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Collection Highlights

Leg brace
ca. 1940
2002.76
Leather, metal
Used By: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Embroidered figure

Embroidered figure
Object name 
Embroidered figure
Date 
1840-1860
Medium 
Felt, silk
Dimensions 
Overall: 2 x 5 3/8 in. ( 5.1 x 13.7 cm )
Description 
Embroidered tobacco pouch figure of a person seen from behind dressed in late 17th century clothing; jacket, pantaloons, hat, stockings and shoes in felt; details of costume done in chain stitch. Figure basted to vellum backing.
Credit Line 
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number 
1945.63b
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.