Coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 87 x 54 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 221 x 138.4 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Plaid-patterned blue and white woven wool coverlet; two vertical sections hand-stitched together and hemmed at top and bottom; "PC/P C" cross-stitched at lower right.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number:
1941.1026
Marks:
cross-stitched: at lower right: "PC/P C"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
12165
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jacquard coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1848
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 89 3/4 x 62 1/2 x 3/8 in. ( 228 x 158.8 x 1 cm )
Description:
Blue wool and white cotton double-weave jacquard coverlet; intricate pattern of superimposed floral and geometric elements, with star-shaped medallions surrounded by pairs of doves and by floral wreaths at center; woven inscriptions in each corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Birge
Object Number:
1938.319
Marks:
woven: in each corner: "AD / 1848" and "AD / 1848 [inverted]"
woven: in lower left corner: "ANGELINE / CLINE"
Gallery Label:
Angeline Cline, the original owner of this coverlet, was the grandmother of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1848
eMuseum Object ID:
12164
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign kercheif of William Henry Harrison
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1840
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. ( 73 x 62.9 cm )
Description:
Cotton block-printed campaign kerchief from the 1840 presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison; central medallion depicting Harrison welcoming a wounded soldier in front of his log cabin; on a ground of blue stars; blue canton in the upper left corner with thirteen stars; printed with blue, green, brown, and sepia ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1944.270
Marks:
printed: in medallion: "WM. H. HARRISON/ THE OHIO FARMER"
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made for the 1840 presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 99-100.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
12126
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed Linen Tablecloth
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 51 1/2 x 52 in. ( 130.8 x 132.1 cm )
Description:
Printed linen tablecloth depicting "New York after Dark", with a map of mid-town Manhattan showing locations of night clubs and hotels with dancing couples; border of names of head waiters and their restaurants; printed in brown and olive on a natural ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.292
Marks:
printed: in center: "NEW YORK/ AFTER DARK/ by/ RUSSEL PATTERSON/..."
printed: border: "LEO AT CASA MANANA* ALFRED AT VERSAILLE* FRANCOIS THE RAINBOW ROOM * AMBROSE THE STARLIGHT ROOM. WALDORF * CHARLES AT CHATHAM * GEORGE AT THE PARK LANE * ..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
12010
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Table linen
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 93 x 76 in. ( 236.2 x 193 cm )
Description:
White linen bedsheet with the initials "E * E/ I" cross-stiched in blue at the top on either side of the center seam.
Object Number:
INV.1254
Marks:
cross-stitched: top center: "E * E/ I"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
11961
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Embroidered cover
Classification:
Medium:
textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 14 x 15 in. ( 10.2 x 35.6 x 38.1 cm )
Object Number:
INV.359
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
11833
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Embroidered tablecloth
Classification:
Date:
1870-1920
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 x 34 in. ( 83.8 x 86.4 cm )
Description:
Gold silk tablecloth with an embroidered flower and oak leaf design in mauve, rose, pink and white; gold silk fringe trim.
Object Number:
INV.1274
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
11831
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cover
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 83 x 57 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 210.8 x 145.4 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Plain unbleached linen bed cover.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.356
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:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
11770
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Table runner
Classification:
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Velvet, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 62 x 36 x 1/2 in. ( 157.5 x 91.4 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular red velvet table runner with machine-embroidered floral bouquet at each corner, fringe on two short sides, and cotton backing.
Credit Line:
Purchased from the Estate of Charles G. Thompson
Object Number:
1942.653
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
11769
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bell pull
Classification:
Date:
circa 1850
Medium:
Wool, linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 67 7/8 x 3 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 172.4 x 8.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Berlin-work bell pull, embroidered in various colors of wool and silk floss
on linen ground with linen lining on reverse, a multi-colored floral motif runs the entire length of the pull, set against a chocolate brown background.
Object Number:
INV.11958
Gallery Label:
Bell pulls were both a functional item and a status symbol, since they not only allowed a family to call their servant, but told visitors quite plainly that there were servants to call. Bell pulls, often rendered by girls and women in Berlin wool work, were common in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
11564
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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