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Dressing table
1795-1810
INV.14982
Mahogany, mahogany and other inlays, white pine, yellow poplar
Possible Original Owner: Margaret Maria Livingston

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Yardage

Yardage
Object name 
Yardage
Date 
1880
Related People 
Depicted: Chester A. Arthur
Related People 
Depicted: James A. Garfield
Medium 
Cotton
Dimensions 
Overall: 50 x 23 3/4 in. ( 127 x 60.3 cm )
Description 
Cotton printed yardage with a running pattern of garlanded portraits of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur above crossed American flags and inscribed banners running down the sides; printed in black, blue and red on a white ground.
Credit Line 
Purchase
Object Number 
1952.297
Marks 
printed: below portraits: "JAMES/ A. GARFIELD/ FOR PRESIDENT/ CHESTER/ A. ARTHUR/ FOR/ VICE PRESIDENT" printed: on banners: "UNION FOREVER/ EQUALITY FOR ALL MEN"
Gallery Label 
This yardage was made for the 1880 Presidential campaign of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group