Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brush - short lettering brush
Object Number:
1932.237b.146
Date:
1815-1850
Medium:
Lacquered wood, bristles, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 3/4 x 1/4 in. (34.9 x 0.6 cm)
Description:
Dark brown (mahogany colored) lacquered wood handle, tapers to end. Conical, seamed, metal ferrule (covered in paint). Reddish-brown bristles.
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.
