Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Settee
Object Number:
1947.259
Date:
1780-1795
Medium:
Maple, oak
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 1/4 x 68 1/4 x 22 in. ( 89.5 x 173.4 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Maple and oak Windsor settee; sack back with curved crest rail and 23 full-length spindles piercing lower horizontal rail, which curves forward on either side to form arm rails; turned front arm supports topped by arm rests with splayed ends; plank seat supported by eight splayed, vase-turned legs braced by a bamboo-turned medial stretcher and four side stretchers with bulbous centers and tapered ends.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
