Cord w/ tassels: blue and white
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 51 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 130.8 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Blue and white silk flag tassels; blue and white twisted cord folded in half and knotted at the top forming a small loop;dropped into two drapery tassels; top of the tassels is a wooden ball covered in white silk and blue netting; wooden bell shape covered in blue and white checks; blue cord wrapped around base with blue and white braided fringe.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard
Object Number:
INV.12274
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
31245
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner w/ dowel: Wisconsin Capitol
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Cotton, wood, metal finials
Dimensions:
Overall: 62 1/2 x 42 x 1 in. ( 158.8 x 106.7 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Yellow cotton pennant with the inscription, "WISCONSIN/ CAPITOL" sewn on in white cotton letters; a wooden pole is strung through the top with metal acorn finials at each end; a metal ring is attached at the center for hanging.
Object Number:
INV.11638
Marks:
sewn: center: "WISCONSIN/ CAPITOL"
Gallery Label:
This pennant is part of a set made with all of the names of the buildings designed by Cass Gilbert (1859-1934). Gilbert was an architect and surveyor. He worked early in his career as a draftsman for McKim, Meade and White. He later moved to Minnesota, and in 1882 won the competition for his design of the State Capitol. He returned to New York and is best known for the Woolworth Building (1913) in lower Manhattan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
31232
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag and flagstaff
Classification:
Date:
1861-1863
Medium:
Silk, wool, iron, wood
Dimensions:
flag: 11 1/2 x 19 in. ( 29.2 x 48.3 cm )
flagstaff: 32 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 82.6 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Silk hand sewn U.S. flag with thirty-three white stars on the blue canton; thirteen red and white stripes; white hoist; wooden flagstaff with an iron ball and spearhead finial.
Object Number:
INV.12338ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1863
eMuseum Object ID:
31218
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cord w/tassels: gold coloured
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 1 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 68.6 x 4.4 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Gold silk flag tassels; braided cord with a braided ring at the center; twisted fringe tassels at the end of each cord with pleated cord wrapped around the top.
Object Number:
INV.12264
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
31210
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag and flagstaff
Classification:
Date:
1862
Medium:
Silk, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 131 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 334.6 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Silk American flag of the 135th Regiment of the New York State Volunteers; originally it probably had thirty-four white embroidered stars on a blue ground and thirteen red and white stripes; wrapped with red, white and blue ribbon ties; attatched to a wooden flag staff with a thin metal pole strung through the hoist and metal rings attatched to the flagstaff; metal cuff and joint holding to halves of the flagstaff together (folds together for storage); metal spear-shaped finial on a ball; metal presentation plaque at center of flagstaff.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edward Myers, June 11, 1914
Object Number:
INV.11443
Marks:
engraved: on plaque on flagstaff: "Presented to/ Co./ of the Anthony Wayne Guard/ 135 Reg't N.Y.S.V./ by the Friends and Ladies of West Farms/ Westchester Co., N.Y./ Sep't. 1862"
Gallery Label:
Anthony Wayne, for whom the 135th Regiment of the New York State Volunteers was named, was a Revolutionary War General who commanded the Pennsylvania lines. He had sucesses at West Point, Morristown, N.J. and Ticonderoga. The flag was carried by the the late Samuel Pierce of Company C 6th New York, Heavy Artillery.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1862
eMuseum Object ID:
31207
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flagstaff
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 102 x 4 x 3/4 in. ( 259.1 x 10.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Wooden flagstaff with a brass spade-shaped arrowhead finial; turned ball base; brass hooks at top and middle of staff to which flag attaches.
Object Number:
INV.11102b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
31173
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flagstaff
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 102 x 4 x 3/4 in. ( 259.1 x 10.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Wooden flagstaff with a brass spade-shaped arrowhead finial; turned ball base; brass hooks at top and middle of staff to attach flag to.
Object Number:
INV.11431b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
31171
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flagstaff
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 102 x 4 x 3/4 in. ( 259.1 x 10.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Wooden flagstaff with a brass spade-shaped arrowhead finial; turned ball base; brass hooks at top and middle of staff to attach flag to.
Object Number:
INV.11430b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
31170
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flagstaff
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 102 x 4 x 3/4 in. ( 259.1 x 10.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Wooden flagstaff with a brass spade-shaped arrowhead finial; turned ball base; brass hooks at top and middle of staff to attach flag to.
Object Number:
INV.11429b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
31169
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flagstaff
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 102 x 4 x 3/4 in. ( 259.1 x 10.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Wooden flagstaff with a brass spade-shaped arrowhead finial; turned ball base; brass hooks at top and middle of staff to attach flag to.
Object Number:
INV.11428b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
31168
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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