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The Jolly Jigsaw Book

• Object:

  Puzzle book

• Place of origin:

  England, Britain (published)

• Date:

  ca. 1935 (published)

• Artist/Maker:

  John Leng & Co (publisher)

• Materials and Techniques:

  Printed paper and dissected chromolithographed paper on card

  

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Pictures to Trace No. 502

• Object:

  Tracing book

• Place of origin:

  England, Britain (made)

• Date:

  1920s (made)

• Materials and Techniques:

  printed thick paper and card; tracing paper

  Tracing paper is a type of translucent paper. It is made by immersing good quality paper in sulphuric acid for a few seconds. The acid converts some of the celluloseand when the treated paper is washed and dried, it is much stronger than the original paper. Tracing paper enables people to make a good copy of any picture placed beneath it. Drawing books for young children often use tracing paper to help the child and give them a sense of achievement when the finished picture is produced.

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Book cushion

• Place of origin:

  England, Britain (made)

• Date:

  1625-1650 (made)

• Artist/Maker:

  Unknown (production)

• Materials and Techniques:

  Silk embroidered with silver and silk thread, lined with silk

  Bibles and prayer books often had highly elaborate decorated bindings. This reflected the veneration in which their texts were held. Book cushions were padded supports used to cradle them in use and to protect the precious covers, which might incorporate protruding details in gold or silver.

Two Girls With Flowers,

Johann Friedrich Dietler (1804 – 1874, Swiss)

Tarde frente al mar,

Josè Villegas Cordero (1844 – 1921, Spanish)

Terraza en Biarritz

The New Friend

Mother With Child Picking Flowers

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Wedding Dress

1860

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

La Scala, Milan, 1932

Green Woven Purse with Ribbon Fringe

1650-1680; England or Europe, possibly Italy; Anonymous gift; Silver wire, silks

Small decorative purses were popular accessories for presenting gifts of money and for holding sweet-smelling herbs and perfumed substances. This purse has eyelets or holes near the top for drawstring closures.

Stocking or Long Purse

1650-1720; England; Anonymous gift; Silk sprang embroidered with silk and silver metallic threads

This purse is made in an ancient technique called sprang, in which threads are stretched on a frame and manipulated with the fingers to interlink or twine them, working from the ends toward the middle, and often using a stick to control the twists and keep them from unraveling. The resulting fabric has natural elasticity, similar to knitted products, although the techniques are very different.

Rectangular Canvaswork Purse

1600-1625; England; Gift of Cora Ginsburg; Silk and metallic needlework on linen canvas

This bag has worked eyelets for a drawstring, which is missing; the long braided handle is a later replacement.