Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 1/2 x 25 in. ( 67.3 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed kerchief with a pictorial map of Bermuda with an airplane, two boats, and the ocean in a central square; upper left corner has three flowers; lower right is the ocean floor with seaweed, fish, and seahorses; navy and green stripes in other corners; printed in red, navy, and green ink on a white ground; navy border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
Z.1159
Marks:
printed: upper left corner: "BERMUDA"
printed: lower right corner: "H. S. HITCHCOCK/ PATENT/ APPLIED FOR"
printed: on map: "ST GEORGE/ ST GEORGE HARBOR/ CASTLE HARBOR/ ST DAVIDS ISLAND/ HAMILTON PARISH/ HARRINGTON SOUND/..."
Gallery Label:
Helen Sargent Hitchcock, who studied painting at the Art Students League, founded the Art Workers Club for Women in 1898 and the Art Alliance of America in 1914. Out of these grew the Art Center, which she founded in 1920. The Art Center joined seven afilliate organizations under a single building on East 56th Street in New York City, including the Art Alliance, the Society of Illustrators, the American Institute of Graphic Art, and the Art Directors Club.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
28693
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1840
Medium:
Bast, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. ( 43.8 x 43.8 cm )
Description:
Square bast sampler stiched in various colors of silk floss; outdoor image across top, poem at center, inscription and design at bottom; bordered with floral motif; cross stitched.
Credit Line:
Gift of Eugenia R. Seal, 1966
Object Number:
INV.1083
Marks:
embroidered: bottom, in dark brown floss: "Margaret Murray/Aged 12 Years, 1840"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
28692
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Family register theorem painting
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1810-1840
Medium:
Velvet, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. ( 57.2 x 41.3 cm )
Description:
Painted velvet of Noone family register in a colonnade with indigo and gold vines and a painted floral headpiece in indigo, pink, grey, and gold; at center two ovals divided by two hearts and a garland above the family register; at base three flowers and two weeping willows.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.358
Marks:
painted: all over, in script: "Family Register/ Mr. Arthur Noone,/ Borne April 22 1786/ Mrs. Sarah C. Noone/ Borne May 2 1787/ Married/ Sep. t 17th 1810/ Noones Births. Deaths./ ..."
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:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
28690
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Crazy quilt
Classification:
Date:
1887
Medium:
Silk, velvet
Dimensions:
Overall: 78 x 66 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 198.1 x 168.3 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Embroidered silk crazy quilt; patchwork center composed of large central block surrounded by smaller rectangular blocks centering a moss green silk patch embroidered with the maker's initials (KLS); consisting of velvet, taffeta, brocade, duchess, damask, faille, Ottoman, satin and twill woven silks pieced together by multicolored decorative stitches in cretan, herringbone, feather, lazy daisy, blanket (or buttonhole), satin and straight stitches; with appliquéd and embroidered birds, flowers, insects, jugs, and pitchers; wide charcoal gray velvet border; one-piece rose pink silk backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Montgomery Schuyler
Object Number:
1948.78
Marks:
embroidered: at center of obverse: "KLS / 1887"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this quilt was made in New York by Katherine Beekman (Livingston) Schuyler (1842-1914), wife of Montgomery Schuyler (1843-1914) and mother of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1887
eMuseum Object ID:
28688
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1828
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. ( 41.3 x 46.4 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular linen sampler (incomplete) with various colors silk floss; rows of alphabets across the top half separated by stitching; proverb across center; image of house at bottom with an alphabet left, indecipherable text right (stitched in same color as linen); surrounded by vine and flower design; stitched in cross stitch.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Ella J. Sherwood
Object Number:
1935.117
Marks:
embroidered: center, pink floss: "Mary H. Ogden age"
Gallery Label:
Eleven-year-old Mary Ogden (Mrs. John Mead Sherwood, 1817-1879) carefully laid out and stitched her alphabets, name, date, and house, but appears to have inserted the additional text in a hasty and haphazard rush to completion. Mary included the proverb, "Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy."
Provenance:
Mary Haines Ogden (Mrs. John Mead Sherwood, 1817-1879) ; to her daughter, Ella Julietta Sherwood (b. 1857), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1828
eMuseum Object ID:
28684
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Panel: printed design
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 80 x 34 3/4 x 1/8 in. ( 203.2 x 88.3 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Fragment of resist dye cotton with lacy, meandering floral motif in white on blue ground.
Object Number:
INV.11648
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
28683
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Crib quilt
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 1/4 x 39 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 102.2 x 101 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Cotton crib quilt with red, green, and yellow appliqué on white ground; four center blocks, each with cruciform motif composed of four stylized tulips, surrounded by sawtooth border.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1321
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:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
28679
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1840
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 87 x 78 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 221 x 199.4 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Blue wool and white cotton double-woven coverlet; overall eight-pointed rose pattern with border of birds on branches; scrolling vine and parallel serpentine lines bordering edge; woven inscription in each lower corner; fringe on bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
Object Number:
1953.89
Marks:
woven: in each lower corner (inverted on right): "Be ye to others / kind and true / as youd have oth / ers be to you / and neither say / or do to them / what e'er you wo / uld not take again / OHIO 1840 / By A Allen"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
28676
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Woven coverlet: cream colored chenille
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 104 1/2 x 93 x 1/4 in. ( 265.4 x 236.2 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Loom-woven counterpane with white-on-white "candlewick" design; eight-pointed star in cruciform frame at center surrounded by a series of rectangular frames decorated with zigzag patterning and stylized floral elements.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. John T. Hopping and Mr. Jay W. Hopping
Object Number:
1942.112
Marks:
pile: at lower left: "A 12"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this counterpane is from the dower chest of Deborah Holmes, wife of John S. Holmes of Holmdel, New Jersey. The number 12 woven at one edge is an indicator of its width, in units of 9 inches.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
28671
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 1/2 x 25 in. ( 67.3 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed kerchief with a pictorial map of Bermuda with an airplane, two boats, and the ocean in a central square; upper left corner has three flowers; lower right is the ocean floor with seaweed, fish, and seahorses; yellow and brown stripes in other corners; printed in aqua, yellow, and brown ink on a white ground; brown border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
Z.1158
Marks:
printed: upper left corner: "BERMUDA"
printed: lower right corner: "H. S. HITCHCOCK/ PATENT/ APPLIED FOR"
printed: on map: "ST GEORGE/ ST GEORGE HARBOR/ CASTLE HARBOR/ ST DAVIDS ISLAND/ HAMILTON PARISH/ HARRINGTON SOUND/..."
Gallery Label:
Helen Sargent Hitchcock, who studied painting at the Art Students League, founded the Art Workers Club for Women in 1898 and the Art Alliance of America in 1914. Out of these grew the Art Center, which she founded in 1920. The Art Center joined seven afilliate organizations under a single building on East 56th Street in New York City, including the Art Alliance, the Society of Illustrators, the American Institute of Graphic Art, and the Art Directors Club.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
28658
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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