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 of a pictorial map of Kershaw, South Carolina, with a woman in a bathing suit, a battlefield, factories, and a polo field; inner border red with white stacking squares, blue outer border; printed in red, blue, green, yellow, and black on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph Peto
Object Number:
1941.895
Marks:
printed: on border: repeated, "SPRINGS COTTON MILLS"
printed: in center: "SOUTHERN RAILROAD/ HANGING ROCK BATTLEFIELD/ NORTH TO LANCASTER/ KERSHAW/ YANKEES AT POLO/ CAMDEN/ HAILE GOLD MINE/ TO COLUMBIA AND CAMDEN/ OIL MILL"
Gallery Label:
Hillary Weiss writes in the "American Bandanna," "Springs Cotton Mills, set up in1887 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:
23803
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 four groups of flowers printed in pale blue, blue, white, and red ink on a yellow ground, with four semi-circles around each in pale blue, white and red; blue and red border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
Z.1114
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:
23770
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: Air Force motif
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 23 in. ( 55.9 x 58.4 cm )
Description:
Rayon printed kerchief with U.S. Army seal in the center surrounded army insignia, and eight vignettes of different army units in action all enclosed in a rope design; border of medallions with more insignia; printed in red, gold, and blue on a white ground; fringed edge.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.389
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
23431
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1863-1865
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 8.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Flag block-printed on glazed cotton with thirty-five stars in the canton (double wreath around a central star) and four stars in the corners; thirteen red and white stripes.
Object Number:
INV.12342
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
23291
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: Armed Forces motif
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 x 25 in. ( 66 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
Rayon printed kerchief with central eagle and shield emblem surrounded by four vignettes representing the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Corps; border of military flags and insignia; printed in red, blue, green, and light-blue on a white ground; fringed edge.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.280
Marks:
printed: in corners: "ARMY/ NAVY/ AIR CORPS/ MARINES"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
23127
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needlework picture
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 11 in. ( 16.5 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Beadwork picture applied to linen ground; basket of flowers worked in various colors of glass beads with white background.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.1082
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:
23124
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Doily
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 in. ( 27.9 cm )
Description:
Round ecru linen doily with machine embroidered edge and linen fringe trim, the outside edge is machine embroidered with various colors of silk floss into a floral and leaf motif.
Object Number:
Z.1331.28
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
23050
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Masonic apron
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1819
Medium:
Leather, metal, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 5/8 x 13 3/4 x 1/8 in. ( 32.1 x 34.9 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Leather Masonic apron with coral ribbon edging all around, the top has a slightly scalloped flap, the bottom corners are rounded; the center symbols of the compass and square is surrounded by arched columns in an outdoor setting, and is worked in silver thread and brass spangles; there are two ribbon ties, the back is lined with green silk.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nanette Bryan
Object Number:
1961.16
Gallery Label:
This Masonic apron belonged to Charles Backus King of Louisville, Kentucky in 1819.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1819
eMuseum Object ID:
22795
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. ( 31.1 x 31.8 cm )
Description:
White cambric handkerchief with tulle-style drawnwork in two rows around the outer edge with floral design in between, a butterfly at each corner.
Object Number:
Z.1026.7
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
22792
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Broadside
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1828
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 13 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 33.7 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed silk broadside with the obituary of Governor De Witt Clinton printed in black ink.
Credit Line:
Gift of De Witt C. Jones, Jr. , March 21, 1962
Object Number:
INV.1900c
Marks:
printed: all over: "NEW YORK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, It is our melancholy duty to announce the death of /DE WITT CLINTON/ Governor of the state of New/ York"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1828
eMuseum Object ID:
22775
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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