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Wedding Bouquet

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

ca. 1902

GUSN

GUSN-248350

Description

Bouquet of artificial white flowers, with yellow centers. The flowers each have stems with green cloth leaves attached. The bouquet is housed in a teal colored Tiffany & Co. box, which also has a fragment of white lace inside.

Details

Descriptive Terms

artificial
flower (plant material)
cloth
plastic (organic material)
paper (fiber product)
Flower, Artificial

Inscription

"Lucy Lythgoe's / Wedding Flowers" (handwritten)
"TIFFANY & CO. / FIFTH AVENUE & 37th STREET / NEW YORK / PARIS LONDON" (printed)
"Lucy Lythgoe's / Wedding Flowers" (handwritten)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 1/4 x 1 3/4 (WxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Katharine Richardson

Accession Number

2002.29.39A-C

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