Collection Highlights
Kerchief
Date:
1776-1777
Object Number:
1952.63
Medium:
Linen
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Luce Center
Folding Basket
Object Number:
INV.1689
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Paper, wool, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 7/8 in. ( 22.5 cm )
Marks:
handwritten: near edge on reverse of center piece, in pencil: "COX"
Description:
Circular embroidered perforated paper folding basket with various flowers worked in needlepoint in various colors of wool floss; eight side sections hinged with silk ribbon to octagonal center piece at their bottom corners, and to each other at their top corners, each piece of this object is trimmed around edges with gold paper.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
