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
Fixed fan
Object Number:
INV.8720
Date:
1828
Medium:
Wood, papier-mâché, lacquer, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 9 x 3/8 in. ( 33 x 22.9 x 1 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in pencil: on paper tag attached with string: "COX"
painted: on obverse: "H / P / F / 1828"
Description:
Fixed fan (handscreen) made of papier-mâché decorated on obverse and reverse with mustard-yellow figures on black ground; obverse with family group enclosed in octagonal frame; reverse with allover floral design; red-lacquered wooden handle.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
