Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
"LAWYERS" Arm Band
Object Number:
INV.5190
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Wool, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 x 3 3/4 in. ( 43.2 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Rectangular cream boiled wool fragment with striped blue, white, and red silk satin ribbon machine-sewn at top edge; inscription printed in blue: "LAWYERS".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
