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Source Description
A shuttle is a weaving device with pointed ends used for carrying the weft threads across the warp threads. Many aristocratic ladies practiced weaving. This shuttle was made for Lady Charlotte Seymour, countess of Fortescu.
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Document identity
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866
label
Shuttle with Monogram and Putti
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object
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Source metadata
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866
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object
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normalized
title
Shuttle with Monogram and Putti
description
A shuttle is a weaving device with pointed ends used for carrying the weft threads across the warp threads. Many aristocratic ladies practiced weaving. This shuttle was made for Lady Charlotte Seymour, countess of Fortescu.
provenance
Lady Charlotte Seymour, Countess of Fortescu (1730-1805), by commission; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1770
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
shuttles (textile working equipment)
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Monogram] C.S.
med
gold, enamel
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6197
15479
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EAN
exhibition_ids
2689
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1
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0
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photo
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