Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: Jenny Lind
Object Number:
1945.209
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Iron, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. ( 1 x 14.9 cm )
Marks:
relief: at center: "JENNY LIND / THE SWEDISH NIGHTINGALE"
Description:
Souvenir tinned sheet iron plate; circular shape with narrow rim with rolled edge; letters of the alphabet in relief on rim and half-length portrait of Jenny Lind and inscriptions in relief at center.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
