Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.2677
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
5 x 3 in.
Description:
A bright cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed to resemble a geometrically patterned Persian rug with a beige central field with an elaborate yellow, blue and black pattern surrounded by a red geometric frame with a beige border and green fringe. Given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
