Collection Highlights
Petition from Lydia Heckle to Marinus Willett, Mayor of New York, re: Miranda expedition, May 16, 1807
Date:
1807
Object Number:
MSS.NewYorkCity.Misc.1
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ribbon
Object Number:
INV.4651.3
Date:
ca. 1878
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/16 x 2 1/8 in. ( 25.9 x 5.4 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: reverse of ribbon, upper edge, woven in dark blue: "B.B.TILT & SON, PATERSON, N. J., U. S. A."
Inscription: at lower right of pedestal, woven in brown: "BARTHOLDI"
Description:
Polychrome jaquard-woven silk ribbon with Statue of Liberty on pedestal with crossed American and French flags in front; inscription: "La France/A/L'Amerique/La Liberte/ECLAIRANT LE MONDE./Souvenir/de/L'Exposition Universelle/de/PARIS/1878."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
