Collection Highlights
Politicians measuring Lincoln's shoes
Date:
March 5th 1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Politicians
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Textile fragment
Object Number:
1939.233
Date:
mid 1730s
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 3/4 x 20 in. ( 65.4 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Hand-brocaded silk textile fragment with leaf and floral embroidery in variegated silk floss.
Gallery Label:
This piece of brocaded silk is from a gown worn by Jane Keteltas Beekman (1734-1817), the wife of the Honorable James Beekman of Mount Pleasant.
Credit Line:
Gift of Effie Beekman Borrowe
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
