Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Caleb Wildey Farmhouse, Tarrytown, New York
Object Number:
1913.25
Date:
c. 1854
Medium:
Gouache, watercolor, white lead pigment, black and brown ink, and graphite on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 13/16 x 9 11/16 in. ( 14.8 x 24.6 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Not signed, label affixed to reverse.
Inscriptions:
Paper laid on verso with lengthy inscripton about the history of the house signed by Pierre Wescott Wildey and dated April 4, 1913
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Pierre W. Wildey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
