Textile: photograph of soldier on horseback /fern
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 3/4 x 17 in. ( 45.1 x 43.2 cm )
Description:
Cyantoype printed on fabric with an image of a soldier on horseback parading down a street, surrounded by photograms of ferns and leaves; blue on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number:
1942.82h
Gallery Label:
George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
7068
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile: photograph of tents /fern design
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. ( 49.5 x 50.2 cm )
Description:
Cyanotype printed on fabric with an image of military pup-tents, surrounded by photograms of ferns; blue on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number:
1942.82g
Gallery Label:
George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
7067
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile: photograph of ship /fern design
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 x 18 1/4 in. ( 43.2 x 46.4 cm )
Description:
Cyanotype on fabric with an image of an American battleship; blue on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number:
1942.82f
Gallery Label:
George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
7066
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile: photograph of soldiers /ivy design
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/4 x 48 1/4 in. ( 48.9 x 122.6 cm )
Description:
Cyanotype printed with an image of Civil War troops marching, surrounded by photograms of ivy vines; blue on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number:
1942.82c
Gallery Label:
George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
7065
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile: photograph of soldiers /grass design
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. ( 50.2 x 47.6 cm )
Description:
Cyanotype printed on cotton fabric of a regimental soldier, surrounded by photograms of grass; blue on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number:
1942.82b
Gallery Label:
George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
7064
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed tablecloth: Williamsburg
Classification:
Date:
1940
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 52 3/4 x 70 in. ( 134 x 177.8 cm )
Description:
Linen printed tablecloth with tweleve buildings from Williamsburg, VA including the Courthouse, Raleigh Tavern, Burston Church, President's home of William and Mary College, the Palace Garden and others; printed in a oval around the outside edges in two colors of blue ink on a white ground; inscribed "WILLIAMSBURG" in one corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ollie Scott Butler
Object Number:
1941.659
Marks:
printed: in one corner: "WILLIAMSBURG"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
7063
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1863
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 60 1/2 x 52 in. ( 153.7 x 132.1 cm )
Description:
Woven linen banner commemorating Lincoln and emancipation; image of Lincoln in the center framed with a starburst and stars, flowers at all four corners with a grapevine garland stretched between, outer border with geometric motif.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1390
Marks:
woven: center above Lincoln: "LINCOLN"
woven: centered below Lincoln: "EMANCIPATION / JANUARY 1st 1863"
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:
1863
eMuseum Object ID:
7062
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Embroidered piece: signatures
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 1/2 x 53 1/2 in. ( 100.3 x 135.9 cm )
Description:
Beige wool tablecloth with a blue stipe across one side; embroidered with many signatures over handwritten signatures in multiple colors.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number:
1941.1025
Gallery Label:
This tablecloth, embroidered with the signatures of prominent Americans and European nobility, belonged to the Brantingham family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
7061
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Crocheted afghan
Classification:
Date:
1846
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 83 x 74 x 1/4 in. ( 210.8 x 188 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Hand-knitted white cotton bedcover; 168 separate octagonal pieces, each centering a pinwheel, sewn and knitted together; with crocheted edges and twisted cotton fringe.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1945.492
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this bedcover was made for Mrs. Alexander Robertson Rodgers (Mary Ridgely Darden, 1809-1888), grandmother of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1846
eMuseum Object ID:
7059
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: horse show motif
Classification:
Date:
1938
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 x 26 in. ( 66 x 66 cm )
Description:
Printed silk kerchief with two rings of horses jumping fences in the center; two garland horse heads in opposite corners; border of horse racing and show programs;printed in green, orange, yellow, black and white on a brown ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Object Number:
1941.898
Marks:
printed: on border: "BELMONT PARK/ NEW YORK N.Y./ KENTUCKY DERBY/ LOUISVILLE KY./ U.S.A./ SANTA ANITA/ CALIFORNIA/ FALL MEETING"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1938
eMuseum Object ID:
7055
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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