Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Clendenin J. Ryan, Sr. (1881-1939)
Object Number:
1949.252
Date:
1937
Medium:
Ochre patiniated bronze with brass and velvet frame
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 15/16 x 9 9/16 x 1 1/2 in. ( 32.9 x 24.3 x 3.8 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: signed under proper left shoulder: "PAUL MANSHIP/1937 Sc."
Description:
Bas-relief portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of financier Thomas Fortune Ryan (d. 1928), the transportation, real estate, and diamond magnate.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Eunice G. Rand
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
