Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Stuyvesant-Bayard Family Coat-of-Arms
Object Number:
1957.61
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, gold metallic pigment, black ink, and graphite on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 10 3/8 in. ( 25.4 x 26.4 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Inscriptions:
Motto inscribed in gold pigment: "Jove. praestat. fidere. Quam. homine."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
