America
Classification:
Date:
1796-1810
Medium:
Silk, paint, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 x 16 in. ( 58.4 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular picture embroidered in various colors silk floss on silk ground; female figure center holding chalice to eagle upper left corner, American flag and liberty cap upper right corner, Boston harbor in off-scape far right, broken object and inscription under figure's foot, metal work and spangles applied far upper left corner, on chalice, and across bottom, figure's head and sky are painted, stitching covers most of ground; stitches include satin, outline, knots, chain, straight.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Screven Lorillard
Object Number:
1952.409
Gallery Label:
The object was designed from a painting by Edward Savage, "Liberty," dated 1796.
Provenance:
Collection of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
28262
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Primary Lesson No. 8
Classification:
Date:
1850-1855
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 11 1/8 in. ( 31.1 x 28.3 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief of five children's poems titled "Primary Lessons. No. 8.", divided into three colums with a vignette at the top of each; side columns have two poems each, one in the center column; decorative border; printed in black ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1952.317
Marks:
printed: all over: "PRIMARY LESSONS. No. 8./ THE LITTLE CHILD./ .../ A MORNING PRAYER./ .../ THE CHILD'S TIME TABLE./ .../ THE INFANT SCHOOL BOY./ .../ ANNA AND HER CHICKEN."
hand written: bottom right corner: in script "C L Haynes"
Provenance:
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
28260
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Embroidery of fruit basket with bird
Classification:
Date:
1815-1825
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 38.7 x 48.9 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular embroidered picture of various colors of silk floss on satin; basket with birds and plants in center encircled by vine and grape motif; stitches include satin, back, straight, outline, knots.
Credit Line:
Gift of Helen L. Nagle
Object Number:
1955.9
Gallery Label:
Sarah Ann Van Allen lived from 1806-1885.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
28259
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief w/backing: N.Y. Worlds Fair, 1939 (peach)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1939
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. ( 31.1 x 31.8 cm )
Description:
Chiffon printed souvenir kerchief from the 1939 World's Fair; central square with a scene from the fair in the lower left corner at an angle; decorative floral border; printed in yellow, aqua, pink and black ink on a white ground; red border.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.286
Marks:
printed: lower left corner: "NEW YORK/ WORLD'S FAIR/ 1939"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
28258
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needlework picture
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Silk, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 24 in. ( 45.7 x 61 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular needlework picture of silk floss and chenille on satin; woman and lamb by trees and stream; sky, partial stream and figure's face painted, stitches include satin, outline, and straight.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.60
Marks:
printed: bottom center of glass, obverse: "Laura Reed"
printed: top center, reverse: "MAX WILLIAMS / MADISON AVE. / COR. 48TH ST. / OPPOSITE RITZ-CARLTON / New York / No. ____"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession record, this is a picture from the children's rhyme of Mary and her lamb.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
28257
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1930-1940
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
overall: 13 x 13 in.
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with four images of New York City landmarks: Delmonico's, Brevoort, Waldorf, and the Astor; printed with green, brown, maroon, and salmon ink on a white ground; with smaller images of night-life printed all over; most of the negative space is printed brown.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. James D. Landauer
Object Number:
1973.41
Marks:
printed: all over: "DELMONICO'S/ BREVOORT/ WALDORF/ ASTOR/ SHANLEY'S/ RECTOR'S/ HOFBRAU" in script " Turn of the Century"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
28256
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1833
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/8 x 15 5/8 in. ( 48.6 x 39.7 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular linen sampler stitched in various colors silk floss; center with horizontal rows of alphabets, inscription and verse segregated by rows of design, wide floral border on all sides; stitches include cross, satin, chain, whipping, outline, feather, couch.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nanette Bryan
Object Number:
1961.19
Marks:
embroidered: center, above verse in brown and black floss: "Eliza Sproul Born August 19 1822 / her Sampler performed in the sumer in the / 11 th year of her age 1833"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
28255
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coverlet
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 94 x 87 x 1/4 in. ( 238.8 x 221 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Overshot green wool and white cotton coverlet; rectilinear geometric pattern; fringe on three sides.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.934
Gallery Label:
The "overshot" weaving technique was one commonly used in the early nineteenth century. The term refers to the long passes of supplementary wool weft that overshoot the surface of the plain weave foundation and form the geometric pattern (see "American Quilts and Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art," p. 137).
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
28253
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jacquard coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 88 3/4 x 72 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 225.4 x 183.5 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Blue wool and white cotton double-weave jacquard coverlet composed of two vertical sections hand-sewn together; scrolling vines and scattered eight-pointed stars on dotted ground at center, with plain stripe across top and bottom and on either side; woven inscription within one side stripe.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James King Hand
Object Number:
1941.744
Marks:
woven: within stripe on one side: "CATHARINE E ROGERS"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this coverlet descended through the family of Mrs. Tarrant Putnam (nee Woodhull), who gave it to the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
28252
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jacquard coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1845
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 88 1/2 x 74 x 1/4 in. ( 224.8 x 188 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Blue wool and white cotton double-woven jacquard coverlet composed of two vertical sections hand-sewn together; central design consisting of floral medallions enclosed in contiguous circles of stars; border of eagles alternating with stylized plant forms on three sides; woven inscription in each lower corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of James Kirk
Object Number:
1963.16
Marks:
woven: in each lower corner: "M.A. / N.Y. 1845"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
28249
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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