LOCKWOOD DE FOREST. A brass sheet produced by Indian craftsmen in the employ of de Forest in the late nineteenth century, 10" x 4 1/2", "No.191" (the pattern number) stamped in the narrow blank margin, the thin sheet slightly bent and creased, brilliant on both sides. This design is one of several hundred in brass that de Forest commissioned from artisans in Ahmedabad, for use in an applied art or architectural capacity we have not identified. Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932) ...click for details
LOCKWOOD DE FOREST. A brass sheet produced by Indian craftsmen in the employ of de Forest in the late nineteenth century, 11 3/8" x 5 5/8", "No.238" (the pattern number) stamped in the narrow blank margin, the thin sheet slightly bent and creased, slightly discolored on one side, brilliantly gold on the other. This design is one of several hundred in brass that de Forest commissioned from artisans in Ahmedabad, for use in an applied art or architectural capacity we have not ...click for details
LOCKWOOD DE FOREST. A brass sheet produced by Indian craftsmen in the employ of de Forest in the late nineteenth century, 12 3/4" x 7", "No.341" (the pattern number) stamped in the narrow blank margin, the thin sheet slightly bent and creased, brilliant on both sides. This design is one of several hundred in brass that de Forest commissioned from artisans in Ahmedabad, for use in an applied art or architectural capacity we have not identified. Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932) ...click for details
LOCKWOOD DE FOREST. Stencil design for a brass sheet, produced by Indian craftsmen in the employ of De Forest in the late nineteenth century, 13 1/4" x 9 1/2", on cream wove paper. Slight wear to the sheet, a few short tears within the image, a small piece missing from one floral element. De Forest kept an order book of such paper stencils, from which clients could select designs to be made in thin brass sheets. Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932) spent 1881 and half of 1882 in India with h ...click for details
LOCKWOOD DE FOREST. A brass sheet produced by Indian craftsmen in the employ of de Forest in the late nineteenth century, 11 1/4" x 5 1/4", "No.181" (the pattern number) stamped in the narrow blank margin, the thin sheet slightly bent and creased, slightly discolored on one side, brilliantly gold on the other. This design is one of several hundred in brass that de Forest commissioned from artisans in Ahmedabad, for use in an applied art or architectural capacity we have not i ...click for details
LOCKWOOD DE FOREST. A brass sheet produced by Indian craftsmen in the employ of de Forest in the late nineteenth century, 11 1/2" x 5", "No.133" (the pattern number) stamped in the narrow blank margin, the thin sheet slightly bent and creased, tarnished on one side, brilliantly gold on the other. This design is one of several hundred in brass that de Forest commissioned from artisans in Ahmedabad, for use in an applied art or architectural capacity we have not identified. Lo ...click for details
