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Image of Tudor Rose Bookend

Photo Credit: David Dietrich

Artist
Tryon Toymakers and Wood Carvers (Primary)
Title

Tudor Rose Bookend

Date
circa 1915
Century
20th century
Medium & Support
Carved walnut
Dimensions
Support: 8 5/8 x 6 1/8 x 7 in.
Style
Arts and Crafts
Object Type
Decorative Arts & Design
Class System
Decorative Arts & Design
Class 1
Functional
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Accession Number
2002.03.59A
Copyright
No Copyright, United States
ON VIEW
Description

Carved, tapered Walnut bookend with floral and leaf carving on stippled field.

A "Tudor rose" does not exist in nature, but is a centuries old convention in British heraldry melding the Rose of Lancaster with the Rose of York. Many people in Tryon interpreted the nae at tuberose, a favorite flower in the south (actually a bulb of the amaryliss family). Carved wood accessories with this elegant motif were Tryon Toymakers highest priced designs.

Keywords
bookends , walnut

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