Flag
Classification:
Date:
1896-1907
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 55 3/4 x 70 in. ( 141.6 x 177.8 cm )
Description:
Blue silk U.S. regimental flag of the 39th Regiment U.S. Infantry Volunteers with an eagle painted in the center with arrows and a laurel branch in its talons, and a red banner in its beak inscribed, "E PLURIBUS UNUM;" eagle below a rising sun and thirteen gold stars; red and gold banner painted below the eagle inscribed, "39TH.. REGIMENT INF. U.S. VOL'S;" gold fringe around the edges.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard
Object Number:
2043
Marks:
painted: below the eagle: "39TH.. REGIMENT INF. U.S. VOL'S"
painted: banner in the eagles mouth: "E PLURIBUS UNUM"
Gallery Label:
This flag may have been used during the Spanish American War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1907
eMuseum Object ID:
38604
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Broadside
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1876
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 16 in. ( 53.3 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
White silk broadside printed with the text of the Declaration of Independence and all the names of the signers.
Object Number:
1976.23
Marks:
printed: all over: "IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776,/ THE/ UNANIMOUS DECLARATION of the THIRTEEN UNITED STATES of/ AMERICA./When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with an
Gallery Label:
This reproduction of the Declaration of Indepence was probably made for the celebration of the U.S. Centennial in 1876.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
38563
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stevensgraph
Classification:
Date:
1906-1910
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 2 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 0.3 x 7.3 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Silk Stevensgraph in tones of grays and brown, with the image of two Dutch children at the seashore; the boy is pointing his finger to the girl; a windmill in the background.
Object Number:
INV.4198
Marks:
woven: lower right corner: "NF"
Gallery Label:
This Stevensgraph is probably commemorative memorabilia relating to the Hudson-Fulton celebration in New York City. Dutch imagery was very popular at that time, relating to the original European settlers of Manhattan. Much Stevensgraph was produced at that time in Patterson, New Jersey.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
38485
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needlework picture of a basket of flowers.
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Silk, wood, glass, paint, gilt
Dimensions:
overall (as framed): 1 x 12 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 31.1 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular framed needlework picture; various colors of silk chenille on white satin, representing a basket of flowers; black border painted on glass with inner eglomise border, with the initials "E A" at the bottom; gilt wooden frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Helen Burr Smith
Object Number:
1980.58
Marks:
painted: center bottom of glass covering: "E A"
handwritten: on paper on reverse: "Art Work of Eliza Anthony, daughter / of Joseph Anthony, silversmith and / his wife, Henrietta Hillegas, daug. of / Micheal Hillegas, the First Treasurer / of the United
Gallery Label:
This needlework picture was embroidered by Eliza Anthony, daughter of Joseph Anthony (1762-1814) and Henrietta Hillegas. Her maternal grandfather, Michael Hillegas, was the first treasurer of the U.S. Her father was a silversmith who worked on Market Street in Philadelphia from 1783.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
38181
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. ( 0.3 x 52.1 x 52.1 cm )
Description:
Square white linen handkerchief, with drawn hems around all sides.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry Pearl Talmadge
Object Number:
1934.73c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
37437
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stenciled quilt piece
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 7.9 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece stenciled with a green sprig with three red berries.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490xx
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
37391
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1828
Medium:
Silk on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 x 20 1/2 in. ( 43.2 x 52.1 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular linen cross stitch sampler with various colors of silk floss; New York's City Hall is the central image with a verse in the sky area, straight black inside border and surrounded by floral motif.
Credit Line:
Gift of Stuyvesant Fish
Object Number:
1946.48
Marks:
Signature and date: embroidered across bottom: "Elizabeth Jane Hunters Work in The Year 1828"
Inscription: embroidered verse: "Education is a companion which no misfortunes / can depress no clime destroy no enemy alienate / no despotism enslave At home
Gallery Label:
Elizabeth Jane Hunter was around thirteen years old when she stitched this view of New York's second City Hall, one of the most prominent structures of the time. Completed in 1812, the landmark still houses the office of the Mayor of New York and the chambers of its governing City Council.
Elizabeth lived with her family on Lispenard Street, about ten blocks north of City Hall. She may have worked this sampler, which features a verse extolling the virtues of education, while attending a school in the vicinity of City Hall. Her father was an Inspector of Customs with offices near the busy shipping center of lower Manhattan.
Elizabeth's view of City Hall may have been based on this illustration of the building, which appeared as the frontispiece of the "New York Mirror and Ladies' Literary Gazette," published in 1824 just steps from City Hall.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1828
eMuseum Object ID:
37141
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragments (12)
Classification:
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Fragment (largest): 32 1/2 x 19 in. (82.6 x 48.3 cm)
Description:
One of twelve textile fragments of various pattern, shape, and size; solid color, striped, paisley print, and calico fabrics.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1948
Object Number:
INV.11555h.1
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
36786
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bookmark
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Paper, wool, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. ( 0.3 x 13.3 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Perforated paper embroidered bookmark, with various colors of wool and silk floss; motto throughout the center.
Object Number:
Z.2372
Marks:
embroidered: throughout center: "Be ye strong / therefore and / let not your hands / be weak for your works / shall be rewarded."
handwritten: on note attached to bookmark: "Except this from Mary J. Curtis, to her / Benefacetrer (sic) M. Hastings."
Gallery Label:
A note found with the bookmark has a poem entitled "Christian Friendship," and indicates that it was a gift from Mary J. Curtis to M. Hastings.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
36208
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1781-1783
Medium:
Silk, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. ( 72.4 x 85.1 cm )
Description:
Silk painted flag of the Third Company, Third Connecticut Regiment, with a silver sword, green "III" and a green garland tied with a red ribbon painted in the lower left corner extending into the center on a white ground; tan linen sleeve for the flagstaff.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Francis Egerton Webb
Object Number:
1942.473
Marks:
painted: lower center: "III"
Gallery Label:
This company flag or "guidon" belonged to the Third Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Samuel Blachley Webb (1753-1807), grandfather of the donor. The flag, used from 1781 to 1783, is an extremely rare survival from the Revolutionary War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
35488
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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