Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Portrait of a Chamber Maid Reading
Object Number:
1953.281
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and touches of charcoal on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 21 x 14 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower, ink: "chambre Maid"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center within framing lines in brown ink: "chambre Maid.."
Description:
Figure
Credit Line:
Purchase
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
