Collection Highlights
Dressing table
Date:
1795-1810
Object Number:
INV.14982
Medium:
Probably New York mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, other inlays
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Powder Horn: Joseth Chaffin (R-106), with the Crest of the Acton, Massachusetts Historical Society and Silver Eagle Breast Pin
Object Number:
1907.36.285
Date:
1894
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, gouache, graphite, collage, blue metallic pigment, with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 15 in. ( 30.2 x 38.1 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: RA Grider/ 1894
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in gray ink: "RA. Grider / 1894."; inscribed at upper right: "The JOSETH CHAFFIN", followed by an extensive history of the horn; at upper left below printed crest affixed to sheet: "JAS. HAYWARD of Acton..."
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
