Collection Highlights
At the Battle of Palo Alto
Date:
1846
Object Number:
PR.068.24
Medium:
Lithograph
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Wool cards
Object Number:
1920.25ab
Date:
1700-1750
Medium:
Wood, lether, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 9 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 25.4 x 24.8 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
carved: center, outside: "NATHAN R BOLTON / MASSACHUSETTS / No 6 / WOOL"
carved: above maker's carving: "UP"
Description:
Pair of wooden hand carders, working surface of each has a piece of leather studded with thin iron teeth, the leather is nailed onto the card.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
