Lace

France

Mid 18th century

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium linen
  • Dimensions 26 1/4 × 2 in. (66.7 × 5.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Eleanor Freed in memory of her mother, Esther Loveman Kempner, 1984.335.26
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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Covered jar of creamy, glazed stoneware of cylindrical shape with an indented band around the main body about one-third down from the top with which to grip the jar, the lower body truncated to form a narrower foot, the recessed, flat cover with mushroom finial, the entire jar covered with an irregular, mottled glaze in shades of green, brown and beige, the cover with a uniform tan glaze.
Small cast-iron statuette of Napoleon I Bonaparte in officer's uniform with bicorn, his arms crossed and right leg extended, knee slightly bent, resting on undecorated, tall plinth.
Oval blue jasper intaglio with floral designs
Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of two Dancing Hours figures, one holding a laurel wreath and one holding a grapevine garland, next to the Muse Urania seated on stump with a globe and a tree on the right, all on a thin ground that ends before the right edge of tablet.