Doilies
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
diameter: 5 1/2 in. ( 14 cm )
Description:
Circular white batiste doily coaster with whitework embroidered spray at the center with drawnwork at the center of the flower, there is drawnwork around the outer edge area and the edge is scalloped and finished with buttonhole stitch.
Object Number:
INV.11933a-f
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
30473
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: Signal Flag of the Rebel Gunboat "Teaser"...1862
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1862
Medium:
Wool, linen, wooden button, jute rope
Dimensions:
Overall: 49 x 111 1/2 in. ( 124.5 x 283.2 cm )
Description:
Blue wool U.S. Naval signal flag of the Rebel Gunboat "Teaser" (2nd Repeater) with white rectangle centered along the hoist; linen hoist with a jute rope string through, wooden button tied to the top of the rope.
Object Number:
INV.12280
Marks:
handwritten: on hoist: "2nd Repeater"
printed: on tag: "Signal-flag of the Rebel/ Gunboat "Teaser", Capture on the James River,/ July 1862"
Gallery Label:
The gunboat "Teaser" was one of the many ships taken by an overpowering Northern Naval fleet. It was taken under the command of Rear-Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, who was responsible for the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in the area between St. Andrew's Bay, FL to the Rio Grande.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1862
eMuseum Object ID:
30470
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner
Classification:
Date:
1940-1945
Medium:
Felt, wood, synthetic cord
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 11 1/2 in. ( 35.6 x 29.2 cm )
Description:
Blue banner with a personification of Liberty with a laurel wreath in her hair and one in her raised hand in front of a billowing American flag printed in the center; inscribed, "REMEMBER./ PEARL HARBO'R/ UNITE FOR/ VICTORY" around the image; white printed outline around the shield-shaped banner; wooden dowel run through the hoist with painted gold finials on each end; yellow cord tied to both ends of the dowel for hanging.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer, September 1942
Object Number:
Z.1503.2
Marks:
printed: center: "REMEMBER./ PEARL HARBO'R/ UNITE FOR/ VICTORY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
30467
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Bast, velvet, silk, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 x 17 3/4 in. ( 71.1 x 45.1 cm )
Description:
Banner with a needlepoint shield and crest in the center; red cross with a red lion above on a gold shield, gold dolphin or fish crest above; illegible motto below in brown on a gold banner; green ground with a gold key pattern; brown velvet border trimmed on both edges with blue, green, brown and gold silk cord; silk fringe of the same colors along the bottom edge; all backed with a bast fiber ground; attached to a black painted wooden pole with acorn finials with the silk cord; wider silk cord of the same colors tied and draped from the pole.
Object Number:
INV.13938
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30465
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag on Rod
Classification:
Date:
1851
Medium:
Silk, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 1/2 x 46 in. ( 74.9 x 116.8 cm )
Description:
Blue silk banner of the Morrisania Fire Department trimmed with metallic (oxidized) ribbon; painted on both sides, "FIRST HAND FIRE ENGINE/ BUILT FOR/ MORRISANIA FIRE DEPARTMENT/ 1851" in gold, yellow and red letters; metallic finge across the bottom; four loops of the metallic ribbon trim sewn across the top with the wooden pole strung through; acorn finials on each end of the pole; red, white and blue silk cord and two tassels hung on either side of the banner from the pole.
Object Number:
INV.111
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1851
eMuseum Object ID:
30459
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pennant
Classification:
Date:
1864
Medium:
Wool, linen, jute rope, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/2 x 63 in. ( 54.6 x 160 cm )
Description:
Red wool pennant with a linen hoist strung through with a jute rope; rope ends in a wooden button.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number:
1944.349
Marks:
printed: on hoist: "MEAL/ U.S.S. KEARSARGE"
Gallery Label:
This pennant was used on the U.S.S. Kearsarge, which fought the Confederate ship "Alabama," to signal meal times.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1864
eMuseum Object ID:
30437
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Confederate Navy Jack, or "Southern Cross"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1861-1865
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/2 x 32 1/2 in. ( 62.2 x 82.6 cm )
Description:
Red cotton Confederate Navy Jack, or "Southern Cross," with a blue St. Andrew's cross (diagonal cross) with thirteen white stars.
Credit Line:
Charles M. Lefferts Collection
Object Number:
INV.12291
Gallery Label:
The Confederate Navy Jack, better known as the Southern Cross or the Rebel flag, is a version created after confusion at the battle of Bull Run, VA, where both the troops of the Union and the Confederacy carried versions of the Stars and Stripes. The square battle flag became very popular with the troops of the Confederacy, but it was never officially adopted. The rectangular Navy Jack was flown on Confederate ships from 1863 to 1865. Today, the design is the most universally recognized symbol of the South, where it is commonly called the "rebel" or "Dixie" flag.
Bibliography:
Holzer, Harold and The New-York Historical Society. "The Civil War in 50 Objects." New York: Viking, 2013.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
30435
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Confederate Navy Jack, or "Southern Cross"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1914-1940
Medium:
Cotton bunting, metal grommets
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 x 49 1/4 in. ( 73.7 x 125.1 cm )
Description:
Red cotton bunting Confederate Navy Jack, also called the "Southern Cross," with a blue St. Andrew's cross with thirteen white stars; white cotton hoist with metal grommets at each end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Elihu Spicer, 1960
Object Number:
INV.12314
Marks:
embroidered: tag on hoist: "DEFIANCE/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ 2 PLY. MOTH PROOF/ BUNTING"
Gallery Label:
The Confederate Navy Jack, better known as the Southern Cross or the Rebel flag, is a version created after confusion at the battle of Bull Run, VA, where both the troops of the Union and the Confederacy carried versions of the Stars and Stripes. The square battle flag became very popular with the troops of the Confederacy, but it was never officially adopted. The rectangular Navy Jack was flown on Confederate ships from 1863 to 1865. Today, the design is the most universally recognized symbol of the South, where it is commonly called the "rebel" or "Dixie" flag.
Annin & Co. flagmakers patented their "Defiance" cotton bunting in 1914.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
30430
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. ( 19 x 22.2 cm )
Description:
Green silk brocade textile fragment with design of flower baskets.
Object Number:
INV.13819
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
30424
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner: Swastika
Classification:
Date:
1940-1945
Medium:
Cotton, metal grommets, rings and hooks
Dimensions:
Overall: 56 1/2 x 386 in. ( 143.5 x 980.4 cm )
Description:
Cotton swastika flag; red cotton ground with a round white central field printed with a black swastika; metal grommets, rings, and hooks along the hoist.
Credit Line:
Gift of James McCreery & Co., through George Wells Interior Display
Object Number:
1945.426
Gallery Label:
This flag was sent from Germany by Sgt. Albert Tonner, during World War II.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
30416
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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