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
Sample card fragment
Object Number:
Z.1418
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 7 in. ( 7.6 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular paper sample card fragment with blue silk lining on reverse, a row of three floral designs in various colors of silk floss on yellow, black and blue swatches of silk, there is a straight blue printed border above and beneath, and along the vertical sides of the swatches there is a leaf motif border with diamond shapes at the center.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
