Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cigarette silk
Object Number:
2002.1.2705
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.
Description:
A small natural beige silk cloth printed with a color image of a man in gray knickers and a red sweater swinging a golf club below the words "University of Chicago" in red above the school crest. One in a series of college sports collectible silks. Faintly printed "Murad Cigarettes" at the edge. Given as collectible premiums by cigarette manufacturers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
