Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Needle case
Object Number:
INV.9810ab
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 7.3 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
handwritten: along one side of the case: "KA(?)KA"
Description:
Metal needlecase in two parts, the lid slides over the collar of the case, the lid is flat across the top and has two half-circle indentations for grasping, the case comes down to a near point at the bottom and has a flat bottom, there is a rinceau design throughout.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
