Quilt
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 88 1/2 x 88 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 224.8 x 224.8 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Cotton quilt composed of sixteen blocks with trellis and floral vine print bordering blocks on all sides; each block with eight-pointed star composed of diamond-shaped patchwork pieces; red floral print binding (not original).
Object Number:
INV.4886
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
28244
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1815-1820
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/4 x 28 in. ( 56.5 x 71.1 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with central image of the Steam Frigate Fulton the First surrounded by sixteen medallions and sixteen vignettes depicting American sports; printed in brown ink on a white ground; decorative border.
Object Number:
X.95
Marks:
printed: around central image: "STEAM FRIGATE FULTON THE FIRST/ LENGTH 154 FEET BREADTH 37 FEET, MOUNTS 34,56 POUNDERS"
printed: at four corners in medallions: "AMERICAN/ SPORTS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
28222
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Effect of Principle, Behold the Man
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1806
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. ( 30.8 x 28.6 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with a full-length portrait of George Washington beneath a tapestry and above three vignettes in indigo ink on a white ground; vignettes represent a lion with a flag, a ship on the ocean, and an American bald eagle armorial; text on either side of the portrait, portion of the Farewell Address to the left, obituary to the right.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.583
Marks:
printed: all over: "THE EFFECT OF PRINCIPLE/ BEHOLD THE MAN/ GEORGE WASHINGTON, / BORN 11th February O S 1732.../ E PLURIBUS UNUM/ COMMERCIAL UNION/ THE BRITISH LION"
Gallery Label:
The portrait of Washington on this kerchief was derived from the engraving by James Heath, Historical Engraver to his Majesty and to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, which was done from the original painting "General Washington" by Gilbert Stuart, in the collection of the Marquis of Lansdown, and published on February 1, 1800, in London.
This kerchief was originally printed as a companion to"The Love of Truth Mark the Boy" (1941.117).
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute, 1979), 63.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
28221
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1796
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 x 8 3/8 in. ( 43.2 x 21.3 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular linen sampler with various colors silk floss; horizontal rows of alphabets, numbers and family monograms separated by rows of designs in upper half, mottoes, inscription and floral design in bottom half, straight border on all sides; stitches include cross, satin, outline, queen, eyelet.
Credit Line:
Gift of George l. Shearer
Object Number:
1940.70
Marks:
embroidered: bottom half, between mottoes in blue floss: "Catharine Baker her sam / Pler aged 14 1796"
embroidered: uppwe half beneath alphabets in green floss: "FB MB SB EB MB AB IB / IB CB FDB MB EB"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1796
eMuseum Object ID:
28219
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Effect of Principle, Behold the Man
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1806
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. ( 29.2 x 29.2 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with a full-length portrait of George Washington beneath a tapestry and above three vignettes in indigo ink on a white ground; vignettes represent a lion with a flag, a ship on the ocean, and an American bald eagle armorial; text on either side of the portrait, portion of the Farewell Address to the left, obituary to the right; backwards S stitched in black thread above the Farewell Address.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.104
Marks:
printed: all over: "THE EFFECT OF PRINCIPLE/ BEHOLD THE MAN/ GEORGE WASHINGTON, / BORN 11th February O S 1732.../ E PLURIBUS UNUM/ COMMERCIAL UNION/ THE BRITISH LION"
cross-stitched, black thread: top right: "S"
Gallery Label:
The portrait of Washington on this kerchief was derived from the engraving by James Heath, Historical Engraver to his Majesty and to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, which was done from the original painting "General Washington" by Gilbert Stuart, in the collection of the Marquis of Lansdown, and published on February 1, 1800, in London.
This kerchief was originally printed as a companion to "The Love of Truth Mark the Boy" (1941.117).
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute, 1979), 63.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
28217
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1876
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 12 in. ( 14 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton copperplate-printed textile fragment with a repeating pattern of a medallion portrait of George Washington with "1776" below, surrounded by garlands in sepia ink and alternating with a red and sepia shield with an image of scales "& PEACE."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.110
Marks:
printed: below portrait: "1776"
printed: on shield: "& PEACE"
Gallery Label:
This textile was probably made around the time of the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 191.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
28214
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1780-1830
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 105 1/2 x 97 x 1/2 in. ( 268 x 246.4 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Double-layered white (now badly discolored) cotton "Marseilles quilt" or coverlet; large oval medallion at center within wide rectangular frame decorated with flower pots, meandering vines, bunches of grapes, and scattered blossoms; 12-pointed star at each corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number:
1940.58
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:
28205
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Quilt
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 86 1/2 x 87 x 1/2 in. ( 219.7 x 221 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Stenciled off-white cotton quilt; quilted grid at center with a blue, pink, and yellow flower printed in each square; border with serpentine vine with leaves printed in green and pink blossoms with blue-spotted yellow centers.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1387
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:
28197
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Confederate flag
Classification:
Date:
1861
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
overall: 9 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Description:
Cotton block-printed and painted flag with image of a quarter-moon and a snake coiled around a palmetto tree; white block-printed moon and tree with black painted details on a blue ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Charles C. Leigh, through E. C. Estes
Object Number:
1865.9
Gallery Label:
When South Carolina seceded in December 1860, the state’s Palmetto Tree flag was raised in celebration. This flag was flown by the Confederates during the attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, in 1861. It was secured by the donor "in that vicinity" during the Civil War.
Bibliography:
Holzer, Harold and The New-York Historical Society. "The Civil War in 50 Objects." New York: Viking, 2013.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
28184
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1837
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 17 1/2 in. ( 27.6 x 44.4 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular unfinished linen sampler with various colors of silk floss; horizontal rows of alphabets, numbers and mottoes separated by rows of designs, floral motif across bottom, bordered top and bottom with zig-zag; cross stitched.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edith D. Blaisdell
Object Number:
1956.97
Marks:
embroidered: across center in green floss: "Elizabeth M Stanton Ae. 8 years"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
28183
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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