Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Luce Center
Flag and flagstaff
Object Number:
1969.3.3a-e
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Synthetic textile, ebony, metal
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 37 1/2 × 62 1/2 in. (95.3 × 158.8 cm)
Overall (b): 44 in. × 1 1/2 in. (111.8 × 3.8 cm)
Overall (c): 2
Marks:
engraved: on plaque: "PROPERTY OF/ NEW YORK COURT/ A.& H. A. CO."
Description:
Synthetic textile U.S. flag with forty-eight machine embroidered stars in the canton; thirteen red and white stripes; gold synthetic fringe on three sides of the fly; ebony tapered flagstaff in three sections, divided by flared metal cuffs; metal ovoid tip on base, meal cuff at top to hold finial; engraved metal plaque on top section inscribed, "PROPERTY OF/ NEW YORK COURT/ A.& H. A. CO.;" cast metal eagle on a ball finial.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York State Court of the National Society of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
