Pair of Shells with Portraits Forming a Purse
Craft & Design Objects presents textile and applied-arts holdings from the Art Institute of Chicago open-access collection, with artist, dates, medium and gallery context, drawn from the CC0 API and refreshed monthly. Every record links the museum page and adds material and technique families from our pipeline.
- Object
- Pair of Shells with Portraits Forming a Purse
- Artist
- Limoges Pottery & Porcelain Factories France, founded 1736 Attributed to Nardon Pénicaud French, c.1470-1542/43
- Date
- Early 16th century or 19th century
- Department
- Applied Arts of Europe
- Material family
- metal
- On view
- false