Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mirror
Object Number:
2002.1.1397
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Paper, glass, metal
Dimensions:
9 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 1/4 in.
Description:
Woman's hand mirror made of brown cardboard with gold trim and a silvered glass insert. On the mirror side, cherubs and flowers surround the mirror, the handle has a fancy "ON" monogram and the top rim is printed "H. O'Neill & CO./ 321, 323, 325, 327, 329 6th Ave/ 103, 105, 107, 109, 111 W. 20th St. New York". The reverse has the monogram, rose decorations and a central image of a young blond woman in a blue hair bow leaning on a book looking wistful. One of two identical-see 2002.1.1398
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
