Banner: Antietam, Sep. 1862
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
White glazed cotton banner with light blue stenciled scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "ANTIETAM/ SEPTEMBER 17, 1862" at a diagonal in blue letters across the banner; red white and blue twisted wool fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue silk grosgrain ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number:
1939.568
Marks:
painted: center: "ANTIETAM,/ SEPTEMBER 17, 1862"
Gallery Label:
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30946
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner: Blue Springs, October 1863
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Blue cotton chintz banner with white painted scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "BLUE SPRING/ OCTOBER 10, 1863." at a diagonal in white letters across the banner; red, white and blue fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number:
1939.572
Marks:
painted: center: "BLUE SPRING/ OCTOBER 10, 1863."
Gallery Label:
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30947
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banners: Bull Run, July 1861
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Cotton, wool, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Orange glazed cotton banner with white stenciled scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "BULL RUN,/ JULY 21, 1861." at a diagonal in white letters across the banner; red white and blue twisted wool fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue silk grosgrain ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number:
1939.561
Marks:
painted: center: "BULL RUN/ JULY 21, 1861."
Gallery Label:
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banners: James Island, June 1862
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Cotton chintz
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Blue cotton chintz banner with white painted scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "JAMES ISLAND/ JUNE 3, 1862." at a diagonal in white letters across the banner; red, white and blue fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number:
1939.563
Marks:
painted: center: "JAMES ISLAND/ JUNE 3, 1862."
Gallery Label:
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30944
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banners: Secessionville, June 1862
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Cotton chintz
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Orange cotton chintz banner with white painted scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "SECESSIONVILLE/ JUNE 16, 1862." at a diagonal in white letters across the banner; red, white and blue fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number:
1939.564
Marks:
painted: center: "SECESSIONVILLE/ JUNE 16, 1862."
Gallery Label:
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30943
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner: Strawberry Plains, January 1864
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Orange cotton chintz banner with white painted scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "STRAWBERRY PLAINS/ JANUARY 21, 1864." at a diagonal in white letters across the banner; red, white and blue fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number:
1939.576
Marks:
painted: center: "STRAWBERRY PLAINS/ JANUARY 21, 1864."
Gallery Label:
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30942
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner: Fort Sanders, November 1863
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 22 in. ( 31.1 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Blue cotton chintz banner with white painted scrolls in the left top and right bottom corners; inscribed, "FORT SANDERS/ NOVEMBER 29, 1863." at a diagonal in white letters across the banner; red, white and blue fringe on the fly end; red, white and blue ribbon ties at both ends of the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Object Number:
1939.575
Marks:
painted: center: "FORT SANDERS/ NOVEMBER 29, 1863."
Gallery Label:
This banner is part of a set of Civil War banners memorializing twenty-two battles of the Civil War. They were given to the 79th Regiment, Scottish Highlanders, New York State Volunteers, by the United States War Department.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30941
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
1780-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 x 34 5/8 in. ( 73.7 x 87.9 cm )
Description:
White cotton copperplate-printed textile fragment printed in blue; repeating pattern of floral garlands around pastoral scenes; woman watering her garden with a man pushing a wheelbarrel filled with vegetables, man in a garden playing a bugle, shepardess seated with lambs and a dog.
Object Number:
Z.1563
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
30923
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1780-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 9 ft. 11 in. × 25 1/2 in. (3 m 2.3 cm × 64.8 cm)
Overall (b): 7 × 24 1/4 in. (17.8 × 61.6 cm)
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton textile fragment printed in pink on a white ground; chinoiserie repeating pattern of an open window looking out on a pastoral landscape with a plantstand and large basket of flowers in the center, windows draped with tapestries abd tassels held up by two bald eagles, two urns in the lower corners with acorn finials and images of asian men on them; pattern bordred on either side by flowering vines.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.1562ab
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
30920
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bed rug
Classification:
Date:
1779
Medium:
Wool, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 95 x 85 x 1/2 in. ( 241.3 x 215.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Bed rug with wool yarn pile sewn through woven wool foundation; rectangular with rounded lower corners and design consisting of elaborate blue and green scrolling vine with large ocher blossoms on tan ground, the vine with base at bottom center and symmetrical branches that extend upward along either side; blue cotton twill backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1944.204
Marks:
in unsheared loops: at center top: "E H / 1779"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this bed rug was purchased by the donor from Mrs. George Helmer of Vermont. This bedcover, which Safford and Bishop describe as "one of the earliest 'discoveries' to be termed a 'bed rug,'" was made for Elihu Hyde of Chelsea, Vermont, and is said to have descended through the Hyde family, ancestors of Mrs. Helmer. It is illustrated in "Antiques," Nov. 1927, as well as in "America's Quilts and Coverlets" by Safford and Bishop.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1779
eMuseum Object ID:
30912
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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