Feathers
Artist
PARK, Asa 1790-1827
Date1807
Mediumpencil and watercolor on paper
Dimensions8 3/4 in x 11 1/2 in
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineBequest of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1971.2.55
DescriptionAn octagonal lid from a box; the exterior is covered in red paper (simulated leather); there are two holes (one on either side) that must have been part of the original and hinges; on the back screw holes from which fittings have been removed; on the bottom edge two notches with holes which formerly held hinges; on the edges gold paper; the drawing shows a group of multicolored feathers; the most identifiable of which is an ostrich feather.On View
Not on viewCollections
late 19th century
Herbert Wheaton Congdon
[not after 1965].
18th century or early 19th century
1920-1925
