#ca. 1745

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• Nécessaire with watch.

Date: probably ca. 1745–1750

Culture: German

Medium: Casket: gold and mother-of-pearl, lined with dark-red velvet; Watch: brass and partly blued steel.

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• Gown.

Place of origin: Spitalfields (textile, weaving); England (gown, sewing)

Date: ca. 1745 (weaving); 1760-1770 (sewing); 1870 - 1910 (altered)

Medium: Silk, linen, silk thread, linen thread; hand-woven damask, hand-sewn

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▪Microscope Date: ca. 1745- 1765 Place of origin: France Medium: Gilt bronze mounts.

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• Woman's Dress and Petticoat (Robe à la française). Place of origin: Europe Date: ca. 1745 Costumes; principal attire (entire body) Silk plain weave (shot taffeta)

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• Dress in two parts (petticoat). Date: ca. 1745

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▪Commode. Culture: Italian Place of origin: Venice, Veneto, Italy Date: ca. 1745 - 1750 Medium: Painted, gilt, and silvered oak

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• Mantua. Place of origin: England Date: ca. 1745

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▪Toilet set in original leather case. Artist: Fourteen identified German (Augsburg) goldsmiths and other German artisans; Japanese (Imari) porcelain maker Date: ca. 1743–45 Culture: German, Augsburg