Lace

Early 19th century

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium linen; lace
  • Dimensions 45 × 3 1/4 in. (114.3 × 8.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Eleanor Freed in memory of her mother, Esther Loveman Kempner, 1984.335.23
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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Bust in profile left in uniform with the Order of the Black Eagle, with ermine mantle.
Porcelain snuffbox, mounted in gold, rectangular and painted on each side of the exterior and the cover with a colorful mythological vignette, the cover interior painted in sepia and flesh tones with "Leda and the Swan", the rim and cover rim with a wave-engraved hinged red-gold mount.