Fichu

United States

18th century

  • Titles Fichu (Descriptive)
  • Medium dresdenwork; tambour
  • Dimensions 58 x 25 1/2 in. (147.3 x 64.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase with funds provided by the Fashion Group of Birmingham, 1986.616
  • Work Type fichu
  • Classification Costume

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Small face jug of red stoneware covered with a dark brown opaque glaze, the two large ears protrude from the sides of the face, the eyes are wideset and dark, the nose is large and bulbous, with raised eyebrows, the open mouth below a rounded mustache reveals six white, crooked teeth, with incised decoration around the spout and on the handle.
Champagne flute with a conical bowl of white glass with vertical ridges and a series of black dots that spiral and elongate toward the stem, where they appear to wrap around it, the round foot of clear glass.
Carnelian II vase, shape 308-7"