Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Chapeau bras with case
Object Number:
1948.142b,d[dup]
Date:
ca. 1898
Medium:
Silk, other textile, leather, feathers, metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 17 1/2 x 9 in. ( 12.7 x 44.4 x 22.9 cm )
Marks:
in relief: on metal plaque on lid of case: "H. V. ALLIEN & Co. / NEW YORK"
maker's label: inside top of crown: "H. V. ALLIEN & Co. / 734 BROADWAY / NEW YORK"
Description:
Flat-folding black beaver (silk) chapeau with cock and fan tied together with black ribbon, and bands of black ribbon extending diagonally from lower edge on either side; capsule-shaped cockade with pleated black ribbon border and gilded metal eagle insignia and button with same on gold ground at center; black ostrich feather plume; gold bullion tassel at each corner; in black painted metal case with hinged lid and handle.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chapeau was worn by Colonel George Creighton Webb, U.S. Army officer and envoy to Czarist Russia.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Jorge R. André
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
