Collection Highlights
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
Date:
1788-1789
Object Number:
1884.3
Medium:
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Venetian blind and aluminum fragment
Object Number:
2006.23.1-2
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 46 x 20 in. (116.8 x 50.8 cm)
Description:
Damaged blind with tangled slats.
Gallery Label:
These venetian blind fragments were retrieved by historian Kenneth Jackson from the branches of a tree in the cemetery of St. Paul's Church, just adjacent to the World Trade Center site, shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Credit Line:
Gift of Barbara and Kenneth Jackson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
