Letter case and comb, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1700

This letter case and comb belonged to Ambassador Thomas Hees when he was in Algiers. Under the flap of the case is an embroidered inscription: 'His Excellency Sir Thomas Hees Ambassador of the States General of the United Netherlands 1676'. Letter cases are comparable to contemporary portfolios. Hees kept his papers in it, as well as this large tortoiseshell comb. The case is lying on the table in the portrait of the ambassador.

Identification

Title(s)

Letter case and comb
Roodfluwelen tas in levants werk met schildpaddenkam, behorende aan Thomas Hees, ambassadeur der Staten Generaal

Object type

Object number

SK-C-1216

Description

Roodfluwelen tas in levants werk, aan de voorzijde rijk versierd met goudstiksel op leer, met opschrift: De Edele Heer Tomas Hees Ambassadeur van Staate Generael der Vereenige Neederlanden 1676. In de tas bevindt zich een schildpaddenkam met 31 tanden.

Creation

Artist

anonymous

Dating

c. 1600 - c. 1700

Material and Technique

Material

Measurements

length 16.7 cm × length 24.9 cm × width 28.3 cm × thickness c. 0.8 cm × weight 131.5 gr
length 13.2 cm × width 21 cm × weight 27 gr

Subject

When

1676 - 1693

Who

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis

Acquisition

loan Feb-1932

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Thomas Hees en zijn bediende Thomas en neven Jan en Andries Hees

Documentation

Accessorize! 250 objects of fashion and desire, p. 20
Op de zeef van de tijd : een geschiedenis van Nederland
Vijf jaren in Algiers : het journaal van Thomas Hees, 1675-1680, Thomas Hees, Paulus Brood, Gerard van Krieken, Mehmet Tütüncü, Eveline Sint Nicolaas
Embroidery for Ambassadors, Jef Teske, afb. 11
Documentatiemap.

Persistent URL

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