Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1785-1789
Object Number:
1916.7
Medium:
Mahogany; pine, poplar
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dishes (5)
Object Number:
1952.360a-e
Date:
1820-1845
Medium:
Glass
Description:
Set of four colorless blown and cut lead glass dishes and one footed dish; square form with rounded corners heavily cut on exterior with elongated fans on the center of the four sides in between fields of strawberry diamonds; circular foot ring cut on underside with strawberry diamonds in diamond-shaped frame.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, these dishes are part of a service of glassware given to Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) by Czar Nicholas I.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. W. Floyd Nichols and Mrs. B. Langdon Tyler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
