Double Comb with Scenes of Courtly Life
Ivory or a fine-grained wood were the materials preferred for combs, with ivory the most popular for luxury goods. Indeed this comb depicts typical pastimes of wealthy nobles. On one side, couples dance in a garden as a seated lady plays a portable organ. The other side depic...
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Richard Forrer, Strasbourg [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Leon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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6
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