Collection Highlights
Grenadier cap
Date:
1740-1770
Object Number:
1890.3
Medium:
Wool, linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Doll w/stand
Object Number:
INV.4511
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Wood, textile, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 3 x 2 in. ( 13.3 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Crudely carved peg wooden with head and torso carved as single unit, comb on top of head, painted yellow, black painted hair, and painted facial features; wooden body with mortise and tenon joints, with lower parts of limbs painted white with red slippers painted onto feet; brown silk dress with gauze scarf wound around body, over cream-colored petticoat.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
