Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pair of attached shoes
Object Number:
Z.450
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 3.2 x 6.7 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed glass attached shoes; shoes are attached, and there is a single open depression at the top of the pair of shoes; pressed decoration consists of bows on front of each shoe.
Gallery Label:
Object may have been meant as an ashtray (see publications)
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
