Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Snuffbox
Object Number:
1931.31ab
Date:
ca. 1800-1830
Medium:
Papier-mâché, pigment
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: in cursive, beneath image on lid: "Robinson quitte l'Isle où il avoit/été plus de 28 ans.
Description:
Circular papier-mâché snuffbox, cream-colored with print high-lighted with pigment of group of men pushing off from shore in a small boat with one man running towards them (scene from Robinson Crusoe).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Hunt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
