Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918
Date:
1918
Object Number:
1984.68
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pen wipe/ tobacco
Object Number:
2002.1.2725
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
4 3/4 x 3 in.
Description:
A gold cotton felt cloth pen wipe, printed to resemble a geometric Persian carpet with a gold central field with blue, yellow and red design with a dark blue frame with a gold border and green fringe. Given as a premium by cigar stores and manufacturers for blotting the ink from a nib pen.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
