Scarf: printed floral
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 1/4 x 34 1/4 in. ( 89.5 x 87 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed kerchief with an imitation floral India print with a brown decorative floral border; printed in red, teal, ochre, pink, green, and brown on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1958.84
Gallery Label:
It is believed that this kerchief was made by an English workman for himself at an early mill in Lowell, MA.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
7284
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: 16 American Indian portraits
Classification:
Date:
1945
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 1/2 x 34 in. ( 90.2 x 86.4 cm )
Description:
Rayon lithographed kerchief with sixteen portraits of Native Americans in traditional dress in a grid (four across, four down); printed in red, green, yellow, blue and black on a white ground; inscribed across the bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1946.194
Marks:
printed: across bottom: "This print signed by the artist is Number: 899/ Brooke Cadwallader"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
7283
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hand towel
Classification:
Date:
1841
Medium:
Linen, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 69 x 17 3/4 in. ( 175.3 x 45.1 cm )
Description:
Handmade linen hand towel cross stitched in the Pennsylvania Dutch style, the top outer corners have fabric tape loops for suspension; the top of the towel has a verse surrounded with floral garland border, below are rows of inscriptions interspersed with a variety of stylized images, including flowers, animals, chairs and plants, below is a tree with birds; there is a checkerboard pattern of drawnwork across the bottom which is trimmed with a rows of tassel fringe.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.940
Marks:
embroidered: top center: "Catharine Meck is my name in / heaven is my station in LamPeter / is my dwellling Place in christ is / my Salvation. when I am dead and / laid in my grave and all my bones / are rotten remember me when / this you see atlast We b
Gallery Label:
Hand towels were worked by adolescent girls of Pennsylvania German families and hung on the door between the kitchen and the sitting room of the home. The peak of hand towel production was between 1820 and 1850.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
7277
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Map:...de la Habana, printed
Classification:
Date:
1850
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. ( 57.8 x 64.8 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed silk kerchief with a plan of Havana, Cuba surrounded by views of landmarks in the city; floral border; printed in black, red and blue on white ground.
Object Number:
INV.11302
Marks:
printed: all over: "PLANO PINTORESCO/ DE LA HABANA/ con los numeros de las casa./ dedicado por d auter/ D. ANTONIO MA. DE LA TORRE Y CARDENAS/ 1850./..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
7273
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief w/backing: N.Y. Worlds Fair, 1939 (blue)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1939
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. ( 32.4 x 31.1 cm )
Description:
Chiffon printed souvenir kerchief from the 1939 World's Fair; central blue square with a scene from the fair in the lower left corner at an angle; decorative floral border; printed in yellow, blue, red and black ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.285
Marks:
printed: lower left corner: " NEW/ YORK/ WORLD'S FAIR OF/ 1939"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
7272
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: military motifs
Classification:
Date:
1941
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 3/4 x 25 1/4 in. ( 65.4 x 64.1 cm )
Description:
Rayon printed kerchief with army insignia representing rank, unit, and company in the center; red border with yellow medallions showing divisions; printed in red, yellow, blue, and black on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edgar C. Hyman
Object Number:
1941.892
Marks:
printed: all over: "GENERAL HEADQUARTERS/ 1ST. LIEUT./ COLONEL/ LT. COLONEL/ 2ND. LIEUT./ CAPTAIN/ GENERAL/ GENERAL/ FIELD ARTILLERY/ INFANTRY/ FIELD ARTILLERY/ INFANTRY/ SECOND ARMY/ THIRD ARMY/ BRIG. GENERAL/ FIRST ARMY/ FOURTH ARMY/ BRIG. GENERAL/ LT.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1941
eMuseum Object ID:
7271
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fabric yardage
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall (on roll): 23 x 4 3/4 in. (58.4 x 12.1 cm)
Description:
Brown and gold floral satin yardage.
Object Number:
Z.2017
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
7248
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile: Guardian Fire Dept.,
Classification:
Date:
1857
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 17 3/4 in. ( 53.3 x 45.1 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed silk broadside of the Guardian Engine Co., No. 29; with a vignette with personifcations of Liberty and Peace and an American bald eagle in a harbor above four columns of text; rooster at the bottom; decorative border; printed in black ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Madie D. Brown
Object Number:
1955.76
Marks:
printed: all over: "GUARDIAN ENGINE CO./ NO. 29./ CARD OF THANKS./ At a meeting of the officers and members of GUARDIAN ENGINE CO., No 29 held at their engine house, ..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1857
eMuseum Object ID:
7230
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief:
Classification:
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 9 in. ( 22.9 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed handkerchief with four images of children's nursery rhymes printed in red, blue, yellow, and black ink on a white ground; red border.
Object Number:
1941.376
Marks:
printed: at corners: in script, "Georgie-Porgie-Pudding & Pie/ Ding-dong/ Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep/ Ride a Cock-Horse"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
7229
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: Rockefeller Center, Empire State Building
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1930-1940
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 12 3/4 in. ( 33 x 32.4 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed handkerchief with images of Rockefeller Center and the Empire State Building at opposite corners with an all over floral pattern; printed in maroon, pink, blue, and green ink on a white ground; maroon border.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1941.355
Marks:
printed: at corners: "EMPIRE STATE/ ROCKEFELLER/ CENTER"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
7223
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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