Title: Lady with silver basket
Object type: Crèche figure
Date: second half 18th century
Artist: Attributed to Giuseppe Gori 
Artist bio: active ca. 1770–1810
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Polychromed terracotta head and wooden limbs; body of wire wrapped in tow; satin, silk and velvet garments with lace; gold and silver thread; gold earring with pearls and pearl necklace; silver filigree purse and silver basket
Dimensions: a) H. of lady: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.);
b) H. of basket: 2 in. (5.1 cm.)
Classification: Crèche
Credit line: Gift of Loretta Hines Howard, 1964
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women