Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date:
1836-37
Object Number:
1952.410
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pair of desktop call buttons
Object Number:
2002.77.4a
Date:
ca. 1915
Medium:
Wood, metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 5.4 x 6.4 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on metal cover: "1872 / EDWARDS" in triangle
Description:
One of a pair of desktop one-call push buttons; oak base with metal cover, brown bakelite button to right of window showing number "1".
Gallery Label:
The "Edwards Directory Push" call buttons were typical of executive offices as well as Park Avenue dining rooms in mid-twentieth century New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of David M. Lutzker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
