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
Historical Artifacts
Sewing Needles and Pins
Object Number:
2002.1.599
Date:
1895-1910
Medium:
Paper, metal, cloth
Dimensions:
6 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 1/4 in.
Description:
This card has printed on one side a colored drawing of a jester or acrobat in costume with red hair and a hoop and stick toy in his hands surrounded by floral designs and a cricket above the words "Superior Manufacture". On the other side is mounted a diamond-shaped black pad of cloth with different large pins and needles mounted on it including several with large black glass heads and blue shafts.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
