Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Luce Center
Claus Doscher (1830-1910)
Object Number:
1950.197
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Gallery Label:
The subject was a prominent New York sugar merchant and banker who was born in Germany and came to America at the age of eighteen. He began his career as a grocer in New York, but in 1872 he went into sugar refining and five years later organized the Brooklyn Refining Co. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his granddaughters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Herbert Stevens and her sister, Mrs. Lucile Carter
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
