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about 1795
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique Paper leaf etched and painted in watercolor, with applied brass sequins; pallisander (?) wood sticks; wood guards with inlaid wood and bone; bone thumbpieces
Dimensions W (open): 50.5 (19 7/8 in); L (guard): 27.5 cm (10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.332
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDouble paper leaf. Central scene of seven figures in a landscape; German song about fickleness of love to sides; men dancing to outsides; separated by embroidered brass sequin borders separate; decorative border at top. Eleven pallisander (?) wood sticks; ivory and inlaid light wood on guard head; ivory thumbpieces and rings on rivet.
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.