Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Luce Center
Dish towel
Object Number:
2000.801
Date:
ca. 1950
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 3/4 x 16 in. ( 73 x 40.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: at the bottom right: "fabres"
printed: on a round sticker label: "HAND PRINTED/ BY LEACOCK/ PURE LINEN"
Description:
Linen dish towel with multicolor print of three men and two women gardening between to vines all surrounded by birds, snails and vegetables.
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabrés through the estate of Francine Salmon
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
