Dance card
Books & Magazines
Inventory number
2023.6.16.7.BM.OT.1911.FRDescription
Dance card with a program of 24 dances in the form of a booklet. A pink string is holding it together and attached to it is a pink pencil. The cover has a pink drawing of a woman with a hat and a man, some black garland, and the back has an image of a woman being carried in a palanquin by two men. There are flowers framing the pages where the program is laid out.It was meant for the Grand Ball for the 23rd anniversary given in the two large rooms of the "Petit Journal" on October 21st, 1911. It mentions who the special guests are and who will be the conductor, and where the buffet and changing rooms are.
Dance cards were meant to keep track of dance partners and corresponding dances for the evening.
Materials
CarboardSilk thread
Wood
Origin
1911 Paris, FranceDimensions
Length : 7.5 cmHeight : 13.5 cm