Collection Highlights
Draft wheel
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
1865.6
Medium:
Wood, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Piece of textile: printed patchwork w/various figure motifs
Object Number:
1952.314
Date:
ca. 1815
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 12 1/2 in. ( 33 x 31.8 cm )
Description:
Cotton copper-engraved textile fragment with octagonal scenes from Gilbert and Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore" against a patchwork ground; printed in red, blue, sepia, moss-green, green, and tan ink on a white ground; appears pattern would repeat.
Credit Line:
Purchase
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