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Dance card

mid-19th century

Object PlaceFrance

Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniqueIvory, mother-of-pearl, and gilt metal

DimensionsOverall: 4.8 x 3.5 x 1cm (1 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 3/8in.)
Other (including chain): 9.6 x 3.5 x 1 cm (3 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 3/8 in.)

Credit LineGift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb

Accession number52.1307

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ClassificationsPersonal accessories

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsHandwritten in pencil on one card: 1 quad[rille] - Mr. Amory 1 lancers - " Loring Waltz - Mr. Warren Caled[onian] - Mr. Froth 2 Lancers Mr. Weld March Mr. Jackson German [schottische?] " Loring Handwritten in pencil on another card: 1 C - F L 2 C - F B K C - W H G C - F L V R - L L L D C W P F B M C N C

ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1952