Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Bobbin
Object Number:
Z.1564.9
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Wood, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 × 5/8 × 5/8 in. (15.9 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm)
Description:
One of a group of twenty wooden handmade lace bobbins of various shapes and sizes. Has various geometric designs of chip carving; flat sides; loop carved in the top and a carved decoration linked to the loop.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
