Sash
Classification:
Date:
1790-1825
Medium:
Silk, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 95 x 4 1/2 x 1/8 in. ( 241.3 x 11.4 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Copper-colored velvet sash with satin lining; passementerie adorns both ends.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Jones and her sons
Object Number:
1932.67
Gallery Label:
This sash was part of DeWitt Clinton's (1769-1828) Freemason's costume. He was the grandson of Governor George Clinton (1739-1812) and served as his secretary after graduating from Columbia College. He served three terms as mayor of New York City from 1803-1815, during which time he organized a public school system. He was governor of New York from 1817-1822 and 1825-1828. He was also the third president of the New-York Historical Society from 1817-1819.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
30685
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Calash
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Silk, down
Dimensions:
overall (flat): 19 x 17 x 2 1/2 in. ( 48.3 x 43.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Quilted, down-filled, dark brown silk calash with box pleated trim, drawstring at neck, and ribbon ties.
Object Number:
Z.1047
Marks:
handwritten in pencil: on paper found with object: "Worn by Mrs / Ratroone, or, / possibly, her / Mother Mrs. / Abra Beach"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
30651
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sash
Classification:
Date:
1790-1825
Medium:
Silk, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 1/8 x 6 x 1/4 in. ( 74 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silk sash with three stripes of red, white and blue, metallic passementerie on one end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Jones and her sons
Object Number:
1932.65
Gallery Label:
This sash was part of DeWitt Clinton's (1769-1828) Freemason's costume. He was the grandson of Governor George Clinton (1739-1812) and served as his secretary after graduating from Columbia College. He served three terms as mayor of New York City from 1803-1815, during which time he organized a public school system. He was governor of New York from 1817-22 and 1825-28. He was also the third president of the New-York Historical Society from 1817-19.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
30649
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sash: red, white, blue w/copper fringes
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1790-1825
Medium:
Silk, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/2 x 6 x 1/4 in. ( 64.8 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silk sash with three stripes in red, white and blue, metallic passementerie along one end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Jones and her sons
Object Number:
1932.64
Gallery Label:
This sash was part of DeWitt Clinton's (1769-1828) Freemason's costume. He was the grandson of Governor George Clinton (1739-1812) and served as his secretary after graduating from Columbia College. He served three terms as mayor of New York City from 1803-1815, during which time he organized a public school system. He was governor of New York from 1817-1822 and from 1825-1828. He was also the third president of the New-York Historical Society from 1817-1819.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
30647
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Nightcap
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Cotton, needlepoint lace
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 7 in. ( 24.1 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
White cotton fitted nightcap with rows of shirring in a band around the head trimmed with cotton ruffles; trimmed with a cotton tucked ruffle and a needlepoint lace ruffle around the edges; ties at chin.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
Z.1095.10
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30641
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Slipper-style shoes
Classification:
Date:
1835-1865
Medium:
Leather, linen, wool
Dimensions:
overall (largest): 2 3/8 x 10 x 3 3/8 in. ( 6 x 25.4 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Pair of women's black leather slipper-style square-toed shoes, lined inside with wool felt and white linen, leather soles; each shoe has three rows of straps over the top of the foot decorated with small black velvet bows at the center.
Credit Line:
Gift of Madison Grant
Object Number:
1936.445ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
30625
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Baby stockings
Classification:
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
overall (largest): 9 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 1/8 in. ( 24.4 x 8.3 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Navy blue machine-made baby stockings, hemmed at the top and contoured roughly to the shape of the foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. M. H. Morse, Jr., 1995
Object Number:
Z.1476.2ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
30618
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Derby in original box
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Felt, other textile, leather, cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall (hat): 5 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 12 in. (14 x 24.1 x 30.5 cm)
Box: 7 5/8 x 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. ( 19.4 x 24.1 x 31.1 cm )
Description:
Black felt derby in original gray cardboard box.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1941.1205a-c
Marks:
stamped: inside crown (in gold) and on leather band: "NULLI SECUNDUS / D Y D / YOUMANS / ESTABLISHED 1862 / TRADE MARK / NEW YORK / COPYRIGHTED / 581 FIFTH AVE."
printed paper label: affixed to top of box lid: "Not responsible for packages left at hotels
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
30610
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handerkerchief wrapped in document
Classification:
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
overall (flat): 5 1/2 x 4 7/8 x 1/8 in. ( 14 x 12.4 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
White cotton muslin baby bonnet with self-fabric ruffle around face and neck; two cotton tape ties extend from front corners, tying under chin; encased drawstring cord at the neck cinching at CB neckline.
Object Number:
INV.976
Gallery Label:
American, English and Continental women wore homemade muslin caps for informal everyday attire from the second quarter of the 18th through the 19th centuries. Children's apparel in the 18th and early 19th centuries mirrored adult fashion and therefore this bonnet was made in the likeness of women's bonnets of the period. This bonnet was worn by the father of Harriet Moore Francis of New York, and was given to her by her Aunt Mary Francis.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
30603
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bonnet
Classification:
Date:
1829
Medium:
Silk, tulle, ribbon
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 7 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. ( 21 x 19.4 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Light green silk Quaker bonnet with ivory silk lining; rigid, cylindrical cap with front edge gathered around a deep, slightly flaring, rigid brim; light green silk ribbon ties; removable ivory tulle liner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Mott Fraser and Mrs. Cola G. Parker (Martha Fraser), in memory of their mother, Martha Mott Fraser (1873-1950)
Object Number:
1951.28b
Marks:
embroidered: on cloth label sewn onto back of bonnet: "Martha Fraser"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this was the wedding bonnet of Martha Whitson (1807-1883), great-grandmother of the donors. Martha Whitson married Edmund R. Willets (1800-1875) on October 29, 1829, in the Meeting [House?] at Westbury, Long Island.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1829
eMuseum Object ID:
30602
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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