(MILWAUKEE, WI) The Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University will hold an exhibition highlighting
       its permanent collection of Decorative Arts and Tapestries as part of its summer exhibition program. The
       exhibition opens July 10 and continues through September 28 and will feature a selection of the best European
       and American decorative arts from the collection.

       Eigtheenth century French porcelain from the royal factory at Sevres will be featured in this exhibition along
       with porcelain from the Meissen and Worcester factories. The exhibition will feature examples of soft and hard
       paste porcelain and will include table ware and cabinet figures in a variety of styles. The Worcester Porcelain
       Company, founded in 1751 by Dr. John Wall and William Davis, adopted Japanese forms and motifs as seen in
       the Saucer and Pair of Queen Charlotte Plates in the exhibition. The Meissen factory, the first European
       manufacturer of hard-paste porcelain, specialized in decorative cabinet figures. The porcelain figurines in the
       exhibition date from the early 19th century.

       A vase designed by Susannah Margaretta (Daisy) Makeig-Jones (1881-1945) for Wedgwood, the most
       successful and influential ceramic factory in England, will be included in the exhibition. The Haggerty Museum of
       Art's Wedgwood vase is twelve inches high, has a wide body and fluted opening. It is decorated with the
       Fairyland luster created by Makeig-Jones by combining different glazing processes including underglaze mottling,
       and overglaze graining with an iridescent finish.

       Four examples of European tapestries in the exhibition represent a range of periods and production centers from
       French, Flemish and English manufacturers.  Among the tapestries being exhibited are The Triumph of
       Alexander the Great (late 17th Century), Verdure Forest Scene (1711), and two pastoral scenes from the 18th
       century along with a Papal Crest Wall Hanging.

       The tradition of producing fine decorative arts continued in the United States at the Tiffany Studios, founded by
       Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) and other manufacturers. Between 1900 to 1938, Tiffany Studios produced
       fine individually handcrafted desk accessories. The Haggerty will present two complete Tiffany desk sets,
       known as the Abalone and Ninth Century pattern desk sets. Each desk set typically contains a paper
       or letter rack, blotter ends, and inkstand. Paper trays, postage scales, and a pen holder from the Abalone set will
       be on display. These patterns represent two of twenty-two known Tiffany desk set patterns.
 
 
 
 

       The Haggerty Museum of Art is located at North 13th St. and West Clybourn Avenue on the campus of
       Marquette University. Museum hours are Monday - Wednesday, Friday - Saturday, 10 am-4:30 p.m.;
       Thursday, 10 am-8 p.m.; and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Free parking is available in the Mary B. Finnigan Parking
       Lot (enter on 11th St. through Marquette Lot J). For more information on the exhibition or the Haggerty
       Museum, call 414/288-1669.
 

       Annemarie Sawkins, Ph.D.
       Associate Curator
       Haggerty Museum of Art
       Marquette University
       P.O. Box 1881
       Milwaukee, WI  53201-1881

       tel. (414) 288-5588
       fax. (414) 288-5415
       www.marquette.edu/haggerty