Collection Highlights
Our Indian Policy
Date:
1875
Object Number:
PR.029.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ribbon
Object Number:
INV.1706
Date:
1880
Medium:
Silk, paper, gouache, ink
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in. ( 13 x 9 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: card, inscribed in blue ink: "With love and/best wished from/M.E.C.S. and M.F.C./Easter, 1880"
Description:
Light blue silk satin ribbon with fringed edges; white dove and lily of the valley flowers painted in gouache in white, green, and ochre at right; inscribed in purple ink at left: "EASTER/OFFERING"; small paper envelope with attached pink silk ribbon bow and inscribed card inside applied to ribbon.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
