1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies abract watercolor Each 5 1/16" l x

Each 5 1/16" l x 1 5/8" w x 1 1/2" t

with a bit of very minor wear to the bottom corners along the edges

down to chatelaine hanging down from her waist

walrus ivory

which makes it feel all the sweeter

1840s Boxed German Album Amicorum with Many Lovelies abract watercolor Each 5 1/16" l xI only recently learned about album amicorum (Latin for "book of friends") or liber amicorum, a European manuscript tradition, beginning in the 16ht century, where individualsoften students, scholars, or aristocratscollected signatures, poems, illustrations, and in this case embroideries, from friends, colleagues, and notable figures. A sort of precursor to the Victorian autograph album, but these were comprised of loose pieces, collected over time,