Collection Highlights
Brown Brothers, Irving Place, showing east side from Eighteenth Street to Gramercy Park South
Date:
March, 1909
Object Number:
PR.020.19.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Needle case
Object Number:
INV.9765ab
Date:
1780-1830
Medium:
Ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 1 1/8 in. ( 12.7 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical carved ivory needlecase in the form of a rook chess piece, the finial is the lid which screws onto the top, the overall design is worked in three bands of a circular openwork design.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
