Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
Date:
1835-1836
Object Number:
1858.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Historical Artifacts
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.2722
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
7 1/8 x 4 in.
Description:
A large bright cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed to resemble a geometrically patterned Persian rug with a dark green central field with brown, dark red and white designs surrounded by a brown and white frame with a dark green 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.
