Collection Highlights
Masonic apron
Date:
1780-1800
Object Number:
1951.523ab
Medium:
Silk, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
2002.1.2323
Date:
1950-1960
Medium:
Cardboard, plaster
Dimensions:
Box: 4 1/4 x 2 x 1 1/2 in.; Paperweight: 3 5/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.
Description:
This gold painted shoe-shaped plaster paperweight is still in its original green presentation box made to look like a shoe box. The paperweight is a fancy men's lace-up wing-tip shoe in gold and the box reads in ivory "Thom McAn/ America's No. 1 Shoe/ Over 550 Stores in 343 Cities".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
