Card-rack
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Cardboard, paper and silk
Measurements
225 x 165 x 30 mm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610045.2
Summary
One of a pair of cardboard card-racks, with elaborately shaped red backplate, tapering pocket to front decorated with grisaille of two winged putti riding on the backs of dolphins. Hung on pink silk ribbon. Applied gilt paper borders, stamped decoration. Made in France, circa 1820.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
References
Kay 2011: Sarah Kay, "Social Networking 19th-Century Style", National Trust Arts/Buildings/Collections Bulletin, Autumn Issue, October 2011, pp.6 - 7