Collection Highlights
Dressing table
Date:
1795-1810
Object Number:
INV.14982
Medium:
Probably New York mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, other inlays
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Luce Center
Tape measure
Object Number:
2002.1.1925
Date:
1901
Medium:
Celluloid, cloth
Dimensions:
1/2 x 1 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
This small tape measure was probably a woman's sewing notion. It has a flag with blue and red corners with a few stars, and a eagle with a banner diagonally in the center. This side reads "Souvenir Pan-American Exposition/ Buffalo N.Y. 1901". On the reverse is a drawing of two women in draped in yellow and red cloth that takes the shape of the North and South American continents. The measuring tape is cloth.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
