Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
1 of a Pair of Side Chairs
Object Number:
1977.56a
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Mahogany; poplar
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 1/2 x 20 x 16 1/2 in. ( 97.8 x 50.8 x 41.9 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Chippendale style side chair with double serpentine crest rail with carved fan; pierced interlaced splat; molded stiles end in carved ears; trapezoidal rush slip seat; straight, square legs and rectangular stretchers.
Gallery Label:
According to the donors, descendants of Rufus King, these chairs belonged to King, an early eighteenth-century New York politician. The size, construction, and poor quality of carving suggest that these chairs are late nineteenth-century reproductions.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Corol Jopling and Mr. Robert King Farrington
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
