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Frederick Hurten Rhead
Tile Plaque1909-1911

Not on view
Four-tile ceramic panel in low relief depicting a peacock with fanned tail, glazed in navy, olive, gold, and black with white eye-spots on the tail feathers

Frederick Hurten Rhead, Agnes Rhead, University City Pottery, Tile Plaque, 1909-1911, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Decorative Arts Council Fund, photo @ Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Frederick Hurten Rhead
England, active United States, 1880-1942
Artist or Maker
Agnes Rhead
England, active United States, 1877-1952
Manufactured by
University City Pottery
United States, Missouri, University City, 1909-1911
Title
Tile Plaque
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1909-1911
Medium
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions
19 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. (49.8 x 50.2 cm) Frame: 26 1/2 × 27 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (67.31 × 69.85 × 5.72 cm)
Credit Line
Decorative Arts Council Fund
Accession Number
M.89.119.16
Classification
Architecture
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Bowman, Leslie Greene. American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1991. vol. 28-29, no. 12-1 (December, 1990-January, 1992).