Daguerreotype In Black Lacquered Book-Type Case

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
circa 1845

85x100mm black Morocco leather book-type case. Front inlaid with mother-of-pearl and gold leaf in bouquet of flowers design. Gold leaf in scrolls around edges. Black lacquered with gold leaf scrolls. Lined with patterned red plush and gold leaf pattern around inside edge. Pinchbeck frame. 53x65mm daguerreotype three quarter length portrait in profile of young woman seated by table. Face and hands tinted pink.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/DB28
Materials:
shellac, wood composites, metal (unknown), textile (velvet), mother-of-pearl (nacre) and leather
Measurements:
overall (daguerreotype): 65 mm x 53 mm
overall (case): 100 mm x 85 mm
type:
daguerreotype, cased image and hand coloured
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford