2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

Collection Highlights

Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
1942-1945
1946.89a-c
Wool, silk, metal
Artist/Maker: Saks Fifth Avenue

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Brocaded silk of branches with flowers

Brocaded silk of branches with flowers
Title
Brocaded silk of branches with flowers
Object name 
Textile fragment
Date 
1740-1815
Related People 
Owner: Mrs. James W. Beekman
Medium 
Silk
Dimensions 
Overall: 34 1/4 x 20 in. ( 87 x 50.8 cm )
Description 
Silk brocade textile fragment with varying colors of floral patterns, each pattern framed in white vine motif having occasional grape clusters in purple.
Credit Line 
Gift of Effie Beekman Borrowe
Object Number 
1939.232
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.