Bookmark
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Silk, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 7 in. ( 6 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Horizontally oriented bookmark embroidered on perforated paper in blue, pink and black silk floss, applied to red, white and blue silk ribbon strips; male and female figures dancing in center with inscription top and bottom; cross, needlepoint and straight stitches.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Messenger Peirsel
Object Number:
1940.101
Marks:
embroidered: centered top and bottom: "Happy are we / In our liberty"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
28105
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Match Race
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1823
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. ( 62.2 x 77.5 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with three vignettes in oval medallions of the famous match race at the Union Race course, after the repeal of the ban on horse racing in 1820, between the horses Eclipse and Sir Henry; printed in turkey red on white ground; decorative floral background and decorative floral border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Wilfred G. Burgess
Object Number:
1969.38
Marks:
printed: on banners: "A/ REPRESENTATION/ OF THE FAMOUS MATCH RACE for 20,000 dollars aside between Mr. VAN RANSTS horse Eclipse/ and Mr. JOHNSON's horse/ Henry/ RUN on the LONG ISLAND/ UNION COURSE May 27, 1823."
printed: in the medallions: "First Heat/
Gallery Label:
This kerchief depicts the famous match race in 1823 between the horses Eclipse and Sir Henry at the Union Race course on Long Island. This race, which took place shortly after the repeal of the ban on horse racing, attracted a crowd estimated at sixty thousand.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1823
eMuseum Object ID:
28104
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bookmark:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Paper, wool, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 12.4 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Embroidered bookmark on perforated paper in red and gold wool thread and black silk floss; communion cup on table in center, Bible verse reference at bottom.
Object Number:
INV.1688
Marks:
Inscription: embroidered at bottom, black floss: "Matt 26. / ver 27. / 28."
Inscription: handwritten at bottom right on reverse: "Cox"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
28102
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
overall: 11 1/2 x 12 in.
Description:
Cotton printed handkerchief with a central image of the sun in green, red, and white inside a yellow and white square; at four corners images of flowers in green, blue, and white on red ground; blue and white border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
Z.1110
Marks:
printed: lower right corner: "H. S. H."
Gallery Label:
Helen Sargent Hitchcock, who had 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:
28097
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
overall: 11 1/2 x 12 in.
Description:
Cotton block-printed handkerchief with a central image of a sailboat on the ocean in red and white inside a green, blue, and white square; at four corners images of fruit and flowers in green, blue, and white on red ground; blue and white border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
Z.1109
Marks:
printed: lower right corner: "H. S. H."
Gallery Label:
Helen Sargent Hitchcock, who had 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:
28096
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
overall: 11 1/2 x 12 in.
Description:
Cotton block-printed handkerchief with a central image of the sun in aqua, yellow, and white inside a yellow and white square; at four corners images of flowers in yellow, brown, and white on aqua ground; brown and white border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
Z.1108
Marks:
printed: lower right corner: "H. S. H."
Gallery Label:
Helen Sargent Hitchcock, who had 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:
28095
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 12 in. ( 29.2 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton block-printed handkerchief with a central image of a sailboat on the ocean in aqua and white inside a yellow, brown, and white square; at four corners images of fruit and flowers in yellow,brown, and white on aqua ground; brown and white border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
Z.1107
Marks:
printed: lower right corner: "H. S. H."
Gallery Label:
Helen Sargent Hitchcock, who had 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:
28092
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: Spring Cotton Mills
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 3/4 x 21 in. ( 52.7 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Screenprinted cotton kerchief with a pictorial map of towns in South Carolina with factories, houses, and the railroad; inner border of bobbins; outer red border; printed in blue, green, yellow, red, and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph Peto
Object Number:
1941.897
Marks:
printed: on border: repeated, "SPRINGS COTTON MILLS"
printed: in center: "CHESTER S.C./ TO LANCASTER/ SPRINGSTEEN/ TO SPARTANBURG/ GAYLE/ TO YORK/ EUREKA"
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:
28091
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jacquard coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1836
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 107 x 77 x 1/4 in. ( 271.8 x 195.6 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Blue wool and ivory cotton double-woven jacquard coverlet; six oval floral medallions at center, with border consisting of pairs of shield-bodied eagles separated either by the tower of Independence Hall or a pair of columns capped by Masonic emblem, with arcs of stars above; woven inscriptions on each short edge and in each lower corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William T. Van Alstyne
Object Number:
1940.489
Marks:
woven: on each short edge: "C. MESICK [inverted] C. MESICK [etc.]"
woven: in each corner: "AGRICUL / TURE & MAN / UFACTURES. / ARE THE FOUND- / ATION OF / OUR INDE / PENDENCE. / JULY 4. / 1836."
Gallery Label:
The design of this coverlet is sometimes referred to as the "Declaration of Independence" pattern.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
28089
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Crazy quilt
Classification:
Date:
1881-1891
Medium:
Silk, velvet
Dimensions:
Overall: 80 1/2 x 69 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 204.5 x 176.5 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Embroidered silk crazy quilt subdivided into nine rectangular sections by two horizontal and two vertical gold velvet bands; large central block with embroidered patchwork surrounded by border of 22 square blocks, each with pieced fan motif and embroidery; light sand-colored silk backing with machine-stitched diamond quilting; gold velvet binding.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Clara Odell
Object Number:
1943.322
Gallery Label:
Ophelia Bookstaver Odell (1824-1902), the maker of this quilt, was the wife of Benjamin B. Odell, Mayor of Newburgh, New York. She was the mother of Clara Odell (the donor), George C. D. Odell, and Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. The latter served as governor of New York from 1901 to 1904.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
28088
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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