Set of Five Picture Hangers

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Set of Five Picture Hangers

Datec. 1840–1860

Made inUnited States

MediumGlass and brass

DimensionsEach: 2 5/8 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 2.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.91.42.1-.5

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

GLASS

DescriptionDuring the 1700s and for much of the 1800s, Americans used plain nails to hang pictures, using small rings attached to the tops of the frames. By the mid-1800s, decorative nails such as these were available to hang pictures with wire or decorative cord.
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, 1975; given to MFAH, 1991.

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