Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Kerchief w/backing: N.Y. Worlds Fair, 1939 (peach)
Object Number:
1941.286
Date:
1939
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. ( 31.1 x 31.8 cm )
Marks:
printed: lower left corner: "NEW YORK/ WORLD'S FAIR/ 1939"
Description:
Chiffon printed souvenir kerchief from the 1939 World's Fair; central square with a scene from the fair in the lower left corner at an angle; decorative floral border; printed in yellow, aqua, pink and black ink on a white ground; red border.
Credit Line:
Purchase
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