LORGNETTES
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The gold mounted lorgnette folds up into a gold case, which is decorated on each side with a spray of flowers in chased gold on a stippled ground. It has a rectangular shape with a projection on each side. One holds the tassel and the other holds the nail which pivots the eyepiece. There is a red silk tassel attached to a hanger at the top with black cord.
- Object name:
- LORGNETTES
- Made from:
- Gold -- tassel -- glass
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.208
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- Mark Diamond-shaped mark On side Partially illegible (possibly the maker's mark)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973