Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Button
Object Number:
INV.2815
Date:
1899-1901
Medium:
Silk, paper, plastic metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 1 7/8 x 1/8 in. ( 15.2 x 4.8 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Circular plastic and metal pin-back campaign button w/ribbon with black and white bust-length portrait of uniformed man within white circle with dark-blue edge; inscription in black above portrait: 'CAPT. WM. ASTOR CHANLER"; blue woven silk ribbon suspended beneath, text imprinted in gold: "FOR/CONGRESS/14TH/DISTRICT/WM. ASTOR/CHANLER."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
