Scarf

1875 - 1900

  • Titles Scarf (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk
  • Dimensions 65 x 63 in. (165.1 x 160 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Helen Benedict Byrd in honor of Martha Milner Benedict, 1986.1012
  • Work Type scarf
  • Classification Costume

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Black velvet with gold buttons down front, bottom banded with three rows of gold braid and edged with pleated black taffeta
Chatelaine comprised of an oval, dark blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief set in a cut-steel mount with hook on the back, the medallion with the relief scene of "Hercules and Omphale," from this hang three simple cable chains interspersed with cut-steel beads, each attaches to a second oval, dark blue jasper medallion with white jasper bas relief in like cut-steel mount, the medallion with the relief scene of "Ulysses staying the chariot of Victory," from this hang five individual cable chains interspersed with cut-steel beads, the outer two end in tassels and the three in the middle in hooks.
Cup and saucer of solid white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white relief decoration, the cup with three vignettes between decorative latticework, including Aurora in her Chariot, Cupid as Oracle, and Cupids with a Maiden, with loop handle, the interior is glazed; the saucer likewise with vignettes separated by latticework around the rim, including Cupids at Play, a figure from Domestic Employment, and Sacrifice to Hymen.
Toft tray, outside blister brown glaze, inside blue thawed snow