Collection Highlights
Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
1950
1956.7
Oil on paper laid on board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Baby walker
Object name
Baby walker
Date
1700-1800
Medium
Pine
Dimensions
Overall: 15 x 25 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. ( 38.1 x 65.4 x 65.4 cm )
Description
Pine baby walker consisting of horizontal ring supported by four raked, turned legs; with base consisting of square frame with shaped inner edge mounted on four short legs with wooden casters.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
INV.14959
Marks
Circular adhesive label on underside of stretcher: "247 / [illeg]" (Nadelman collection sticker)
Gallery Label
This baby walker is a form typical of Netherlandish walkers called a "loopwagen." Few American examples are known, a scarcity that is not surprising in view of their delicate construction. Dutch book illustrations and paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries show similar baby walkers and attest to their popularity. Like their twentieth-century counterparts, they gave toddlers circumscribed mobility.
Provenance
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
