Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1856-1857
Object Number:
1857.11
Medium:
Oak
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Sekku
Object Number:
2007.6.28
Date:
ca. 1960-1980
Medium:
Cardboard, ink, staple and striker
Dimensions:
overall (closed): 4.8 x 3.8 x 0.6 cm (1 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Description:
Silver, black and white cardboard matchbook printed "sekku" on the front below a graphic design of a trisected square; on the reverse "sekku / Japanese / Restaurant / 343 Lexington Ave. / (Bet. 39 & 40) / New York, NY 10016" is printed; the saddle is printed with the phone number "(212) 697-9020" and the manumark is printed "RINGO INT'L (212) NY-RINGO"
Credit Line:
Gift of Joshua Shapiro
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
