Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1785-1789
Object Number:
1916.7
Medium:
Mahogany; pine, poplar
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Collection of 5 plates: Ship Motif
Object Number:
INV.14429
Date:
ca. 1841
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 26.7 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: on front of plate below central view: "LADIES/CABIN"
printed: in light blue on back: "BOSTON MAILS" inscribed above image of steamship with sails
typed: paper label on back: "74-4D081/American Historica[l] 10 Plate 'Boston Mails' with strip b
Description:
Light blue transfer printed plate with fourteen straight edges; the central view, enclosed is a circualr embellished cartouche, depicts three women in a cabin; one figure is sewing, one reading, and one standing; the border pattern is composed of medallions, Chinese fretwork, and images of four steamships with names their inscribed beneath. (Acadia, Caleduna, Britannia, and Columbia)
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of the Boston Mails series.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
