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Patch box mounted with miniatures Box
This is a Box. It was created by John Miers. It is dated ca. 1785 and we acquired it in 1976. Its medium is cut ivory, raised and chased gold, gilt-metal, hair, velvet, paint. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Silhouette painting became popular in the eighteenth century. This work by John Miers was painted, not cut. The hair in the three portraits was painted with a much more diluted pigment, lending the drawing a softness and variation. Three types of hair can be seen, each creating a pattern as delicate as the rendering itself.
This object was
donated by
Ralph V. Sollitt.
It is credited Gift of Ralph V. Sollitt.
- Set Of Ten Buttons (France)
- cut paper on silk set in copper with glass covers.
- Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
- 1931-6-3-a/j
Its dimensions are
Overall: 2.2 x 10 x 4.3 cm (7/8 x 3 15/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
It is signed
Miers. signed below sillouette (in graphite?)
Cite this object as
Patch box mounted with miniatures Box; John Miers (English, active 1760 – 1810); England; cut ivory, raised and chased gold, gilt-metal, hair, velvet, paint; Overall: 2.2 x 10 x 4.3 cm (7/8 x 3 15/16 x 1 11/16 in.); Gift of Ralph V. Sollitt; 1976-27-37
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection.
