Tapestry
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Wool, cotton, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 197 x 229 in. ( 500.4 x 581.7 cm )
Description:
Woven tapestry (cotton warp with wool and silk weft) depicting Belgian settlers landing on Manhattan Island in 1623.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Belgian Government through Foreign Minister Paul van Zeeland and New York City's 300 Anniversary Committee
Object Number:
1953.190
Marks:
sewn: in right corner: "Jespers pinxit/Bracquenie texit"
sewn: along bottom: "Belgian Settlers, Walloons and Flemings, Landed on Manhattan Island in 1623 and Founded New-York, which They called Novum Belgium"
sewn: along left with figures: "Emanuel/Van
Gallery Label:
This tapestry was on display in the Hall of Honour in the Belgian Pavilion at the New York World's Fair in 1939. It was produced by the Brussels firm of Bracquenié from cartoons by the avant-garde painter Floris Jespers. The subject illustrates the first Belgian settlers arriving in New York in 1623.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
43190
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De Witt Clinton
Classification:
Date:
1844-1865
Medium:
Half-tone screen print on textile (plain weave, cotton?)
Dimensions:
frame: 15 3/8 x 11 3/8 x 5/8 in. ( 39.1 x 28.9 x 1.6 cm )
image: 8 1/2 x 7 in. ( 21.6 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Full-length male figure in right-facing profile, standing with hands behind back; silhouette in black with interior lines and shading in non-printed white (created by color of textile); light yellow printed background with drapery at right, and a cloth-covered table holding a vase of flowers at the left with a map of New York on the wall above it; black-painted wood frame with cream mat.
Object Number:
Z.2557
Marks:
inscription: on backing of frame: "Lithograph silhouette / From: Brown, Wm H. / [Silhouette portraits of / prominent Americans] Hartford, 1844."
printed inscription: under image: De Witt Clinton
trademark: LL corner of textile support: "No. 72" "Hiawath
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
42959
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apollo and the Muses in the Elysian Fields with Helios, the Sun-God, Descending from the Clouds
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1715
Medium:
Wool, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 159 x 244 in. (403.9 x 619.8 cm)
Description:
Horizontal rectangular wool and silk tapestry (wool warp, wool and silk weft); scene depicting Apollo (playing lyre) and his muses in a bucolic landscape with the Sun-God Helios and his chariot hovering above; brown and gold acanthus leaf border around all sides.
Credit Line:
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart
Object Number:
S-191
Marks:
signed on bottom edge: "I DE VOS"
Gallery Label:
The tapestry was part of a series known as "Het Plaisier der Goden" (The Pleasure of the Gods), produced by Judocus de Vos after designs by Jan van Orley (1665-1735) and Augustin Coppens (1668-1740). This example was acquired in Paris in 1881 by New York merchant and art collector Robert L. Stuart. It hung in his mansion at Fifth Avenue and 68th Street and after 1893 was displayed in the Stuart Gallery at the Lenox Library.
Bibliography:
Koenraad Brosens, "Brussels Tapestry Producer Judocus de Vos (1661/62-1734)-New Data and Design Attributions," Studies in the Decorative Arts Journal, 9:2 (Spring-Summer 2002).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1720
eMuseum Object ID:
42793
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Booklet containing cocktail napkins (8)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1952
Medium:
Linen, paper
Dimensions:
Overall (booklet): 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 1/4 in. (24.1 x 16.5 x 0.6 cm)
each (napkin): 8 x 5 1/8 in. (20.3 x 13 cm)
Description:
Printed paper booklet with an image of a rooster holding a cocktail shaker and a martini glass; booklet contains 8 cocktail napkins each printed with a different image with a rooster; image of a man holding the tail of a rooster in flight; rooster carring a tray of cocktails; rooster tending bar; rooster standing on the back of a drunk man; rooster standing on a bottle of champagne in an ice bucket; rooster drinking a martini; rooster holding a martini and a cocktail shaker; woman holding the tail of a rooster taking flight.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.807a-i
Marks:
printed: on the cover of the booklet: "SRT OF EIGHT/ COCKTAIL NAPKINS/ by Leacock/ FINE IRISH LINEN/ HAND PRINTED - HAND FINISHED/ COPYRIGHT 1952 -LEACOCK & CO. INC./ MOULIN ROUGE"
printed: in the lower right corner of each napkin: "fabres"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1952
eMuseum Object ID:
42327
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Booklet containing cocktail napkins
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1952
Medium:
Linen, paper
Dimensions:
Overall (booklet): 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 1/4 in. (24.1 x 16.5 x 0.6 cm)
each (napkin): 8 x 5 1/8 in. (20.3 x 13 cm)
Description:
Printed paper booklet entiled "Cheers" with an image of a man jumping out of a ice bucket; booklet contains 8 cocktail napkins each printed with a different image associated with a particular liquor; "champagne" with an image of a man jumping out of an ice bucket; "Sherry with a flamenco dancer and guitar player; "cordials" with a winged monk; "scotch" with a bagpiper ina kilt and a scotch terrier; "gin" with a man in a waistcoat and top hat with a bulldog; "rye" with an image of "Uncle Sam"; "vermouth" with a "Turkish" man and a guitar; "Rum" with a pirate.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.806a-i
Marks:
printed: on the cover of the booklet: "Cheers/ fabres/ COCKTAIL SET/ EIGHT COCKTAIL NAPKINS/ HAND ROLLED ON PURE IRISH LINEN/ COPYRIGHT 1952 LEACOCK & CO., INC."
printed: on napkin a: "Champagne"
printed: on napkin b: "Sherry"
printed: on napkin c: "Co
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1952
eMuseum Object ID:
42322
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish towel
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1950
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 3/4 x 16 in. ( 73 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
Printed linen dish towel with multicolor image of "Dutch" ducks fishing, pushing a cart of fish and dining.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.804
Marks:
printed: in the lower left corner: "fabres"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
42283
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish towel
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1950
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 3/4 x 16 in. ( 73 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
Linen dish towel with multicolor print of three men and two women gardening between to vines all surrounded by birds, snails and vegetables.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabrés through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.801
Marks:
printed: at the bottom right: "fabres"
printed: on a round sticker label: "HAND PRINTED/ BY LEACOCK/ PURE LINEN"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
42281
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish towel
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1950
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 7/8 x 16 in. ( 73.3 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
Printed linen dish towel with multicolor images of chefs preparing sole, sausage, duck and lobster, and dancing with a pig and a formally dressed cow.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.805
Marks:
printed: in the lower right corner: "fabres"
printed: on a sticker label: "HAND PRINTED/ BY LEACOCK/ PURE LINEN"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
42217
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tablecloth
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1950
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 70 1/2 x 52 in. ( 179.1 x 132.1 cm )
Description:
Printed linen tablecloth with images of chefs preparing food, the animals they are cooking and waiters delivering bottles of wine; each dish is printed below the chefs.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.802
Marks:
printed: around the edge of the cloth: "Le Coq au Vin/ Le boeuf a la mode/ Homard a l'Americaine/ carnard a l'orange/ filet de porc charcutiere/ sole au vin blanc"
printed: in one corner: "fabres"
printed: on the paper label: "Leacock/ Quality/ Hand Pri
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
42216
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tablecloth
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1950
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 70 x 52 in. ( 177.8 x 132.1 cm )
Description:
Printed linen tablecloth with multicolor images of men and women gardening surrounded by vegetables and a vine border.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.803
Marks:
printed: in one corner: "fabres"
printed: on the paper label: "Leacock/ Quality/ Hand Prints/ Linen/ 52" x 70"/ APPROXIMATE SIZE/ LUNCHEOUN SETTING/ GOURMET"
printed: on the sticker label: "STYLED/ IN/ HOUSE &/ GARDEN/ COLOURS"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
42156
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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