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Trylon and Perisphere Jewelry Box

Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: circa 1939 Material: height: 3 1/4 x width: 3 1/2 x depth: 1 1/4 inches
Identifier: aql:5763 100.13WF39 QMOA

Description: Silver jewelry box with bas relief of Trylon and Perisphere and garden landscape on the sides.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Date : circa 1939

Summary/Description : Silver jewelry box with bas relief of Trylon and Perisphere and garden landscape on the sides.

Subject : New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.)

Rights : This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.

Type : jewelry boxes

Format : height: 3 1/4 x width: 3 1/2 x depth: 1 1/4 inches

Identifier : aql:5763 100.13WF39 QMOA

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Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Trylon and Perisphere (New York, N.Y.)
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.


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