Sample card: CE no. 13 w/12 samples
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Paper, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. ( 51.1 x 27.3 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular paper sample card of 12 designs embroidered in white silk floss on various colors of silk swatches, with pointed sloping top and straight sides and bottom, reverse covered in blue silk; stock number framed across top, three horizontal rows of designs, each swatch numbered and each row with blue block-printed floral motif border.
Object Number:
INV.12033
Marks:
printed: top center, in red: "C E / No. 13"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28059
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 four groups of flowers printed in yellow, navy, white, and blue ink on a red ground, with four semi-circles around each in blue, white and yellow; blue and navy border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
Z.1105
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:
28058
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Star-Spangled Banner
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 25 in. ( 63.5 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed kerchief with three stanzas of the "Star-Spangled Banner" in the center surrounded by stars and exploding rockets printed in red and blue ink on a white ground; red border with white stars and a blue border.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.341
Marks:
printed: on red border: "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER/ BLUE IS FOR LOYALTY, JUSTICE AND TRUTH/ WHITE IS FOR PURITY/ RED IS FOR COURAGE AND ZEAL"
PRINTED: in center: "OH, SAY!/ CAN YOU SEE, BY THE/ DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT,/ WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED/ AT THE TWILIG
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
28056
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bedcover or tablecloth
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 93 1/4 x 53 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 236.9 x 135.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Blue and white plaid homespun cotton bedcover or tablecloth composed of two vertical sections hand-sewn together.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1320a
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:
28054
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 printed handkerchief with a central image of the sun in blue, yellow, and white inside a yellow and white square; at four corners images of flowers in yellow, red, and white on blue ground; red and white border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
Z.1104
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:
28051
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 92 1/4 x 69 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 234.3 x 177.2 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Overshot gold wool and white cotton coverlet composed of two vertical sections hand-sewn together; pattern of squares separated by 4-diamond clusters; fringe on lower edge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Watson B. Berry
Object Number:
1961.20
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:
28050
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fragment of a Sampler
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1846
Medium:
Linen, wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/8 x 15 in. ( 30.8 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular linen sampler with various colors of wool floss; horizontal rows of alphabets and numbers separated by rows of stitching, surrounded by geometric motif; stitches include cross and whipping.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.345
Marks:
embroidered: across bottom third in various colors: "Emily Ada Willis. / Aged 9 Years April / 20th 1846 Drummon"
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:
1846
eMuseum Object ID:
27933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Desk trivet
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840
Medium:
Rosewood, wool, linen, brass, metal, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Square wooden trivet on four bun feet with needlepoint and beadwork panel on top, of various colors of wool thread and glass and metal beads; scalloped medallion in center of panel with eight sections radiating on all sides out to edges, decorated in floral and arabesque designs with beads and plain needlepoint stitch.
Credit Line:
Gift of James McCosh Magie
Object Number:
1970.6.2
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
27871
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 11 in. ( 29.2 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Cotton block-printed handkerchief with an image of two inter-looped lais in white, blue, pale-blue, and red ink and two flower groups in the same colors on a yellow ground with two blue stripes; pale-blue, blue and white border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
Z.1113
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
27732
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 11 in. ( 29.2 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Cotton block-printed handkerchief with an image of two inter-looped lais in white, brown, fuchsia, and yellow ink and two flower groups in the same colors on an aqua ground with two brown stripes; yellow, brown and white border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
Z.1112
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:
27659
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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