Collection Highlights
Dragonfly table lamp
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Object Number:
N84.113.1
Medium:
Glass, bronze
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Museum Collections
Medal: Philharmonic Symphony Soc...1842-1879
Object Number:
INV.3328
Date:
1942
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 1 3/8 in. ( 3.5 cm )
Description:
Bronze struck medal with obverse having three roundels with scroll dated "1842/1942"; top roundel with eagle is inscribed: "FOUNDED APR.22/1842"; legend: "THE PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY SOCIETY/CITY OF NEW YORK"; roundel at lower left is dated "1842", surrounding legend: "PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY/CITY OF NEW YORK"; rounded at lower right is dated "1879," surrounding legend: "THE SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK." Reverse bears inscription on scroll with olive branch behind: "COMMEMORATING THE/ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY/OF THE FOUNDING OF THE/PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY 1842/CONSOLIDATED WITH THE/SYMPHONY SOCIETY IN 1928."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
