Collection Highlights
Armchair
1856-1857
1857.11
Oak
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Printed textile of plan of NYC
Title
Printed textile of plan of NYC
Object name
Kerchief
Date
ca. 1834
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 26 in. ( 73.7 x 66 cm )
Description
Silk copper-engraved kerchief with a plan of New York City below Fourteenth St., circa 1834; map indicates streets, churches, and schools; legend in right lower corner; American bald eagle armorial upper left ; printed in black, yellow, red a