A State of Things

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Introduction

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801

Hand mirror, Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (ca. 1550–1295 BC), copper on loan from the Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities

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802

Combinations (women’s full-body underwear; reform underwear), England, ca. 1900, cotton, cotton lace and silk ribbon,hand and machine sewn

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803

Nakwaska - Dwór wiejski, published under the imprint and supervision of the author, 1857–60 (Geneva, Imp. Pfeffer & Puky), University of Warsaw Library, Department of 19th-century Publications

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804

CB telephone Tele- and Radiotechnical Works in Warsaw, 1936, metal, Bakelite, collection of Ireneusz and Piotr M. Zalewski

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805

Doll porcelain set (tray, pot, sugar bowl, milk jug, cup and saucer), Meissen, Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, Royal Porcelain Manufactory (KPM), Dresden, Helena Wolfsohn’s porcelain decorating studio and company, 2nd half of the 19th c., porcelain, overglaze enamels, gilt

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806

Aigrette (feather headdress), Poland, 18th/19th c., heron and peacock feathers, silk, glued

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807

Footless beaker (toasting goblet), The Netherlands, 2nd half of the 16th c. – 1st half of the 17th c., colourless and white glass, filigree

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808

Games board for chess, draughts, nine men’s morris and backgammon, France, the 1680s, oak with ebony veneer, marquetry of engraved ivory and bone; brass, engraved and gilt

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809

Wisła B television set, Warsaw Television Works, 1956–57, collection of Ireneusz and Piotr M. Zalewski

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810

Oli lamps:

a. Oil lamp with suspension chain, Egypt, Coptic period, 5th–6th c., clay, bronze
b. Oil lamp, Carthage, 5th c., clay

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811

Dumb waiter, Vienna or Italy, ca. 1810–20, pine wood with mahogany veneer; birch, carved, painted and gilt

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812

Portable Imperial stereoscope with a set of stereophotographs, Germany, manufacturer: Neue Photographische Gesellschaft, 1897–1921, metal, photographic paper

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813

Travel case with first-aid kit and writing utensils, South Germany (?), early 18th c., glass: ruby glass, gilt silver; case: wood, silk, velvet on loan from The Polish Army Museum in Warsaw

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814

Bridge set (tray, four ashtrays, cigarette case) designed by Zofia Przybyszewska, produced by the Department of Ceramics, Institute of Industrial Design, Warsaw, 1957, porcelain, glaze

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815

Dance card holder with miniatures, Portrait of a woman (recto), Two female figures next to a statue of Cupid (verso), France, ca. 1780, miniatures: parchment, gouache, ivory, gold, gilt bronze, dance card: gold, paint, gilt bronze, with a pencil and bone plates inside

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816

Penance belt, Poland, 17th–18th c., iron wire

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817

Moustache bandage, Germany, early 20th c., silk, leather, metal, sewn, private collection

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