1 folder : embossed card, silk, watercolor ; 25 x 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Information
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:14103230
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Notes:
Hand-stitched folder made from ornate ivory embossed card covers, edged with blind decorated gold foil, with watercolors affixed to the central panels on the front and back. The watercolor on one side depicts a wintry scene with a snow-covered cottage and figures skating on the ice of an adjacent pond. The watercolor on the opposite side depicts a summery collection of flowers in pink, yellow, and blue. The inside of the folder is padded and lined with coral-colored silk. Presumably the folder was used by a young woman to keep sheets for drawing, or for billet-doux.
Subject Terms:
Westcombe family. | Flowers. | Skating. | Winter in art. | Drawing materials -- Specimens. | Women in natural history.
