Sampler

Classification: 
Date: 
1850-1900
Medium: 
Linen, silk
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 3/8 x 12 in. ( 31.4 x 30.5 cm )
Description: 
Square linen sampler stitched in blue silk floss; horizontal rows of alphabets and numbers, each alphabet separated by rows of stitched designs; cross stitched.
Object Number: 
INV.994
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
7378
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Printed textile of two children with dog in garden

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1850
Medium: 
Velveteen
Dimensions: 
Overall: 16 x 13 3/16 in. ( 40.6 x 33.5 cm )
Description: 
Block-printed velveteen kerchief with image of two girls and a dog in a garden; red, indigo, sepia, tan and pink ink on a white ground; floral border in the same colors.
Object Number: 
INV.1085
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
7376
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Kerchief

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1815
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 30 x 33 in. ( 76.2 x 83.8 cm )
Description: 
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief memoralizing the victories of the War of 1812; central vignettes of the Battle of Lake Erie and Champlain surrounded by six vignettes of other naval battles, the signing of the peace at Ghent, portraits of MacDonough and Perry, and two American bald eagle armorials; laurel leaf background; printed in turkey red on a white ground; decorative border.
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number: 
1952.60
Marks: 
printed: all over: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/ HUZZA FOR THE NAVY/ RODGERS/ PERRY/ HULL/ BRILLIANT NAVAL VICTORY on LAKE ERIE/ SEPR 15 1814/ WAR DECLARED/ AGAINST GREAT BRITIAN JUNE 12 1812/ FIRST NAVAL VICTORY AUGT 19 1812/ SINCE WHICH PERIOD UNTIL, THE S
Bibliography: 

Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 67.

Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1815
eMuseum Object ID: 
7375
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Patchwork square

Classification: 
Date: 
1825-1875
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 3/8 x 4 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 11.1 x 11.1 x 0.3 cm )
Description: 
Pieced square with checkerboard center composed of blue paisley printed cotton and plain white pieces; blue paisley printed cotton border and plain white backing.
Object Number: 
INV.12242
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1875
eMuseum Object ID: 
7346
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Lace handkerchief in box w/card

Classification: 
Date: 
1850-1875
Medium: 
Linen
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 3/8 x 12 5/8 in. ( 31.4 x 32.1 cm )
Description: 
Ecru linen handkerchief with handmade point lace trim of floral, leaf and scroll design.
Object Number: 
INV.12003
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1875
eMuseum Object ID: 
7342
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Handkerchief: Liberty Bell

Classification: 
Date: 
1940-1945
Medium: 
Silk
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 24.1 cm )
Description: 
Peach silk printed handkerchief with the Liberty Bell printed in black ink in the lower right corner.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Henry F. Von Drehle
Object Number: 
1947.28
Marks: 
printed: on bell: "PROCLAIM LIBERTY/ BY ORDER OF.../ WELL AND STOW/ PHILAD/ MDCCIII"
Provenance: 
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1945
eMuseum Object ID: 
7341
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Piece of lace

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1875
Medium: 
Linen
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 5/8 x 12 in. ( 6.7 x 30.5 cm )
Description: 
Handmade ecru linen Honiton bobbin lace, the foot edge is plain, two rows of close cross bar flowers run across the length, the outer edge has inverted flowers creating a scalloped edge which is beaded.
Object Number: 
INV.11695
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1875
eMuseum Object ID: 
7340
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Piece of lace

Classification: 
Date: 
1775-1800
Medium: 
Silk
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. ( 3.5 x 21.6 cm )
Description: 
Handmade silk bobbin lace trim fragment, both long edges are plain, repeating lilly pattern on tulle throughout.
Object Number: 
INV.11694
Gallery Label: 
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
7339
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Piece of lace

Classification: 
Date: 
1775-1800
Medium: 
Silk
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 1/2 x 23 1/4 in. ( 21.6 x 59.1 cm )
Description: 
Handmade white silk bobbin lace godet ruffle fragment, the foot edge is plain, inner half is tulle studded with dots, there is a row of open dot geometric design, then a row of large tulle work, the outer edge is a swagging leaf garland creating a scalloped edge which is beaded.
Object Number: 
INV.11692
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
7338
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Piece of netting

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1900
Medium: 
Silk
Dimensions: 
Overall: 20 x 71 3/8 in. ( 50.8 x 181.3 cm )
Description: 
Handmade yellow bobbin tulle lace fragment.
Object Number: 
INV.11837
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
7335
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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