Collection Highlights
Politicians measuring Lincoln's shoes
Date:
March 5th 1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Politicians
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Luce Center
Bobbin
Object Number:
Z.1564.1
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 × 3/4 × 3/4 in. (15.2 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm)
Description:
One of a group of twenty wooden handmade bobbins of various shapes and sizes.
Flat sided, with various geometric designs of chip carving; loop carved in the top and a carved decoration linked to the loop.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Provenance:
Vilmos Szilárd, Budapest, Hungary, 1928; Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
