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Fabric Salesman

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.23 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 5/8 × 3/8 inches (11.75 × 19.37 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (11.75 × 9.53 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.84
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a man standing with a large section of striped fabric draped on the table in front of him. A woman stands next to him holding smaller bundles of fabric. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a case with Johanna's Bouquet motif and an embossed red velvet liner.
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