Collection Highlights
Journael Gehouden opt’ schip den gulden Bever en tschip den gulden Otter van de Manathans naer Patria Ende Wedrom naer de Manathans (Journal kept aboard the Ship the Golden Beaver and the Ship the Golden Otter from the Manhattans to Patria and the return)
Date:
October 1660- June 1663
Object Number:
MSS.Ships.Journals.1600
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Quilt
Object Number:
1941.610
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 23 x 29 in. ( 15.2 x 58.4 x 73.7 cm )
Description:
Pieced cotton quilt with appliquéd design; eagle and seven eight-pointed stars in wreath at center, with scattered stars and blossoms surrounding; border on three sides composed of ten eagles above festoons.
Gallery Label:
The maker, Ann de Groot, was the great-aunt of the donor. She married John M. Schenck in 1835.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
