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10 of Tethers, from The Cloisters Playing Cards, South Netherlandish, ca. 1475–80

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

ca. 1475–80

10 of Tethers, from The Cloisters Playing Cards, South Netherlandish, ca. 1475–80 is an object recorded by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, dated ca. 1475–80. The museum record gives material recorded as Paper (four layers of pasteboard) with pen and ink, opaque paint, glazes, and applied silver and gold; measurements 5 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (13.2 × 7 cm); place associated: South Netherlandish. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Material
Paper (four layers of pasteboard) with pen and ink, opaque paint, glazes, and applied silver and gold
Dimensions
5 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (13.2 × 7 cm)

Technical characteristics

Place recorded
South Netherlandish
Museum classification
Miscellaneous-Paper

Identification

Museum attribution
South Netherlandish
Museum object name
Playing card
Museum object number
1983.515.17

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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