Flag: blue, red, white fields w/blue & red star
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1900-1925
Medium:
Cotton, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 12 x 18 in. ( 30.5 x 45.7 cm )
flagstaff: 32 x 3/8 in. ( 81.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed flag half red and half white with a red star printed in the white at the fly end; half and half white with a blue star printed in the white at the hoist end, horizontal stripes; nailed to wooden flagstaff with metal nails at top and bottom of the hoist; gold painted finial on flagstaff.
Object Number:
INV.12195
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
20762
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
flag: 79
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 26 in. ( 48.3 x 66 cm )
Description:
Blue silk flag, possibly regimental, with "79" sewn on in maroon silk in the center; maroon silk fringe on the three sides of the fly.
Object Number:
INV.12305
Marks:
sewn: center: "79"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
20761
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile: photograph of sports team /fern design
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/4 x 20 in. ( 48.9 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Cyanotype printed pillowcase fragment with an image of a statue of a woman raising a laurel wreath, surrounded by photograms of leaves.
Credit Line:
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number:
1942.83i
Gallery Label:
George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
20715
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dresser runner
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Cotton, satin
Dimensions:
Overall: 41 x 12 1/2 in. ( 104.1 x 31.8 cm )
Description:
Runner made of loosely woven natural cotton threads and six lengths of yellow satin ribbon; fringed at ends.
Object Number:
INV.1264
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
20672
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dresser runner
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 54 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. ( 138.4 x 43.8 cm )
Description:
Cream silk dresser scarf with a lilac branch painted at on end in purple, white, green and brown; tatting at one end (circles sewn together) with silk tassels, silk tassels at the other end.
Object Number:
INV.1263
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
20671
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign ribbon
Classification:
Date:
1884
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 2 7/16 in. ( 16.5 x 6.2 cm )
Description:
Light brown silk satin ribbon with portraits of Grover Cleveland and Thomas Hendricks printed in black; at center is image of eagle with American flags at left, holding scrolling band inscribed "FOR PRESIDENT/ GOV. GROVER CLEVELAND/OF NEW YORK/FOR VICE PRESIDENT/HON. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS./OF INDIANA."
Object Number:
INV.4255
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1884
eMuseum Object ID:
20661
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
1880
Medium:
Silk, paper, gouache, ink
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in. ( 13 x 9 cm )
Description:
Light blue silk satin ribbon with fringed edges; white dove and lily of the valley flowers painted in gouache in white, green, and ochre at right; inscribed in purple ink at left: "EASTER/OFFERING"; small paper envelope with attached pink silk ribbon bow and inscribed card inside applied to ribbon.
Object Number:
INV.1706
Marks:
Inscription: card, inscribed in blue ink: "With love and/best wished from/M.E.C.S. and M.F.C./Easter, 1880"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
20650
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler: Adam and Eve
Classification:
Date:
1830
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/2 x 17 in. ( 47 x 43.2 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular linen sampler with various colors of silk floss; poem centered at top two-thirds; Adam and Eve depicted on either side of tree in colonial dress with Adam holding the forbidden apple; inscription at bottom with "Worked by Phoebe Vanhouton Age 13 years- 1830"; prominent rose continuous border; cross and satin stitches.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edith F. Ebbets
Object Number:
1950.306
Marks:
embroidered: bottom left, in brown floss: "Worked/by/Phebe Vanhouten"
embroidered: bottom right, in brown floss: "Aged 13/years 1830"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
20624
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1818
Medium:
Linen, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 7 5/8 in. ( 30.5 x 19.4 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular linen sampler cross stitched in various colors of cotton floss; horizontal rows of alphabets, numbers, mottoes and inscription separated by rows of cross stitch designs, straight border surrounds all sides.
Credit Line:
Gift of Anna Gillingham
Object Number:
1948.107
Marks:
embroidered: bottom, in various colors floss: "Sally Loveland's / SamPler Wrought in the 13 year of her / age AD 1818 S L"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1818
eMuseum Object ID:
20621
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1823
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. ( 34 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular linen sampler stitched in various colors of silk floss; verse and inscription in center, geometric floral designs at the top, bottom and bordering all sides; cross and satin stitches.
Credit Line:
Gift of Anna Gillingham
Object Number:
1948.106
Marks:
embroidered: center, black floss: "Elizabeth Hallowell / 1823"
Gallery Label:
Elizabeth Hallowell was the great-grandmother of Anna Gillingham. The sampler may have been worked by the Elizabeth Hallowell that was born January 3, 1811 in Abington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1823
eMuseum Object ID:
20619
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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