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Christmas card in form of a spectacles case
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greetings card
Aangenendt, Paul
Europe: Netherlands, Noord-Brabant, Eindhoven
2009
card
overall: 69 mm x 210 mm

Unusual Christmas greetings card cut out in shape of a 19th c. real tortoiseshell spectacles case from the Aangenendt Collection, bearing a painted architectural miniature and decorative inlaid work on the outside and opening up to reveal a blue leather and silk lining inside the base and lid. Dutch inscription on inside of card alongside an enlarged version of the painted miniature.


2009.605

Gift of Paul and Carla Aangenendt, 2009



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