Lace fragment
Classification:
Date:
1775-1825
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 9 in. ( 2.9 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Handmade white silk bobbin lace godet ruffle fragment with plain foot edge, tulle studded with dots and floral design along the outer edge creating a scalloped edge which is beaded.
Object Number:
INV.11698.1
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
29937
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: 33 stars American Flag
Classification:
Date:
1859-1861
Medium:
Cotton, wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 71 1/2 x 141 in. ( 181.6 x 358.1 cm )
Description:
Cotton and wool U.S. flag with thirty-three white cotton stars on a blue wool canton ( four rows of seven stars divided by one row of five); thirteen red and white stripes; white cotton hoist with nine button holes along its length.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph M. Currie
Object Number:
1947.110
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1861
eMuseum Object ID:
29934
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Masonic apron
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1770
Medium:
Leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 1/8 in. ( 34.3 x 36.8 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Leather (probably lambskin) Masonic apron with a V-shaped flap at the top with a tooled eye in the center, sides flaring towards the bottom with rounded corners, two rows of blue running stitch around all edges, remnants of ties at the top corners on both sides; tooled Masonic symbols barely visible, in the center, the compass and square, the sun and moon on top of columns on left and right sides, a skeleton key, a trowel and a pyramid.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Russel Hastings
Object Number:
1937.317
Marks:
tooled: center, above compass and square: "ST. John ST. John"
Gallery Label:
This apron was worn by Major-General John Blake (1753-1842), who served in the Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1780. He was a Royal Arch Mason, belonging to George Washington's lodge.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1770
eMuseum Object ID:
29906
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lace fragments
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
overall a: 2 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 64.1 cm )
overall b: 6 1/2 x 48 1/8 in. ( 16.5 x 122.2 cm )
overall c: 10 x 1
Description:
Seven silk lace godet ruffle fragments (probably machine made), all of the same design, plain foot edges, inverted floral design on tulle ground with leaf garlands on outer edges creating scalloped edges which are beaded.
Object Number:
INV.11690a-g
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
29895
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Piece of lace: black
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 67 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 171.4 cm )
Description:
Machine made black silk lace godet ruffle fragment, plain foot edge with overall floral design against tulle ground, scalloped beaded edge.
Object Number:
INV.11679
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
29894
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: 45 stars
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1896
Medium:
Wool, cotton, metal grommets
Dimensions:
Overall: 46 1/2 x 80 1/4 in. ( 118.1 x 203.8 cm )
Description:
Wool U.S. flag with forty-five cotton stars applied to the canton (three rows of eight interspaced with three rows of seven stars); thirteen red and white stripes; cotton hoist with metal grommets at each end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Moss
Object Number:
1941.238
Gallery Label:
This flag belonged to the donor's father, Bernard Goetz, of Philadelphia, PA. He lighted the Centennial Exhibition night-light reflectors in 1876.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
29890
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flag: 36 stars
Classification:
Date:
1864-1867
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 55 x 60 1/2 in. ( 139.7 x 153.7 cm )
Description:
Wool lithographed U.S. flag with thirty-six white stars in the blue canton (six rows of six); thirteen red and white stripes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. John Austin Stevens, Jr.
Object Number:
INV.11782
Gallery Label:
This U.S. flag hung over the apartments of John Austin Stevens at No. 4 Rue Glück, Paris during the entire Siege of Commune, 1870-1871. During the Siege Mr. Stevens and his family were in Normandy. During the Commune the family occupied the apartment on rue Glück which had a clear view through the trees to the Grand Opera House. Bullets were shot into the apartment.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1867
eMuseum Object ID:
29884
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lace fragment
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. ( 31.4 x 19 cm )
Description:
Machine made silk tulle fragment studded with daisies.
Object Number:
Z.1154
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29883
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lace fragment
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Linen, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 23 5/8 in. ( 2.2 x 60 cm )
Description:
Linen eyelet lace fragment with drawnwork at the outside edges, the floral motif is embroidered with white cotton floss and is a meandering garland.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck, 1945
Object Number:
Z.1095.3
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29876
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sample card fragment
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 9 1/8 in. ( 7.6 x 23.2 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular paper sample card fragment with blue silk lining on reverse, floral designs in various colors of silk floss on brown, violet and yellow swatches of silk, there is a straight blue printed border above and beneath, and along the vertical sides of the swatches there is a leaf motif border with diamond shapes at the center.
Object Number:
Z.1420
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29868
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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