Glove Wallet
late 19th century (made)
Fold-over glove wallet in grey moiré silk, the edges bound in grey silk cord, lined with clear pink silk and with quilted inner pockets of the same silk. Embroidered on the front is a spray of green foliage and pale pink flowers, the petal tips tinged carmine; embroidered on the lining at centre fold a spray of forget-me-nots and attached within each pocket is a small clear pink silk sachet, embroidered with a white flower and green foliage.
235mm wide 180mm deep (closed)
235mm wide 180mm deep (closed)
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Materials and techniques | Moire silk and silk with silk embroidery |
Brief description | Glove wallet probably belonging to the ballerina Marie Taglioni (1804-1884). Moire silk and silk with silk embroidery |
Physical description | Fold-over glove wallet in grey moiré silk, the edges bound in grey silk cord, lined with clear pink silk and with quilted inner pockets of the same silk. Embroidered on the front is a spray of green foliage and pale pink flowers, the petal tips tinged carmine; embroidered on the lining at centre fold a spray of forget-me-nots and attached within each pocket is a small clear pink silk sachet, embroidered with a white flower and green foliage. 235mm wide 180mm deep (closed) |
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Credit line | Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest |
Object history | The glove wallet was probably owned, possibly made, by Marie Taglioni. It is part of a unique collection of memorabilia and personal effects which evoke Marie Taglioni in the last decades of her life. A collection of Taglioni memorabilia was amassed by Margaret Rolfe, the granddaughter of Taglioni's closest friend in London, Mrs Boggs Rolfe; she attended Taglioni's dancing classes and received many gifts of Taglioni memorabilia, from Taglioni herself, from her grandmother and, after Taglioni's death, from her niece, Marguerite Troubetzkoi. She kept these, with a series of related notes, in various boxes and annotated envelopes (filed separately). These she passed to Cyril Beaumont, probably for the London Archives of the Dance (a number of the objects were referred to in "The London Archives of the Dance and some of its Treasures" by Cyril Beaumont, Ballet Annual, first issue, Adam & Charles Black, London, 1947, p110); the Archives never achieved an independent home and part of the collection, including the Taglioni memorabilia, was stored with Cyril Beaumont, where it became inextricably mixed with his own collection and came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest. |
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Accession number | S.791-2001 |
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Record created | December 13, 2001 |
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