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Dance card
French, used in America
mid-19th century
Object Place: France; Place of Use: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Ivory, mother-of-pearl, and gilt metal
Dimensions
Overall: 4.8 x 3.5 x 1cm (1 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 3/8in.)
Other (including chain): 9.6 x 3.5 x 1 cm (3 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Other (including chain): 9.6 x 3.5 x 1 cm (3 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession Number52.1307
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPersonal accessories
DescriptionA small dance card with ivory leaves still bearing faint lists of names and initials; top carved with central classic bust in medallion, a gilded spring-like case for pencil at left (pencil missing), and broken gilded chain from pin at top.
Handwritten in pencil on one card:
1 quad[rille] - Mr. Amory
1 lancers - " Loring
Waltz - Mr. Warren
Caled[onian] - Mr. Froth
2 Lancers Mr. Weld
March Mr. Jackson
German [schottische?] " Loring
Handwritten in pencil on another card:
1 C - F L
2 C - F B
K C - W H
G C - F L
V R - L L
L D C W
P F B
M C N C
Handwritten in pencil on one card:
1 quad[rille] - Mr. Amory
1 lancers - " Loring
Waltz - Mr. Warren
Caled[onian] - Mr. Froth
2 Lancers Mr. Weld
March Mr. Jackson
German [schottische?] " Loring
Handwritten in pencil on another card:
1 C - F L
2 C - F B
K C - W H
G C - F L
V R - L L
L D C W
P F B
M C N C
InscriptionsHandwritten in pencil on one card:
1 quad[rille] - Mr. Amory
1 lancers - " Loring
Waltz - Mr. Warren
Caled[onian] - Mr. Froth
2 Lancers Mr. Weld
March Mr. Jackson
German [schottische?] " Loring
Handwritten in pencil on another card:
1 C - F L
2 C - F B
K C - W H
G C - F L
V R - L L
L D C W
P F B
M C N C
1 quad[rille] - Mr. Amory
1 lancers - " Loring
Waltz - Mr. Warren
Caled[onian] - Mr. Froth
2 Lancers Mr. Weld
March Mr. Jackson
German [schottische?] " Loring
Handwritten in pencil on another card:
1 C - F L
2 C - F B
K C - W H
G C - F L
V R - L L
L D C W
P F B
M C N C
ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1952