Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sewing case
Object Number:
Z.1543.1a-d
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Walrus ivory, silk, wood, paper, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 12.4 x 4.4 cm )
Marks:
printed: on spool, both ends: "KEYSTONE MILLS / SEWING SILKS S77H(illeg.)"
Description:
Carved walrus ivory vertical standing sewing case; a round brown velvet pincushion is set in the finial at the top, the middle is a spoke which holds a spool of thread, the base unscrews from a metal nut, allowing the spool to be removed.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Eugenia Seal, Sept. 26, 1946
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
