Shawl

Paris, France

About 1860

  • Titles Shawl (Descriptive)
  • Medium Chantilly lace
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Leonard T. Beecher, 1953.8
  • Work Type shawl
  • Classification Costume

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Bust in profile right.
Portrait bust of Friedrich von Schiller in profile right in "artist's" garb - an open, ruffled collar and cloak with wide lapels - his hair drawn back in a "queue" or ponytail, in an attached, molded cast-iron frame.
Heart-shaped covered box of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip and white relief decoration, on the cover the relief scene of Ulysses staying the Chariot of Victory within a rose border, on both the box and cover are small floral motifs.
Vase, David Puxley, Wedgwood, glazed stoneware