1917-1996), St. Louis, MO
1977 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Charles Adam [1]
Notes:
[1] A letter dated May 18, 1977 from former curator Lee A. Parsons to Charles Adam acknowledges the offer of this object as a gift to the Museum [Director's Correspondence, Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, April 14, 1977.
Charles Adam (1917-1996), St. Louis, MO
1977 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Charles Adam [1]
Notes:
[1] A letter dated May 18, 1977 from former curator Lee A. Parsons to Charles Adam acknowledges the offer of this object as a gift to the Museum [Director's Correspondence, Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, April 14, 1977.
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