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sablé
Perfume bottle
sablé
French
1783–1800
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Glass, beadwork; sablé
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.2301a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSmall perfume bottle, flattened, almost circular shape. Clear glass with gilt metal cap, both covered with strung glass beads (called sablé) held together with looping stitches. White ground with lady seated by tree on one side, balloon over landscape on other side, Good Condition.
ProvenanceThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection, to the MFA 1943