Pillowcases
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 17 1/2 in. ( 91.4 x 44.4 cm )
Description:
Four white linen pillowcases with fringe arounde the openings; initials "M E V/ 6" embroidered in pink thread (A, D) or "M E V/ 13" in ochre thread (B, C) in the lower center.
Credit Line:
Gift of R. W. G. Vail
Object Number:
INV.350a-d
Marks:
embroidered: lower center: "MEV/7" or "MEV/13"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
40555
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chintz yardage
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 48 x 25 in. ( 121.9 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
One of three pieces of block-printed, glazed cotton yardage with running floral pattern between decorative bands; printed in red, pink, yellow, green, blue, black and tan on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.11764a
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:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
40553
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pillowcases
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 x 21 in. ( 81.3 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Four white linen pillowcases with a drawn-work border 3" from the opening; initials, "M E V/ 7" (A, B) embroidered in blue thread or "M...E.......V.../ 12" (C, D) in pink thread in center below drawn-work.
Credit Line:
Gift of R. W. G. Vail
Object Number:
INV.351a-d
Marks:
embroidered: top center: "MEV /7" or "M....E.....V/12"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
40470
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cotton Textile
Classification:
Date:
1932
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 1/4 x 33 1/4 in. ( 89.5 x 84.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton lithographed yardage issued for the bicentennial celebration of George Washington's birth with an allover pattern of muses in floral garlands holding images of Mt. Vernon, a map of North America, a plan of Washington, D.C., and a French chateau.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ollie Scott Butler
Object Number:
1941.663
Marks:
printed: on banners: "KENTUCKY/ PENNSYLVANIA/ NEW YORK/VIRGINIA/ VERMONT/DELAWARE/ NEW JERSEY/RHODE ISLAND/ CONNECTICUT/ MASSACHUSSETTS/MARYLAND/ GEORGIA"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
39923
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile yardage
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 82 x 24 1/2 in. ( 208.3 x 62.2 cm )
Description:
Cotton copper-engraved yardage with an allover floral design with an eagle emblem in center; spread eagle with shield on breast, grasping arrows and laural branch in claws, and a inscribed pennant in its beak; printed in pink, green, brown and sepia on a tan ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.94
Marks:
printed: on pennant: "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
39921
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 41 3/4 x 60 1/2 in. ( 106 x 153.7 cm )
Description:
Reproduction machine sewn wool ensign of the South Carolina Navy with thirteen white and red stripes with an ochre cotton rattlesnake in the center; blue cotton inscription below, "DONT TREAD ON ME".
Object Number:
INV.11429a
Gallery Label:
This ceremonial reproduction of a Revolutionary War South Carolina Naval ensign is based on a non-extant original. The design of the flag is derived from mezzotints and illustrations of the original.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39568
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 61 1/2 in. ( 94 x 156.2 cm )
Description:
Reproduction wool Regimental flag of the Revolutionary War; white field with blue stripes across the top and bottom, image of the New England Pine Tree in the center of green cotton with the inscription, "LIBERTY TREE/ AN APPEAL TO GOD" above and below in blue cotton.
Object Number:
INV.11427a
Marks:
sewn: on lower center: "LIBERTY TREE/AN APPEAL TO GOD"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39566
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 62 in. ( 91.4 x 157.5 cm )
Description:
Red wool reproduction Revolutionary War "Liberty" flag; printed Union Jack in the canton; "LIBERTY" inscribed across the bottom in white cotton.
Object Number:
INV.11422a
Marks:
sewn: lower center: "LIBERTY"
Gallery Label:
This reproduction of early Revolutionary War "Liberty" flag is derived the earliest flags flown in the town centers on "Liberty" poles, which loyalist would attempt to remove or chop down.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39565
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 1/4 x 59 1/2 in. ( 94.6 x 151.1 cm )
Description:
Yellow wool regimental flag with the rattlesnake ensign printed in black in the center; inscribed below: "DONT TREAD ON ME".
Object Number:
INV.11419a
Marks:
printed: in center: "DONT TREAD ON ME"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39563
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/2 x 62 1/2 in. ( 92.7 x 158.8 cm )
Description:
White wool reproduction Revolutionary War flag of the First Virginia Regiment of 1775, the Culpepper Minutemen; machine applied blue cotton coiled rattlesnake in the center with the inscription, "THE CULPEPPER MINUTE MEN/ LIBERTY/ OR DEATH/ DON"T TREAD ON ME" in blue cotton letters around the snake.
Object Number:
INV.11431a
Gallery Label:
There is no original "Culpepper Minutemen" flag extant. This reproduction is derived from a description and sketch in B. J. Lossing's "Pictoral Field Book of the Revolution". This flag was the standard of approximately 100 minutemen from Culpepper (Fairfax?), VA, under the command of Col. patrick Henry's 1st Virginia Regiment. They marched on Williamsburg and participated in the battle of Great Bridge at Norfolk, VA.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39562
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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