Collection of 4 napkins w/red and blue stars
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1941
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
each overall: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. ( 26.7 x 21 cm )
Description:
Four white linen printed napkins with borders of blue stars and red "L" shapes defining the corners.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.291b-e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
7333
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Collection of 4 napkins w/red and blue stripes
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1941
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 11 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 29.2 cm )
Description:
Four natural linen napkins printed with red and blue borders.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leacock & Co., Inc.
Object Number:
1941.650a-d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
7332
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: map of US
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/2 x 25 in. ( 64.8 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
Silk printed kerchief with a pictorial map of the United States, with a legend pointing out military bases and images of tanks, ships, planes and the Statue of Liberty; printed in red, and blue on a white ground; blue border.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.629
Marks:
printed: allover: "CANADA/ Atlantic Ocean/ Gulf of Mexico/ LAKE SUPERIOR/ LAKE HURON/ LAKE ERIE/..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
7331
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief: Statue of Liberty/G. Wash. bridge
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1941
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. ( 32.4 x 32.4 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed handkerchief with images of the Statue of Liberty and the George Washington Bridge in opposite corners; floral pattern around and in between the images; printed in red, teal, brown, and tan on a white ground; brown border.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.352
Marks:
printed: below images: "STATUE OF LIBERTY/ GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
7330
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: geometric in brown tones
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 x 30 in. ( 66 x 76.2 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed kerchief with central garland of flowers surrounded by a circle of squares with a pattern of circles; decorative border; printed in many shades of brown and taupe on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.11818
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
7329
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 3/4 x 24 in. ( 75.6 x 61 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton textile fragment with repeating pattern with a medallion portrait of George Washington, after Gilbert Stuart, with crossed flags and an American bald eagle above, in a floral, fruit, and grain design; printed in blue, salmon, and sepia on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.124
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
7325
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed textile of William Henry Harrison
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1840
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. ( 64.1 x 64.1 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton campaign kerchief with an equestrian portrait of William Henry Harrison surrounded by six vignettes representing events in his life in circles with farming implements, flags and banners; acanthus garland border; printed in red ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1944.145
Marks:
printed: in center: "WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON/ The FARMER of North Bend/ THAMES/ NORTH BEND/ TIPPECANOE/ TREATY"
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), 100.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
7322
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needlework
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 7 in. ( 24.4 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular beadwork picture with various colors of glass beads on plain linen ground; figure of man in folk dress.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.1214
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:
7321
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needlework
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Linen, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 11 3/8 x 1/4 in. ( 22.2 x 28.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular beadwork picture on linen ground, the image shows a young girl feeding a parrot on a perch from a basket of fruit.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.1213
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
7320
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Painted textile of woman on log
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Velvet, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 12 in. ( 27.9 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Theorem painting on velvet; landscape with woman seated beneath a tree holding a jar; painted with green, sepia, black and yellow on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.354
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:
7319
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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