Collection Highlights
Baby walker
Date:
1700-1750
Object Number:
INV.14959
Medium:
Cherry (by microanalysis)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Billfold
Object Number:
INV.8671vv
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 4 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 1 x 11.1 x 6 cm )
Description:
Dark brown leather billfold; inside, spine lined with light brown leather, compartment on each side lined with white linen, each compartment divided by leather partition.
Gallery Label:
This billfold was among the items found in the footlocker of William H. Paine, who served as a surveyor with the Army engineers during the Civil War. Paine was responsible for devising systems and tools to better facilitate the surveyor's tasks, including patenting a coiled steel tape measure.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Isidore L. Rosenzweig, in Memory of Bessie and Isidore L. Rosenzweig, 1978
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
