Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Embroidery frame
Object Number:
1944.336
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Maple; linen; silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 11 x 19 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 27.9 x 49.5 cm )
Marks:
incised: on silver mount on endpiece: "M. McILVAIN"
Description:
Striped maple embroidery frame composed of two endpieces, one adjustable, both with carved volutes at the ends; remnants of linen fabric basted to small holes in endpieces; two crosspieces pierced with regular pattern of pierced holes. Small silver mount with incised name set into center of endpiece.
Bibliography:
Denker, Ellen Paul. "Collector' legacies." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 176-180.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
