Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Allegory of Simplicity
Object Number:
1979.44
Date:
c. 1850-70
Medium:
Graphite on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. ( 12.4 x 20 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right:"Dallas"
inscription: lower center: "Simplicity"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Simplicity --"; at lower center: "Simplicity --"
Description:
Allegory
Gallery Label:
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
