Collection Highlights
The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
c. 1835
1935.167
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bedsheet
Object name
Bedsheet
Date
1880-1930
Medium
Linen, silk
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 96 in. ( 94 x 243.8 cm )
Description
White linen bedsheet with scalloped lace border with flowerbud design; oval of flowers embroidered in center around the initials, "ESM."
Object Number
Z.1330
Marks
embroidered: "ESM"
Gallery Label
The initials embroidered on this bedsheet stand for Elizabeth Sproat Lenox, who married the prosperous New York merchant Robert Maitland in 1814.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
