Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
ca. 1761
1954.179a-d
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Luce Center
Wood fragment from stage of Bowery Theatre
Object name
Wood fragment from stage of Bowery Theatre
Date
ca. 1845
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 1/8 x 5 x 1/2 in. ( 0.3 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm )
Description
Wood fragment inscribed in ink: "BOWERY THEATRE, N.Y. City."
Credit Line
Gift of Bertram Millar, 1947
Object Number
Z.1282
Marks
ink inscription: "BOWERY THEATRE, N.Y. City"
ink inscrition: on accompanying note: "Piece of wood from the stage of the Bowery Theatre"
Gallery Label
This wood fragment is from the stageof the Bowery Theatre, which opened in 1826 at the corner of Canal Street and the Bowery. In its early years it was in competition with the Park Theatre on Park Row and offered a similar repertory, but by the 1830s it specialized in the melodrama and spectacle sought after by the residents of its immigrant neighborhood. The theater burned in 1828, 1830, 1836, 1838, and 1845 and was rebuilt each time. It burned for the last time in 1929.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
