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 […]
Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 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 Museumand Sarah E. Boehme, Former John S. Bugas Curator, Whitney Western Art Museum Loans to two different museums in the Center [were] united in a […]