Слева - Louis XV dance card holder (carnet de bal) in red poudre d’ecaille set with oval enamel grisaille medallions in the manner of Sauvage, bordered by translucent green enamel and chased gold work, secured by a gold stylus for closure. by Jean-Jacques Barrière. Fermier-General: Jean-Jacques Prevost Paris, ca. 1764
Справа - A gold and enamel carnet de bal, probably Geneva, circa 1770.
A LOUIS XV TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED IVORY, ENAMEL AND SHELL CARNET-DE-BAL SET WITH MINIATURES PARIS, 1771/1772, MAKER'S MARK RUBBED, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE
Слева - A LOUIS XV VERNIS MARTIN, IVORY AND GOLD CARNET-DE-BAL WITH COAT-OF-ARMS OF DAUPHINE MARIE-ANTOINETTE, CIRCA 1770-1774.
Справа - A SWISS GOLD-MOUNTED ENAMELLED CARNET-DE-BAL PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1780.
Слева - A gold & enamel Carnet De Balle fitted with ivory writing slip, pencil & scissors. The body enamelled with flowers. France, c1780.
Справа - A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD CARNET-DE-BAL GENEVA, CIRCA 1790
Слева - This carnet-de-bal (case for a dance) was made between 1790 and 1795, many years later on Christmas Day 1937 the case was given to Queen Mary by Sir Philip Sassoon.
Справа - Delicate 18th century violin-shaped dance card, made of Dresden china & ivory. A gold pencil was hidden in the body of the violin. (in museum collection at Musée Cognacq-Jay in Paris.
A CONTINENTAL GOLD-MOUNTED MINIATURE-SET TORTOISESHELL CARNET-DE-BAL APPARENTLY UNMARKED, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY In the Louis XVI style, the body set with a miniature of a young lady in décolleté dress, the reverse with a gold monogram, both within vari-coloured gold wreath, set in tortoiseshell, piqué with strips and quatrefoils, the cover with the words 'Souvenir' and 'D'Amitie', in a later fitted leather case. FROM THE COLLECTION OF H.R.H. THE PRINCESS MARGARET, COUNTESS OF SNOWDON
Swiss Gold Enamel Carne de Balle With and Enamel Miniature on one side and a watercolour on the other of a beauty c1800.
French carnet de bal.
A Fine Swiss Gold & enamel "Carnet de balle or dance card or programme du bal
Слева -Fanciful fairies carried carnet de bals such as this to record the names of dancing partners at lavish balls.
Справа - Gold and Enamel Dance Card.
A FRENCH IVORY AND PIQUE POINT CARNET DE BAL, late 19th.
Carnet de Bal 1890s Sotheby’s