Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Margaret Clarkson (ca. 1870-1952)
Object Number:
1905.43
Date:
1890
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 in. ( 6.7 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
signed: left center: "Paillet/1890"
paper backing: on verso: "Miss Margaret CLARKSON/Paillet/23 Rue Clauzel/Paris."
Gallery Label:
Miss Clarkson was the daughter of Thomas Streatfeild[sic] Clarkson and Mary (Whitemarsh) Clarkson. She married her first cousin D. McRa Livingston (1868-1932), a civil engineer and inventor, at Tivoli, New York, on September 28, 1907.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
