Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Game Vignette of Authors
Object Number:
2000.522
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 5 5/8 x 4 3/8 in. ( 2.5 x 14.3 x 11.1 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE GAME OF/ VIGNETTE/ AUTHORS/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK/ PUBLISHED BY/ CLARK & SOWDON/ NEW YORK/ No. 210."
Description:
"The Game of Vignette Authors" card game with 36 playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with a portrait of Longfellow and the inscription, "THE GAME OF/ VIGNETTE/ AUTHORS/ TOKALON SERIES/ TRADE MARK/ PUBLISHED BY/ CLARK & SOWDON/ NEW YORK/ No. 210.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
