Collection Highlights
Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
ca. 1797
1907.32
oil on linen, lined to fiberglass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sample card fragment
Object name
Sample card fragment
Date
1850-1900
Medium
Silk, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 3 x 9 1/8 in. ( 7.6 x 23.2 cm )
Description
Horizontal rectangular paper sample card fragment with blue silk lining on reverse, floral designs in various colors of silk floss on brown, violet and yellow swatches of silk, there is a straight blue printed border above and beneath, and along the vertical sides of the swatches there is a leaf motif border with diamond shapes at the center.
Object Number
Z.1420
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
