Collection Highlights
The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
Date:
Object Number:
PR.068.34
Medium:
Paper, engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Scarf: Constitution-preamble and 10 original amendments
Object Number:
1941.890
Date:
1936-1941
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/2 x 26 in. ( 64.8 x 66 cm )
Marks:
printed: center: "CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES/ PREAMBLE/ We the people of the United States , in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, premote the general welfare..."
Description:
Rayon printed kerchief with the preamble and ten original amendments to the Constitution printed in blue on a white ground; red border.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edgar C. Hyman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
