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- Description
- Wrought iron clips or catches, used to hold ornament or decoration in place. Flat bar with two parallel tapered points. No mark. According to the donor they were used in the High Altar Gates of the Washington Cathedral. See DL*72.0034.
- Maker is the Keyser Brothers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1928-1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- clip
- Object Type
- catches
- date made
- ca 1928
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- metal, iron (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in x 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 3.81 cm x 2.2225 cm
- ID Number
- DL.72.0034A
- catalog number
- 72.0034A
- accession number
- 299610
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard Keyser
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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