Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Clothing accessories
Object Number:
2002.1.1660
Date:
1940-1960
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
2 x 3/4 x 1/8 in.
Description:
This tiny booklet resembles a match book, has a drawing of a woman's legs on the front and reads "Realsilk/ For Beauty, Fit and Wear". Inside are match-like cardboard sticks, the ends coated with adhesive, that can be used to stop runs in pantyhose. Directions for use inside the cover.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
