Lace Applique

Belgium

1800 - 1825

  • Titles Lace Applique (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton, lace
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Rosalie Joseph Leventritt in memory of her mother Jennie Marx Joseph, 1955.9.37
  • Object Name applique
  • Classification Needlework

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Round basalt plaque with Reynold's Infant Academy. Which shows a young boy painting on an oval canvas a young girl with a fashionable hat, who is flanked by two other children.