Sewing casket with view of Weilburg near Baden in Austria

Balthasar Wigand

Date

1820–30

Type

Sewing casket

Medium

Wood veneered with mother-of-pearl; gilt-metal mounts partially enameled; gouache on paper; velvet lining; fittings of steel and mother-of-pearl

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

1990.328.21a–i

Credit

Gift of Zita Spiss, in memory of her father, Julius Triger, 1990