Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Rainbow Room
Object Number:
2007.6.272
Date:
ca. 1960-1990
Medium:
Cardboard, ink, and striker
Dimensions:
outer box: 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 7/8 in (0.7 x 5.6 x 2.3 cm)
Description:
White cardboard matchbox with inner box and striker; "RAINBOW" with rainbow in O on top; "ADMATCH CORP/NEWYORK, NY" in black at one end, "PRODUCT/OF JAPAN" in black at the other, on one side; "THE RAINBOW ROOM/RAINBOW & STARS/THE RAINBOW PROMENADE/THE RAINBOW SUITES/30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA/NEW YORK CITY/212-632-5100" in black on bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joshua Shapiro
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
