Collection Highlights
Dressing table
Date:
1795-1810
Object Number:
INV.14982
Medium:
Probably New York mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, other inlays
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The Happy Home
Object Number:
1941.601
Date:
1857
Medium:
Black and brown ink and wash, watercolor, and graphite on watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 3/8 x 13 7/8 in. (44.1 x 35.2 cm)
mat: 27 7/8 x 22 in. ( 70.8 x 55.9 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Schuessele/Philada. 1857"
inscription: verso, on mount, pencil: "The Happy Home/C. Schuessele, Philad./1857"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Schuessele / Philada. 1857"; reportedly inscribed on verso of former mount in graphite: "The Happy Home / C. Schuessele."
Description:
Genre
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot
Provenance:
Adelaide Milton De Groot, NYC
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
