Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
One of a pair of sofas
Object Number:
1969.9b
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Rosewood, oak, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 44 1/4 x 82 x 36 in. ( 112.4 x 208.3 x 91.4 cm )
Description:
Laminated rosewood "Henry Clay pattern" Rococo Revival sofa with blue damask upholstery (not original); upholstered back with three carved crests with fruit and floral motifs above a border of double-scroll molding; serpentine front seat rail with floral carving at center; cabriole front legs with floral carving on knees and casters.
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this piece is from a parlor suite made for her grandfather, Isaac John Greenwood I (1795-1865), a New York City resident. It then passed to Isaac John Greenwood II (1833-1911) and was inherited by the donor.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
