Taxi Brooch, New York Postcard Series
Theodora Elston
(American)
1989
Object PlaceSonoma, California
Medium/TechniqueSilk and cotton hand embroidery on painted silk.
DimensionsOverall: 4.4 x 9.2 x 1 cm (1 3/4 x 3 5/8 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineThe Daphne Farago Collection
Accession number2006.165
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceMobilia Gallery; Daphne Farago, July 29, 1994 Daphne Farago; to MFA, 2006, gift of Daphne Farago.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.Theodora W. Thayer
Theodora W. Thayer
19th century
late 18th or early 19th century
Theodora van Wagenen