Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Fire helmet
Object Number:
INV.8885
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 11 x 14 1/8 in. ( 22.9 x 27.9 x 35.9 cm )
Marks:
printed cloth label: affixed inside crown: "ANDERSON & JONES / MFGRS / FIRE HATS / CAPS / BELTS, SHIRTS / AND SUPPLIES / 184 GRAND ST. N.Y."
handwritten: on scrap of paper affixed inside crown: "Lend. Ford"
Description:
Eight comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled scroll border on brim; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder (frontpiece missing); textile half-lining.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
