Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.2632
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
4 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
A bright cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed to resemble a geometrically patterned Persian rug with pink fringe. Given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen. Part of a college collectible series- printed in the center with a red pennant that reads "Stanford" in yellow.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
