Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Nakagawa
Object Number:
2007.6.248
Date:
ca. 1980-1995
Medium:
Cardboard, ink, and striker
Dimensions:
outer box: 3/8 x 2 1/8 x 1 in (0.9 x 5.5 x 2.7 cm)
Description:
Silver cardboard matchbox with inner box and striker; stylized green and white landscape of mountain, field, and stream on top with Japanese characters and "NAKAGAWA" in brown; "ADMATCH CORP/NEW YORK" at one end, "LUNCH 12:00-2:45 -- DINNER 5:30-10:00/CLOSED SUNDAYS" in center; and "PRODUCT/OF JAPAN" at other end, all in brown, on one side; "NAKAGAWA/JAPANESE RESTAURANT/7 WEST 44th ST. NEW YORK, N.Y./(212) 869-8077/PRIVATE PARTY ROOM," alternating in brown and green, on bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joshua Shapiro
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
