Child's shoes (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1855
Medium:
Leather, silk, cotton
Dimensions:
overall (each): 1 1/2 x 2 x 6 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 5.1 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Pair of dark brown leather slipper-style, square-toed children's shoes; the upper is made in 2 pieces joined with stitching at the arch area, the openings of the slippers follow the shape of the shoe and are trimmed with brown silk fabric tape, left shoe retains a flower decoration at the toe, of 3 rows of ruffled silk ribbon in pink, white and brown with a metal bead at the center; insole is lined with white (now soiled) cotton twill fabric; leather soles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number:
1936.614ab
Marks:
handwritten: insole, left shoe: "droit"
handwritten: insole, right shoe: "Gauch [sic]"
handwritten: inside right shoe, at arch: "845"
Gallery Label:
These shoes belonged to the donor's mother, Angeline Burr Corse (b. 1847). She was the daughter of Israel (1819-1885) and Catharine Ketchum Corse. Angeline married Cadwalader Evans in 1872.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
35781
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paisley shawl
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 133 x 155 1/4 in. ( 337.8 x 394.3 cm )
Description:
Machine-woven garden pattern wool paisley shawl with orange, white, black, green and blue against red ground; the center is a black medallion set in a larger arabesque design that runs the length of the shawl, flanked by smaller arabesque designs, the overall pattern is primarily floral with boteh worked in; floral and scroll motif borders the selvege edges, various arabesque shapes alternate along the warp ends.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Keppler
Object Number:
1956.153
Gallery Label:
This shawl belonged to Dr. Francis Miller (1817-1892), the great grandfather of the donor. Dr. Miller lived on Forsyth Street in New York. He served on the medical staff of the City Regiment in the 1850s.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
34144
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shawl
Classification:
Date:
1810-1850
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 112 1/2 x 50 1/4 in. ( 285.8 x 127.6 cm )
Description:
Handwoven wheat-colored plain weave linen shawl with fringe at the warp ends.
Object Number:
INV.12036
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
34084
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shawl fragment
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 120 x 53 3/4 in. ( 304.8 x 136.5 cm )
Description:
Handwoven and embroidered wool pieced harlequin paisley shawl fragment, in red, blue, purple, yellow, white and black; black center with letters or symbols embroidered to one side, field of boteh and plant motif throughout interlaced with root design running the length of the shawl; warp ends are pieced and embroidered, and have multicolored fringe, selvege edges.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alexander O. Vietor
Object Number:
1973.51d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
34052
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shawl fragment
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 51 1/2 x 61 1/2 in. ( 130.8 x 156.2 cm )
Description:
Jaquard wool shawl fragment, primary hues of red, blue and purple; black florette center surrounded by boteh and plant design set in arabesque shapes; two selvege edges extant.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alexander O. Vietor
Object Number:
1973.51h
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
34048
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shawl fragment
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 65 1/2 x 64 1/2 in. ( 166.4 x 163.8 cm )
Description:
Handwoven wool harlequin paisley shawl in red, blue, and green with white and yellow embroidered accents; disc and sunburst in the center with plant, root and elongated boteh design radiating out, the outer border consists of interlaced boteh, multicolored fringe on the warp ends, selveged edges.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alexander O. Vietor
Object Number:
1973.51j
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
33984
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shawl w/paisley border
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 60 x 60 in. ( 152.4 x 152.4 cm )
Description:
Square machine-made wool paisley shawl with ecru ground, one large red and blue boteh in each corner, the border on all sides consists of small red and blue boteh in a repetitive pattern.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Franklin Brewster
Object Number:
1942.310
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
33975
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paisley shawl
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 126 x 62 3/4 in. ( 320 x 159.4 cm )
Description:
Jaquard woven wool harlequin paisley shawl in black, green, red, orange, blue and yellow, with the overall tone being orange and red; small black design at the center; there is a central design which runs the length of the shawl, being an elongated arabesque of plant and boteh design, the central design is flanked by arabesque lozenge design also running from end to end; there is an arabesque motif across the fringed warp ends, the long edges are selveged and green.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1319
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
33949
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paisley shawl
Classification:
Date:
1830-1870
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 140 x 65 in. ( 355.6 x 165.1 cm )
Description:
Jaquard woven wool paisley shawl of dark blue, light blue, red and yellow against a cream colored ground; the center is cream colored rectangle surrounded by opposing boteh, flanked by rows of elongaged boteh and floral motif across the warp ends, boteh motif border around all sides, fringe at the warp ends and selveged edges.
Object Number:
INV.12116
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
33947
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paisley shawl
Classification:
Date:
1850-1885
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
overall (with fringe): 73 x 66 1/2 in. ( 185.4 x 168.9 cm )
Description:
Jaquard woven wool harlequin paisley shawl in red and green with white and yellow accents; black square center with plant boteh design reaching in at each corner towards the center, surrounded by boteh, plant and floral design set in repeating arabesque pattern, bordered on all sides with boteh, plant and geometric motif; warps ends have red and green fringe, weft edges are unselveged.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. F. Leighton Meserve
Object Number:
1978.40
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
33871
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.



