Card case. Culture: Mexican. Date: 1790-1810.This card case dates to the late-18th, early-19th century, a time when making afternoon calls on friends and acquaintances--or leaving calling cards--was de rigueur for any socially adept woman. The case, with its lovely silk lining, is a well-executed example of the type. Although the exterior colors have changed due to extended exposure to light, the colors under the flap have retained their brilliance. This case is part of the Mexican beadwork collection of over 600 pieces assembled by Elizabeth Morrow (1873-1955), mother of writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the wife of renowned aviator Charles Lindbergh. Morrow collected the objects between 1927 and 1930, when her husband, Dwight Morrow, Sr., served as U.S. ambassador to Mexico. She lent the collection to the Brooklyn Museum in 1938 and upon her death, her children donated it. A collection of 155 pieces of Mexican ceramics and other decorative arts were given to Amherst College, her husband