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Itamaraty Palace's ball dance card

Unknown1908-09-03

Museu da Moda Brasileira

Museu da Moda Brasileira
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Card on light background. Cover with two bands of green leaves and red flowers. To the center, printed: "Itamaraty Palace, Dances". On the back of the cover, written in pencil: "Ball given by the Baron of Rio Branco ... Portuguese officers and the date (9-3-1908)". Back cover having a woman's face between two flowers at the center and below, in the center, printed: "Imprensa Nacional - 1907". On the first page in green color with light blue decoration on the edges, a program with five dances, being: 3 waltzes, 1 polka, 1 cuadrilla (country dance). In the central pages in green color with light blue decoration on the edges, program with twelve dances, being: 6 waltz, 3 polkas, 1 gang, 1 pas de quatre and 1 cottilon; Female names written by pencil: Luzia Mattos S. Bª. And Gabriella Bruno (three times). White pencil attached to the carnet by a drawstring.

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  • Title: Itamaraty Palace's ball dance card
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1908-09-03
  • Location Created: Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: A 11.0 X L 15.8 cm (aberto)
  • Provenance: On the card, the lady or gentleman wrote down the names of each partner with whom she or he would dance throughout the night next to the name of the dance and the songs programmed for the dance. Attached to the card, there was always a pencil hanging from a cord or band that were tied to the wrist.
  • Type: Dance card
  • Photographer: Luke Garcia
  • Rights: GOVERNO DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO / SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE CULTURA / FUNDAÇÃO ANITA MANTUANO DE ARTES DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO – FUNARJ / CASA DA MARQUESA DE SANTOS - MUSEU DA MODA BRASILEIRA
  • Medium: Paper, vegetable, cotton, wood, print, printing ink
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