Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Uniform fragments (5 pieces)
Object Number:
INV.8285a-e
Date:
1840-1865
Medium:
Textile, metal
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 30 × 1 3/8 in. (76.2 × 3.5 cm)
Overall (b): 23 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (59.1 × 3.5 cm)
Overall (c): 6 3/4 ×
Marks:
stamped: on back of button: "YOUNG SMITH & Co / NEW YORK"
Description:
Four pieces of gold metallic cloth ribbon of varying length (a-d), and one gilded metal button (e) embossed with an eagle perched atop an anchor inside a circle of stars.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
