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sablé
Round box with cover
sablé
French
1785–90
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Glass, Silk; Glass beads on looped network; sablé
Dimensions
Overall: 3.3 x 11.4 cm (1 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.2264a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRound box with cover of strung glass beads (called sablé) held together with looping stitches. Pink silk interior, green silk base. White ground with green balloon with design of two caryatids, with two figures in basket. Balloon used in ascent of Darroussin and Ballet at Bagnols on 18 August 1785. Good condition.
ProvenanceThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection, to the MFA 1943