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Model, Sarracenia Purpurea

This is a Model. It was manufactured by R. Brendel and Co..

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from National Museum of American History as part of Botanical Lessons.

It is dated 1875–1898. Its medium is wood, papier-mâché, cardboard, plaster, reed pith, metal, string, feathers, gelatin, glass and bone glue beads, cloth, metallic thread, horsehair, hemp, silk threads, paint, and shellac varnish. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.

Sarracenia purpurea is a carnivorous pitcher plant indigenous to North America, which feeds mainly on insects, beetles, and spiders. Native Americans have used the plant for various medicinal purposes, including as a diuretic and assisting in childbirth. The genus Sarracenia was named by Carl Linnaeus after Michel Sarrazin, a French physician in Canada who worked for the court of Louis XIV of France and sent specimens of the plant to Europe.

It is credited Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

Leaf Pitcher
earthenware, eosin glaze.
Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund.
2007-3-1

Sidewall, Walnut
chromo-lithographed.
Gift of Wallpaper Council, Inc..
1960-163-28

Sidewall, Garden Flowers
screen printed.
Gift of The Wallpaper Magazine.
1953-198-7

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 48.3 × 15.2 × 15.2 cm (19 × 6 × 6 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Botanical Lessons.

Accession Number 22.2018.9
Object ID 2318793586