Quilt pieces (67)
Classification:
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
each: 7 x 3 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Sixty-seven diamond-shaped quilt pieces; solid color, striped, checked, plaid, and dotted fabrics.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1948
Object Number:
INV.11555f.1-67
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
28903
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
New York Crystal Palace
Classification:
Date:
ca.1854
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 x 28 1/4 in. ( 66 x 71.8 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with an image of the New York Crystal Palace; printed in black ink on a white ground; yellow border with blue dots.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1951.83
Marks:
printed: below image: "NEW YORK CRYSTAL PALACE."
Gallery Label:
The New York Crystal Palace was modeled after the Crystal Palace built in London in 1951. It was erected between 40th and 42nd streets, east of sixth avenue. The palace housed the first American World's fair and was opened on July 11, 1853. It had six thousand exhibits from the United States, Canada, the West Indes, and Europe. It closed on October 31, 1854, and the building was used various public purposes. On October 5, 1858, a fire broke out in the building and within minutes was destroyed.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1854
eMuseum Object ID:
28902
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced star
Classification:
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 10 1/2 in. ( 30.5 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Pieced cotton star composed of 6 diamond-shaped pieces; striped, floral printed, and solid lavender, light blue, and ecru fabrics.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
INV.11555e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
28901
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt square
Classification:
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 9 in. ( 22.9 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Pieced cotton quilt square with cruciform design; solid blue and blue on white calico fabrics.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
INV.11555d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
28898
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt square
Classification:
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 7 in. ( 17.8 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Pieced cotton quilt square with rectangular pinwheel design; bright pink calico and blue and white striped fabric.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
INV.11555c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
28896
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt squares (189)
Classification:
Date:
1930-1940
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
each: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7 x 7 cm )
Description:
One hundred eighty-nine pieced cotton quilt squares with bow tie motif; solid color, striped, checked, dotted, plaid, and various floral printed fabrics.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1948
Object Number:
INV.11555b.1-189
Gallery Label:
These quilt squares range in date from 1880-1940, but would were pieced together by the same hand and at the same date, circa 1940.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
28894
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 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 23.5 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with 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.11490a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
28893
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: Colonial Williamsburg
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 25 1/4 in. ( 61 x 64.1 cm )
Description:
Rayon printed kerchief with six vignettes representing buildings from Colonial Williamsburg, VA and lampposts; printed in maroon and blue on white ground; scrollwork border.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.628
Marks:
printed: all over: "WELCOME TO/ WILLIAMSBURG/ VIRGINIA/ RALEIGH TAVERN/ OLD POWDER HORN/ BRUTON PARISH CHURCH/ ROYAL GOVENOR'S/ PALACE/ OLD CAPITOL BUILDING/ WILLIAMSBURG INN"
Gallery Label:
The Historical Society owns the original cartoon for this kerchief. The border design is based on the railing of the Govenor's Palace in Williamsburg. The maroon and blue print colors are two of the restoration colors of Colonial Willliamsburg Inc.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
28892
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: war motifs
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 22 in. ( 55.9 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Rayon printed kerchief with an American bald eagle in the center surrounded by U.S. Army tanks, planes, and trucks; printed in red, blue, and pale-blue ink on a white ground; red white and blue border with blue stars.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.390
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
28888
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1870-1880
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. ( 42.5 x 38.7 cm )
Description:
Cotton crepe textile fragment with a Kate Greenaway illustration of three children at a well with butterflies and a tree branch in the upper corners; decorative stripe borders; printed in red, pink, blue, tan, and olive-drab on a tan ground.
Object Number:
1958.92
Gallery Label:
Kate Greenaway was a British illustrator of children's books.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
28886
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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