Printed textile of Philadelphia Centennial
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1876
Medium:
Coton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 24 in. ( 48.3 x 61 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with a portrait of George Washington at center surrounded by six images representing exhibits at the Centennial Exposition: Centennial Art Gallery, Agricultural Hall, Main Building, Machinery Hall, Original Independence Hall, and Horticultural Hall; printed in black ink on a white ground; decorative red border.
Object Number:
X.92
Marks:
printed: at center: "CENTENNIAL/ INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION./ THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY/ 1799/ PHILADELPHIA,/ 1876."
printed: below vignettes: "CENTENNIAL ART GALLERY./ PHILADELPHIA/ AGRICULTURAL HALL./ LENGTH 820 FEET, WIDTH 520 FEET/ MAIN BUILDING./ LENG
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
18642
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 18 in. ( 48.3 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Cotton copperplate-printed vice-presidential campaign kerchief with "Rough Rider" image of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback in black ink on a white ground; image surounded by a laurel garland with a bow.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1952.300
Marks:
printed: at center: THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE./ FOR VICE-PRESIDENT/ THEO. ROOSEVELT,/ 1900."
printed: on bow: " PROTECTION,/ EXPANSION, / PROSPERITY,/ SOUND MONEY."
printed: on saddle: "G.O.P."
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made for the presidential campaign of 1900.
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
18641
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed textile
Classification:
Date:
April 21, 1820
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 14 1/2 in. ( 53.3 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed silk broadside with a poem eulogizing Commodore Stephen Decatur; headship of a monument with naval emblems and frigates with the poem in two columns below within a decorative collonade; printed in black ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac F. Wood, 1881
Object Number:
INV.1143
Marks:
printed: all over: "SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE LATE/ COMMODORE STEPHAN DECATUR./ High on the wave the warrior rode,/ As rushing o'er the billowy flood,/ ..."
printed: bottom: "Washington City, April 21, 1820...Printed and published by J. McLAUGHLIN"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
18640
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Embroidery and lithograph
Classification:
Date:
1861-1865
Medium:
Silk, paper, paperboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 35 x 1 in. ( 50.8 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Sewn silk U.S. campaign flag with thirty-six white embroidered stars in the canton; stenciled inscription in the stripes; photograph of Col. Matthais Ewen to the left of the flag under a paperboard mat; framed.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Donald D. Morgan
Object Number:
1963.164
Marks:
stenciled: on stripes: "PERMANENT/ PARTY,/ HART ISLAND,/ N. Y. H."
Gallery Label:
Col. Mattias Ewen belonged to the 56th Regiment of the New York Volunteers during the Civil War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
18639
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lace fragment
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1675-1775
Medium:
Gold thread
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 10 1/2 x 1/8 in. ( 5.1 x 26.7 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Handmade gold point lace fragment with vertical oblong pattern alternating between medallions with geometric designs in the center, creating scalloped edges.
Object Number:
Z.158
Bibliography:
Krohn, Deborah, Peter Miller, and Marybeth De Filippis, eds., "Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick." New York: Bard Graduate Center, New-York Historical Society, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 271-2
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
18624
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Brocaded silk of branches with flowers
Classification:
Date:
1740-1815
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 1/4 x 20 in. ( 87 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Silk brocade textile fragment with varying colors of floral patterns, each pattern framed in white vine motif having occasional grape clusters in purple.
Credit Line:
Gift of Effie Beekman Borrowe
Object Number:
1939.232
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
18587
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
1876 Centennial Exposition
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 36 in. ( 61 x 91.4 cm )
Description:
Six uncut cotton copper-engraved kerchiefs with two views of each of the Art Gallery, Main Building, and Horticultural Hall from the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, PA; printed in black ink on a white ground; each has a different decorative border.
Object Number:
X.93
Marks:
printed: below images: "ART GALLERY/ MAIN EXPOSITION BUILDING/ HORTICULTURAL HALL"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
18585
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Painted textile of woman writing under tree
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Velvet
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 15 x 3/8 in. ( 30.5 x 38.1 x 1 cm )
Description:
Theorem painting on velvet; landscape with woman seated under a tree, writing a letter with a cat at her feet; owl in tree, town in the background; green, blue, tan and sepia paint on white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.755
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:
18584
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Painted textile of fruit and flowers in vase
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Velvet
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 7 in. ( 20.3 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Theorem painting on velvet; blue, tan, and sepia striped basket of fruit and leaves; blue, indigo, sepia, and tan paint on white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.352
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:
18565
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Silver bag
Classification:
Date:
1900-1924
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 32.4 x 21.6 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Red, wool, silver bag with a rounded base and a red, twisted cotton, ribbon drawstring closure; red satin label sewn to the top of the bag; label embroidered, "THEODORE B. STARR / Madison Square./ New York" in roman letters.
Object Number:
Z.3194
Marks:
embroidered: on the label: "THEODORE B. STARR / Madison Square./ New York" in roman letters
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1924
eMuseum Object ID:
18516
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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