Stenciled quilt piece
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. ( 24.1 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Pieced square white cotton quilt piece with one straight, hand-stitched seam and stenciled design; floral spray with red blossoms at center; one flower in each corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490h
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
28950
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stenciled quilt piece
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 9 7/8 in. ( 25.4 x 25.1 cm )
Description:
Pieced square white cotton quilt piece with one straight, hand-stitched seam and stenciled design; floral spray with red blossoms at center; one flower in each corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490f
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
28949
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"William Penn's Treaty with the Indians"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 7/8 x 27 1/2 in. ( 83.5 x 69.8 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton yardage depicting "Penn's Treaty with the Indians" after the Benjamin West painting of the same name; Penn bring gifts to the Indians under an oak tree with a woman nursing a child in the foreground; printed in red ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.96
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was engraved after the painting by Benjamin West, 1772.
Bibliography:
Montgomery, Florence M. Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850. New York: Viking, 1970.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
28948
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 32 1/8 in. ( 76.2 x 81.6 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with a scene depicting the signing of the Declaration of Independence, after the painting by Trumbull or the engraving by Asher B. Durand; below the scene is a key with pencil sketches of each man's head as it is above and their signatures; printed in sepia on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.97
Marks:
printed: across top: "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 4TH JULY 1776."
printed: across bottom: in script, "John Hancock/ Thom Leak/ Juan Leroy/ sam Huntington/ John adams/ Roger Sherman/ Th Jefferson/ .."
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was probably made for the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, "Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth 1775 to the Present," Smithsonian Institution, 1979, p. 200, no. 418.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
28947
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"Penn's Treaty with the Indians"
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. ( 85.1 x 72.4 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton yardage depicting "Penn's Treaty with the Indians" after the Benjamin West painting of the same name; Penn brings gifts to the Native Americans under an oak tree with a woman nursing a child in the foreground; printed in red ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.515
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was engraved after the Benjamin West painting of 1772. It 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
Bibliography:
Montgomery, Florence M. Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850. New York: Viking, 1970.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
28945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1952
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in. ( 67.9 x 67.9 cm )
Description:
Cotton screen printed campaign kerchief with a medallion portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower in lower right corner surrounded by stars and banners hung with U.S. shields in the four corners; inscribed in center and around banner; printed in red and blue on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur B. Carlson
Object Number:
1952.332
Marks:
printed: center: "WIN/ WITH IKE/ FOR PRESIDENT"
PRINTED: below IMAGE: "I LIKE IKE"
printed: around banner: "IKE"
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway Collins. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute, 1979.
Weiss, Hillary. The American Bandanna: Culture on Cloth from George Washington to Elvis. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1990.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1952
eMuseum Object ID:
28944
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"The Storming of Quebec"
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 29 1/2 in. ( 86.4 x 74.9 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton yardage fragment with an image of the English storming the fortress of Quebec, battle in the front, naval scenes in the rear with the fortress; printed in red on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.111
Gallery Label:
There are no other known examples of this textile.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
28942
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 x 27 3/4 in. ( 83.8 x 70.5 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence and signatures in a medallion of oak leaves with the state seals of the thirteen original colonies and portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams; flags and an American bald eagle at the top; images of the Boston Tea party and the Surrender at Saratoga in the bottom corners; border of cannons and anchors; printed in sepia ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1942.534
Marks:
printed: in medallion: "IN CONGRESS, JULY 4th. 1776./ THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES./ OF AMERICA/ When in the course of human events, ..."
printed: above portraits: "JEFFERSON/ WASHINGTON/ ADAMS"
printed: below vignettes: "Gen.
Gallery Label:
A privately owned copy of this kerchief has a history of being purchased in Boston in 1797/8.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
28941
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: Air Corps insignias
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 25 in. ( 63.5 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed kerchief with insignia of the Air Corps; central image of crossed wings and a propeller-blade surrounded by airplanes, division insignia, and Air Corp flags; border of airplanes; printed in blue, black, and gold on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Echo Scarfs
Object Number:
1941.634
Marks:
printed: in corners: "AIR CORPS"
printed: by insignia: "RIGID AIRSHIP/ RADIO/ BOMBER/ PARACHUTE MAN/ BOMBER MECHANIC/ AEROGRAPHER/ BOMBER/..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
28940
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: Spring Cotton Mills
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 21 in. ( 53.3 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Screenprinted cotton kerchief with a pictorial map of a town in South Carolina, with a woman holding peaches, a trolley, and Civil War Memorials; inner border of airplanes; blue outer border; printed in red, blue, green, yellow, and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph Peto
Object Number:
1941.894
Marks:
printed: on border: repeated, "SPRINGS COTTON MILLS"
printed: in center: "SPRINGS PEACH ORCHARD/ TO KINGS MT. BATTLE FIELD/ GRIDER FIELD.../ LAST CONFEDERATE/ CABINET MEETING.../ ..."
Gallery Label:
Springs Cotton Mills, set up in 1887 at Fort Mill and expanded in 1912 to Kershaw, South Carolina, celebrated its golden anniversary in 1937.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
28939
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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