Collection Highlights
Dressing table
Date:
1795-1810
Object Number:
INV.14982
Medium:
Probably New York mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, other inlays
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Badge:delegate,S.N.Y. Volunteer Firemens Ass'n, June 1921...
Object Number:
INV.10860
Date:
1921
Medium:
metal, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 x 3 in. ( 2.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
pin: "DELEGATE"
badge: "SOUTHERN/NEW YORK/VOLUNTEER/FIREMEN'S ASS'N./JUNE 14-16/1921/26TH CONVENTION/PORT WASHINTON/GEORGE WASHINGTON"
Description:
Metal pin with suspended ribbon and badge. Pin reads "DELEGATE". Suspended badge depicts a firehouse above a medallion depicting George Washington, text on badge reads, "SOUTHERN/NEW YORK/VOLUNTEER/FIREMEN'S ASS'N./JUNE 14-16/1921/26TH CONVENTION/PORT WASHINTON/GEORGE WASHINGTON".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
