Ladies' writing fire screen
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, textile, leaves
Dimensions:
open: 17 3/4 x 28 1/4 x 1/8 in. ( 45.1 x 71.8 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Ladies' writing fire screen composed of seven glass panels with gothic-arched tops, each panel with green silk fabric stitched around outside edges; decorated with leaf specimens, one varieity for each panel, held to glass by backing of tulle fabric.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward Rutledge, 1954
Object Number:
Z.1021
Gallery Label:
This ladies' writing fire screen and a related example were made by Eliza Lawrence Wells of New Brunswick, New Jersey, daughter of Thomas Lawrence Wells and Julia Brach Lawrence Wells.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28330
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ladies' writing fire screen
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, textile
Dimensions:
open: 17 3/4 x 25 1/4 x 1/8 in. ( 45.1 x 64.1 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Ladies' writing fire screen composed of eight glass panels with gothic-arched tops, each panel with brown silk fabric stitched around outside edges; decorated with cut-out pieces of glazed printed cotton chintz held to glass by backing of tulle fabric; imagery includes birds and foliage.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward Rutledge, 1954
Object Number:
Z.1022
Gallery Label:
This ladies' writing fire screen and a related example were made by Eliza Lawrence Wells of New Brunswick, New Jersey, daughter of Thomas Lawrence Wells and Julia Brach Lawrence Wells.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28329
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Table cloth in envelope: California 100 yrs....1948
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1949
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 54 x 65 in. ( 137.2 x 165.1 cm )
Description:
Rectangular clear plastic tablecloth printed in white, green, and gold with images relating to the Gold Rush; some scenes labeled, including "Sacramento," "Nevada City," "Sutter's Fort," and "El Dorado"; seamed edges.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
INV.11760
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1949
eMuseum Object ID:
28328
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Album quilt
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1877
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 83 7/8 x 67 3/8 x 1/4 in. ( 213 x 171.1 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silk album quilt composed of twenty separate patchwork, appliquéd, painted, and embroidered blocks surrounded by plain brown border; plaid whole-cloth silk backing with machine-sewn diamond quilting.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Emilie L. Platt
Object Number:
1940.873
Marks:
enbroidered: first row, far left: "Grace"
embroidered: first row, left of center: "M E Archer"
embroidered: first row, right of center: "AMS"
embroidered: first row, far right: "BWH"
embroidered: second row, far left: monogram (indecipherable)
embroi
Gallery Label:
This quilt was made as an engagement present for Frank Henry Platt (1852-1925) when he married Sarah Elizabeth Wiley (1855-1934) in 1877. Each of the twenty blocks was created by an individual maker from dress remnants, and the whole was assembled by Mr. Platt's sister, Miss Ella L. Platt (1844-1928). The square signed "Grace" was done by Mr. Platt's sister Grace Platt (1852-1925).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1877
eMuseum Object ID:
28327
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1780-1830
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 133 x 115 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 337.8 x 293.4 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Double-layered white cotton "Marseilles quilt" or coverlet; geometric motif at center with scattered blossoms within feathered circular frame, surrounded by two serpentine borders, the innermost with a pineapple at each corner; outer rectilinear border with alternating leaves and blossoms; stylized plant motif surrounding edge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1945.521
Gallery Label:
Beginning in the latter half of the eighteenth century, weavers in Manchester, England, produced a double-layered woven cotton meant to resemble fine hand quilting. It was erroneously assumed that this type of cloth came from the French port of Marseilles, hence the term "Marseilles quilting." American merchants used Marseilles quilting for petticoats and men's summer waistcoats as well as ready-made coverlets. Marseilles quilts remained popular well into the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
28324
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pennant
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Felt
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 29.2 cm )
Description:
Red felt triangular pennant printed with the Trylon and Perisphere in yellow and orange along the hoist; inscribed, "DAWN OF A NEW DAY/ 1939/ NEW YORK/ WORLD'S FAIR;" yellow hoist and yellow ties.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1940.256
Marks:
printed: center: "DAWN OF A NEW DAY/ 1939/ NEW YORK/ WORLD'S FAIR"
printed: at top of hoist: "N. Y. W. F."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
28323
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1780-1830
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 128 x 116 x 1/2 in. ( 325.1 x 294.6 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Double-layered white cotton "Marseilles quilt" or coverlet; large circular floral medallion at center surrounded by pineapples, meandering flower sprays, and serpentine vines, within a scalloped border; serpentine vine with flower blossoms bordering edge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1945.520
Gallery Label:
Beginning in the latter half of the eighteenth century, weavers in Manchester, England, produced a double-layered woven cotton meant to resemble fine hand quilting. It was erroneously assumed that this type of cloth came from the French port of Marseilles, hence the term "Marseilles quilting." American merchants used Marseilles quilting for petticoats and men's summer waistcoats as well as ready-made coverlets. Marseilles quilts remained popular well into the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
28322
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Embroidered picture
Classification:
Date:
1798-1810
Medium:
Silk, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 12 1/2 in. ( 37.8 x 31.8 cm )
Description:
Oval mourning embroidery with various colors of silk floss on vertical rectangular silk ground; memorial urn on pedestal in center with robed figure standing at right, willow tree at left, sky, figure's head and designs on memorial are painted; stitches include satin, knots, straight and backstitch. Inscribed in embroidery: "IN MEMORY OF / Mr SIMON HASTINGS / BORN MARCH 1st 1735. / DIED AUGUST 15 1785. / Mrs SARAH HAST- / INGS BORN APRIL / 11 1738. DIED / DECEMBER 22 / 1798."
Object Number:
Z.1133
Marks:
embroidered: center, on body of urn in black floss: "IN MEMORY OF / Mr SIMON HASTINGS / BORN MARCH 1st 1735. / DIED AUGUST 15 1785. / Mrs SARAH HAST- / INGS BORN APRIL / 11 1738. DIED / DECEMBER 22 / 1798."
Gallery Label:
Simon Hastings (1735-1785) married Sarah Eunice Coolidge (1738-1798) in Watertown, MA in 1759 and died in Boston.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
28311
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Beadwork picture fragment
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 22 1/4 in. ( 48.3 x 56.5 cm )
Description:
Fragment of beadwork picture with various colors of glass beads on ochre cotton ground; top half of figure of Christ with halo, dressed in royal clothing and holding scepter.
Object Number:
Z.1134
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
28310
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: N.Y. Public Library and Hayden Planetarium
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1941
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 13 in. ( 33 x 33 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed handkerchief with images of the New York Public Library and the Hayden Planetarium on opposite corners and a floral pattern all over; printed in green, navy, red, and tan on a white ground; blue border.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.356
Marks:
printed: at corners: " HAYDEN PLANTARIUM/ PUBLIC LIBRARY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
28307
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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