Napkins (3)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
each approx.: 25 x 25 1/2 in. ( 63.5 x 64.8 cm )
Description:
Set of three square, white linen damask table napkins with scattered leaf pattern at center and wide floral border; each with initial "L" embroidered in white in one corner of obverse.
Object Number:
INV.14586a-c
Marks:
embroidered: on each napkin, in corner of obverse: "L"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
19816
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Napkins (4)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
each overall: 30 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. ( 77.5 x 77.5 cm )
Description:
Four white linen napkins with a center square with scrolled design; border of scroll design; "L" embroidered in the lower right corner.
Object Number:
INV.14589a-d
Marks:
embroidered: lower right corner : "L"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
19815
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bookmark
Classification:
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Silk, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 16 3/8 in. ( 3.5 x 41.6 cm )
Description:
Coral colored silk ribbon bookmark with black stripes along the beaded edge; there is an embroidered sentiment on perforated paper in the middle, in pink silk floss, worked in cross stitch.
Object Number:
Z.1548
Marks:
embroidered: across paper, center: "A celle que j'aime. Addie."
Gallery Label:
This bookmark was made by Adelaide M. Livingston (1806-1885) (Mrs. William B. Clarkson). According to a document found with the bookmark, she was the daughter of Robert L. Livingston and Margaret Marie Livingston, and the granddaughter of Chancellor Robert R. Livington
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
19812
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Darning sampler
Classification:
Date:
1810
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. ( 31.1 x 26 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular linen darning sampler with various colors of silk floss; various darning stitches simulating woven patterns across top border in satin-stitched checkerboard, herringbone, twill and plain weave patterns; horizontal rows of five different patterned alphabets and numbers separated by rows of various stitches in center; inscription of date, place, name and age, "New York 1810 Fair Street July 31st Joanna De Peyster Cooper 14 years of age"; verse at bottom; stitches include cross, eyelet or queen's, satin and Maltese cross.
Credit Line:
Gift of Johanna Kuypers Sluyter
Object Number:
1913.7
Marks:
embroidered: on right side, within alphabet work, in blue floss: "New York 1810 / Fair Street July 31st"
embroidered: bottom section, in blue floss: "Joanna DePeyster CooPer / 14 Years of Age"
Gallery Label:
Joanna's sampler gives her New York City address as Fair Street, renamed Fulton Street in 1816. She was the daughter of prominent Dutch Reform minister Rev. Gerardus Kuypers and later the wife of Dr. Peter Van Zandt. Interestingly, Joanna chose to stitch the anglicized version of her family name-"Cooper"-rather than the Dutch "Kuypers."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
19595
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1844
Medium:
Linen, silk, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 11 in. ( 32.4 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular linen sampler with silk and cotton floss in various colors; horizontal rows of alphabets and numbers on upper half, some rows separated by decorative stitching, random designs on bottom half, inscription across bottom; cross, satin and running stitches.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. W. D. Parsons
Object Number:
1940.198
Marks:
embroidered: across bottom in copper floss: "ELisAbethA S JePHAN"
embroidered: upper right corner in red and brown floss: "1844"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1844
eMuseum Object ID:
19594
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler.
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. ( 30.8 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular linen sampler with various colors silk floss; horizontal rows of alphabets, numbers, inscription and designs in upper two-thrids, bottom third empty, straight borders on all sides; cross stitched.
Credit Line:
Gift of Maria D. Pope
Object Number:
1942.264
Marks:
embroidered: across center, copper floss: "Girtrue Zabriskie Was borne (sic) in / the year of our Lord . 1840."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
19593
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cap: Young Communist League
Classification:
Date:
1937
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. ( 0.6 x 3.8 x 13.7 cm )
Description:
White treated cottontwill weave garrison-style cap, with red piping.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry B. Hoffman
Object Number:
1937.145
Marks:
printed: each side of cap: "YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE / YCL"
Gallery Label:
This cap came to the Society's collection new in 1937. Following the stock market crash in 1929, with the ranks of the city's unemployed, New York City was the national headquarters of the Communist Party USA. Many young members, mostly children of immigrants, were from the City College of New York and Brooklyn College. The C.P.U.S.A. was influential in the development of unions at that time, including the Transport Workers Union, led by Communist members Mike Quill and James Larkin.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1937
eMuseum Object ID:
19576
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Presidential campaign kerchief of Garfield and Arthur
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1884
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 23 1/2 in. ( 38.1 x 59.7 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed silk flag campaign kerchief with portraits of James G. Blaine and John A. Logan in the canton; printed in red, blue and black on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1952.299
Marks:
printed: on stripes: "* FOR */ * PRESIDENT */ * JAMES G. BLAINE */ *FOR*/ *VICE PRESIDENT*/ * JOHN A. LOGAN*/ *1884*"
Gallery Label:
James G. Blaine, depicted on this kerchief, lost the 1884 presidential election to Grover Cleveland.
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:
1884
eMuseum Object ID:
19573
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Broadside
Classification:
Date:
1822
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 15 1/2 in. ( 53.3 x 39.4 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed silk broadside with a speech by New York Governor De Witt Clinton printed in six columns; black ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of De Witt C. Jones, Jr. , March 21, 1962
Object Number:
INV.1900f
Marks:
printed: all over: "COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER/Governor Clinton's Speech/ of his Excellency, the Governor, at the open-/ing of the present session of the Legislature, Wednesday, 2nd January, 1822"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
19570
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pillow cover
Classification:
Date:
1708
Medium:
Linen, crewel wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 51 1/2 x 20 x 1/4 in. ( 130.8 x 50.8 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Homespun linen pillow cover with crewel embroidered flower sprays on one side and grapevine on the other; embroidered eyelet holes on two short sides; embroidered inscription.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1944.309
Marks:
embroidered: along center crease: "1708 / ELISABETH . . . [?]"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1708
eMuseum Object ID:
19509
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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