Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Prisms (7)
Object Number:
Z.1864a-g
Date:
1830-1870
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
each: 6 1/2 x 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 16.5 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Seven glass pendants of triangular section, meant to be suspended from a lighting device; each consists of three parts connected by a metal hook: the top two parts square with a pointed face, connected to a long rectangular prism with a pointed face and point at the bottom.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
