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MOUSTACHE COMB CASE

MOUSTACHE COMB CASE
 18th century

Medium
Leather case with petit point panel, Victorian period

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr F. Scaefer, 1954

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Accession Number
1471 B-D4

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

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Exhibition
Survey 15: Relics and Rituals
Essay
Collection care and performance art at the NGV
Essay
Jean Ipoustéguy’s Death of the father at the NGV: marble, metal and lots of ink
Essay
Sacred geometry: The art and life of Reko Rennie
Essay
Exploring frames and framing in late 19th century Melbourne through the transcription of Thallon’s ledger 1888/89–1903
Learning Resource
Digital Creatives: Breakfast With Bonnard
Learning Resource
Digital Creatives: Exquisite Corpse
Learning Resource
Digital Creatives: Egyptian Enigma
Video
The Picasso Century | Online tour
Video
Session one: Queer People Archiving Their Histories
Video
Session two: The Legacy of David McDiarmid
Video
Session three: HIV/AIDS Activism, Then and Now
Video
Session four: Landmark LGBTQ+ Exhibitions in Australia
Video
Virtual Curator Tour | Goya
Video
NGVWA Presents ‘Art of Tea’
Video
Telstra Creativity and Innovation Series Keynote: Redesigning Artificial Intelligence – From Australia Out
Video
Salon et Lumière | A Telstra Creativity and Innovation Series presentation
Video
TIWI | Exhibition video tour
Learning Resource
Digital creatives: Sea life – NGV Triennial 2020
Video
Drop-by Drawing with Juan Ford | An archer

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Pregnancy ensemble (ENGLAND) Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara Dosso DOSSI; Battista DOSSI (attributed to) Black bunny ears hat COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Stephen JONES (designer) Look 15, dress BALENCIAGA, Paris (fashion house); Nicolas GHESQUIÈRE (designer) Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends Jacopo AMIGONI (Mother and child) E. Phillips FOX Dress MOSCHINO, Milan (fashion house); Franco MOSCHINO (designer) Pair of glass coolers SAINT-CLOUD PORCELAIN FACTORY, Saint-Cloud (manufacturer) The first cloud William Quiller ORCHARDSON Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Jusepe de RIBERA Clock garniture MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Marc-Louis-Emmanuel SOLON (decorator) Spouted pharmacy jar ORAZIO POMPEI WORKSHOP, Castelli (manufacturer) Teacup and saucer MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer) Beach dress FRANCE Shoes COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Skin heel boots FECAL MATTER, Montreal (fashion house); Steven Raj BHASKARAN (designer); Hannah DALTON (designer) Dress GUCCI, Florence (fashion house) Chair Carlo BUGATTI Little Red Riding Hood Gustave DORÉ Two old men disputing REMBRANDT Harmensz. van Rijn Untitled (Red) Mark ROTHKO Cap CHRISTIAN DIOR, Paris (fashion house); John GALLIANO (designer); Stephen JONES (milliner) Mother and child Cornelis de VOS Weeping woman Pablo PICASSO Portrait of a gentleman Louis TOCQUÉ DAMASK CAP Textile William MORRIS BROOCH Lace (FRANCE)