Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.5
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hair Grooming
Object Number:
2002.1.827
Date:
1960-1990
Medium:
Plastic, cardboard, metal
Dimensions:
5 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This store display of combs is still wrapped in its original waxed paper cover. Each side of the cardboard card displays 6 combs with metal clips to keep them in shirt pockets. The card reads "For Pocket-For Purse/ Cosmos Combs". Made by the "Art Display Printing Corp".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
