Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Doll w/brown lace dress, red shoes
Object Number:
INV.5459
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Wood, textile, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 5.4 x 4.4 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Peg wooden with head and torso carved as single unit, with painted hair and features; wooden body with mortise and tenon joints, with lower parts of limbs painted white and red slippers painted onto feet; brown lace dress over red, white, and blue striped petticoat, sash tied in bow at back.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
