Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1785-1789
Object Number:
1916.7
Medium:
Mahogany; pine, poplar
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Game of Steeplechase
Object Number:
1992.12.21
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paper, metal
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/2 x 17 x 8 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 43.2 x 22.2 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on box lid, top: "GAME OF STEEPLE CHASE"
lithographed: on box lid, bottom left corner: "4902/MADE IN U.S.A."
lithographed: on box lid, bottom right corner: "MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. U.S.A."
printed: on inside of box lid: "490
Description:
Board game consisting of board, spinner with numbers marked, and four wooden game pieces, painted blue, turquoise, and red; square board (folded in two) with race-course indicated by spiral bordered by red fence, on green pastoral background with spaces indicated by lines and elaborate grandstand at center; cardboard box with cover illustration of four riders in pack, jumping their horses over hedge, in front of background of fields and trees; sides of box decorated with repeating scenes of riders jumping horses over obstacles in pastoral landscape.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
