deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Three Women at the Base of a Sacred Pine Tree
Object type: print
Date: 1790 – 1790
Materials: paper
Techniques: printing block, woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: katsukawa shuncho
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1781 – 1795
Izutsu, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)"
Object type: print
Date: 1898 – 1898
Techniques: woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: tsukioka kogyo
Artist role: print maker
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1869 – 1927
Kniehoge laars van geel runderleer, met een met goudgalon afgezette omslag bovenaan de schacht
Object type: maskerade
Date: 1913 – 1913
Materials: gold galloon, cowhide
Techniques: goudgalon, runderleer
Location: delft
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: delft

Kniehoge laars van geel runderleer met een met goudgalon afgezette omslag bovenaan de schacht. De laars heeft een vierkante neus en een lage rechte hak. De zool, hak en naad middenachter zijn rood.
Textile Fragment from the Dalmatic of San Valerius
Object type: fragment
Date: 1201 – 1300
Materials: animal substrate, gilt, silk
Techniques: lampas, weave
Location: spain

This brocaded textile was originally applied to a dalmatic of Andalusian manufacture. It belongs to a collection of vestments attributed to the cult of Saint Valerius, who was the bishop of Saragossa, Spain, from 290 until 315. During the eleventh century his body was transferred to the Cathedral of San Vicente de Roda de Isábena in in Huesca (Aragon) from where relics were dispatched to other churches. The textiles were made to venerate the saint, with the dalmatic worn on the occasion of his feast day.
An Allée of Trees in a Park (recto); The Ruins of a Building on a Hill (verso)
Object type: drawing
Materials: chalk, ink, watercolor
Techniques: pen, wash
Artist: georges michel
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1763 – 1843
Subjects: buildings,ruins,trees
Le Paysan Frappant son Ane (The Peasant Striking his Donkey), plate 25 from "Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre" (The Light of the Cloisters)
Object type: print
Date: 1621 – 1635
Techniques: etching
Artist: jacques callot
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1592 – 1635
Portret van een zittende man met bril
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1860 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Subjects: eyeglasses, spectacles, sitting figure, adult man, historical persons
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Photogr Atelier/ Wegner & Mottu,/ Prinsengracht BB 439/ Amsterdam’
A Girl Minding Geese
Object type: print
Date: 1855 – 1856
Materials: paper, ink
Techniques: drypoint
Location: france
Artist: jean françois millet
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1814 – 1875
ASSISI - Umbria. Chiesa inferiore di S. Francesco. La Crocifissione.
Object type: reproduction
Date: 1875 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: sint-franciscusbasiliek
Artist: giotto de bondone
Artist role: painter, sculptor
Artist dates: 1266 – 1337
Subjects: angels, the crucifixion of christ: christ's death on the cross; golgotha (matthew 27:45-58; mark 15:33-45; luke 23:44-52; john 19:25-38)
Inscriptions: number: ‘P.e 2.a N.o 5310.’, collector's mark: Lugt 3937
Insertion
Object type: insertion
Date: 1830 – 1830
Techniques: lace
Morning hat, Elastic corset
Object type: fashion print
Date: 1803 – 1803
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, hand coloring
Location: paris
Subjects: underclothes for the upper part of the body: corset (+ women's clothes), head-gear: morning cap (+ women's clothes), reflection (in a mirror) - aa - (for) women (+ back view), underclothes for the whole body (chemise) (+ women's clothes), fashion plates, shoes, sandals (+ women's clothes), stockings, socks (+ women's clothes)
Inscriptions: caption: ‘Bonnet du Matin. Corset Elastique.’

Vrouw, op de rug gezien, staand voor een passpiegel. Zij draagt een elastische korset op een 'chemise'. Op het hoofd een gestippelde muts voor in de ochtend. Kousen en platte schoenen met puntige neuzen. De prent maakt deel uit van het modetijdschrift Journal des Dames et des Modes, uitgegeven door Pierre de la Mésangère, Parijs, 1797-1839.
4004 Roma Sculture del secolo VII - Chiesa di S. Sabina
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1890 – 1925
Materials: paper
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: santa sabina
Artist: james anderson
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1813 – 1877
Subjects: ornaments ~ art
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘4004 - ROMA - Sculture del secolo VIII - Chiesa di S. Sabina [A]nderson’
Heuvellandschap met een bospad
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1840 – 1841
Materials: paper, pencil
Artist: johannes tavenraat
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1809 – 1881
Subjects: low hill country, trees, road, path
Inscriptions: kleurnotitie, handgeschreven

Blad 18 recto uit een schetsboek met 41 bladen.
De Roowaensche Kaey, from Views of Amsterdam
Object type: print
Date: 1660 – 1660
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: netherlands
Artist: reinier nooms
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: dutch
Artist dates: 1623 – 1664
Inscriptions: Lettered lower center: "De Roowaesche Kaey."; and lower right: "zeeman / 4".
Interior, Three Figures: Sake Party
Object type: print
Date: 1730 – 1730
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: woodblock print
Culture: japanese
Artist: hasegawa mitsunobu
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1724 – 1754
Subjects: interiors,men,women,drinking
Landschap met de vlucht naar Egypte
Object type: print
Date: 1663 – 1726
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: paris
Subjects: the flight into egypt: mary, joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way; mary usually riding on an ass - bb - landscape predominant
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 3473, collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 3474

Maakt deel uit van vierentwintigdelige serie met landschappen naar Titiaan en Campagnola.
Ontwerp voor een kandelaar
Object type: print
Date: 1748 – 1748
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Subjects: candlestick

Een aantal van de objecten in deze reeks heeft een eigen ondertitel, die verwijst naar genummerde 'cahiers' (afleveringen) waarin de prenten werden uitgegeven. Het is onduidelijk welke objecten recies bij welke aflevering horen. Daarom is die ondertitel enkel verwerkt bij de prent waarop die voorkomt.
Verspreide dicht- en prozawerken
Object type: book
Date: 1861 – 1861
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print, letterpress printing, printing block
Location: antwerp
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘10.-’, collector's mark: ‘BIBLIOTHEEK/ RIJKSMUSEUM/ AMSTERDAM’, inscription: ‘voor friso de jong VIII [?]’
Buyltje On-versaed en Waernar Altijdt-meer
Object type: print
Date: 1612 – 1652
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: head-gear, farmers
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 700, collector's mark: Lugt 240

Prent uit een serie van 36 prenten met koppen van boeren en boerinnen.
"Here's my Maud S.," from the Terrors of America set (N136) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco
Object type: print
Date: 1888 – 1889
Techniques: color lithograph
Artist: w. duke, sons & co.
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1870 – 1920
Subjects: animals,boys,wagons

Trade cards from the "Terrors of America" series (N136), issued in a set of 50 cards in 1889 by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. The original lithographs for the series were created by Knapp & Company, N.Y. This is the second time that Duke released the "Terrors of America" series. The cards of the first set (N88) are smaller than N136 cards.
Portret van een jongen met een witte kraag
Object type: carte de visite
Date: 1866 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: zutphen
Artist: johan christiaan reesinck
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1838 – 1922
Subjects: historical persons, neck-gear ~ clothing, clothing for the upper part of the body, hairdress
Inscriptions: address: ‘Zutphen’, address: ‘Zutphen Hoek Berkelkade en Brugstraat. B 313.’

Onderdeel van Fotoalbum van een Nederlandse familie met 168 cartes-de-visite en kabinetfoto's.
Het Premiestelsel bij de Politie
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1902 – 1902
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing, line block
Location: netherlands
Subjects: delft, writing-table, writing-desk, policeman, constable, amsterdam
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 1641b

Prent mogelijk uit: De Amsterdamsche Courant, 15 augustus 1902.
Portret van een onbekende man en vrouw
Object type: semi enamel
Date: 1880 – 1906
Materials: cardboard, celluloid, glass, metal, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: amsterdam
Artist: willem gerhardus kuijer
Artist role: fotograaf, hoffotograaf
Artist dates: 1834 – 1899
Subjects: adult woman, adult man, anonymous historical person portrayed, couple of lovers, amsterdam
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘W.G. Kuijer/ Westermarkt 19./ Amsterdam’
Ontwerp voor raam in het Nederlands Paviljoen op de tentoonstelling Arts Décoratifs te Parijs, 1925
Object type: drawing
Date: 1925 – 1925
Materials: cardboard, chalk
Techniques: brush
Artist: richard nicolaüs roland holst
Artist dates: 1868 – 1938
Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna
Object type: painting
Date: 1639 – 1639
Materials: canvas, oil
Artist: claude lorrain (claude gellée)
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1604 – 1682
Subjects: cows,rivers,landscapes,rome
Mouton of Jean the Good
Object type: coin
Date: 1350 – 1364
Materials: gold
Culture: french
Location: france
Subjects: sheep
Ewer
Object type: ewer
Date: 1830 – 1870
Materials: porcelain
Culture: american
Location: united states
Subjects: grapes,men,profiles
Orphrey Depicting the Resurrection of St. Mary
Object type: religious ritual object
Date: 1450 – 1500
Materials: fiber, gilt, gold, linen, metal, textile, silk
Techniques: patterning, satin weave, weave
Location: italy
Subjects: saints
Portret van Armand Carrel
Object type: print
Date: 1839 – 1839
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Artist: louis henri brévière
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1797 – 1869
Subjects: standing figure, historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2282
Veldslag met ruiters
Object type: print
Date: 1769 – 1769
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Artist: dirk langendijk
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1748 – 1805
Subjects: riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman, battle, fighting in general
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Een ruiter rijdt met een zwaard in de aanslag naar de linkerzijde. Voor hem ligt een gesneuvelde soldaat op de grond. Links op de achtergrond vechten vier ruiters. Ovale voorstelling, boven in de marge gemerkt: No 1.
Penningdoos
Object type: medal box
Date: 1672 – 1672
Materials: paper, wood
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: the hague

Ronde palmhouten doos. In deksel hiervan papier met verklarende tekst bij gegraveerde afbeelding van de penning uit 't Swart Toneel Gordijn, 1677. Met bijbehorende penning NG-2014-3-1.
Terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking)
Object type: rhyton fragment
Date: 475 – 451
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

At the rim, a band of tongues; below, a rosette and an upside pointed amphora?
Accessory set
Object type: accessory set
Date: 1850 – 1869
Materials: cotton
Culture: american
[Banian Tree in Commissioner Grote's Garden, Alipoor, Calcutta]
Object type: photograph
Date: 1858 – 1861
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: Anonymous
Artist role: artist
Subjects: gardens,trees
Glass monochrome dish fragment
Object type: fragment, monochrome, opaque red
Date: 1 – 50
Materials: glass
Culture: roman

Body fragment. Opaque red. Flat bottom with part of edge to side. Polished but pitted exterior, side and interior covered in thin green weathering; all but two edges weathered.
Nieuwjaarrsprent van de vuilnismannen van Amsterdam voor het jaar 1849
Object type: new year card
Date: 1848 – 1849
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing, engraving
Artist: dirk wijbrand tollenaar
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1808 – 1858
Subjects: street, garbage collection, amsterdam

Nieuwjaarrsprent van de vuilnismannen van Amsterdam voor het jaar 1849. Gezicht op de Dam met de Beurs van Zocher en het Commandantshuis te Amsterdam. Tussen het publiek de vuilnismannen met hun kar. Met gedicht in twee kolommen. Van de vuilniskarman in de wijk no. 21: J. van den Wijngaard. Onderwerpsrubrieken binnen de Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Zeden en gewoonten in engeren zin, Volksleven, Volksbladen, Nieuwjaars- en Kerstwenschen, Amsterdam.
Zicht op Antwerpen vanaf de dijk
Object type: print
Date: 1923 – 1923
Materials: paper
Techniques: drypoint, etching
Location: antwerp
Artist: eugène bejot
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1867 – 1931
Subjects: dikes, levee, prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city, antwerp
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Kwatrijnen bij de voorstellingen van Tebasilea R.B. en Palatina B.P.
Object type: text sheet
Date: 1640 – 1640
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Location: amsterdam

Twee keer twee kwatrijnen in het Frans en Nederlands bij de voorstellingen van Tebasilea R.B. en Palatina B.P. Het blad maakt deel uit van een album.
Mollie Ray, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes
Object type: photograph
Date: 1888 – 1888
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: allen & ginter
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Subjects: portraits,women,actresses

Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N45, Type 1), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights, Dixie, Our Little Beauties and Opera Puffs Cigarettes.
Dertien reliëfs en een buste van keizer Claudius
Object type: photograph
Date: 1862 – 1867
Materials: paper
Techniques: albumen print
Artist: f. cole
Artist role: fotograaf
Subjects: sculpture, (story of) claudius the roman emperor, sculpture (+ relief ~ sculpture)
Inscriptions: number: ‘78 - 92’

Foto op derde ongenummerde pagina na pagina 92.
Groepsportret van een (vermoedelijk) Franse familie in een tuin bij een huis
Object type: photograph
Date: 1880 – 1900
Materials: paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: france
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: family group, especially parents with their child(ren), france

Onderdeel van Album van een Franse amateur met foto's van Frankrijk, Algerije, Palmyra, de Wereldtentoonstelling van 1900 en van bekende Fransen.
Portret van een staande vrouw
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1860 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: madrid
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: historical persons - bb - woman
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Fotografia/ Puerta del Sol [...]/ Madrid’
Blad met banenpatroon van bloemen met bladeren
Object type: decorated paper
Date: 1900 – 1920
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: ornament derived from plant forms
Vancouver (?) (from Sketchbook)
Object type: drawing
Date: 1890 – 1890
Materials: graphite, paper
Culture: american
Artist: albert bierstadt
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1830 – 1902
Subjects: landscapes
Terracotta dish
Object type: plate
Date: 100 – 100
Materials: terracotta
Culture: roman

Plate on base, concentric circles incised inside bowl.
Triton en nimf
Object type: print
Date: 1670 – 1680
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: netherlands
Artist: caspar jacob van opstal (ii)
Artist role: draughtsman, painter
Artist dates: 1654 – 1717
Subjects: merman, nymphs (in general); 'ninfe in commune' (ripa), (story of) triton
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Triton en een nimf in omhelzing, met daarnaast twee putti .
Gezicht op Maleisische Moskee, Sumatra (Malaysischer Moschee )
Object type: photograph
Date: 1885 – 1900
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: collodion silver print
Location: medan
Artist: carl j. kleingrothe
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1864 – 1925
Subjects: sumatra

Gezicht op de Maleisische moskee, waarschijnlijk te Medan. Op de trappen staat een wachter. Onderdeel van het Sumatra fotoalbum van Paul en Lucie Sandel uit 1900.
Julia Jackson
Object type: photograph
Techniques: albumen print
Location: england
Artist: julia margaret cameron
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british, born india
Artist dates: 1815 – 1879
Subjects: portraits, portraits: female subject, photography
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; verso unchecked
Shoes
Object type: shoe
Date: 1750 – 1769
Materials: silk
Culture: british
Model Ointment Jar from a Foundation Deposit
Object type: miniature ointment jar
Date: 1479 – 1458
Materials: stone
Location: egypt
Fragment of a Bottle
Object type: bottle fragment
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: glass, lead
Techniques: glassblowing
Culture: american
Location: united states
La visite au prisonnier
Object type: print
Date: 1836 – 1842
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Subjects: visit to prison or penal camp, mother and child(ren), woman and child(ren) (family group), prisoner in cell or locked place
Inscriptions: check stamp: Lugt 1397c, collector's mark: Lugt 2228a
Mace head
Object type: mace
Date: 7000 – 5001
Materials: stone
Location: syria
Centrifugaalpompen voor Bankatinwinning in bewerking
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1916 – 1924
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: surabaya
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: colonial system, factory-interior, machine shop, machines; parts of machines; tools and appliances, java

Albumblad met een foto van de fabricage van pompen. Vervaardigd door Machinefabriek Braat en bestemd voor de Banka-tinwinning. Onderdeel van het fotoalbum Machinefabriek Braat Soerabaia-Djocja-Tegal, ca. 1916-1924.
Plaque
Object type: relief
Date: 2700 – 2350
Materials: ceramic
Location: mesopotamia
Architectural Design for a Ceiling with a Dome
Object type: drawing
Date: 1755 – 1817
Materials: ink, drawing material
Techniques: brush, pen, wash
Artist: flaminio innocenzo minozzi
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1735 – 1817
Subjects: architecture,domes
[Captain, Indian Sheik Cavalry, Pekin]
Object type: photograph
Date: 1860 – 1860
Techniques: albumen silver print, glass negative
Artist: john thomson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british, scottish
Artist dates: 1837 – 1921
Subjects: men,portraits
Portret van Jacobus Johannes Schrijver
Object type: print
Date: 1796 – 1796
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: rotterdam
Artist: govert kitsen
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1766 – 
Subjects: book - mm - book open, writing accessories
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Portret van Jacobus Johannes Schrijver, baljuw te Rotterdam. Hij zit aan een bureau waarop een schrijfveer en een inktpot staan en heeft de rechterhand op een opengeslagen boek gelegd.
Terracotta fragment of a stemless kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 470 – 450
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, single reserve line framing tondo; Exterior, start of foot
White house (Washington)
Object type: photograph
Date: 1880 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: washington d.c.
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: façade (of house or building)
Weiland met knotwilgen en op de achtergrond een kerktoren
Object type: drawing
Date: 1807 – 1861
Materials: chalk, paper
Techniques: brush
Artist: cornelis steffelaar
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1797 – 1861
Subjects: trees: pollard willow, meadow, pasture, landscape with tower or castle
Huiselijke taferelen door Jacob Hagen
Object type: drawing
Date: 1791 – 1791
Materials: chalk, ink, paper, pencil
Techniques: brush, pen
Location: netherlands
Artist: jacob hagen (ii)
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1703 – 1791
Subjects: reading, pipe ~ tobacco, clock, communal rooms, family life at home, tea- and coffee-service
Inscriptions: collector's mark, collector's mark: Lugt 1641
Fragment
Object type: textile
Materials: silk
Techniques: bookbinding, interlacing, patterning, satin weave
Location: japan
Design for a Wall Tomb with a Variant and Statues of the Resurrected Christ and a kneeling Donor
Object type: drawing ornament architecture
Date: 1601 – 1700
Materials: ink
Techniques: pen, wash
Artist: anonymous, flemish
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: flemish
Subjects: tombs,skulls,angels,christ,cross
Portret van Jan Bart
Object type: print
Date: 1786 – 1786
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Prent uit: Kok, Jacobus. Vaderlandsch woordenboek: met kaarten, plaaten en pourtraitten. Amsterdam: Johannes Allart, 1785-1796, dl. 5.
Oran. La Mosquée du Pacha
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1903 – 1905
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: photograph
Location: algiers
Artist: paul satragno
Artist role: printer, publisher
Subjects: temple, shrine ~ islam, mohammedanism
Villagers Grinding Corn, page from the Fraser Album
Object type: painting
Materials: paper, watercolor
Location: india
Verschillende dieren
Object type: print
Date: 1565 – 1630
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: italy
Artist: antonio tempesta
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1555 – 1630
Subjects: hoofed animals: deer
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 11, number: ‘7’

Deze prent maakt deel uit van een reeks van 28 prenten van dieren.
bey Albury
Object type: print
Date: 1645 – 1645
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: antwerp
Artist: wenceslaus hollar
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1607 – 1677
Subjects: landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 240

De prent maakt deel uit van een zesdelige serie met gezichten in de omgeving van Albury, Surrey.
Blue and pink paste paper with circle and wavy line pattern
Object type: print
Date: 1801 – 1900
Techniques: relief print
Artist: Anonymous
Artist role: artist
Étui
Object type: étui
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: gold, shell
Subjects: cupid

In eighteenth-century Europe, Paris led the production of high-quality luxury goods. Parisian goldsmiths made a wide range of small, personal articles such as snuffboxes; étuis to hold sealing wax, tweezers, or utensils for sewing; souvenirs, which contained thin ivory tablets for note taking; and shuttles for knotting lace. Gold snuffboxes and boxes decorated with portrait miniatures were prized and frequently given as royal gifts, often to ambassadors or members of the court in lieu of cash payments for their services. Coveted and admired, these boxes were produced from a variety of materials. The best were skillfully made of gold and embellished with diamonds, enameled decoration, lacquer, and other luxurious materials. By the middle of the century, the taking of snuff had become an entrenched social ritual, and the snuffbox, too, had become an important social prop. Snuffboxes were considered highly fashionable accessories, with some merchants advertising new boxes with each change of season. The popularity of snuffboxes extended to all levels of society, and for those who could not afford gold, boxes were produced in less expensive materials such as silver, tortoiseshell, porcelain, or domestically produced lacquer.
Abris temporaires (Zambèze)
Object type: card game
Date: 1900 – 1920
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: rotogravure
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: card games, other dwelling types