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Octagonal Library Table
Richard Hicks Bridgens
Ebony, boxwood, kingwood, mahogany, satinwood, pine, cedar, chestnut, tulipwood, and various stained and shaded woods, with ivory, pearl-shell, copper and brass inlay; the carcass of the top and of the drawer linings is mahogany; the carcass of the base pedestal is pine; replacement leather · 1835
Art Institute of Chicago
Sewing case
Balthasar Wigand
gild on velvet (fabric weave), copper (metal), gilding (material), gouache (paint), glass, mother of pearl, metal, oil paint (paint) · 1826
Rijksmuseum
Fan
Jean-Denis Nargeot
Mother-of-pearl, gilt bronze, paper, colored jewels, turquoise, glass, topaz, amethyst · 1825
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Symphonium
Charles Wheatstone
nickel silver, ivory, brass, mother-of-pearl · 1825
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Third flute
SAX
silver (metal), ebony (wood), mother of pearl · 1821
Rijksmuseum
Sewing casket with view of Weilburg near Baden in Austria
Balthasar Wigand
Wood veneered with mother-of-pearl; gilt-metal mounts partially enameled; gouache on paper; velvet lining; fittings of steel and mother-of-pearl · 1820
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Colt Paterson Percussion Revolver, No. 5, Holster Model, serial no. 940
Samuel Colt
Steel, silver, mother-of-pearl · 1815
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tea Scoop
Samuel Pemberton
metalwork, decorative arts, scoop — silver, mother of pearl · 1809
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Sword of Service and Scabbard
Martin-Guillaume Biennais
Silver, gilded silver, steel, gold, mother-of-pearl, wood, leather, and textile · 1805
Art Institute of Chicago
Plate
Wedgwood Manufactory
Earthenware (pearlware) with underglaze blue decoration · 1805
Art Institute of Chicago
Plate
Wedgwood Manufactory
Earthenware (pearlware) with underglaze blue decoration · 1805
Art Institute of Chicago
Vase
Staffordshire Potteries
Lead-glazed earthenware (marble pearlware) · 1805
Art Institute of Chicago
Woman's Overskirt
Kuba
Raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping, and stem and running stitches cut to form pile; couching; joined by pearl and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches · 1801
Art Institute of Chicago
Woman's Overskirt
Kuba
Raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping, and stem and running stitches cut to form pile; couching; joined by buttonhole, pearl, and trammed twisted buttonhole stitches; edged in lateral looping stitches · 1801
Art Institute of Chicago
Round Box with Design of Bugaku Dance Hat and Musical Instrument
YAMADA
Lacquer on wood with gold, mother-of-pearl inlay, and colored lacquer · 1800
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Snuff Box
Jacob Frisard
Gold, enamel, pearl · 1800
Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of Catherine Clemens and Her Son, John Marcus Clemens
Richard Cosway
watercolor on ivory in a gold and split pearl frame · 1795
Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Catherine Clemens and Her Son, John Marcus Clemens
Richard
watercolor on ivory in a gold and split pearl frame · 1795
Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Catherine Clemens and Her Son, John Marcus Clemens
Richard Cosway
watercolor on ivory in a gold and split pearl frame · 1795
Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Catherine Clemens and Her Son, John Marcus Clemens
Richard
watercolor on ivory in a gold and split pearl frame · 1795
Cleveland Museum of Art
Etui Knife with Green-stained Ivory and Mother-of-Pearl Handle
John Wilson & Sons, England
cutlery, decorative arts, knife — green-stained ivory, pewter, steel, mother-of-pearl · 1790
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Portrait of a Man
John Smart
watercolor on ivory in a gold and seed pearl frame · 1789
Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of a Man
John Smart
watercolor on ivory in a gold and seed pearl frame · 1789
Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of a Man
John Smart
watercolor on ivory in a gold and seed pearl frame · 1789
Cleveland Museum of Art