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18th Century Material Culture
Portable Desks & Valises
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Portfolio Cases Valises
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Leather Letter / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise or Wallet
Owned by George Dudley Esqr. of London 1749(Ruby Lane)
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Leather Letter / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise or Wallet
Owned by George Dudley Esqr. of London 1749(Ruby Lane)
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Moroccan Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Used by George Washington During the American Revolution & Later Mid 18th Century(Sotheby’s)
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Moroccan Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Used by George Washington During the American Revolution & Later Mid 18th Century(Sotheby’s)
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Moroccan Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Used by George Washington During the American Revolution & Later Mid 18th Century(National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution)
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Moroccan Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Late 18th Century(Expertissim)
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Moroccan Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Late 18th Century(Expertissim)
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Moroccan Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Late 18th Century(Expertissim)
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Moroccan Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Late 18th Century(Expertissim)
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10” Leather Wallet or Document Case Possibly Owned by George Washington
Engraved “G.W. 1775”(Private Collection)
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American Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / ValiseOwned by Samuel Lane (1718-1806) of Stratham, New Hampshire c. 1750
(New Hampshire Historical Society)
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Leather Pocket Book Recovered from the Body of North Carolina General William Lee DavidsonContains His Papers and Recovered from His Body by the British after He was Killed at the Battle of Cowan's Ford, January 31 1781
(Guilford Courthouse National Military Park)
Text
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French Moroccan Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Mid 18th Century(Christie’s)
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French Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
18th Century(Cooper - Hewitt / Smithsonian)
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French Moroccan Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Probably by Jacques Lourdière c. 1763 - 1764(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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French Moroccan Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Probably by Jacques Lourdière c. 1763 - 1764(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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French Moroccan Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Probably by Jacques Lourdière c. 1763 - 1764(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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French Moroccan Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
“M Le Comte de Caraman, 1781”(Sotheby’s)
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Leather Valise “M. PLOYART CAPITAINE AU REGT. DE ROYAL HESSE DARMSTADT”
18th Century(Private Collection)
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French Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Owned by François Racine de Monville Late 18th Century(Binoche et Giquello)
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Morocco Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Marked “Constantinople 1723”(Sotheby’s)
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Morocco Leather Portfolio / Document or Dispatch Case / Valise
Marked “Constantinople 1728”(Sotheby’s)
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WritingBoxes
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English Oak Writing Box1680
(Private Collection)
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English Oak Writing Box
Early 17th Century(The British Museum)
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English Walnut Writing Box on Frame from Pennsylvania
c. 1720 - 1740(Winterthur)
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English Writing Box Owned by Benjamin Franklin
18th Century(The Franklin Institute, Inc.)
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English Writing Box Owned by Alexander HamiltonLate 18th Century
(Daniel Burke Library)
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English Writing Box Owned by Alexander HamiltonLate 18th Century
(National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution)
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English Writing Box Owned by Thomas Je! ersonc. 1776
(National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution)
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English Writing Box Owned by Thomas Je! ersonc. 1776
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English Writing Box Owned by Thomas Je! ersonc. 1776
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English Mahogany Writing Box
c. 1765(M. Ford Creech Antiques & Fine Arts)
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English Mahogany Writing Box
c. 1765(M. Ford Creech Antiques & Fine Arts)
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English Mahogany Writing Box
c. 1765(M. Ford Creech Antiques & Fine Arts)
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English Mahogany Writing Box
c. 1765(M. Ford Creech Antiques & Fine Arts)
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Constantinople Leather & Wood Writing Box Made for the European Market
18th Century(Private Collection)
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Constantinople Leather & Wood Writing Box Made for the European Market
18th Century(Private Collection)
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American Pine Writing Box in Green / Blue Paint
Late 18th - Early 19th Century(Antique Associates of West Townsend)
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English Mahogany Writing Box
c. 1790(Hygra)
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English Mahogany Writing Box
c. 1790(Hygra)
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A Man Writing at His Desk
by Jan Ekels II c. 1784(Private Collection)
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Desks
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“OUT OF PLACE. HORS D’EMPLOI”
by Carington Bowles, after Robert Dighton 1784(Sanders of Oxford)
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