Collection Highlights
Augustus Coe Gurnee dressed for the Vanderbilt costume ball, March 26, 1883
Date:
March 26, 1883
Object Number:
PR.223.1.16.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Jewelry fragment
Object Number:
1977.42k
Date:
1800-1880
Medium:
Hair, metal, glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 5/8 x 1/8 in. ( 1.9 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Hair jewelry (mourning?) fragment; oval oculus with brown hair worked in Turk's knot beneath glass, in incised metal casing; lined with paper on reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Laura Dayton Denby
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
