Puff quilt
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Silk, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 72 1/2 x 64 x 1 1/2 in. ( 184.2 x 162.6 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Puff or biscuit quilt with small, padded, multicolored silk patches, olive green silk ruffle, and olive green cotton backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles Stone Voorhies and Miss Arlene Brooks Voorhies
Object Number:
1942.255
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this quilt was made by Jane Brooks Voorhies, mother and grandmother of the donors, in Gravesend, Brooklyn.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
11236
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Quilted square
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 13.7 x 13.7 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Cotton pieced quilt square composed of grey, brown and cream stiped center square surounded two different brown, cream and grey (possibly originally lavender) border within a wide border of red, cream and brown floral print with small brown on cream ground printed squares at corners; red dot outlined in black with brown stripe on cream ground cotton printed binding; backed with cream cotton twill; completely handstitched.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary L. and Miss Ellen Constant
Object Number:
1949.95
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this quilted square was made by a five-year-old child.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
11189
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 23 3/4 in. ( 94 x 60.3 cm )
Description:
Screenprinted cotton campaign kerchief with full-length portrail of William McKinley standing on a platform surrounded by cheering crowd with a rising sun in the background; American bald eagle armorial with flags at top of kerchief; printed with red, yellow, blue and black ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1936.803
Marks:
printed: on armorial: "PROTECTION/ WE LOVE/ OUR COUNTRY/ RECIPROCITY/ HONEST MONEY"
printed: all over: "MY FRIENDS/ YOU SHALL HAVE/ PROSPERITY/ WITH FULL PROTECTION/ BELIEVE ME/ OUR /CHOICE FOR/ PRESIDENT/ WILLIAM McKINLEY/ THE AMERICAN/ PEOPLE'S/ CHAMPI
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made for the presidential campaign of 1896.
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:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
11063
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1820-1850
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 14.3 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Cream silk satin ribbon printed in black; depicts firing kiln and potter at wheel turning ceramic vessel; inscription above: "POTTERS SOCIETY."
Object Number:
INV.4357
Gallery Label:
The dies used to print the images of the smoking kiln and potter at his wheel are in the Historical Society collection, 1925.67 and 1925.61. They were obtained from the Crolius pottery.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
10890
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ribbon: Choice for President, R.H. Mayland
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 x 3 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
White rectangular ribbon with blue printed text.
Object Number:
INV.10607
Marks:
ribbon: printed: "Choice / for / President / R.H. Mayland"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
10397
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ribbon
Classification:
Date:
1888
Medium:
Cotton, silk fringe
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 20.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Cream cotton ribbon with blue silk fringe; printed with images of Harrison and Morton in oval vignettes with crossed fronds, laurel wreath and axe; crosed U.S. flags above
Object Number:
INV.7197
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1888
eMuseum Object ID:
10249
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign ribbon
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 2 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Red, white, and blue striped silk satin ribbon with printed portraits of W. McKinley inscribed "PRESIDENT" and Garret A. Hobart inscribed "VICE-PRESIDENT", both within circular medallions.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Messenger Peirsel
Object Number:
1940.104
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
10247
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Napkins (14)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
each approx.: 21 x 21 in. ( 53.3 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Set of fourteen square, white linen damask table napkins with scattered leaf pattern in central square and large Greek key border; each with initial "L" embroidered in white in one corner.
Object Number:
INV.14575a-n
Marks:
embroidered: on each napkin, in corner of obverse: "L"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
10244
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pennant: Ste. Anne De Beaupre Basilique
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Felt
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. ( 19 x 41.9 cm )
Description:
Blue felt triangular souvenir pennant from Ste. Anne De Beaupre Basilique; an image of the church and its name printed in yellow; purple tie on the hoist.
Object Number:
INV.11973
Marks:
printed: center: "STE. ANNE/ DE BEAUPRé/ BASILIQUE"
Gallery Label:
The Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre in Quebec, Canada, is a Catholic pilgrimage site.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
10027
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Commemorative ribbon
Classification:
Medium:
cloth
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 3 x in. ( 17.8 x 7.6 x 0 cm )
Description:
Rectangular cream-colored ribbon with an image of William Henry Harrison standing on a hill, with a domed building in the background, and the text "GEN. WM. H. HARRISON." printed below in black ink.
Object Number:
INV.6689
Inscriptions:
Printed below image: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1840 by Edward P. Whaites in the Clerk's Office for the Southern Dist. of New York."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
9949
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.








