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Model, Menyanthes Trifoliate
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.
The Menyanthes trifoliate, commonly known as buckbean, typically grows in shallow water and is native to Europe and Asia. The root is edible and has been used to make “famine bread,” a substitute for the food when grains are unavailable that has been described as nutritious but bitter. Produced in Scandinavia since the 15th century, this process of drying and grinding the rootstocks was described by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1832.
It is credited Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
- Textile, Botanical
- non-woven polyester.
- Gift of Hitoshi Ujiie.
- 2006-10-2
- Sidewall, Garden Flowers
- screen printed.
- Gift of The Wallpaper Magazine.
- 1953-198-7
- Textile, Garden Path
- silk.
- Gift of Marian Clayden.
- 1991-87-1
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 45.7 × 27.9 × 27.9 cm (18 × 11 × 11 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Botanical Lessons.
