Flag: red & green bands w/crest
Classification:
Date:
1900-1925
Medium:
Cotton, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 12 x 18 in. ( 30.5 x 45.7 cm )
flagstaff: 32 x 3/8 in. ( 81.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed flag half red and half green (along the hoist) with a yellow medallion in the center; with in the medallion is a white shield with five blue shields in a cross design and a red border with seven yellow castles; nailed to wooden flagstaff with metal nails at top and bottom of the hoist; gold painted finial on flagstaff.
Object Number:
INV.12220
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
31566
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: blue and white stripe w/red trianlge & star
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1900-1925
Medium:
Cotton, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 12 x 18 in. ( 30.5 x 45.7 cm )
flagstaff: 32 x 3/8 in. ( 81.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed flag of Cuba; red triangle printed along the hoist with a white star in the center; five blue and white stripes printed along the remaining fly; nailed to wooden flagstaff with metal nails at top and bottom of the hoist; gold painted finial on flagstaff.
Object Number:
INV.12196
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
31563
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pennant
Classification:
Date:
1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 90 in. ( 30.5 x 228.6 cm )
Description:
White swallow-tailed pennant block printed in blue lettering, "McKINLEY & ROOSEVELT"; one inch red border around the edges.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1974.50
Marks:
printed: center: "McKINLEY & ROOSEVELT"
Gallery Label:
This pennant was used for the second Presidential campaign of William McKinley and his running mate Theodore Roosevelt in 1900. Roosevelt served as president from 1901-1909, after McKinley was assasinated.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
31556
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1812-1814
Medium:
Wool, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 x 69 1/2 in. ( 83.8 x 176.5 cm )
Description:
Wool U.S. flag with thirteen white stars in the blue canton (two rows of four stars divided by one row of five); thirteen red and white stripes; linen hoist with nine holes with embroidering around them along the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Charles H. Mott
Object Number:
1933.54
Gallery Label:
This flag was carried by Major William Mott (1774-1848) of Hempstead, Long Island to Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 1814, during the War of 1812. The donor was the grandson of Major Mott.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1814
eMuseum Object ID:
31533
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needlepoint rug: Staten Island
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1940
Medium:
Cotton, wool yarn
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 3/4 x 52 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 95.9 x 133.4 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular needlepoint rug or wall hanging with map of Staten Island; green ground with a circular beige and white seal in each corner and vignettes representing the old Perrine home, the Billop house, St. Andrew's Church, and Todt Hill; white cotton backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Jeannette Olyphant
Object Number:
1973.37
Marks:
needlepoint: in banner in upper left corner: "MAP / OF / STATEN / ISLAND"
needlepoint: in text block below banner: "THE ISLAND WAS HELD BY THE RARITANS SUBJECT TO THE WILL / OF THE MOHAWKS . . . [etc.]"
needlepoint: at center: "J. K. O."
needlepoint: v
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
31517
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Flag: red, white, green w/crown and cross sheild
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1900-1925
Medium:
Cotton, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 12 x 18 in. ( 30.5 x 45.7 cm )
flagstaff: 32 x 3/8 in. ( 81.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed Italian flag (pre-World War I); green, white and red vertical stripes; blue and red shield with a white cross in the center surmounted by a blue and red crown.
Object Number:
INV.12192
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
31514
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing course sample book
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Paper, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 6 1/8 x 5/8 in. ( 20.3 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Brown sewing course sample book, the covers are cardboard and the book is held together with two brass brads, the second page gives a table of contents, followed by pages with sewing samples applied to the paper with cross stitching.
Object Number:
INV.11980
Marks:
handwritten: front center, on label: "Graded Sewing Course."
printed: inside center, front cover: "J. W. Schermerhorn & Co., / 3 East 14th Street, / New York."
handwritten: top right corner, title page: "B"
handwritten: center, title page: "Carrie
Gallery Label:
This sample book was made by Carrie E. Morgenstern for a sewing course. Each page has a piece of fabric with a different example of sewing, such as hemming, straight stitching, various types of seams, etc. Her instructor gave her a "B."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
31510
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1848-1850
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 3/4 x 37 1/2 in. ( 73 x 95.2 cm )
Description:
Silk sewn U.S. flag with 30 stars in the canton; below the canton is a hand written paragraph; red, white, and blue silk used.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Church of the Divine Paternity
Object Number:
1955.62
Marks:
handwritten: below canton: "This flag was carried by A B Osborn in a envelope on his person. through the naval engagement of Port Royal S.C. Ogeeches River. / ...then captain ... New Orleans La./ ... this flag has been in over 40 engagements. / B.S. Osbor
Gallery Label:
This flag was carried by A.B. Osborne, a Union Lieutenant during the Civil War and was reportedly raised over the Confederate battlements at New Orleans when they were taken by the Union army in 1862. It was found in 1955 in the tower of the Church of the Divine Paternity, Central Park West and 76th Street, New York City. B.S. Osborne may have at one time been a member of the congregation.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
31473
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: red, blue, white w/crown "HI"
Classification:
Date:
1900-1925
Medium:
Cotton, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 12 x 18 in. ( 30.5 x 45.7 cm )
flagstaff: 32 x 3/8 in. ( 81.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed flag with red, blue and white horizontal stripes (top down); red and white crown printed on the blue stripe with "HI" inscribed below; nailed to wooden flagstaff with metal nails at top and bottom of the hoist; gold painted finial on flagstaff.
Object Number:
INV.12214
Marks:
printed: center: "HI"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
31469
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Wool, linen, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 45 x 91 x 1/2 in. ( 114.3 x 231.1 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular needlepoint rug made of wool yarn applied to linen foundation; ocher ground with dark blue and yellow medallion at center flanked on either side by a large, abstracted thistle with dark blue scrolling leaves, within rectangular border with stylized tulip motif on medium blue ground; light brown cotton backing and narrow yarn fringe on all sides.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.465
Gallery Label:
The accession records suggest that the design of this rug is similar to Edward S. Frost's "Turkish" design (citation: W. W. Kent, "Rare Hooked Rugs," p. 179). By 1870, Edward Sands Frost, a tin peddler from Biddleford, Maine, was selling burlap for hooked rugs with his designs pre-printed in color by means of metal stencils (see Helen Comstock, ed., "The Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques," New York, 1958, vol. 1, p. 212).
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
31467
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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