… of friendship and love. Some models were particularly designed to convey a message on the lid, or had a miniature portrait set to it, which created an emotional tie between the giver and the recipient of the trinket and revealed their …
Collecting | Consumption | Emotions | Fashion | Friendship | Luxury | North America | Snuff
… appealing for aristocratic women who were often depicted wearing their exotic clothing. A case in point is the portrait of Lady Montagu in Turkish dress (1756) by Jean-Étienne Liotard attesting the lure of turquerie invoking the …
Animals | Australia | Chinoiserie | Collecting | Commerce | Exoticism | Menageries | North America