Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Chair upholstery (4 covers)
Object Number:
1970.8a-d
Date:
ca. 1823
Medium:
Cotton, wool
Description:
Four petit point chair covers in red and green floral pattern.
Gallery Label:
An old handwritten note with the upholstery reads: "Worn & dirty old petit point wool chair covers. From French chairs used by Albert Gallatin on sailing ship after the French Revolution. From A. E. G."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. W. Floyd Nichols and Mrs. J. G. Tyler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
