Collection Highlights
Fuller (Flat Iron) Building, New York
Date:
1903
Object Number:
PR.020.61.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Lace and velvet accessories
Object Number:
INV.9896a-c
Date:
ca. 1866
Medium:
Lace, velvet
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 5 in. ( 3.8 x 24.8 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on lid of box: "Mothers cap. / Worn to the King Ball / Dec.(?) 5: 1866: / [etc.]" and "Miss Fanny Norris -- / dg of J. Norris of / Phila & Stevens"
Description:
One woman's beige lace cap with two red velvet straps (a), one slightly irregular oval-shaped band of red velvet with internal stiffening (b), and one medallion-like ornament made from interlaced red velvet band, all found in rectangular cardboard box with handwritten inscriptions on lid.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
