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  1. Clothes Brush, c. 1852-1894 - Brush, Clothes

    Clothes Brush, c. 1852-1894. Silver elongated oval clothes brush with bristles protruding outward from wooden base. Floral embossed designs on silver along edge and in center. Engraved monogram "FWS" on oval base inside of center floral design.

    Record Type: Object

    Howard Family Clothes Brush
  2. Clothes Brush, c. 1860-1940 - Brush, Clothes

    Clothes Brush, c. 1860-1940. Oval sterling silver clothes brush with floral embossed design. The floral design is embossed in a ring around the edge. The floral embossed design encircles a monogram reading, "HSH". Set inside the oval sterling silver is a wooden base for the bristles. Yellow bristles protrude outward from wooden base.

    Record Type: Object

    Howard Family Clothes Brush
  3. Continental Renaissance Revival Commode, c. 1800 - Commode

    Continental Renaissance Revival Commode, c. 1800. Oak with one drawer over five-drawer cabinet, burl rosewood veneer and rouge marble top.

    Record Type: Object

    Howard Family Commode
  4. Early Twentieth Century Writing Desk, c. 1900-1935 - Table, Writing

    Early Twentieth Century Writing Table, c. 1900-1935. Rectangular, two drawers, scroll legs. American Classic Style, mahogany. Two glass knobs on both of the two drawers. Wooden board at the bottom with a crescent cut out of it to make a foot rest.

    Record Type: Object

    Writing Table, c. 1900-1935
  5. Framed Intaglio Print, "La Comparaison des Petits Pieds", 18th-19th Cenury - Print, Intaglio

    Framed Intaglio Print, "La Comparaison des Petits Pieds", 18th-19th Cenury. Alexandre Chaponnier print after painting by Louis-Léopold Boilly. Color print shows two female figures in an interior room gazing at their feet. The figure on the left sits with her leg bent so that her right foot rests on her left knee. She wears a blue dress and a wide-brimmed hat. The female figure on the right wears a white dress that is open at the neck exposing her...

    Record Type: Object

    Framed Print of La Comparaison des petits pieds by Boilly pet., Champonnier
  6. Framed Intaglio Print, "Prelude de Nina", 18th-19th Century - Print, Intaglio

    Framed Intaglio Print, "Prelude de Nina", 18th-19th Century. Alexandre Chaponnier print after painting by Louis-Léopold Boilly. Color print shows a male and a female figure near a piano in a bedroom. A woman in a white dress visible at center sits at a light gray piano that fills the lower right side of the image. The man at left wears a white wig, blue jacket, white ruffled shirt and white pants. The woman turns toward a man who in turn leans fo...

    Record Type: Object

    Framed Print of Prelude de Nina
  7. French Empire Linen Press, c. 1760-1840 - Press, Linen

    Late 18th Century/Early 19th Century French Empire Linen Press. Single drawer over two doors, marble top, metal mounts. Mahogany with brass mounts.

    Record Type: Object

    Howard Family Linen Press
  8. Hair Brush, c. 1852-1894 - Hairbrush

    Hair Brush, c. 1852-1894. Belonging to Howard Family. Silver elongated oval head extends to narrow handle. Hair brush has bristles protruding outward from base. Floral embossed designs on oval head and handle along edge. Floral designs also on center of head. Engraved monogram "FWS" on oval base inside of center floral design.

    Record Type: Object

    Howard Family Hairbrush
  9. Hand Mirror, c. 1852-1894 - Mirror, Hand

    Hand Mirror, c. 1852-1894. Floral engraved silver handle extends to oval head of mirror. Handle has engravings along top edge. Oval head has engravings along outside edge and center. Engraved monogram "FWS" inside of floral designs on back of oval mirror head. Mirror is bevelled along edge.

    Record Type: Object

    Howard Family Hand Mirror
  10. Howard Family Writing Desk, c. 1850 - Desk, Writing

    Howard Family Writing Desk, c. 1850. Antique writing desk from the estate of Henry S.P. Howard (1864-1935) and M. Antoinette Schmiedell; orignially from the estate of his father, George Henry Howard (1826-79) and Agnes Pett (1833-1893). Writing surface pulls out. This writing desk is made of wood with two levels: one with four small drawers, and another with one long stretched drawer. Part of the desk has a wooden hole which connects the four d...

    Record Type: Object

    Howard Writing Desk, n.d.
  11. "La Perfidie Demasquee" Framed Engraving, 1835-1935 - Engraving

    "La Perfidie Demasquee" Framed Engraving, 1835-1935. Monochromatic print by C. Venzo after a painting by Giovanni Battista Cipriani. The center of the print has a predominantly black oval background. A female figure wears greek-style robes. Her right hand is holding her chin and her left hand is holding a male mask with white hair and a beard near her waist. She wears a bracelet on her left arm and sandals on her feet. Emerging from the left side...

    Record Type: Object

    La Prefidie Demasquee Framed Illustration
  12. Mid Nineteenth Century Shaving Mirror, c. 1835-1865 - Mirror, Shaving

    Mid Nineteenth Century Shaving Mirror, c. 1835-1865. Scroll supports, Lyre form, American Victorian (Late Classical style), mahogany. Sits upon a wide base with four short circular legs, there is an indentation on the bottom of the base that would appear to fit on top of a specific table.

    Record Type: Object

    Shaving Mirror
  13. Neoclassical Three-drawer Chest, c. 1770-1830 - Chest of Drawers

    Late 18th Century/Early 19th Century Continental (probably Austrian) Neoclassical three-drawer Chest with paneled sides and parquetry. Walnut with various fruitwood inlay.

    Record Type: Object

    Howard Family Chest of Drawers
  14. Shoehorn, 1891 - Shoehorn

    Shoehorn, 1891. Belonging to Howard Family. Floral engraved silver handle extends to shoehorn. Handle has floral engravings along edges and intersection of handle. Engraved monogram "FWS" inside of floral designs on top of handle. Shoehorn is flat and curved in oval shape. Edges of shoehorn are curved inward. Back of shoe horn has Dominick & Haff's manufacturer stamp reading, "STERLING / 925 1891 / 74".

    Record Type: Object

    Howard Family Shoehorn

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