Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Box
Object name
Box
Date
1910-1940
Medium
Paper
Dimensions
1 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/4 in.
Description
This tiny powder box once held a tin similar but slightly larger than 2002.1.576. The box is beige red and gold with a central drawing of a woman's face. The front reads "Colgate's/ Dactylis/ Talc Powder/ Colgate & Co./ Perfumers/ New York U.S.A.". See also 2002.1.840, 842, 843.
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.843
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.