Broadside
Classification:
Date:
1841
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 17 in. ( 49.5 x 43.2 cm )
Description:
Silk lithographed presentation broadside of the Mercantile Library Association; printed text and floral scroll decoration in the corners and sides in blue ink on white silk; embroidered with white silk thread across the top and down the sides; silk embroidered ribbon with a floral pattern in green, pink, and blue with blue fringe; attached to wooden roller with nails at top.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1949.308
Marks:
printed: bottom right: Henry Spear, Printer, 62 Wall Street, corner of Pearl
printed: all over: "The Birds of America/ BY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, F.R.S.S.L. & E./ PRESENTED TO THE / MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION,/ BY A MEMBER OF ITS MEMBERS AND FRIENDS./ Th
Gallery Label:
This broadside was made to announce the aquisition on March 4, 1841, of a set of the John James Audubon's Elephant folio edition of the "Birds of America" by the Mercantile Library Association of New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
28823
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 x 35 1/2 in. ( 96.5 x 90.2 cm )
Description:
White linen textile fragment.
Object Number:
Z.1300
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28821
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed textile-
Classification:
Date:
1824
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/4 x 29 in. ( 64.1 x 73.7 cm )
Description:
Silk printed kerchief with an allover pattern of crossed flags with an eagle and military emblems, alternating with rondels printed "WELCOME LAFAYETTE"; printed in tan and sepia on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Howard Masten Canoune
Object Number:
1924.25
Marks:
printed: repeated in wreaths: "WELCOME LAFAYETTE"
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made for the visit of General Lafayette to New York in 1824. It was worn to his arrival at the Battery on Sunday, August 17, 1824, by Sarah Seabury, wife of Harvey Wyckoff.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
28814
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Strip quilt
Classification:
Date:
1780-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 61 1/2 x 77 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 156.2 x 197.5 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Pieced cotton quilt with strips composed of squares of different striped and printed patterns alternating with single-pattern strips; predominantly red, pink, brown, and beige in color; backing of pink cotton with white stripe and red flower print; quilt appears to be cut down on one side.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. R. W. G. Vail
Object Number:
INV.347
Gallery Label:
This colorful strip quilt, probably made by Mary Smith Vail (1786-1856) in rural Orange County, was passed down through generations of the Vail family. The strips and patches in Mrs. Vail's quilt undoubtedly came from scraps of worn family clothing, brought back to life with a creative eye and skillful needle.
Provenance:
Mary (Smith) Vail (1786-1856), wife of Luther Vail (1758-1871); to their son Enos Smith Vail; to R.W. G. Vail, great-grandson of the maker.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
28813
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Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1840
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 x 29 3/4 in. ( 73.7 x 75.6 cm )
Description:
Silk block-printed campaign kerchief of the presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison with a central image of the log cabin at North Bend with soldiers and a barrel of hard cider in the front; border of hard cider barrels; printed in red, sepia, and brown ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.130
Marks:
printed: in center: "GENERAL HARRISON WELCOMING TWO OF HIS OLD COMRADES IN THE/ GLORIOUS FIELD OF TIPPECANOE TO HIS LOG CABIN AT THE NORTH BEND/ This Log Cabin was the first building erected on North Bend/ diggings. with the barrel of cider outside. and t
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 100.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
28812
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Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1815
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 3/8 x 27 3/4 in. ( 67 x 70.5 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed silk kerchief with a central image of men bringing commercial treaties to a personification of America above an American bald eagle armorial in a floral wreath; in the corners are a train, a steamboat, peace personified and commerce personified; floral inner border, green outer border; printed in pink, maroon, green, yellow, and black on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.122
Marks:
printed: center: "*A*M*E*R*I*C*A*/ COMMERCIAL TREATIES WITH EUROPE/ E PLURIBUS UNUM"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
28811
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Needlework of sailor's homecoming
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Wool, linen, sepia
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 24 in. ( 50.8 x 61 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular needlwork picture on linen ground, worked predominantly in wool with some silk floss; an outdoor scene of a male in a sailor's uniform and a female meeting on a path, both with drawn faces and hands, a windmill and other structures on the left, with wool wadding applied to create bas-relief smoke stacks, and a view to a sailing ship on the left, some parts of the picture are abstract (the trees and shrubs) and others (the ship) are very detailed; satin, straight and cross stitches.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.179
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
28810
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Flag mounted in frame:Amer.Flag Motif w/animal images,slogan
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1844
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/4 x 28 1/4 in. ( 46.4 x 71.8 cm )
Description:
Block printed silk flag campaign kerchief of Henry Clay with a vignette with a racoon flaying another animal and stars in the canton; printed in red, blue and black on a white ground.
Object Number:
INV.14349
Marks:
printed: on stripes: "HARRY/ CLAY"
printed: in canton: "HOW ARE YOU MAT./ MY SUFFERING IS/ INTOLERABLE."
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made for the presidential campaign of Henry Clay in 1844 or 1848.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1844
eMuseum Object ID:
28809
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Sampler
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
early 19th century
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/8 x 17 5/8 in. ( 48.6 x 44.8 cm )
Description:
Vertical oval linen sampler with various colors of silk floss and chenille; sampler depicts a map of England with parts of Ireland, Scotland and France, straight inside border surrounded by floral design; stitches include cross, satin, couch, straight, outline.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.339
Marks:
embroidered: bottom center, red floss: "Harriot Grace Hunter / Aged 11 Years"
Gallery Label:
This object 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
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
28808
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Scarf: V-shape w/Mexican designs
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 40 in. ( 19 x 101.6 cm )
Description:
Printed rayon V-shaped scarf with medallions of dated historic scenes: Paul Revere's ride, Columbus discovering America, the Gold Rush, and William Penn's treaty with Native Americans; printed in navy, pink, orange, green, and blue on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.349
Marks:
printed: all over: "1682/ William Penn/ Columbus/ 1492/ 1849/ Gold Rsh/ Paul Revere/ 1775'
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
28807
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.










