Collection Highlights
Napoleon's Authorization for the Sale of the Louisiana Territory
Date:
April 24, 1803
Object Number:
MSS.Y1803
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Eye shades (23)
Object Number:
Z.1858a-w
Date:
1890-1940
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
each: 2 1/8 x 6 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. ( 5.4 x 16.5 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
Twenty-three eye shades with peak made of textured brown paper; with eleven small holes pierced along upper edge of peak and thin metal strip surrounding lower edge, curving toward the back, and terminating in a loop on either side.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
