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Tortoise shell: the real thing and its imitations – Looking through art

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This lorgnette from the Rijksmuseum, dated around 1900, reflects a long history of turtle shell fashion, as just one example of many objects made with the real material and, in this case, also possibly its imitation. The combination of its high cost and the decreasing number of turtles led to the popularization of imitations. They…

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Tortoise shell: the real thing and its imitations – Looking through art

Tortoise shell: the real thing and its imitations – Looking through art

Tortoise shell: the real thing and its imitations – Looking through art