Quilt pieces (281)
Classification:
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Cotton
Description:
Collection of 281 cotton quilt pieces, including 8 large pieced squares with bow tie motif, 189 small squares with bow tie motif, one pieced square with rectangular pinwheel design, one pieced square with cruciform design, one pieced star, 67 diamond-shaped pieces, two small pieced squares with diagonal bar, and 12 miscellaneous pieces of various pattern, shape, and size; solid color, striped, checked, dotted, plaid, and various floral printed fabrics.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
INV.11555a-h
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
28856
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1815
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 26 1/2 in. ( 48.3 x 67.3 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton textile fragment with repeating vignettes representing, "The Gallant Decature and his Brave Tars Capturing the Algerine Admiral" and the Boston Tea Party, ect. with medallions with images of La Fayette, General Jackson and others represented; printed in turkey red on white ground.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
INV.1146
Marks:
printed: allover with scenes labelled: "Defeat of the British at Baltimore/ Defeat of the British before the Town of New Orleans/ Prevost's retreat from Plattsburg and the capture of the British Fleet/ Surrender of Genl. Burgoyne & Army at Saratoga/ The G
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smitsonian Institute, 1979.
Montgomery, Florence M. Printed Textiles: American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850. New York: Viking, 1970.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
28852
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1819
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. ( 69.8 x 59.7 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with a full-length portrait of George Washington with a horse after the "Dorchester Heights" portrait of Washington by Gilbert Stuart; border of twenty-one stars in squares divided by American bald eagles; printed in sepia ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.61
Gallery Label:
The portrait of George Washington on this kerchief is after Gilbert Stuart's painting, Washington at Dorchester Heights.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 60.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1819
eMuseum Object ID:
28850
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Piece of textile: floral w/George Washington images
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1932
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/4 x 36 3/4 in. ( 64.1 x 93.3 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed textile fragment with repeating pattern of medallion portraits of George Washington: the Crossing of the Delaware, as Commander in Chief, at Valley Forge, and a traditional portrait surrounded by floral decoration; printed in red, green, pink, blue, brown, and tan on an off-white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ollie Scott Butler
Object Number:
1941.664
Marks:
printed: all over: "CROSSING THE DELAWARE/ COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF/ AT VALLEY FORGE"
Gallery Label:
This textile was issued for the bicentennial celebration of George Washington's birthday.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
28847
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 81 x 97 in. ( 205.7 x 246.4 cm )
Description:
Cotton lithographed coverlet with a floral stripe running pattern; printed in pink and yellow on a white ground; green, pink and white passamenterie (trim with tassels).
Object Number:
Z.1093
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28846
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed textile: Pearl Harbor, 1941
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 37 in. ( 91.4 x 94 cm )
Description:
Cotton hand-blocked yardage sample with an all over pattern commemorating Pearl Harbor; images of Army and Navy men, nurses, farmers and laborers, Uncle Sam, the dome of the White House, and the Japanese dropping bombs on Pearl Harbor; images divided by red and blue banners with an American bald eagle and palm fronds; printed in red, blue, grey and black on a white ground; two color swatches sewn to top.
Credit Line:
Gift of H. B. Lehman-Connor Co., Inc.
Object Number:
1942.489
Marks:
printed: in center in banners: "Pearl Harbor/ 1941"
printed: along selvage: "'A LEHMAN-CONNOR HANDPRINT'/ Designed by Ollie Scott Butler"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
28837
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed textile: Canada/USA, 1939
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 52 x 52 in. ( 132.1 x 132.1 cm )
Description:
Linen printed tablecloth commemorating the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to the United States and Canada in 1939; crossed U.S. and Canadian flags in the four corners with an inscribed ribbon behind; on opposing sides are the emblems of both nations, the American bald eagle with lightning bolts and laural leaves and two crowned lions on their hindlegs; maple leaf border; printed in red and orange on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry R. Hopkinson
Object Number:
1941.666
Marks:
printed: on ribbon behind flags: "CANADA/ 1939 U.S.A."
printed: above U.S. emblem: "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
printed: on Canadian emblem: "HONI SOIT MALYENSE/ DIEU ET MON DROIT"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
28832
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Centerpiece
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
diameter: 24 in. ( 61 cm )
Description:
Round ecru linen centerpiece with machine embroidered scalloped edge and linen fringe, floating red chrysanthemums machine embroidered around outer edge.
Object Number:
Z.1331.22
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
28831
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Doily
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 in. ( 31.1 cm )
Description:
Round ecru linen doily with scalloped edge trimmed with buttonhole stitch and fringe of white silk floss, the outer third of the doily is embroidered in various colors of silk floss in a floral and scroll pattern.
Object Number:
Z.1331.27
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
28830
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1850-1875
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 83 x 76 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 210.8 x 194.3 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Pink and white double-cloth coverlet with woven pattern of floral medallions; large oval medallion at center with wreath of roses and thistles centering a bunch of leaves, with smaller medallions, each with a wreath of roses and thistles centering a diamond, surrounding it; wide border with pattern of small oval rings on four sides.
Object Number:
INV.14632
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
28826
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.







