Towel
Classification:
Date:
1880-1890
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 21 3/4 x 46 in. ( 0.6 x 55.2 x 116.8 cm )
Description:
Rectangular white linen towel; center is floral spray damask; each end has a blue meandering pattern across; ends are fringed.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Arlene Brooks Voorhies
Object Number:
1942.231
Marks:
printed: near center, on left label: "A. D. Matthews' Sons. / BROOKLYN, N. Y."
handwritten: near center, on left label: "19"
printed: near center, on right label: "Registered / Trade Mark. / Qual / Size / patt."
handwritten: near center, on right la
Gallery Label:
This towel was purchased at A. D. Matthews' Sons, in Brooklyn, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
39337
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Towel
Classification:
Date:
1880-1890
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 24 1/4 x 48 in. ( 0.6 x 61.6 x 121.9 cm )
Description:
Rectangular white linen towel; center is floral spray damask; each end has a blue leaf garland across bordered by drawn hemstitch; ends are fringed.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Arlene Brooks Voorhies
Object Number:
1942.230
Gallery Label:
This towel was puchased by A. D. Matthews' Sons, in Brooklyn, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
39335
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1863-1865
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 136 x 146 in. ( 345.4 x 370.8 cm )
Description:
Wool hand sewn U.S. flag with thiry-five white cotton stars applied to the blue canton (five rows of seven); thirteen red and white stripes; white cotton hoist.
Object Number:
INV.12270[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
39323
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needlework picture
Classification:
Date:
1795-1825
Medium:
Silk, paper, paint, ink
Dimensions:
overall (as framed): 4 1/2 x 45 x 41 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 114.3 x 105.4 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular needlework picture in gilt frame; landscape scene depicting a man on the left watching a woman in gold Empire-style dress standing in a gondola, floating down a stream surrounded by trees and shrubs; far background, sky, stream and mountains are painted on silk, both figures' heads and hands are of painted paper; gondola and foliage worked in chenille of various natural colors, predominantly browns and golds, both figures worked in satin stitch with silk floss.
Object Number:
X.172
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
39261
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 in. ( 92.7 x 157.5 cm )
Description:
Reproduction Revolutionary War flag of Fort Moultrie (Sullivan's Island); blue wool with a white cotton quarter moon in the upper left corner and the inscription, "LIBERTY" in white cotton across the bottom.
Object Number:
INV.11432a
Gallery Label:
The original "Liberty" flag of Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, SC, is not extant. It was designed by Colonel William Moultrie, commander of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment of Foot of 1775. The fort had no signal flag, so he designed one to match his troops uniforms, blue with a silver crescent moon on the front of their caps. It was the first American flag displayed in South Carolina.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39220
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box with lid
Classification:
Date:
1950-1965
Medium:
Cardboard, metal, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 x 46 1/2 in. ( 21 x 27.3 x 118.1 cm )
Description:
Dark brown heavy cardboard box with lid; lid has a leather handle at the center flanked by metal rings; corners of the box are reinforced with metal braces.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York State Court of the National Society of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Object Number:
1969.3.12ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1965
eMuseum Object ID:
39218
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 61 1/4 in. ( 94 x 155.6 cm )
Description:
Wool reproduction Revolutionary War flag with a printed Union Jack in the canton and thirteen red and white stripes.
Object Number:
INV.11430a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
39219
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Chiffon
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 1/2 x 46 1/4 in. ( 87.6 x 117.5 cm )
Description:
Black organza kerchief, fabric doubled along edges to create a border.
Object Number:
INV.311a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
39162
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tablecloth
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 85 x 84 in. ( 215.9 x 213.4 cm )
Description:
White linen tablecloth with a central image of an American bald eagle with a U.S. shield on its breast, and arrows and laurel branch in its talons with a banner below inscribed, "E PLURIBUS UNUM" all surrounded by foliate scrolls, geometric bands and medallions with portrait busts and an outer border of foliate scrolls; "Elizabeth.Lyde" stamped in one corner.
Object Number:
Z.3071
Marks:
woven: below the eagle, in the center: "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
stamped: in one corner: "Elizabeth.Lyde" in a banner
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39151
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tablecloth
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 84 x 71 in. ( 213.4 x 180.3 cm )
Description:
White linen tablecloth with a central classical vignette of a man riding a horse and a border of medallions with classical busts, harps and urns surrounded by foiate scrolls; "Goelet" written in one corner.
Object Number:
Z.3070
Marks:
handwritten: in one corner: "Goelet" in roman letters
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39150
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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