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sablé
Chátelaine
sablé
French
1783–90
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Glass beads on looped network; sablé
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 7 x 0.1 cm (6 11/16 x 2 3/4)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.2360
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
DescriptionChátelaine with three pendants, all of strung glass beads (called sablé) held together with looping stitches, with gilt metal appendages hanging from each pendant. Pink silk lining. White ground with two cupids holding balloon of 21 November 1783 ascension (Paris). Cupid holding heart and crown and two birds on pendants. Good condition, chátelaine hook missing.
ProvenanceThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection, to the MFA 1943