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Source Description
The front of this "aide memoir" or notebook (really a case in the form of a book) shows an oval portrait of a woman with powdered hair. On the back are initials set over woven hair (unpowdered). The letters are hard to make out, but probably read JMBA. On both sides of the "book" varied mechanically produced lines create a starburst effect under transparent green enamel (a technique called "guilloché"). Even the pencil-holder that comes with this case, and acts to fasten it, is engine turned in this fashion. Notes could be made on the ivory tablet inside.
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Document identity
localId
28696
label
Guilloché ""Aide Memoir"" (Notebook)
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
28696
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Guilloché ""Aide Memoir"" (Notebook)
description
The front of this "aide memoir" or notebook (really a case in the form of a book) shows an oval portrait of a woman with powdered hair. On the back are initials set over woven hair (unpowdered). The letters are hard to make out, but probably read JMBA. On both sides of the "book" varied mechanically produced lines create a starburst effect under transparent green enamel (a technique called "guilloché"). Even the pencil-holder that comes with this case, and acts to fasten it, is engine turned in this fashion. Notes could be made on the ivory tablet inside.
provenance
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
late 18th-19th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
cases (containers)
portraits
miniatures (paintings)
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.2
height
7.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 x W: 3 1/16 in. (10.2 x 7.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Monogram] J M A B
med
guilloché gold, basse-taille enamel, hair, ivory
creator_ids
6229
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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65874b78627c7608
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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78ff95f3ba8a4c8f
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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16ec0a3d43db0d44
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no
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no