Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hair clasp: vine design
Object Number:
INV.11707
Date:
1880-1930
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 1 in. ( 5.7 x 11.4 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Plastic hair clasp made to resemble tortoise shell with three solid horizontal rows in a slightly s-shaped design having two rows of openwork rinceau between them; the back has a prong which is hinged on one side and slides under a hook on the other.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
