Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Drawing Stencils for our Little Artist
Object Number:
2000.403
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 14 x 19 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "DRAWING/ STENCILS/ FOR OUR/ Little ARTIST./ No. 2"
Description:
"Drawing Stencils for our Little Artist" stencil kit with 37 stencils, an instruction booklet and 12 tracings in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a little boy wearing a fez in an "Islamic-style" room painting a snow scene; box cover inscribed, "DRAWING/ STENCILS/ FOR OUR/ Little ARTIST./ No. 2"
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
