Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
Date:
1825-1845
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Medium:
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ribbon
Object Number:
1942.144.1
Date:
ca. 1907
Medium:
Silk, gold metallic bullion, gold metallic braid, sequins, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 22.2 x 7 cm )
Description:
Purple silk velvet ribbon with purple silk satin backing; inscription made of gold metallic braid couched to base fabric: "CONTINENTAL/'76/CLUB"; ornament of couched gold metallic braid with sequins beneath; coughed gold metallic braid with sequins around sides and lower edge of ribbon; gold metallic bullion fringe with tassel at center attached to bottom edge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Menashe Vaxer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
