Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Textile yardage
Object Number:
1941.94
Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 82 x 24 1/2 in. ( 208.3 x 62.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: on pennant: "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
Description:
Cotton copper-engraved yardage with an allover floral design with an eagle emblem in center; spread eagle with shield on breast, grasping arrows and laural branch in claws, and a inscribed pennant in its beak; printed in pink, green, brown and sepia on a tan ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
