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Dressing Case

1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Asprey
Place of origin
England (made)

Green leather dressing case lined with green velvet. Rectangular and with a domed top. With a gold key and other accessories including mirrors, shoe horn, knives, corkscrew, hair brushes, seal, combs, thimble, nail clippers, perfume funnel, needlecase, nail file, tray, tape measure, spoon and scissors.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Clothing
Needlework Accessories
Object type
Dressing case
Parts
This object consists of 45 parts.

  • Dressing Case
  • Key
  • Bodkin Case
  • Mat
  • Scissors
  • Mirror
  • Mirror
  • Bodkin
  • Shoe Horn
  • Corkscrew
  • Crochet Hook
  • Stiletto (Piercing Tool)
  • Penknife
  • Fruit Knife
  • Cuticle Remover
  • Hair Brush
  • Watch Hook
  • Hair Brush
  • Bodkin
  • Bristle Guard
  • Seal
  • Hair Brush
  • Pencil
  • Bristle Guard
  • Scissors
  • Comb
  • Thimble
  • Clothes Brush
  • Scissors
  • Bristle Guard
  • Tweezers
  • Clothes Brush
  • Nail Clippers
  • Bristle Guard
  • Perfume Funnel
  • Comb
  • Needlecase
  • Nail Brush
  • Nail File
  • Tray
  • Tape Measure
  • Wafer Box
  • Spoon
  • Corkscrew
  • Scissors
Materials and techniques
Leather, velvet, gold, silver, metal, ivory, glass, mother of pearl, tortoiseshell
Brief description
Leather dressing case lined with velvet, with a gold key and other accessories, retailed at Asprey, England, 1867.
Physical description
Green leather dressing case lined with green velvet. Rectangular and with a domed top. With a gold key and other accessories including mirrors, shoe horn, knives, corkscrew, hair brushes, seal, combs, thimble, nail clippers, perfume funnel, needlecase, nail file, tray, tape measure, spoon and scissors.
Dimensions
  • Width: 355mm
  • Height: 110mm
  • Depth: 220mm
Credit line
Given by Miss Lucy Terry Lewis
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.96 to U, W to BB, DD to TT-1962

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O315438/dressing-case-asprey/
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