Notebook
Books & Magazines
Inventory number
2025.6.5.9.BM.OT.C1870.FR
Description
Notebook featuring a black velvet cover with steel frame and an ovular wool on tulle embroidery depicting a cavalier king charles dog. Interior is lined in red moiré silk with a gusseted compartment and small paper booklet with gilt edges. Front page features a printed rural scene depicting two women outside with their jewellery, vanity table, geuridon, and a young boy, with a timberframe house in the background. The closure consists of a red wood and graphite pencil that slides between alternating tubes attached to the velvet cover.
Materials
Velvet
Silk moire
Wood
Graphite
Steel
Paper
Origin
circa 1870
France