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ID: DSH.B.029
'Decorative case'
Classified name: Transport & air & decorative art
Composition 'carnet de bal' case containing an ivory tablet. Shows the balloon of 19.9.1783 after De Launay's etching, and of 1.12.1783 with two figures in the car of the balloon floating over Paris rooftops. With a silver mount, acanthus and foliate scrolls and trellis-work and the motto 'Montgolfier 1783'.
Production details
Date: 1783 (c)
Person: Unavailable
Place: France (?)
Method: Unavailable
Material: Composition : ivory : metal & silver
Corporate Body: Unavailable
