Collection Highlights
Physician's saddlebags w/bottles & bundles
1800-1850
1954.11
Leather, metal, glass, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Badminton set
Object name
Badminton set
Date
1850-1900
Medium
Wood, paper, textile, feathers
Dimensions
Each (racket): 19 3/8 x 6 x 3/4 in. (49.2 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm)
Description
Badminton set consisting of two long-handled rackets (a-b) with wooden frame covered in paper and two shuttlecocks (c-d) with nose covered in velvet (one blue, one purple) and trimmed with beige cloth ribbon.
Object Number
INV.5228a-d
Marks
inscribed: in pencil on racket "a": "B b/g fr S"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.