Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamp
Object Number:
INV.4022
Date:
1820-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 26 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; conical font with vertical rim joined by wafer to hollow ball knop joined by wafer to square trumpet-shaped base molded with upside-down sheafs of wheat; pontil mark.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
