Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Box/ Collar
Object Number:
2002.1.2154
Date:
1866-1910
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
1 1/8 x 3 in. diameter
Description:
This cardboard box held a removable collar. It is white with a black print on the lid of a seated woman adjusting a collar in front of a vanity mirror and reads "Ladies' Crimped Collar and Cuffs./ Gray's Patent. Patented Feb'ry 17, 1865." And on the side in red "Manufactured by the American Molded Collar Company, Boston."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
