id: 167989
accession number: 2009.57
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.57
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Vanity Set (Nécessaire), c. 1760. Manner of James Barbot (British). Gold, agate, interior fitted with implements, mirror; overall: 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm (2 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Howard F. Stirn 2009.57
title: Vanity Set (Nécessaire)
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creation date: c. 1760
creation date earliest: 1755
creation date latest: 1765
current location: 203B British Painting and Decorative Arts
creditline: Gift of Howard F. Stirn
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culture: England, mid 18th century
technique: gold, agate, interior fitted with implements, mirror
department: Decorative Art and Design
collection: Decorative Arts
type: Miscellaneous
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CREATORS
* James Barbot (British) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm (2 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020)
opening date: 2020-06-30T04:00:00
British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Private Collection, New Orleans, LA
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Howard F. Stirn [1923-2016], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: -2009
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2009-
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fun fact:
This small box with a mirror-lined lid is a dressing table accessory for travel that contains luxury objects such a clasp knife, tweezers, manicure set, and scent bottles.
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Luxurious personal objects were an essential part of a privileged wardrobe during the 1700s and early 1800s, emphasizing their owner’s refinement and wealth. Jewelry, miniatures, and nécessaires—small expensive sets designed to hold grooming, writing, and sewing tools—were often given as intimate gifts, intended to be seen and admired. Their glittering surfaces, however, disguised a system based on the labor and suffering of enslaved or indentured people, whether in gold and stone mines or shops where these goods were made.
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2009.57/2009.57_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2009.57/2009.57_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2009.57/2009.57_full.tif