Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Game of Star Authors
Object Number:
2000.752
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 5 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 12.7 x 15.9 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ AUTHORS/ ILLUSTRATED./ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW-YORK."
Description:
"Game of Star Authors, Illustrated" card game with 18 playing cards in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a bust of Shakespeare on a bookshelf; box cover inscription, "GAME OF/ AUTHORS/ ILLUSTRATED./ McLOUGHLIN BROS/ NEW-YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
