Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Luce Center
Bobbin
Object Number:
Z.1564.20
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 × 7/16 × 7/16 in. (13.7 × 1.1 × 1.1 cm)
Description:
One of a group of twenty wooden handmade bobbins of various shapes and sizes. Has geometric designs of chip carving; flat sides; 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.
