Collection Highlights
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
Date:
ca. 1700-1725
Object Number:
1952.80
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Spectacles case
Object Number:
Z.1741ab
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Pasteboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 2 in. ( 1.3 x 13.3 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
written: on note inside case: "I think these were my grandmother's spectacles/Aunt S. gave me."
Description:
Rectangular two-piece pasteboard spectacles case with rounded ends; covered with paper embossed with pairs of diamonds.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
