Painted textile of bowl of fruit with bird
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Velveteen
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. ( 39.4 x 51.4 cm )
Description:
Theorem painting on velveteen of a bowl of fruit and leaves with a bird and a butterfly above; colors include blue, yellow, green, black, and gold.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.356
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:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
28087
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Quilt
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 77 1/2 x 70 x 3/8 in. ( 196.8 x 177.8 x 1 cm )
Description:
Cotton patchwork quilt with appliquéd decoration; center with rectangular block with scattered globes and text printed in blue, with bunch of roses appliquéd at center and blue printed border; central block within frame composed of pieced eight-pointed stars alternating with printed blocks, which is surrounded by another frame with appliquéd leaves and flowers; the whole surrounded by appliquéd meandering vine and plain outer border with diagonal quilting; homespun backing.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.937
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:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
28085
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 36 1/2 x 1/8 in. ( 28.6 x 92.7 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Fragment of printed cotton with male and female figures in rustic landscape and floral garlands in blue on off-white ground; with finished edges.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.11762c
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
28083
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 80 x 70 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 203.2 x 179.1 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Overshot blue wool and white cotton coverlet composed of two vertical sections hand-sewn together; rectilinear geometric pattern.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1940.867
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).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
28082
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 35 1/2 x 1/8 in. ( 27.9 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Fragment of printed cotton with male and female figures in rustic landscape and floral garlands in blue on off-white ground; with finished edges.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.11762b
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
28081
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed textile
Classification:
Date:
1800
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 3/4 x 24 5/8 in. ( 60.3 x 62.5 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief of a map of Washington, D.C.; printed in turkey red on white ground; decorative border with images of a Native American, a schooner, personifications of Liberty and Justice, and a cornucopia at the four corners.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1949.104
Marks:
printed: all over: "PLAN/ of the City of Washington/ in the Territory of Columbia./ ceded by the states of/ VIRGINIA and MARYLAND/ to the United States of America/ and by them established as the/ Seat of their GOVERNMENT/ after the year/ M D C C C./ ..."
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
28068
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Benjamin Franklin's Maxims
Classification:
Date:
1795-1830
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/2 x 18 5/8 in. ( 41.9 x 47.3 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with portrait of Bemjamin Franklin in a garland surrounded by four vignettes representing his "maxims for youth"; printed in turkey red on a white ground; decorative border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ethel McCullough Scott, Mr. John G. McCullough, and Mrs. Edith McCullough Heaphy
Object Number:
1971.127
Marks:
printed: around portrait: "Dr. FRANKLIN'S MAXIMS/ or Moral Pictures for Youth/ Born at Boston Jany 17, 1706/ B. FRANKLIN. L.L.D. F.R.S./ Died at Philadelphia April 17, 1790."
printed: allover: "Want of care does more damage/ Than want of knowledge./ God
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
28066
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sample card: CA no. 8 w/12 samples
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Paper, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 1/8 x 10 7/8 in. ( 74 x 27.6 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular paper sample card of 12 designs embroidered in ivory-colored silk floss onto various colors of silk swatches, with pointed sloping top and straight sides and bottom, reverse covered in blue silk; stock number and company identification framed across top, three rows of designs, each swatch numbered and each row with blue block-printed floral motif border.
Object Number:
INV.12028
Marks:
printed: top center, in red: "C A / No. 8 / Acum / Dealers in Fine Silks / & / Silk Piece Goods / No. 33 Old China St."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28065
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sample card: BY no. 2 w/18 samples
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Paper, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. ( 72.1 x 27.6 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular paper sample card of 18 designs embroidered in various colors of silk floss onto various colors of figured silk swatches with vermicelli patterning; card with pointed sloping top and straight sides and bottom, reverse covered in blue silk; stock number framed across top, five horizontal rows of designs, each swatch numbered and each row with blue block-printed floral motif border.
Object Number:
INV.12034
Marks:
printed: top center, in red: "B Y / No. 2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28064
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sample card: BY no. 2 w/18 samples
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Paper, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. ( 71.8 x 27.3 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular paper sample card of 18 designs embroidered in various colors of silk floss onto various colored swatches of figured silk with vermicelli pattern, with pointed sloping top and straight sides and bottom, reverse covered in blue silk; stock number framed across top, five horizontal rows of designs, each swatch numbered and each row block printed with blue floral motif border.
Object Number:
INV.12024
Marks:
printed: top center, in red: "B Y / No. 2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28062
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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