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Date:
1788
Object Number:
1903.12
Medium:
Silk, paint
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2 pieces cream colored paper
Object Number:
1932.237.m.41
Date:
1815-1850
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 5 1/16 in. (23.2 x 12.9 cm)
Description:
Cream colored, lightweight, machine-made, wove paper. Smaller of two sheets is visibly torn from a book. Both are dirty and have some spots of acid staining.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this tabouret was used by Asher B. Durand, an artist and engraver best known for his Hudson River school paintings.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
