Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sewing Needles and Pins
Object Number:
2002.1.604
Date:
1895-1910
Medium:
Paper, metal, cloth, glass
Dimensions:
2 5/8 x 2 x 2 3/4 in.
Description:
This needle case has colored prints of children playing, birds and flowers decorating it inside and out. The mirrored front doors and top open. The front holds a folding sheet of different size gold needle envelopes marked "John James & Sons/ Redditch/ Egg Ey'd/ Sharps". Inside is marked "The Wardrobe/ Needle Case".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
