Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2014 James Burnie Beck’s chair from the House of Representatives A few treasures from our vaults reflect some remarkable national connections, including this chair used by U.S. Senator James Burnie Beck (1822 – 1890). It was manufactured circa 1856 by Bembe and Kimmel of New York for the United […]
From Points West magazine Originally published in Spring 1997 The Feathered Cape and Painted Proof: Stearns painting resolves mystery on origin of unusual feathered capes By Emma I. Hansen, Curator [Emerita], Plains lndian Museum and Sarah E. Boehme, [Former] John S. Bugas Curator, Whitney Western Art Museum Loans to two different museums in the Center […]