The Tender Chord: Museum Object and Cultural History
The Tender Chord: date made: 19th-early 20th century. Object Name: stereograph. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
hand colored stereograph; printed on verso "The Tender Chord. / (La Corde Sensible.)"; man and woman seated in an interior room, in an embrace; man wearing blue breeches, white stockings, and lavendar jacket sitting on a chair leaning towards a woman whom he has his arms wrapped around; woman is wearing a green and cream colored dress is seated on a bench in front of a piano or harpsichord; music book open on instrument
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 19th-early 20th century
- Object Name: stereograph
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm
- Subject: Men
- Subject: Women
- ID Number: 2012.3033.0488
- nonaccession number: 2012.3033
- catalog number: 2012.3033.0488
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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