Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bushwick Reformed Dutch Church, Brooklyn, New York
Object Number:
1918.44
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. ( 19 x 24.4 cm ) oval
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "R V B"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in red gouache: "R. VB."
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
