Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2010

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Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2010


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Pair of "Tidy Crumbers"

1937–42
Designed by Harry Laylon
Manufactured by Chase Brass & Copper Co.
Overall: 10.5 x 19.4 x 1.3 cm (4 1/8 x 7 5/8 x 1/2 in.) Overall: 13.7 x 20.3 x 1.3 cm (5 3/8 x 8 x 1/2 in.)
Copper, Bakelite (plastic)

Classification: Decorative arts

Object Place: Watertown, Connecticut

Accession number: 2010.487.1-2

Provenance/Ownership History: Early history unknown; by 1980s, Elizabeth Baratalli's shop "Elizabeth's," Newburyport, MA; 1980s, sold by Elizabeth's to Betsy Woodman, Newburyport, MA; 2010, gift of Woodman to the MFA.

Gift of Betsy and Jonathan Woodman