Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Luce Center
Tadeusz Kosciuszko Bicentennial Medal
Object Number:
1954.166
Date:
1946
Medium:
Bronze; cardboard, paper, cloth
Dimensions:
box: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 7 x 7 x 1.3 cm )
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.3 cm )
Marks:
Inscription: obverse, below bust truncation, at left: illegible artist's signature
Inscription: edge, lower center: "MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y."
Inscription: inside box cover, imprinted in black: "MEDALLIC ART CO./NEW YORK"
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse depicting clothed male bust facing right with legend: "TADEUSZ KOSCIUSZKO." Reverse depicts eagle at center with two crossed spears, enclosed by wreath of wheat, laurel, and oak; with inscriptions: "POLAND/RACLAWICE/AMERICA/SARATOGA/POLAND/MACIEJOWICE/AMERICA/WEST POINT"; legend: "HE WAS AS PURE A SON OF LIBERTY AS I HAVE EVER KNOWN AND THAT LIBERTY WHICH IS TO GO TO ALL./AND NOT TO THE FEW OR/TO THE RICH ALONE"/(th. jefferson)/1746 1946/BICENTENARY OF BIRTH." Medal is inset into light yellow cloth-covered square cardboard box.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
