The Deceivers — Briefel Wallets From Smathers & Branson

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Amanda Cachia is Assistant Professor of Art History at Moreno Valley College in Southern California

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and Women's Studies

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The Deceivers — Briefel Wallets From Smathers & BransonBy Aviva BriefelProfessor of English and Cinema Studies The nineteenth century witnessed an unprecedented increase in art forgery, caused both by the advent of national museums and by a rapidly growing bourgeois interest in collecting objects from the past. This rise had profound repercussions on notions of selfhood and national identity within and outside the realm of art. Although art critics denounced forgery for its affront to artistic traditions,