Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Doll's chest of drawers
Object Number:
1936.603
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Rosewood, poplar
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 26 x 9 3/4 in. ( 45.7 x 66 x 24.8 cm )
Description:
Rosewood veneered chest of drawers; shallow top drawer above three deeper drawers of equal size, each with a pair of knob pulls; lower drawers framed by turned half-columns applied to front of case on either side (now missing on proper left); raised on plain, rectangular base.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this small chest of drawers was used by the donor's mother, Angelina Burr Corse (b. 1847), for storing dolls' clothes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
