Decorative Arts - P.T. Barnum Digital Collection
The Decorative Arts sub-collection includes ceramics, textile items, silver, and mixed medium items such as mantelpiece clocks and candlesticks.... Show moreThe Decorative Arts sub-collection includes ceramics, textile items, silver, and mixed medium items such as mantelpiece clocks and candlesticks. Some were mass-produced to satisfy popular crazes, such as the Lind-mania for Jenny Lind items, and later, Jumbo-mania, while others were expensive, custom-made items. Examples from Barnum’s porcelain dinner service, and the gilt tea service he acquired in France are included. A decorative architectural element from his home Iranistan, the only such item saved after the fire, is also in the collection. Show less
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Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/60002:ptb_decorativearts
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- Circus animals
- Desserts
- Mansions
- Silver
- Tea
- Art objects, Japanese
- Baptism
- Bottles
- Candles
- Candles--Equipment and supplies
- Captive elephants
- Drinking vessels
- Dwarfism
- Entertainers
- Figurines
- Gold
- Ironstone china
- Mirrors
- Molded dishes (Cooking)
- Molds (Shaping tools)
- People with disabilities
- People with disabilities and the performing arts
- People with disabilities--United States
- Pins & needles
- Pitchers
- Plates (Tableware)
- Samovars
- Spoons
- Sugar bowls
- Tea cozies
- Teapots
- Vases