VELVET WEIGHT FROM NECESSAIRE
Creator(s): Jos. SauerWein & Company (Retailer)
Currently in storage
About this object
The compartment at the front has three sections, the central one with a red velvet pin cushion embroidered in silver Felicie and below a secret section. The weight is heavy and rectangular in shape. The top is domed. It has two pieces of material attached to the sides to help pull it out of its section.
- Object name:
- VELVET WEIGHT FROM NECESSAIRE
- Made from:
- Velvet -- lead
- Made in:
- Austria
- Date made:
- 1845
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 34.21.17
- Class:
- WOOD
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION on top: Felicie
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973