Flag: 36 Star American
Classification:
Date:
ca.1865
Medium:
Wool, cotton, linen, jute rope, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 176 x 278 in. ( 447 x 706.1 cm )
Description:
Wool machine sewn U.S. flag with thirty-six cotton stars in the canton; thirteen red and white stripes; linen hoist with jute rope hand sewn along its length; metal grommets along the hoist length.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Berkley Hills Chapter
Object Number:
1947.273
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
30183
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lace fragment
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 5.4 x 36.2 cm )
Description:
Machine made black silk lace fragment with a plain foot edge, the tulle is decorated with repeating pattern of vertical inverted stem roses creating a scalloped outer edge which is beaded.
Object Number:
INV.11688.2
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30180
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Linen, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 7/8 x 56 1/2 in. ( 50.5 x 143.5 cm )
Description:
White cambric textile fragment studded with machine stitched whitework sprays.
Object Number:
Z.1171.34
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30168
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/8 x 23 5/8 in. ( 25.7 x 60 cm )
Description:
White cambric textile fragment with machine stitched whitework along the long edge, the vertical side edges are selvaged, motif of openwork dots beside leaves, a row of circles runs across the outer edge and is finished in buttonhole stitch.
Object Number:
Z.1171.32
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30167
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: 34 Star American Flag
Classification:
Date:
1865
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/4 x 34 in. ( 64.1 x 86.4 cm )
Description:
Silk lithographed U.S. flag with thirty-four stars in the blue canton; thirteen red and white stripes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William L. Hannam
Object Number:
1961.33
Gallery Label:
This flag is one of many that hung on Abraham Lincoln's funeral bier. The donor's uncle, Z. M. Hewitt, along with J. T. Stewart, conducted and arranged for the laying in State of the President at City Hall, New York City. The family owned two more of these flags. They were donated to a church in Albany and the Allegheny County Schools in Cumberland, MD.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
30165
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragments
Classification:
Date:
1825-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall (Z.1171.17): 17 1/2 x 45 7/8 in. (44.5 x 116.5 cm)
Overall (Z.1171.18): 14 1/8 x 48 in. (35.9 x 121.9 cm)
Over
Description:
White cambric textile fragments in various shapes and sizes with machine stitched whitework embroidery.
Object Number:
Z.1171.17-27
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30161
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lace fragments
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
1: 7 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.; 2: 7 x 9 1/2 in.; 3: 7 x 11 5/8 in.
Description:
Ecru cambric textile fragments with machine embroidered whitework lace trim at the edges, floral and leaf design with openwork and drawnwork, scalloped edges with sawtooth shape finished with machine chain stitching.
Object Number:
Z.1171.1-3
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30159
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragments
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall (Z.1171.4): 6 1/2 x 103 in. (16.5 x 261.6 cm)
Overall (Z.1171.5): 7 1/8 x 59 1/4 in. (18.1 x 150.5 cm)
Overall
Description:
Three cambric textile fragments with matching whitework embroidery at the outer scalloped edge, the embroidery is of floral and leaf design with some openwork and drawnwork, the outer edge is sawtooth finished with buttonhole stitch.
Object Number:
Z.1171.4-6
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30157
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragments
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall (Z.1171.7): 11 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (28.6 x 27.3 cm)
Overall (Z.1171.8): 7 x 20 1/2 in. (17.8 x 52.1 cm)
Overall (
Description:
Six cambric textile fragments with matching hand embroidered whitework at the outer scalloped edges, the floral and leaf design also has openwork and drawnwork, three of the pieces are timmed with machine made bobbin style tulle with cordonnet leaves and open dots, the edge of the trim is cordonnet finished sawtooth.
Object Number:
Z.1171.7-12
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30156
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
1776-1876
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 5/8 x 46 1/4 in. ( 72.7 x 117.5 cm )
Description:
Printed cotton Centennial U.S. flag with "1776/ 1876" indicated by seventy-six (thiry-eight each) white stars in a blue canton; thirteen red and white stripes; white cotton hoist with three cotton ties at the ends and in the center.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1937.318
Marks:
printed: in the canton: "1776/ 1876"
Gallery Label:
This flag was made for the Centennial celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1876. Both the "1776" and "1876" are made of 38 stars, the number officially valid for U.S. flags at the time of the celebration.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
30153
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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