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This collection brings together museum grade historical objects prepared for visual storytelling. Rooted in Detroit’s industrial and domestic past, each artifact is curated within a larger material system and preserved for camera ready use. Objects are available for editorial, stage, film, and institutional loan, offering authenticity that cannot be replicated.
Pleating Machine
Status: Available for Loan Consideration for exhibition, textile study, or domestic labor interpretation. Fabric Crimper (Pleating Machine) United States c.1880–1910 Cast iron with wooden handle Dating and Identification This object is best identified as a fabric crimper, also referred to as a pleating machine, designed to create uniform decorative textures in cloth. The presence of multiple ridged rollers, a hand-crank mechanism, and a stable cast iron base distinguishes it
Copper Wash Boiler
Status: Available for Loan Consideration for exhibition, domestic life interpretation, or material culture study. Copper Wash Boiler (Laundry Boiling Tub) United States c. late 19th century–early 20th century (approximately 1880–1920) Copper body with tin or galvanized lid; iron handles with wooden grips Dating and Identification This object is best identified as a copper wash boiler, sometimes referred to as a laundry boiling tub, used for heating water and boiling textiles
Gilded Mourning Bracelet with Portrait
Status: Available for Loan Consideration for exhibition, institutional study, research on Victorian mourning culture and memorial jewelry, or approved placement. Gilded Mourning Bracelet England, c. 1850–1875 Gilded metal, hinged filigree links, oval portrait locket setting, safety chain Dating & Attribution This object is identified as a Victorian mourning bracelet , dating approximately to circa 1850–1875 , within the mid-nineteenth century period when mourning jewelry bec
Miniature Toilet Set
Status: Available for Loan Consideration for exhibition, institutional study, research on Victorian and early twentieth-century domestic culture and miniature decorative objects, or approved placement. Miniature Vanity Toilet Set Europe or United States, c. 1890–1920 Mixed materials including metal, porcelain, and stone or alabaster base, applied decorative elements Dating & Attribution This object is identified as a miniature vanity toilet set , dating approximately to circ
Ambrotype Portrait of Woman
Status: Available for Loan Consideration for exhibition, institutional study, research on early photographic processes and nineteenth-century portrait culture, or approved placement. Ambrotype Portrait in Case United States or Europe, c. 1855–1870 Glass plate ambrotype (collodion positive), gilt metal mat, hinged case with velvet lining and clasp closure Dating & Attribution This object is identified as an ambrotype portrait , a photographic format widely used between approxi
Devilbiss Atomizer
Status: Available for Loan Consideration for exhibition, institutional study, research on early twentieth-century medical devices, or approved placement. DeVilbiss Medical Atomizer Set United States, 1905–1925 Glass reservoir, rubber bulb, metal spray nozzle, printed cardboard packaging, instructional ephemera Dating & Attribution This object is identified as a DeVilbiss medical atomizer set , commonly referred to as “The DeVilbiss Outfit,” produced in the United States duri
Zither Harp
Status: Available for Loan Consideration for exhibition, institutional study, research on early twentieth-century domestic music culture, or approved placement. Hudson–Fulton Special Zither Harp Manufactured by Oscar Schmidt Company Marketed through Chickering & Sons United States, c. 1909–1915 Stained wood body, steel strings, decorative transfer ornament, printed instructional ephemera Dating & Attribution This instrument is identified as a Hudson–Fulton Special Zither Ha
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