Collection Highlights
Twenty-third Street west of Sixth Avenue
Date:
1900
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Needle case
Object Number:
INV.9820ab
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 5/8 x 3/8 in. ( 8.9 x 1.6 x 1 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical metal needlecase with faceted sides, in two pieces, one part slides over the other, scrolling leaf design around the ends and where the two parts meet near the center, both ends come to a point with a ball at the tip.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
