Stenciled quilt piece
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. ( 24.8 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with stenciled design; green palm tree at center flanked by a blue bird on either side, with fish in blue water below; one flower in each corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490m
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
28994
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stenciled quilt piece
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 8 3/4 in. ( 22.9 x 22.2 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with stenciled design; floral spray with two round, red blossoms at center and one flower in each corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490L
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
28993
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stenciled quilt piece
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. ( 24.8 x 24.4 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with stenciled design; floral spray with two round, red blossoms at center; one flower in each corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490k
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
28992
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stenciled quilt piece
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with stenciled design; floral spray with red blossoms at center, blue bird in one corner, and one flower in other three corners.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490i
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
28990
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf:
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 20 in. ( 48.3 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Rayon printed kerchief with pinwheels in four corners, Asian tree pattern in the center; pinwheels printed with "CONFUCIUS SAY" in brushstroke lettering; sayings of Confucius in pagodas between the pinwheels; caricatures of Asians holding unfurled scrolls, also with sayings; printed in magenta, pink, blue, green, yellow, and orange on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.343
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
28988
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 19 in. ( 49.5 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with dot and leaf pattern; decorative floral border; printed in orange and black on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Object Number:
Z.1023
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28987
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: San Antonia Texas
Classification:
Date:
1942
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 19 in. ( 50.8 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Rayon printed souvenir kerchief fom San Antonio, Texas, with seven images of notable landmarks including the Alamo; printed in green, blue, brown, black, and purple on a blue ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1942.435
Marks:
printed: all over: "Souvenir/ of/ San Antonio/ Texas/ STATE FLOWER/ BLUE BONNET/ Mission De La Purisima Conception/ -First Mission -/ Japanese Tea Garden/ and Sunken Garden/ ..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1942
eMuseum Object ID:
28986
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief: bee and floral designs
Classification:
Date:
1870-1880
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 x 16 in. ( 40.6 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
Printed cotton kerchief with multiplication tables (1-10) with a bee and floral decoration; printed in red and pink on a white ground; red border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dorothy C. Barck
Object Number:
1941.380
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was found in Cornwall, Orange County, NY.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
28985
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needlepoint primer: Eliza
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Paper, silk, wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 11 in. ( 23.5 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Two horizontally-oriented rectangular pieces of perforated paper embroidered in various colors of wool floss, lined on the inside with pink silk and hinged across the top edge, securing the two sides and allowing them to open up; one side shows oval floral motif with the name "Eliza" in the center, the other side has floral design in the center; needlepoint and straight stitches.
Object Number:
INV.11067
Marks:
embroidered: center, red floss: "Eliza"
handwritten: bottom right on inside, in pencil: "Cox"
Gallery Label:
This bookcover was probably made by, or for, Eliza Pilcher (1823-1899) who married John Vaché Cox in 1844.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
28984
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spirit of St. Louis
Classification:
Date:
1927-1933
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/4 x 16 3/4 in. ( 38.7 x 42.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton roller-printed textile fragment commemorating Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris in 1927; portrait of Lindbergh in a winged-garland with a cat; winged medallions of plane leaving New York in daylight, arriving in Paris in darkness, image of a plane over a globe, plane over the coast of California, and the Spirit of St. Louis; printed in maroon ink on an off-white ground.
Object Number:
INV.11938
Marks:
printed: below medallions: "NEW YORK/ PARIS/ SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS/ NEW YORK TO PARIS IN 33hr 29min/ SAN DIEGO"
printed: along selvedge: "W. McG & Co. (c)"
Gallery Label:
The cat below the portrait of Lindbergh on this textile represents his kitten, Patsy, that would accompany him on flights. Patsy was not a passenger on Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, however; its stand-in was a toy doll Felix the Cat, the cartoon character.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 418.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1933
eMuseum Object ID:
28983
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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