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Description: | silvered, carved and pierced mother-of-pearl sticks and guard-sticks, Brussels needle and bobbin-made lace motifs applied onto machine-made 3 twist net.
For fan-box see NCM 1989-250/2., /1. FAN: mother-of-pearl guard-sticks, straight tops, asymmetrical below shoulders , with steps of left and shallow C curves on right, to pointed oval end; decorated with wavy stems with leaves and daisies in silver foil and some piercing; 16 sticks, entirely of mother-of-pearl, of conforming outline with guard-sticks below the shoulders; decorated with daisies and buds, side by side on one stick, one above the other on the next stick, repeated, with stems and leaves in silver foil with some piercing; lace leaf with asymmetrical pattern of 4 stems with globe artichokes or thistles, springing from left side, with prickly leaves; towards left side areas between curved leaves and stems with bars with picots, small flowerheads with open petals and spots, all in needle-made lace; under curves of leaves curved stems with small leaves in bobbin-made lace; on right side, perpendicular to guard-stick, 4 umbrella-like sprays of small flowers, each of 5 petals, in bobbin-made lace; similar stems between artichoke flowers on curve of fan leaf, lower curve of fan leaf partly of needle-mad lace and partly of spots and wheels; silver rivet with screw-in ends, mother-of-pearl washers; silver loop
/2. BOX: tapering shape, hinged lid, covered with white silk satin, the underside with glazed white paper
label: in gold on inside of lid, "Manufactured in Paris, J. Duvelleroy, By Appointment, London, 167 Regent Street, W.
Received with a visiting card, printed, "Mr William Muir, 12 Marlborough Chambers, Jermyn Street, S.W., originally attached to fan loop with white satin ribbon,
Accession number: NCM 1989-250/1 | Subjects: | lace (hand-made) carried accessories | Temporal: | 1895-1905 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | Haeltert | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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