Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Personal item
Object Number:
2002.1.3518
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass, wood, hair
Dimensions:
10 x 19 3/4 x 4 in.
Description:
A white wood and glass fronted case shaped like a simple house with a peaked roof. Inside are flowers hand-made from human hair. The many diverse wild flowers are accurately represented with red, gold and brown hair including marigolds, daisies and possibly hyacinths.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
