
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
Tongs
John Murdock · 1779–86
Provenance
Ownership history
- With Carl N. Williams, New York, NY, by 1980; sold to the Art Institute, 1980.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/7484/a-decade-of-decorative-arts-the-antiquarian-society-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago"><em>A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago</em></a>, Nov. 12, 1986–Jan. 4, 1987, cat. 59.
Literature
Published references
- Milo M. Naeve, et al., <em>A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1986), 85, cat. 59 (ill.).
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