Collection Highlights
Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
Date:
1950
Object Number:
1956.7
Medium:
Oil on paper laid on board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sewing box
Object Number:
Z.13
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, textile, paper, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. ( 8.9 x 19.7 x 7.3 cm )
Marks:
written: in ink on paper tag attached to handle: "Voorhies box"
written: in pencil on paper tag attached to handle: "Gift of Miss Arlene/B Voorhies [underlined] Nov. 1946"
written: in pencil on obverse of paper tag attached to handle: "No #?"; "From Uni
Description:
Tooled dark brown leather sewing box with sides and base in the form of an ogee curve, decorated with raised pattern of roses and leaves on flat top and sides, hinged lid, and rope handles attached on each side, below lid; inside of lid lined with pale red satin, with set of loops for holding items on inside of lid, containing wrought iron stick with round, flat head; inside of box covered with red paper, with red paper pocket attached to inside of box.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Arlene B. Voorhies, 1946
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
