Collection Highlights
Brown Brothers, Irving Place, showing east side from Eighteenth Street to Gramercy Park South
Date:
March, 1909
Object Number:
PR.020.19.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Rocking horse
Object Number:
1939.471
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wood, hair, metal, textile, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 32 x 15 in. ( 53.3 x 81.3 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
Wooden rocking horse with body carved from single piece of wood, front legs carved separately, and back legs made of turned wooden sticks; horse has elongated head with pointed nose and tail made of hair (probably horse hair) dyed red; runners are painted green.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
