Yardage
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 in. ( 86.4 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed yardage with three stripes: red, white and blue with white stars.
Object Number:
INV.11766c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39554
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 3/8 x 62 in. ( 92.4 x 157.5 cm )
Description:
Reproduction wool machine sewn Massachussetts Regimental flag of Bunker Hill with a blue field and a white canton bearing a St. Gregory's Cross (red) and a New England Pine Tree ensign in the upper left corner (green).
Object Number:
INV.11426a
Gallery Label:
This Massachussetts Regimental flag of Bunker Hill is based on the writting of B. J. Lossing of 1852 in the "Pictoral Field Book of the Revolution." His theory for the design came from a story told by a woman whose father served at Breed's Hill (Battle of Bunker Hill). This design is heavily debated, historians do not believe any flag was flown over Bunker Hill. This style of flag was used throughout the Colonial era, and could have been carried or flown in and around MA, during the War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39444
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 x 61 in. ( 101.6 x 154.9 cm )
Description:
Reproduction machine sewn wool ensign of the South Carolina Navy with thirteen red and navy stripes with a white cotton rattlesnake in the center; blue cotton inscription above, "DONT TREAD ON ME".
Object Number:
INV.11425a
Marks:
sewn: above image: "DON'T TREAD ON ME"
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 a mezzotint of "Commodore Hopkins, Commander-in-Chief of the American Fleet," by Thomas Hart, 1776.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39443
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 1/4 in. ( 92.7 x 158.1 cm )
Description:
Reproduction machine-sewn wool ensign of the Massachussetts State Navy and of George Washington's armed vessels (ca. 1775); white field with a green cotton New England Pine Tree in the center; blue cotton inscription: "AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN."
Object Number:
INV.11428a
Marks:
sewn: at center: "AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN"
Gallery Label:
The inscription, "An Appeal to Heaven," on this flag was taken from the closing paragraph of the address of the Provincial Congress of Massachussetts, after the battle of Lexington. The address ended, "...appealing to Heaven for the justice of our cause, we determine to die or be free." No original of this type survives, but it appears in many mezzotints and illustrations of the period.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39439
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment in an envelope bag
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wool, chiffon
Dimensions:
Overall (bag): 10 3/4 x 18 in. (27.3 x 45.7 cm)
Fragment: 37 x 180 in. ( 94 x 457.2 cm )
Description:
White wool textile folded and inserted in a yellow chiffon envelope-shaped bag with a snap closure in the front below a pierced and yellow embroidered oval; bag lined with blue chiffon.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. E. C. Carter
Object Number:
1956.175.26ab[dup]
Gallery Label:
This textile fragment and envelope bag belonged to Ruth Draper.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39422
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Placemats (set)
Classification:
Date:
1935-1942
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
overall (each): 1/8 x 16 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. ( 0.3 x 42.9 x 27.3 cm )
Description:
Set of 8 linen placemats (made in China); each piece is embroidered in various colors of silk floss in cross stitch; each mat depicts an historic New York image and a date, there are 4 different scenes, each depicted on a pair of mats; one pair shows a horse-drawn street car and "1898"; one pair shows a hansome cab and "1895"; one pair shows a ship and "1840"; the last pair shows a fire engine and "1800"; all are bordered with green zig-zag and flowers.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1942.347b-i
Marks:
embroidered: one pair: "1800"
embroidered: one pair: "1840"
embroidered: one pair: 1895"
embroidered: one pair: "1898"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1942
eMuseum Object ID:
39414
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flags (5)
Classification:
Date:
1960-1980
Medium:
Cotton, wood
Dimensions:
Each (flag): 11 1/2 x 17 in. (29.2 x 43.2 cm)
Each (flagstaff): 33 x 1/4 in. (83.8 x 0.6 cm)
Description:
Five cotton printed U.S. flags with fifty stars in the blue printed canton; thirteen red and white stripes; wood flagstaffs with gold painted finials.
Object Number:
INV.1329a-e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1980
eMuseum Object ID:
39395
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Table runner
Classification:
Date:
1935-1942
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 43 x 17 in. ( 0.3 x 109.2 x 43.2 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular linen table runner (made in China); embroidered in various colors of silk floss in cross stitch; floral design at the center, surrounded by historic New York scenes with their dates; pictured are "CHRYSTAL PALACE", "BOWLING GREEN / 1800", "FRAUNCES TAVERN / 1789", "BROADWAY / 1831", a fire engine dated "1800", a hansome cab dated "1895", "FULTON'S FOLLY / 1802", "CITY HALL / 1808", "THE HALL / 1868", a ship dated "1840", and "WALL STREET / 1840"; bordered with zig zag and floral design.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number:
1942.347a
Marks:
embroidered: around runner: "CHRYSTAL PALACE / BOWLING GREEN 1800 / FRAUNCES TAVERN / 1789 / BROADWAY 1831 / 1800 /1895 / FULTON'S FOLLY 1802 / CITY HALL 1808 / THE HALL 1868 / 1898 / 1840 / WALL STREET 1816"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1942
eMuseum Object ID:
39384
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1933
Medium:
Silk, synthetic textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 x 35 3/8 in. ( 73.7 x 89.9 cm )
Description:
Silk printed U.S. flag with forty-eight stars in the blue printed canton (six rows of eight stars); thirteen red and white stripes; gold leather-look triangular tabs at each end of the hoist with white cord ties through each.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Ruth McEvoy
Object Number:
INV.12260a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1933
eMuseum Object ID:
39368
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Towel
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 29 3/4 x 22 3/4 in. ( 0.6 x 75.6 x 57.8 cm )
Description:
Rectangular white linen towel; machine embroidered in white silk floss in Pennsylvania Dutch style pattern, with a basket of flowers including tulips, surrounded on sides and across the bottom with floral garland.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joanna Kuypers Sluyter, March, 1913
Object Number:
Z.3060
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39340
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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