Collection Highlights
Tool chest with tools
chest ca. 1790; tools ca. 1790-1850
L.1927.1
Outer case of painted pine; inner till of mahogany with ivory and brass.
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Bass drum
Title
Bass drum
Object name
Drum
Date
1833-1857
Medium
Wood, hide, rope, leather, metal, paint
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 24 1/2 in. ( 53.3 x 62.2 cm )
Description
Double-headed tubular drum with wooden cylinder with seam reinforced with metal studs, and drumheads made of animal hide; red painted rims pierced with holes for rope lacing, which is reinforced with leather bands; decorated around airhole with metal studs arranged in two concentric circles vertically aligned with two diamond shapes, one above and one below.
Credit Line
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number
1941.1208
Marks
maker's label: inside drum: "Made and sold / by / MEACHAM / No. 84 State-Street, / Albany, / Military importers from England and France, / Manufacturers of various kinds of musical In- / struments, and rifles, / muskets, leather caps, / and military equipment in general."
Gallery Label
According to Albany city directories, Roswell L. Meacham manufactured and sold military goods at 84 State Street from 1833 to 1857.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
