Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Historical Artifacts
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.2666
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
4 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.
Description:
A bright cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed to resemble a geometrically patterned Persian rug with a orange central field with a red, green, and light blue geometric pattern surrounded by a blue border and fringe. Given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
