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1941

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Sconce (USA)

This is a Sconce. It is dated early 19th century and we acquired it in 1941. Its medium is tiin, glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Mrs. J. Insley Blair. It is credited Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair in memory of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

  • Satellite Brooch
  • aluminum dibond laminated photograph, plastic reflector, glass beads.
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-42
This object has not been digitized yet.
  • Picture Mirror, 2016
  • H x W x D: 61 × 45.7 × 20.3 cm (24 × 18 × 8 in.).
  • Lent by Hsing-Yin Liang.
  • 70.2017.1

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 9.4 x 24 x 4 cm (3 11/16 x 9 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Sconce (USA); tiin, glass; H x W x D: 9.4 x 24 x 4 cm (3 11/16 x 9 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair in memory of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1941-98-75-a,b

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