Collection Highlights
Pictorial map of New York and vicinity, showing the suburban towns, and railroad and water communications
Date:
1871
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M32.3.10.1
Medium:
Black ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Luce Center
Sampler
Object Number:
INV.1083
Date:
1840
Medium:
Bast, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. ( 43.8 x 43.8 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: bottom, in dark brown floss: "Margaret Murray/Aged 12 Years, 1840"
Description:
Square bast sampler stiched in various colors of silk floss; outdoor image across top, poem at center, inscription and design at bottom; bordered with floral motif; cross stitched.
Credit Line:
Gift of Eugenia R. Seal, 1966
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
