Textile fragment: industry/happy home design
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 x 24 1/8 in. ( 40.6 x 61.3 cm )
Description:
Roller-printed cotton yardage fragment with vignettes of idealized scenes of labor and capitalism in floral garlands; printed in red, pink, tan, and olive-green on a white ground; pattern repeats.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1958.153
Marks:
printed: all over: "HONOR TO THE IRON WORKER/ THE TWO POWERS IN ACCORD/ LABOR/ CAPITAL/ LABOR IS HONERABLE/ AFTER WORK/ THE HAPPY HOME"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
28154
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf:
Classification:
Date:
1942
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 x 27 in. ( 66 x 68.6 cm )
Description:
Rayon printed kerchief with a Mexican couple standing on rocks at the edge of the ocean in front of a fishing boat and a village; in the corners are four vignettes of life on the water; decorative floral scalloped border; printed in red, green, black, and white on a yellow ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1942.433
Marks:
printed: at bottom: " RECUERDO/ DE/ JANITZIO"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1942
eMuseum Object ID:
28153
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: Spring Cotton Mills
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 21 in. ( 53.3 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Cotton screenprinted kerchief with a pictorial map of the North Carolina-South Carolina border with two presidential birthplaces, a train, and a factory; inner border of dresses and cotton; outer red border; printed in red, blue, yellow, orange, green, and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph Peto
Object Number:
1941.896
Marks:
printed: on border: repeated, "SPRINGS COTTON MILLS"
printed: in center: "BIRTHPLACE - PRESIDENT JAMES K POLK/ PINEVILLE N.C./ NORTH CAROLINA/ BIRTHPLACE - PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON/ WAXHAW S.C./ SOUTH CAROLINA/ LANCASTER/ COURTHOUSE/ THE MARION SIMS/ MEM
Gallery Label:
Springs Cotton Mills, set up in 1887 at Fort Mill and expanded in 1912 to Kershaw, South Carolina, celebrated its golden anniversary in 1937.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
28152
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1944
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/4 x 22 in. ( 61.6 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Rayon printed kerchief with insignia of the U.S. Navy; armorial of the Navy center, surrounded by four naval flags and yellow stripes showing ranks of line officers; yellow border with symbols of officer ratings; printed in yellow and navy on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edgar C. Hyman Co.
Object Number:
1944.277
Marks:
printed: all over: "SECRETARY/ OF/ THE NAVY/ CHIEF PETTY/ OFFICER/ ADMIRAL/ PETTY OFFICER/ 1ST CLASS/ VICE ADMIRAL/ PETTY OFFICER/ 2ND CLASS/ FLAG ADMIRAL/ PETTY OFFICER 3RD CLASS/LIEUTENANT/ J.G./ ENSIGN/ CAPTAIN/ COMMANDER/ CHIEF WARRANT/ OFFICER/ LIEUT
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1944
eMuseum Object ID:
28150
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. ( 47 x 49.5 cm )
Description:
Silk printed kerchief with portraits of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt in medallions with fans of stars and stripes behind in each corner; between the portraits are the Presidents' homes; in the center in a four-leaf clover shape are four representations of the Liberty Bell surrounded by a garland and bald eagle and dove seals; border of stars in circles and waving stripes; printed in navy, green, blue, salmon, and light-blue on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.277
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
28147
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1883
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/4 x 14 in. ( 36.2 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Cotton copper-engraved souvenir handkerchief from the "17TH ANNUAL BALL of the Theatrical Mechanical Association"; list of officers, trustees, and commitee of arrangements printed in red on a white ground; machine-made lace border and at lower right corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isidor Witmark
Object Number:
1937.62
Marks:
printed: at center: " Souvenir./ 17TH ANNUAL BALL/ of the/ Theatrical Mechanical Association,/ at/ FERRERO'S ASSEMBLY ROOMS/ (TAMMANY HALL)./ 1883./ ..."
hand-written: on underside: "May 18th, 1937"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1883
eMuseum Object ID:
28141
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1918
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. ( 34.3 x 35.9 cm )
Description:
Cotton copperplate-printed handkerchief commemorating Italians from the Trento-Trieste region of Italy; circle of crests representing towns from this region on a gold rope surrounding a garland topped by a star; all on a white ground with red, blue, yellow, green, and sepia ink; at four corners are crowned cross armorials in red, blue, white, yellow and sepia ink on a blue ground; red border.
Object Number:
Z.1115
Marks:
printed: in center: "VIVA TRENTO E TRIESTE - ITALIANE/ NOVEMBRE/ 1918"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1918
eMuseum Object ID:
28139
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Embroidered emblem
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Cardboard, silk, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 20 5/8 in. ( 20.3 x 52.4 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular centennial emblem with eagle, U.S. flags, cannon, cannonballs, and sword, embroidered in various colors of silk thread onto perforated cardboard; eagle has glass bead eye.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elizabeth Morris Bennet
Object Number:
1948.435
Marks:
embroidered: left center in various colors: "1776"
embroidered: right center in various colors: "1876"
printed: reverse, top center: "FROM / ABRAHAM AND / STRAUS / BROOKLYN / PICTURES / PICTURE FRAMES / AND / ARTISTS' MATERIALS / ...HAND AND TO ORDER
Gallery Label:
The picture frame, probably original, bears a label from Abraham and Straus in Brooklyn.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
28136
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1792
Medium:
Linen, silk, wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. ( 34.3 x 36.2 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular linen sampler worked with various colors of silk floss on a linen ground; contains allegorical and Biblical motifs of Adam and Eve surrounded by randomly positioned naturalistic imagery of a house and an oak tree; top border of alphabet and numbers, side and bottom borders of zig-zag saw tooth design; stitches include cross, chain.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.132
Marks:
embroidered: center in red, gold and green floss: "1792 / WILHELMINA IDE"
embroidered: in center in copper floss: "W I"
Gallery Label:
The attribution of this sampler to northern Germany or the Netherlands is based on its many allegorical, biblical and domestic motifs such as a ship; Adam and Eve and the Tree of Life atop a fence; spies of Canaan holding a bunch of grapes; a peacock; parrots; and two angels holding a floral cartouche. These elements are consistent with other known samplers from the region, as are the horizontal retangular shape and alphabet in block lettering on the top border.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1792
eMuseum Object ID:
28133
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bookmark: Uncle Jacob
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. ( 2.2 x 20.6 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular blue silk ribbon bookmark with embroidered perforated paper applied with stitches in center; inscription and surrounding border of paper worked in black cross stitch.
Object Number:
INV.1678
Marks:
embroidered: center of paper: "Uncle Jacob"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
28107
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.











