Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Engraving tool handle
Object Number:
1932.237.L.24
Date:
1815-1850
Medium:
Pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 5/16 in. (11.1 x 0.8 cm)
Description:
Black wood handle with rounded end, tapers to tip where ferrule should be, with smaller wooden tip.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this tabouret was used by Asher B. Durand, an artist and engraver best known for his Hudson River school paintings.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
