Scarf

Brussels, Belgium

  • Titles Scarf (Descriptive)
  • Medium Brussels lace
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Rosalie Joseph Leventritt in memory of her mother Jennie Marx Joseph, 1955.9.2
  • Work Type scarf
  • Classification Costume

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Obverse: The figure of Fortune standing on a wheel in the sea holding a sail with the motto "FRONTE CAPILLATA EST," in the background a sailboat and coastal landscape. (Reverse is blank.)
Small cast-iron pendant medallion with the portrait bust of Emperor Alexander I Pavlovich (1777-1825; 1801 Emperor) in profile left, with small eye for hanging.
Venus Riding a Lion, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Round cast-iron medallion depicting an allegory of "Night"—the winged figure of Night floats through the air and carries the twins Sleep and Death in her arms, an owl flies behind her below her wings.