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Tape Measure Case

Unger Brothers, Newark, New Jersey, 1872 – 1919

Cylindrical form, the narrow central band with slot for measuring tape; one circular side with woman holding tambourine within a circular floral border, the other side showing flowers (poppies?) with long, sinuous curling stems radiating out from central knop.

Date

ca. 1900

Type

metalwork

Medium

silver

Department

CHNDM

Institution

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object number

chndm_1994-105-4

Credit

Gift of Alice Stern