Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
1965.318
Date:
1845-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 2 in. ( 3.8 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Lead glass paperweight of flattened spherical shape with tightly knit apple green and white swirls radiating from a central blue, green, and red cane.
Gallery Label:
The swirl design was a specialty of the Clichy factory.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
