id: 167989 accession number: 2009.57 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.57 updated: 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) title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- culture: England, mid 18th century technique: gold, agate, interior fitted with implements, mirror department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Miscellaneous find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * James Barbot (British) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm (2 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Private Collection, New Orleans, LA date: footnotes: citations: Howard F. Stirn [1923-2016], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: -2009 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2009- footnotes: citations: --- 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. digital description: 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- 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