Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Luce Center
Powder Horn: The Hunters Paradise (H-32), Two Sides Depicted
Object Number:
1907.36.381
Date:
c. 1890
Medium:
Collage with black prepared paper, gouache, watercolor, brown ink and wash, and graphite, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 14 in. ( 28.6 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider Nov.26, 1887
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below horn in gray ink: "Rufus A. Grider Nov. 26 1887."; inscribed at lower right: "The HUNTERS PARADISE.", followed by a brief history of the horn; at upper center: "This beautiful horn was found in the New York / State Collection at Albany..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
