Sunday, July 6, 2014

CLOSE UP: Display Cases at the Worcester Art Museum, 1920

Display Cases at the Worcester Art Museum, 1920


     An enlarged view of the 1920 photo of the Textile and Ceramics gallery shows a familiar form to WAM visitors, a form that was just as recognizable in gallery spaces 100 years ago as it is today. The display case shown, one of several WAM used, can be seen in various locations in photographs going back over a century. Today, only two of the cases are still in use, both in the Chinese Gallery. As the below photo shows, they have since been retrofitted with light fixtures on top.



Display Cases at the Worcester Art Museum, 2014