Lace fragments
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
overall a: 3 1/2 x 25 in. ( 8.9 x 63.5 cm )
overall b: 4 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 77.5 cm )
Description:
Black silk chantilly lace godet trim fragments, overall floral pattern with plain foot edges and beaded scalloped outer edges.
Object Number:
INV.11688.1ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30111
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: 13 Star American Flag
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Silk, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 3/4 x 62 in. ( 90.8 x 157.5 cm )
Description:
Silk hand-sewn U.S. flag with thirteen white stars in five vertical stripes (three rows of three diveded by to rows of two stars) in the blue canton; thirteen red and white stripes; natural cotton hoist with three button holes.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Misses Mary L. & Ellen D. Constant
Object Number:
1943.366
Gallery Label:
This reproduction (possibly original) U.S. flag is one of many designs used in the colonial period after the Flag Resolution of 1773, which stated, "...the Flag of the united states be thirteen stripes alternated red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars white in a blue field representing a new constellation."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30108
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lace fragment
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 12 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 31.1 cm )
Description:
White silk handmade bobbin lace edging fragment, overall design of bunches of cordonnet flowers with plain foot edge and scalloped cordonnet outer edge.
Object Number:
INV.11941.1
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30105
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lace fragment
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 24 3/4 in. ( 7.6 x 62.9 cm )
Description:
White silk handmade lace trim fragment, overall design is of bunches of cordonnet flowers framed in swaggered ribbon, plain foot edge, scalloped cordonnet outer edge.
Object Number:
INV.11941.2
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30103
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: red/white w/confederate field fringe
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1860-1900
Medium:
Silk, gold foil paper
Dimensions:
flag: 3 3/4 x 5 in. ( 9.5 x 12.7 cm )
flagstaff: 9 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 23.8 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Miniature silk Confederate flag with the Cross of St. Andrew's in the canton with gold foil stars and gold foil outlines; white field with a red stripe vertically down the fly end; gold foil fringe trim; wooden flagstaff wrapped with gold foil paper; gold fringe tassels hang from the finial.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Rocellus S. Guernsey and her daughter Miss Eva L. Guernsey
Object Number:
1935.80
Gallery Label:
This miniature Confederate flag was given with a poem, "An Unreclaimed Rebel--'Answer to the 'Conquered Banner'," by Sir Henry de Houghton.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30078
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 14 3/4 in. ( 38.1 x 37.5 cm )
Description:
Ecru cambric handkerchief with fret patterned drawnwork around the outside edge and machine embroidered whitework in the alternating spaces created by the pattern.
Object Number:
Z.1026.10
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
30076
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 58 1/4 in. ( 19 x 148 cm )
Description:
White cambric flounce fragment trimmed with handmade bobin lace with floral and leaf design, scalloped beaded edge.
Object Number:
1978.65.1
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30075
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/4 x 55 in. ( 64.1 x 139.7 cm )
Description:
White cambric textile fragment in the shape of an unsewen sleeve, with three rows of handmade bobbin lace with rinceau design against tulle.
Object Number:
1978.65.4
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30074
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1867-1876
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/2 x 36 in. ( 59.7 x 91.4 cm )
Description:
Silk lithographed U.S. flag with thirty-seven stars in the blue canton (five rows of six stars ans one row of seven); thirteen red and white stripes.
Object Number:
INV.12337
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
30071
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag
Classification:
Date:
1850-1875
Medium:
Silk, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/4 x 24 1/2 in. ( 56.5 x 62.2 cm )
Description:
Silk U.S. flag with nine (originally) stars in the canton (eight in a circle around a single star); thirteen red and white stripes; white cotton hoist strung through with a white cotton cord.
Object Number:
INV.12343
Gallery Label:
This U.S. flag may be a Civil War flag of the Union, representing nine Northern states.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
30069
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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