Miniatures in case

Museum number:
7-3193
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
France
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Leather and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.Hearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.Hearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.Hearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.Hearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniatures in case, accession number 7-3193, described as Miniatures; four matching in case. Subjects (left-right) (a) young girl (with straw hat, green/white stripe dress), (b) young boy (purple jacket, white lace collar/cuff), (c) Louis XVI (in pink jacket with gold embroidery), and (d) Marie Antoinette (in blue dress, four strings of pearls, elaborate hair). Each miniature is oval, set in oval metal bezel (of rose/yellow gold wreath pattern) on wood frame covered with gold stamped, burgundy leather. Leather removed from back of case. Case folds. Probable interior decoration. 37.8 x 11.49 cm.

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