Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Stocking dryers (2)
Object Number:
INV.606ab
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Pine
Dimensions:
Each (a and b): 15 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (39.4 × 21.6 × 3.8 cm)
Marks:
painted: in black on base: "E E [R]"
Description:
Pair of identical pine stocking dryers shaped like feet and ankles; (b) has painted letters on one side; both are pierced at top with hole for hanging.
Gallery Label:
These stocking dryers could have possibly been made from an old packing crate or sign.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
