Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
Date:
1798
Object Number:
1937.587
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish towel
Object Number:
2000.805
Date:
ca. 1950
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 7/8 x 16 in. ( 73.3 x 40.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: in the lower right corner: "fabres"
printed: on a sticker label: "HAND PRINTED/ BY LEACOCK/ PURE LINEN"
Description:
Printed linen dish towel with multicolor images of chefs preparing sole, sausage, duck and lobster, and dancing with a pig and a formally dressed cow.
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
