Collection Highlights
Dr. John Cheesman and Family with Guests: Silhouette
1840
Z.2567
Black prepared paper cut-outs, laid on beige paper with graphite, brown ink and wash, and white gouache, laid on canvas
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| Title | Related People | Date | Object Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Two-handled cup and cover on stand |
1914 |
1932.89a-c |
|
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Two-part dining table |
ca. 1810 |
1946.69ab |
|
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Tyg |
1649 |
1951.365 |
|
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Tyler Table lamp |
c. 1900-1906 |
N84.16 |
|
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Underplate |
1902-1920 |
1939.349 |
|
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Underplate |
1902-1920 |
1939.352 |
|
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Underplate |
1902-1920 |
1939.350 |
|
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Underplate |
1902-1920 |
1939.353 |
|
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Underplate |
1902-1920 |
1939.347 |
|
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Underplate |
1902-1920 |
1939.361 |
|
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Underplate |
1902-1920 |
1939.348 |
|
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Underplate |
1902-1920 |
1939.351 |
|
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Underplate |
1902-1920 |
1939.362 |
|
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Underplate |
1902-1920 |
1939.354 |
|
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Underplate for tureen |
ca. 1816 |
2004.30.2 |
|
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Underplate: Mauve w/ruffle rim |
1880-1890 |
1938.354b |
|
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Unknown (finial?) |
19th century |
INV.13811ab |
|
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Urn and cover |
ca. 1800 |
INV.13070ab |
|
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Urn and cover |
ca. 1800 |
INV.13071ab |
|
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Urn and pedestal |
1830-1870 |
1937.631ab |
|
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Urn with cover |
|
ca. 1800 |
1969.17ab |
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Urns (pair) with covers |
|
ca. 1800 |
1969.16ab |
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Valance fragment |
1700-1800 |
1944.308 |
|
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Vase |
1840-1870 |
1952.223 |
|
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Vase |
1840-1860 |
1965.832a |
|
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Vase |
1832-1838 |
1952.130 |
|
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Vase |
1800-1900 |
INV.12637 |
|
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Vase |
1800-1900 |
1953.729 |
|
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Vase |
ca. 1850 |
1942.467 |
|
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Vase |
|
ca. 1850 |
1945.258 |
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Vase |
1880-1900 |
1942.640b |
|
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Vase: silver/white plant motif |
1900-1920 |
1951.279 |
|
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Vase |
1850-1900 |
INV.14054 |
|
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Vase |
ca. 1814-1860 |
INV.13553 |
|
 |
Vase |
1840-1860 |
1952.222 |
|
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Vase |
1850-1890 |
1952.257 |
|
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Vase |
1800-1850 |
1952.182 |
|
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Vase |
1840-1870 |
1952.239 |
|
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Vase |
|
1885-86 |
1923.82 |
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Vase |
1870-1900 |
1933.209a |
|
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Vase |
1870-1900 |
1933.209b |
|
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Vase |
ca. 1900-1920 |
1983.12 |
|
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Vase |
1910-1930 |
1965.47 |
|
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Vase |
1875-1950 |
INV.3765 |
|
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Vase |
1875-1950 |
1965.841 |
|
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Vase |
1840-1890 |
1952.178 |
|
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Vase |
Possibly 1835-1865, probably 1920-1950 |
1952.209 |
|
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Vase |
1865-1885 |
1952.208 |
|
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Vase |
Possibly 1835-1860, probably 1920-1950 |
1952.158 |
|
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Vase |
1840-1880 |
INV.681ab |
|
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Vase |
1840-1880 |
INV.681cd |
|
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Vase |
1840-1860 |
1965.832b |
|
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Vase |
1840-1860 |
1965.830 |
|
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Vase |
1850-1880 |
1965.842a |
|
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Vase |
1850-1880 |
1965.842b |
|
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Vase |
ca. 1907 |
1939.550 |
|
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Floriform Vase |
1902-1920 |
1939.373 |
|
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Vase |
|
ca. 1850 |
1945.259 |
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Vase |
1875-1950 |
1952.229 |
|
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Vase |
ca. 1780 |
1969.21c |
|
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Vase |
1876-1883 |
1943.423 |
|
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Vase |
1923-1950 |
1954.175 |
|
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Vase |
ca. 1900 |
1942.643 |
|
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Vase |
1880-1900 |
1942.640a |
|
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Vase |
1893 |
1942.639 |
|
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Vase and its Cabinet |
|
ca. 1886 |
1946.6a |
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Vase |
ca. 1880-1886 |
1951.32a |
|
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Vase |
1800-1830 |
INV.12638 |
|
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Vase |
1828 |
1951.71ab |
|
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Vase |
ca. 1780 |
1969.21a |
|
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Vase |
Early 18th century |
1943.426a |
|
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Vase |
1640-1680 |
1943.426b |
|
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Vase and cover |
1805-1815 |
1951.116ab |
|
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Vase and cover |
1805-1815 |
1951.116cd |
|
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Vase: celery glass |
1850-1880 |
1951.347 |
|
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Vase: Eva line - large |
|
1999-2003 |
2003.23.1 |
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Vase: Eva line - medium |
|
1999-2003 |
2003.23.3 |
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Vase: Eva line - medium |
|
1999-2003 |
2003.23.5 |
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Vase: Eva line - medium |
|
1999-2003 |
2003.23.2 |
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Vase: Eva line - medium |
|
1999-2003 |
2003.23.4 |
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Vase: Eva line - medium |
|
1999-2003 |
2003.23.6 |
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Vase: Eva line - small |
|
1999-2003 |
2003.23.8 |
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Vase: Eva line - small |
|
1999-2003 |
2003.23.11 |
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Vase: Eva line - small |
|
1999-2003 |
2003.23.7 |
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Vase: Eva line - small |
|
1999-2003 |
2003.23.10 |
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Vase: Eva line - small |
|
1999-2003 |
2003.23.9 |
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Vase: gold w/holly motif |
ca. 1903 |
1952.235 |
|
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Vase: silvered |
1853-1875 |
INV.595 |
|
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Vases (2) |
1800-1850 |
1947.412ab |
|
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Vases (4) |
1850-1900 |
1932.157a-h |
|
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Vegetable dish |
1791-1792 |
1950.254ab |
|
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West Point Military Academy |
1820-1840 |
1940.173 |
|
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Vegetable dish |
1791 - 1792 |
1950.254cd |
|
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Vegetable dish and cover |
ca. 1790 |
1984.47ab |
|
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Vegetable dish and cover |
ca. 1790 |
1984.48ab |
|
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Vegetable dish and stand |
|
1785 |
1951.17a-c |
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Vegetable dishes with covers |
1791/92 |
1950.254a-d |
|
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Veil |
1835-1845 |
INV.993 |
|
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Verse sampler |
1820 |
1941.910 |
|
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Vial of cobalt powder |
1800-1838 |
1925.74 |
|
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Vine Ornament, Plain Squares Lampshade |
c. 1900-1906 |
N84.43 |
|
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Vine Table lamp |
c. 1900-1906 |
N84.20 |
|
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Wafer iron |
1720-1820 |
1937.1181 |
|
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Wafer iron |
1739 |
1942.370 |
|
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Wafer iron |
18th century |
1937.1180 |
|
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Wafer iron |
ca. 1720-1820 |
1937.1178 |
|
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Wafer iron |
ca. 1720-1820 |
Z.2732 |
|
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Wafer iron |
1800-1820 |
1958.78 |
|
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Waffle iron |
ca. 1800-1850 |
1937.1750 |
|
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Waffle iron |
|
ca. 1800-1850 |
INV.1252 |
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Waffle iron |
1874-1880 |
1940.847ab |
|
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Waistcoat |
ca. 1760 |
1910.27 |
|
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Waistcoat |
1820-1860 |
1945.355 |
|
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Waistcoat |
1820-1860 |
1941.233 |
|
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Waistcoat |
1760-80 |
INV.11814b |
|
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Waistcoat |
INV.11814c |
||
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Waistcoat |
1780-1800 |
INV.3200 |
|
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Waistcoat |
1740-1760 |
1910.26 |
|
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Waistcoat |
1825-1875 |
1941.232 |
|
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Waistcoat |
1790-1795 |
1948.177 |
|
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Waistcoat, vest |
1908 |
1943.352b |
|
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Waistcoat, vest |
1780-1810 |
1951.520 |
|
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Waistcoat: John Hancock |
ca. 1780 |
1871.7 |
|
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Waiter |
1746-1755 |
1937.186 |
|
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Waiter |
1770/71 |
1954.40 |
|
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Waiter |
1871 |
1950.185 |
|
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Waiter |
1870 |
1950.184 |
|
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Waiter |
1875 |
1950.183 |
|
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Waiter |
1755-1765 |
1969.28 |
|
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Waiter |
1747/48 |
1954.41 |
|
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Waiter |
|
1766-1767 |
1911.52 |
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Waiter |
ca. 1761 |
1976.66 |
|
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Wall clock |
1780-1840 |
INV.252 |
|
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Wall clock |
1780-1840 |
INV.251 |
|
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Wall clock with barometer |
1875-1900 |
INV.257 |
|
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Wall Matchbox |
|
1868-1880 |
1937.1533 |
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Warming ladle |
1750-1800 |
INV.14495 |
|
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Warming pan |
1775-1825 |
2158 |
|
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Warming pan |
1730-1770 |
1937.1604 |
|
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Warming pan |
1750-1800 |
1944.104 |
|
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Wash Stand Set (8) |
ca. 1900 |
1942.649cd |
|
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Washbowl |
1840-1860 |
1961.353b |
|
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Washbowl |
1825-1850 |
1937.759 |
|
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Washbowl |
ca. 1860 |
1937.1458 |
|
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Washbowl and pitcher |
ca. 1853 |
1937.552ab |
|
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Washbowl and pitcher |
1849-1858 |
1937.646ab |
|
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Washbowl: View of the Entrance of the Erie Canal at Albany |
1825-1840 |
1921.18 |
|
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Washstand |
1830-1840 |
1948.32c |
|
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Waste bowl |
ca. 1845 |
1957.222b |
|
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Waste bowl |
ca. 1840 |
1950.259f |
|
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Waste bowl |
ca. 1860 |
1935.50h |
|
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Waste bowl |
ca. 1840 |
1939.217d |
|
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Waste bowl |
ca. 1835 |
1977.48 |
|
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Waste bowl |
ca. 1820 |
INV.14451 |
|
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Waste bowl |
1820-1830 |
INV.12757 |
|
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Waste bowl |
1817/18 |
1983.16d |
|
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Waste bowl |
ca. 1770 |
1940.39 |
|
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Waste bowl |
ca. 1825 |
INV.14393 |
|
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Waste bowl |
1812-1829 |
1926.45 |
|
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Waste bowl |
ca. 1815 |
1913.10e |
|
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Waste bowl |
1896 |
1974.27e |
|
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Waste bowl |
1874 |
1920.18l |
|
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Waste bowl |
1816-1818 |
1939.548 |
|
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Waste bowl |
|
ca. 1830 |
1942.540d |
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Waste bowl |
ca. 1830 |
1971.103e |
|
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Waste bowl |
|
ca. 1840 |
1942.243e |
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Waste bowl |
1859-1860 |
1976.55f |
|
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Waste bowl |
ca. 1835 |
1969.10d |
|
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Waste bowl |
|
1795-1797 |
1911.37e |
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Waste bowl |
ca. 1845 |
1982.8f |
|
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Waste bowl |
|
1853 |
1932.87g |
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Waste bowl |
ca. 1840 |
1960.64 |
|
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Waste bowl |
|
ca. 1810 |
1937.180 |
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Waste bowl |
1823-1824 |
1943.181e |
|
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Waste bowl |
1820-1843 |
2000.211d |
|
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Wastebasket |
1820-1850 |
1945.262 |
|
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Watch chain |
1800-1880 |
1941.57 |
|
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Watch chain |
1800-1875 |
Z.2271.4 |
|
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Watch fob |
1775-1850 |
1921.12 |
|
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Watch fob |
1750-1850 |
INV.12405 |
|
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Watch fob |
ca. 1827 |
1928.11 |
|
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Watch stand |
1780-1820 |
1944.247a-c |
|
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Water bottle: eagle design |
1850-1870 |
1953.406 |
|
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Water goblet |
1969-1986 |
2000.167 |
|
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Water goblet |
1969-1986 |
2000.169 |
|
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Water goblet |
1969-1986 |
2000.164 |
|
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Water goblet |
1969-1986 |
2000.165 |
|
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Water goblet |
1969-1986 |
2000.166 |
|
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Water goblet |
1969-1986 |
2000.168 |
|
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Water jug |
|
1829-1838 |
1947.142 |
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Water pitcher |
1816-1818 |
1939.549 |
|
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Water pitcher |
ca. 1835 |
1939.174a |
|
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Water pitcher |
ca. 1850 |
1983.7 |
|
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Water pitcher |
|
ca. 1851 |
1941.397 |
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Water pitcher |
|
ca. 1851 |
1934.40ab |
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Wavy Base Duck |
1885-1905 |
1953.741ab |
|
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Wedding dress |
1889 |
1978.63ab |
|
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Wedding dress fragment |
ca. 1763 |
INV.1299 |
|
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Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace |
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century |
1949.115a |
|
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Wedding ring in box |
1627 |
1944.259ab |
|
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Wedding ring in box |
ca. 1750 |
1889.7ab |
|
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Whale oil lamp |
1850-1880 |
INV.7577 |
|
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Whale oil lamp |
1800-1850 |
1896.6 |
|
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Whale oil lamp |
1850-1875 |
1945.328ab |
|
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Wheel box with lid |
1969-1986 |
2000.139ab |
|
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Whiskey bottle |
ca. 1910 |
2003.77.1 |
|
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Whistle |
1850-1910 |
INV.12648 |
|
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Whistle |
1800-1900 |
INV.12620 |
|
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Whistle |
1810-1840 |
INV.9327 |
|
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Whistle |
1800-1850 |
INV.9325 |
|
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Whistle |
1810-1840 |
INV.9329 |
|
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Whistle |
1810-1850 |
INV.9322 |
|
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Whistle |
1810-1850 |
INV.9330 |
|
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Whistle |
1810-1840 |
INV.9331 |
|
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Whistle |
1810-1840 |
INV.9324 |
|
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Whistle |
1810-1850 |
INV.9326 |
|
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Whistle |
1850-1900 |
INV.9323 |
|
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Whistle and bells |
ca. 1800 |
1963.10 |
|
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Wick trimmer or pincers |
19th Century |
2010.6.12 |
|
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Window shade |
1840-1870 |
Z.58 |
|
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Windsor side chair |
1800-1820 |
1954.210a |
|
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Windsor side chair |
1800-1820 |
1954.210b |
|
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Wine bottle |
ca. 1810-1830 |
1929.72 |
|
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Wine bottle |
ca. 1660 |
2010.4 |
|
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Wine coaster |
ca. 1815 |
INV.14052 |
|
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Wine coaster |
ca. 1815 |
INV.14053 |
|
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Wine cooler |
ca. 1835 |
1946.13 |
|
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Wine cooler |
ca. 1820 |
INV.14163ab |
|
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Wine cooler |
ca. 1820 |
INV.14164ab |
|
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Wine cooler |
ca. 1800 |
INV.14045 |
|
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Wine cooler |
ca. 1825-1880 |
1938.211 |
|
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Wine funnel with strainer |
1825-1875 |
1937.184 |
|
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Wine funnel with strainer |
1825-1875 |
1951.309ab |
|
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Wine funnel with strainer |
1838/39 |
1950.345ab |
|
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Wine Glass (one of ten) |
1902-1920 |
1939.316 |
|
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Wine Glass (one of ten) |
1902-1920 |
1939.310 |
|
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Wine Glass (one of ten) |
1902-1920 |
1939.313 |
|
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Wine Glass (one of ten) |
1902-1920 |
1939.309 |
|
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Wine Glass (one of ten) |
1902-1920 |
1939.308 |
|
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Wine Glass (one of ten) |
1902-1920 |
1939.312 |
|
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Wine glass |
1825-1865 |
1965.770h |
|
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Wine Glass (one of ten) |
1902-1920 |
1939.311 |
|
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Wine Glass (one of ten) |
1902-1920 |
1939.307 |
|
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Wine Glass (one of ten) |
1902-1920 |
1939.314 |
|
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Wine Glass (one of ten) |
1902-1920 |
1939.315 |
|
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Wine goblet |
1969-1986 |
2000.171 |
|
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Wine goblet |
1969-1986 |
2000.172 |
|
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Wine goblet |
1969-1986 |
2000.174 |
|
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Wine goblet |
1969-1986 |
2000.170 |
|
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Wine goblet |
1969-1986 |
2000.173 |
|
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Wine goblet |
1969-1986 |
2000.175 |
|
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Wine keg and lid |
ca. 1850 |
1937.909ab |
|
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creamer |
ca. 1780-1800 |
1922.44 |
|
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Wine taster |
ca. 1800 |
1945.133 |
|
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Wire frame for paper lantern |
ca. 1876 |
1954.55b |
|
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Wisteria table lamp |
|
c.1901 |
N84.130 |
 |
Wisteria table lamp |
|
c. 1901 |
N84.127 |
 |
Wisteria Table lamp |
|
c.1901 |
N84.132 |
 |
Woodbine shade on Twisted Vine base |
c. 1900-1906 |
N84.111 |
|
 |
Woodbine Table lamp |
c. 1906-1910 |
N84.45 |
|
 |
Woodbine Table lamp |
c. 1900-1906 |
N84.46 |
|
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Wooden block for 20" Arrowhead shade |
|
1904 |
2007.4.1 |
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Work table |
1815-1830 |
1957.204 |
|
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Work table |
ca. 1810 |
1944.227 |
|
 |
"Are you Ready?" |
|
ca. 1880 |
INV.777 |
 |
Embroidery of Columbian World's Fair |
1893 |
1940.35 |
|
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Writing desk |
1885-1910 |
INV.8533 |
|
 |
Writing desk |
ca. 1900 |
INV.8703 |
|
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Writing desk |
1850-1920 |
INV.223 |
|
 |
Writing desk |
1850-1900 |
2154 |
|
 |
Writing desk |
1810-1830 |
1941.630 |
|
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Writing desk |
|
ca. 1795 |
1895.14 |
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Writing desk |
1825-1900 |
INV.8539 |
|
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Writing desk |
1810-1830 |
1936.469 |
|
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Writing desk |
1860-1900 |
INV.8505 |
|
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Writing desk |
1840-1880 |
INV.756 |
|
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Writing desk |
1890-1910 |
1937.214 |
|
 |
Writing desk |
|
1800-1840 |
1948.77 |
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Writing desk |
ca. 1800-1820 |
1939.240ab |
|
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Writing desk |
1830-1850 |
1956.180 |
|
 |
Writing desk |
1800-1825 |
1941.276a-h |
|
 |
Writing desk |
|
1770-1780 |
1917.6 |
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Writing desk |
1790-1820 |
INV.8705 |
|
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Writing desk with copying apparatus |
1815-1880 |
1706 |
|
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Writing table |
1810-1820 |
INV.14979 |
|
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Writing table |
1860-1880 |
INV.14976 |
|
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Writing-arm chair |
1790-1805 |
1947.260 |
|
 |
Manhattan |
1930 |
1945.82 |
|
 |
"The Storming of Quebec" |
ca. 1800 |
1941.111 |
|
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"Penn's Treaty with the Indians" |
ca. 1800 |
1937.515 |
|
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"William Penn's Treaty with the Indians" |
ca. 1800 |
1941.96 |
|
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Textile: photographs of NY |
ca. 1951 |
1951.330 |
|
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Yardage |
|
1880 |
1952.297 |
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Textile fragment: top hats and spectacles |
1872 |
1941.893 |
|
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Yardage |
1900-1950 |
INV.11766b |
|
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Yardage |
1900-1950 |
INV.11766a |
|
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Cotton Textile |
1932 |
1941.663 |
|
 |
U.S.S. Maine |
ca. 1898 |
1958.83 |
|
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Printed textile: a Joffre - la patrie, 1914-1915 |
ca. 1915 |
1944.170 |
|
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Textile |
1954 |
1954.196 |
|
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Printed textile: Pearl Harbor, 1941 |
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1941 |
1942.489 |
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The Eisenhower Toile |
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1952 |
1956.36 |
