Sack
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1769
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 41 x 32 in. ( 104.1 x 81.3 cm )
Description:
Brown linen sack printed with black ink center top with holes for a drawstring around opening.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Society of Colonial Wars
Object Number:
1958.19
Marks:
printed: top center: "AMERICAN/ N-QUACKINBOS"
Gallery Label:
Peter Quackinbos, the original owner of this sack, was a baker in New York City. The sack was probably used to hold flour.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1769
eMuseum Object ID:
28765
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1898
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 3/8 x 33 1/8 in. ( 82.2 x 84.1 cm )
Description:
Cotton copperplate-printed banner from the Battle of Coamo, Puerto Rico of the Spanish-American War; red and ochre stripe with crowned bugle printed in black ink in the center.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Association of Ex-Members of Squadron A, through Mr. Abel I. Smith
Object Number:
1954.104
Marks:
printed: center: "BATALLONE CAZA...RES/ DE/ ALFONSO XIII No_30."
painted: underside: "B.H.L."
Gallery Label:
This banner was picked up from an open field during the Battle of Coamo, Puerto Rico, during the Spanish American War. It is believed to be a regimental handkerchief issued to all Spanish soldiers.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
28764
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Painted textile
Classification:
Date:
1745
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 29 1/4 in. ( 63.5 x 74.3 cm )
Description:
Cotton painted banner with a figure of Britannia seated on the shore, holding a staff and leaning on a shield with the British flag on it; frigate sailing in sea to her left; painted with red, blue, pink, brown and yellow on off-white border.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Stark
Object Number:
X.90
Marks:
painted: at top: "BRITAN - NIA"
Gallery Label:
This banner was carried at the Siege of Louisbourg in 1745, under the expedition of Sir William Pepperell.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1745
eMuseum Object ID:
28762
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"Independence to America"
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. ( 62.2 x 67.3 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with a female personification of Britannia handing George Washington an olive branch and another winged woman blowing a trumpet, all in a medallion flanked by cannons, flags, and other military objects; floral background; military helmets in the corners; printed in turkey red on a white ground; decorative border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.59
Marks:
printed: in upper medallion: "Independence/ to/ America"
embroidered: in upper medallion: "I * C"
printed: under medallion: "Drawn and engraved by B. Warren No. 6/ Vine street Adjoining Mutten Lane Clerkenwall/ London"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
28760
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 x 25 1/2 in. ( 58.4 x 64.8 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief eulogizing George Washington; mourning scene surrounding tomb with weeping willows, a preacher, weeping woman, kneeling Native American, and two men, one lounging on a flag; surrounded by a banner with the states names, and eulogies; printed in black ink on white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.106
Marks:
printed: all over: "SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE LATE GREAT & GOOD/ GEORGE WASHINGTON/ First President of the Thirteen United/ STATES of AMERICA,/ and Refpectifully Addressed to the people of/ ..."
printed: on banners: "NEW HAMPSHIRE/ MASSACHUSSETTS/ CO
Bibliography:
Anderson, Patricia A. Promoted to Glory: The Apotheosis of George Washington. Northampton, MA: The Museum, 1980.
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
28758
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed textile of Christmas stocking
Classification:
Date:
1889
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/4 x 29 in. ( 41.3 x 73.7 cm )
Description:
Cotton lithographed Christmas stocking pattern; two sides of the stocking decorated with an image of Santa Claus on the roof with his sleigh and reindeer, and a child in bed near a fireplace hung with stockings; with instructions for cutting and sewing together and the image of a belt betwen the two halves; printed in blue, grey, red, yellow, white and brown on an off-white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1943.420
Marks:
printed: in center: "XMAS STOCKING TO BE HUNG UP BY THE CHILDREN FOR SANTA CLAUS/ DIRECTIONS/ 1st CUT DOTTED LINE/ 2nd SEW TWO PARTS TOGETHER PRINTED FACE IN/ 3rd TURN INSIDE OUT/ 4th BUCKLE TO BE SEWED ON TOP OF STOCKING TO HANG BY"
printed: beneath bu
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
28755
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apotheosis of Franklin
Classification:
Date:
1944
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 41 1/2 x 37 in. ( 105.4 x 94 cm )
Description:
Linen printed textile fragment with the apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin depicted in green on white ground; additional figures include a personification of liberty standing next to Franklin and a female warrior holding a shield with thirteen stars floating in the air on his opposite side, George Washington standing upright in a chariot drawn by a pair of leopards and led by two Native Americans blowing trumpets and waving banners, and a pair of cupids holding between them an oval map showing the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern half of North America.
Credit Line:
Gift of John S. Kebabian
Object Number:
1944.159
Marks:
printed: on banner held by Franklin: WHERE LIBERTY / DWELLS THERE IS / MY COUNTRY"
printed: on shield held by allegorical figure seated next to Washington: "AMERICAN / INDEPEND- / -ANCE. / 1776"
Gallery Label:
This textile fragment is a modern reproduction of an old pattern in the Society's collection (1937.514).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1944
eMuseum Object ID:
28754
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. ( 24.4 x 24.8 cm )
Description:
White cambric handkerchief with drawnwork around the inner edge of the hem, hand embroidered whitework at one corner of two swans on either side of a floral garland.
Object Number:
Z.1026.3
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
28747
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mourning embroidery
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Silk, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 27 in. ( 49.5 x 68.6 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular mourning embroidery worked in various colors of silk floss, chenille and paint on silk ground; a seated female figure writing something is depicted in paint on the lower left side, amongst trees and beside a stream with a waterfall, there is a structure (possibly a house) in the background, the sky, stream and a robin in a tree are painted; stitches include satin, couching, knots, and straight.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frederic G. Hoppin
Object Number:
1968.2
Marks:
painted: lower left on glass: "ELIZA BEEKMAN."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
28743
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Napkin
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/4 x 21 in. ( 48.9 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
White linen napkin.
Object Number:
INV.11197.3
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28742
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.








