Collection Highlights
Armchair
1856-1857
1857.11
Oak
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Luce Center
Badge: New York Exempt...Washington's Monument...1910 NYC...
Object name
Badge: New York Exempt...Washington's Monument...1910 NYC...
Date
ca. 1910
Medium
Silk, paper, brass
Dimensions
Overall: 6 7/8 x 3 x 1/4 in. ( 17.5 x 7.6 x 0.6 cm )
Description
Purple silk ribbon badge with top pin printed in black on coated paper "NEW YORK EXEMPT" surrounded by curved-edge rectangular brass frame with foliate design; ribbon printed in gold "DECORATION OF/ WASHINGTON'S/ MONUMENT/ FEB. 2