Collection Highlights
The Puritan
1899
1946.253
Dark brown/ black patinated bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wastebasket
Object name
Wastebasket
Date
1820-1850
Medium
Wood, paper, gilding
Dimensions
Overall: 16 1/8 x 13 x 7 1/8 in. ( 41 x 33 x 18.1 cm )
Description
Ovoid wooden wastebasket with applied rims at top and bottom, gilded; outside of wastebasket covered with four overlapping sheets of paper printed with music and with hand-colored lithographs of Jenny Lind and other singers in various roles; inside of wastebasket covered with four overlapping sheets of music.
Credit Line
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number
1945.262
Marks
printed: on one piece of music pasted to outside of wastebasket: "LA FILLE DU REGIMENT./No. 1, France, I adore thee/Salut
Provenance
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
