Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object name
Paperweight
Date
1900-1910
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 14 x 9.5 cm )
Description
Colorless lead glass paperweight in the form of a sphere cut with one circular punty on top and four on the sides atop a pedestal consisting of baluster stem and flat pad foot; internal motif of a pink cross and encircling vine with rocks and grass below.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number
1965.300
Gallery Label
This paperweight may have been made by Michael Kane of Whitall, Tatum & Company (see "Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society," p. 134).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
