Fragment: American flag
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 4.8 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Miniature silk printed U.S. flag with twenty-eight stars in the canton; thirteen red and white stripes.
Object Number:
INV.11977
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
19043
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1898
Medium:
Felt
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. ( 21.6 x 27.3 cm )
Description:
Felt souvenir kerchief printed with a central image of a 48-star American flag surrounded by five flags (Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti) and two American bald eagle armorials; decorative border around the central flag; decorative border; printed with red, blue, yellow, brown, and moss-green on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charlotte Rowell
Object Number:
1942.246
Marks:
printed: all over: "COSTA RICA/ CUBA/ SAN DOMINGO/ AMERICA/ HAYTI"
printed: banner of armorial: "E PLURUBUS/ UNUM"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
19041
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: 44 stars
Classification:
Date:
1890-1896
Medium:
Cotton, metal grommets
Dimensions:
Overall: 47 1/2 x 81 1/2 in. ( 120.6 x 207 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed U.S. flag with forty-four stars in the canton (four rows of seven stars in center, two rows of eight stars at top and bottom); thirteen red and white stripes; white hoist with metal grommets at each end.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Atlas Corporation, through Mrs. Mildred C. Bedell
Object Number:
1952.76
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
18993
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: red cross
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 48 1/2 x 72 in. ( 123.2 x 182.9 cm )
Description:
White wool field medic flag with a red cross in the center; three white cotton ties along the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
INV.11792
Marks:
handwritten: on hoist: "Fort Ontario/ J.W. Dunsmore Coll. 1941"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
18992
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Quilt pieces (7)
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
each approx.: 7 x 14 x 1/8 in. ( 17.8 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Seven triangular cotton quilt pieces, five with pattern of meadering floral vines in white on indigo blue ground, and two with scattered plant sprigs in white on indigo blue ground.
Object Number:
INV.11491a-g
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
18863
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"The Tree of Knowledge"
Classification:
Date:
1792
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. ( 41.9 x 56.5 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular linen sampler with various colors of silk floss of pink, green and brown; biblical motifs include tree of knowledge flanked by Adam and Eve at bottom center, Jacob's ladder at lower right; and the spies of Canaan bearing grapes at center right; three rows of divided figures and naturalistic imagery, straight border surrounds all sides with strawberry border at top; cross and eyelet stitches; ground originally completely worked.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. Lathrop C. Harper
Object Number:
1957.208
Marks:
embroidered: top center, brown floss: "Christina Arcularius / Her Work New York March. 1. 1792"
embroidered: bottom center, green floss: "the Tree of Knowledge"
Gallery Label:
In addition to teaching the alphabet and fostering sewing skills, samplers also frequently familiarized girls with Biblical stories. One of the few identifiable groups of New York samplers are those worked with Biblical themes, frequently incorporating Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge. Scholars now believe that these samplers, which first appeared in the 1740s and endured into the nineteenth century, originated in one of the elite French boarding schools for girls in New Rochelle, New York.
In one of the most intricate examples of this style, 15-year-old Christina Arcularius's sampler portrays Adam and Eve on either side of the Tree of Knowledge, Jacob's ladder ascending into heaven, and Christ feeding the multitudes loaves and fishes, against a solidly stitched background. These motifs may have been copied from Dutch tiles, a common decorative feature in New York homes also used to teach Bible stories to children. This piece may have served as her final "graduation" work, undertaken only after she completed a simple alphabet sampler.
This piece was worked by Christina Arcularius (1777-1860), daughter of tanner Philip J. Arcularius (1747-1825), at an unidentified girls' school in New York City. Christina married prominent grocer Samuel Barker Harper (1777-1860) and lived to the age of 83.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1792
eMuseum Object ID:
18826
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tablecloth: E. Pluribus Unium
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 109 x 68 in. ( 276.9 x 172.7 cm )
Description:
Woven linen and silk damask tablecloth with a striped border and two garlanded American bald eagles with banners in the beaks inscribed, "E PLURIBUS UNUM"; surrounded by flowers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Margaret E. Hoffman and Mr. Eugene A. Hoffman
Object Number:
INV.12021
Marks:
woven: on banners: "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
18718
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apron: brown satin w/pleated hem & pocket
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Satin, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/2 x 30 in. ( 54.6 x 76.2 cm )
Description:
Brown satin pleated apron; pleated pokets with bowties at top and bottom of openings, lined with black linen; pleated bottom; brown ribbon ties.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joanana K. Sluyter, 1913
Object Number:
INV.11949
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
18717
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt square
Classification:
Date:
1825-1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 10 x 1/8 in. ( 25.4 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Pieced quilt square with basket motif composed of burgundy, rose, white, and tan cotton print pieces; handle of basket done in appliqué.
Object Number:
INV.12010
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
18716
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tablecloth
Classification:
Date:
1950
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 49 x 51 in. ( 124.5 x 129.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed tablecloth with a central vignette of skaters at the rink at Rockefeller center, surrounded by a banner of flags of the world held by an eagle and rectangles and squares with images of New York City landmarks; printed in maroon and blue on a white ground; maroon and blue borders.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1950.317a
Marks:
printed: in medallions: "THEATRE/ SPORT/PROGRESS/ INDUSTRY"
printed: in rectangles: "CHRYSLER BUILDING/ CITY HALL/ PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD STATION/ WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL/ WASHINGTON ARCH/ EMPIRE STATE/ RCA BUILDING/ FLATIRON/ ..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
18715
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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