Collection Highlights
Kerchief
Date:
1776-1777
Object Number:
1952.63
Medium:
Linen
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Luce Center
Tool
Object Number:
2002.1.3222
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal, cloth, leather, paper
Dimensions:
7 x 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.
Description:
A metal device with a red leather folding pad and a adjustment bar that turns to expand the device wider. The unit also expands in length and unfolds to exposed the pad. Function unknown, probably a craftsman's tool. With remnants of a cardboard box.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
