1750 / 1759, France

1750 / 1759, France

Identifier
T.143-1961
Acquisition
Given by Miss Florence Kinkelin
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
9.3 cm (length)
14.8 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Pocket case / pocket book / wallet of cream silk, lined with pink silk and edged with silver-gilt woven lace (braid). On the front and back are landscapes inspired by 17th-century Dutch landscape prints, painted in a grisaille technique. A man's pocket book or case, France, 1750s; painted en grisaille on silk and edged with metal thread ribbon