Identifier: annualreportofph02phil (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Philadelphia Museum of Art Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art. Annual report Pennsylvania Museum of Art. Annual report
Subjects: Philadelphia Museum of Art Art
Publisher: Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Harpocrates.Dr. E. S. Vanderslice : Spanish Glass Vase.W. L. Oakford : Eleven pieces of old English China; two Tucker Pitchers; a pair ofChinese Embroidered Slippers.Dr. William Pepper : Four pieces of Oriental pottrey brought from the East by Dr. Peters.Miss Elizabeth Schaffer: Embroidered Linen Sampler.Mrs. John W. Field : A collection of 43 objects including examples of English Furniture, choice Por-celains and Bronzes, Florentine Iron Work, American Mosaic Glass, European Laces,etc.John T. Morris: Marble Idol, the Indian God Parasnuth.WMI. Steel: Old American Carbine.Mrs. John Harrison : Thirty pieces of Greek and Roman Antique Pottery, consisting of Vases, Bowls,Lamps, Toys, and Votive Figures.Atkinson & Myhlertz: Thirty-nine samples of Italian Marbles. Loans were made by— Mrs. Bloomfield-Moore, Miss Eva M. Tappan, John Struthers, E. Stanley Hart,Mrs. Wm. Weightman, Jr., Miss M. J. Lewis, Charles Schoneman, W. K. Felton,Rittenhouse Club. Dalton Dorr, Curator of Miiseiun. lO
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Dagger, with Sheath of Silver, inthe collection at Memorial Hall.From a Pen-and-ink Drawing byFanny C. L. Smith, a pupil in theSchool. THE SCHOOL The satisfactory progress in the work of the School which hasbeen noted in all the later reports has suffered no interruption. TheTextile School has quite outgrown the accommodations provided forit at 1336 Spring Garden Street, before the end of last year, and dur-ing the summer of 1891 it was transferred to rooms leased for thepurpose at 1303-5-7 Buttonwood Street, and the School of Chemistryand Dyeing was transferred to the same building, thus uniting the twoSchools, which had been separated before. Considerable additions tothe equipment of both these Schools was made at the time of this re-moval, eight new looms being added to the weaving department anda dye-house with very complete appointments : zinc floor, copper-lined tanks, and steam connections being constructed as an adjunctto the Laboratory. II A large room has been rented for the

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