3623
- Containers:
- Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 8, Item SC07.02.3.019
- Creator:
- Hammer Galleries
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Scope and content:
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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT October 2, 1933 3623. Handkerchief. Fine linen handkerchief embroidered with the crown and monogram of the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, Mother of Nicholai II. The border is block printed with a series of brown and blue elephants. It is significant to the superstitious that the trunks of the elephant are turned down where is (sic) those of the lucky elephants are turned up. From the private quarters of the Dowager Empress in the Anitchkov Palace in St. Petersburg.
From the Hammer Collection – Three East Fifty-second Street, New York, N. Y.
- Language:
- English
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.
- Biographical / historical:
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American--1
- Physical description:
- Paper
- Physical facet:
- Sales records
- Names:
- Hammer Galleries
- Places:
- New York (N.Y.)
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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VMFA ArchivesVirginia Museum of Fine ArtsMargaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library200 N. Arthur Ashe BoulevardRichmond, VA 23220-4007
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Roxanne WinfieldEmail: roxanne.winfield@vmfa.museumPhone: (804) 340-1497Email: library@vmfa.museumPhone: (804) 340-1495Web: vmfa.museum
- Terms of access:
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No Copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
- Parent restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
Digitization of the collection has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The digital collection can be accessed through the VMFA Collections Search website.
- Parent terms of access:
- No Copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
- Preferred citation:
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Lillian Thomas Pratt Personal Papers (SC-07). VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.