Collection Highlights
Dressing table
Date:
1795-1810
Object Number:
INV.14982
Medium:
Probably New York mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, other inlays
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: NY volunteer
Object Number:
INV.9137
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 21 x 14.3 x 3.2 cm )
Marks:
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet with "NY / VOLUNTEER / ASSOCIATION" in applied, gold painted leather lettering.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
