Pair of Stockings

1860 - 1880

  • Titles Pair of Stockings (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1069.1-.2
  • Object Name stockings
  • Classification Costume

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Bust in profile left.
Large rectangular desk, or bureau Mazarin, inland with floral marquetry of various stained and natural woods on an ebony ground, raised on eight straight legs of tapered rectangular section, which are connected by two flat, interlaced stretchers, in the front is a central drawer with a recessed cupboard depicting a theatrical mask, and on either side tiers of three drawers, with a shaped apron below each tier of drawers and central cupboard, the top edged in gilt wood and with a central vase holding a floral bouquet with scrolling foliage and strapwork, birds and insects surrounding it, with like marquetry decoration on the other three sides.
Cupid, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Dish, or stand, of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration in a pattern of leafy grape vines with bunches of grapes around the rim of the dish.