Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sample card fragment
Object Number:
Z.1420
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 9 1/8 in. ( 7.6 x 23.2 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular paper sample card fragment with blue silk lining on reverse, floral designs in various colors of silk floss on brown, violet and yellow swatches of silk, there is a straight blue printed border above and beneath, and along the vertical sides of the swatches there is a leaf motif border with diamond shapes at the center.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
