Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Powder Horn: Thomas Ploughman (FW-20), with Carving Unfurled
Object Number:
1907.36.20
Date:
1889
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, gouache and green metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/16 x 14 7/8 in. ( 26.2 x 37.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: RAGrider
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right: "The THOS. PLOUGHMAN.", followed by a brief history of the horn; inscribed and signed at lower right: "Canajoharie N.Y. / July 9. 1889 RA Grider"
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
