Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cups and saucers (5)
Object Number:
1936.784ab-788ab
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Each (cups): 2 1/8 x 3 x 2 1/8 in. (5.4 x 7.6 x 5.4 cm)
Each (saucers): 4 3/8 x 7/8 in. (11.1 x 2.2 cm)
Description:
Set of five cups with black handles and gold rims, each with a humorous figural scene in black silhouette, perhaps relating to marriage; five saucers, each with three black silhouettes of animals such as lobsters, insects, or birds.
Gallery Label:
Miss Dawson was a bridesmaid for Angelena Burr Corse (Mrs. Lena Cadwalader Evans); she decorated the cups and saucers as a gift for the bride.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
