Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tablecloth
Object Number:
2000.802
Date:
ca. 1950
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 70 1/2 x 52 in. ( 179.1 x 132.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: around the edge of the cloth: "Le Coq au Vin/ Le boeuf a la mode/ Homard a l'Americaine/ carnard a l'orange/ filet de porc charcutiere/ sole au vin blanc"
printed: in one corner: "fabres"
printed: on the paper label: "Leacock/ Quality/ Hand Pri
Description:
Printed linen tablecloth with images of chefs preparing food, the animals they are cooking and waiters delivering bottles of wine; each dish is printed below the chefs.
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
