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Dressing table
1795-1810
INV.14982
Mahogany, mahogany and other inlays, white pine, yellow poplar
Possible Original Owner: Margaret Maria Livingston

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Allegory of the Industrial Sciences: Study for the Main Panel of an Unexecuted Mural for Far Rockaway High School Library, New York

Allegory of the Industrial Sciences: Study for the Main Panel of an Unexecuted Mural for Far Rockaway High School Library, New York
Title
Allegory of the Industrial Sciences: Study for the Main Panel of an Unexecuted Mural for Far Rockaway High School Library, New York
Object name 
Mural Study
Date 
1938
Related People 
Artist/Maker: James Penney
Related People 
Commissioned By: Federal Art Project
Medium 
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, black and purple ink on beige paper, laid on board
Dimensions 
Overall: 13 7/16 x 19 1/8 in. (34.1 x 48.6 cm)
Description 
Never executed at Far Rockaway High School, but the Design was exhibited at the New York 1939 World's Fair.
Credit Line 
Gift of Carole Pesner and Katherine Degn
Object Number 
2006.18.4
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group