Muff Decoration

Date1790-1800

MediumColors: pale blues, bright-blue, pinks, grays, and green on heavy ivory satin ground.

DimensionsOW: 5"; OL: 4 3/4".

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1958-32

DescriptionMuff decoration. Plate-printed, delicately tinted muff design showing a pair of doves, one on nest, surounded by such love tokens as garland of roses, torch, floral wreath, cupids' arrows in sheaf, and large heart-target pierced by two arrows--one dead center. Same design appears on 1958-30. Supposedly made for decorating ladies' muffs.
ProvenanceEx collection: Goldschmidt.