Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Luce Center
Bobbin
Object Number:
Z.1564.4
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (14.3 × 1.4 × 1.4 cm)
Description:
One of a group of twenty wooden handmade bobbins of various shapes and sizes. Has various geometric designs of chip carving; flat sides; a loop carved in the top and a carved decoration linked to the loop.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
