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Dragonfly Table lamp
c. 1900-1906
N84.113
Glass, bronze
Artist/Maker: Tiffany Studios

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Presentation envelope and letter

Presentation envelope and letter
Object name 
Presentation envelope and letter
Date 
ca. 1904
Related People 
Artist/Maker: Tiffany & Co.
Related People 
Original Recipient: Elihu Root
Medium 
Silver
Dimensions 
overall closed: 3 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 1/16 in. ( 9.8 x 19 x 0.2 cm )
Description 
Fascimile silver envelope and letter; two thin rectangular pieces of silver hinge together along their bases; embossed inscription in the front center and and engraved building with a mansard roof in the upper left corner; the reverse has lines representing those of an envelope; engraved inscription on the inside with engraved "signatures" below.
Credit Line 
Gift of Elihu Root, Jr.
Object Number 
1943.133
Marks 
embossed: front center: "Personal/ To the/ Hon Elihu Root/ New York City" engraved: inside: "With the compliments of/ F. L. Ainsworth Charles E. Magoon/ A. E. Bates Robert Shaw Oliver/ G. H. Burton J. P. Sanger/ Henry C. Corbin C. F. Humphry/ Adna R. Chafee William Crozier/ W. W. Davie J. H. Weston/ G. L. Gillespie John M. Wilson/ John A. Johnston A. W. Seely/ Geo. B. Davis Clarence R. Edmunds/ M. Ludington H.W. Young/ A. MacKenzie Wallace A. Randolph/ R. M. O'Reilly/ Wm. Lary Sanger/ Tasker H. Bliss"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.