Bag

Classification: 
Date: 
1900-1950
Medium: 
Linen, silk
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 24.1 cm )
Description: 
Square ecru linen bag with flap closure at the top, the front has an overall pattern of flowers, clover and flower petals embroidered in green and pink silk floss, the edges are decorated with a single row of drawnwork.
Object Number: 
Z.1131.31
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1950
eMuseum Object ID: 
29691
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Handkerchief press

Classification: 
Date: 
1900-1940
Medium: 
Silk
Dimensions: 
overall (closed): 9 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. ( 24.4 x 24.8 cm ) overall (open): 19 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. ( 48.6 x 24.4 cm )
Description: 
Square pink satin handkerchief press with white satin lining, the outer edge is trimmed with pink silk rope cord, the front has a wreath of ribbon pansies, a bunch of four pansies and the remnants of three flowers, the pansies and their leaves are of silk ribbon, with yellow silk knots embroidered at their centers.
Object Number: 
Z.1131.30
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
29690
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Cover

Classification: 
Date: 
1875-1925
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 14 1/2 x 10 7/8 x 1 in. ( 36.8 x 27.6 x 2.5 cm )
Description: 
Oval ecru cotton crocheted lace cover, with overall geometric pattern, crochetwork around the edging on the reverse for fitting over the top of an object.
Object Number: 
Z.1131.29
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1925
eMuseum Object ID: 
29689
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

"The Love of Truth Mark the Boy"

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1806
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. ( 32.4 x 29.2 cm )
Description: 
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with a scene depicting the folktale of George Washington and the cherry tree with an inscribed banner above and the folktale in three columns below; printed in blue on a white ground; decorative border.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number: 
1941.117
Marks: 
printed: across top: "THE LOVE OF TRUTH/ MARK THE BOY" printed: below scene: "At six years old George, full of boyish tricks,/ Would often please himself by chopping sticks;/ ... / Afterwards the celebrated WASHINGTON." stamped: bottom right corner: "IS
Gallery Label: 
This kerchief was originally printed as a companion to "The Effect of Principle, Behold the Man" (1941.104).
Bibliography: 

Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute, 1979), 63.

Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1806
eMuseum Object ID: 
29658
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Lace fragments

Classification: 
Date: 
1825-1875
Medium: 
Linen
Dimensions: 
overall a: 2 5/8 x 13 in. ( 6.7 x 33 cm ) overall b: 2 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. ( 7 x 45.1 cm )
Description: 
Two ecru linen bobbin lace fragments with the same pattern, the foot edges are plain, there are bands of checkerboard design across the tops with a row of flowers and ivy leaves beneath, the bottom designs are inverted cordonnet flowers creating a sawtooth scalloped edge.
Object Number: 
Z.1177.3ab
Gallery Label: 
This lace belonged to Sarah Matilda Frost Miller (July 16, 1824-September 21, 1888).
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1875
eMuseum Object ID: 
29655
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Piece of lace

Classification: 
Date: 
1755-1800
Medium: 
Linen
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. ( 21.6 x 47 cm )
Description: 
Handmade ecru linen bobbin lace godet ruffle fragment, the foot edge is plain, there is a row of interlocking scrolls which create circles with tulle work in the center, the outer edge is a close cross bar leaf pattern creating a scalloped edge which is beaded.
Object Number: 
INV.11696
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
29653
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Flag: 48 Stars American

Classification: 
Date: 
1912-1959
Medium: 
Silk
Dimensions: 
Overall: 31 3/4 x 45 3/4 in. ( 80.6 x 116.2 cm )
Description: 
Silk lithographed U.S. flag with forty-eight stars in the canton (six rows of eight stars); thirteen red and white stripes; machine stitched along the hoist and fly.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dorothy C. Barck, 1953
Object Number: 
INV.12346
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1959
eMuseum Object ID: 
29652
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Flag: 48 stars

Classification: 
Date: 
1912-1959
Medium: 
Cotton, metal grommets
Dimensions: 
Overall: 43 3/4 x 70 in. ( 111.1 x 177.8 cm )
Description: 
Cotton lithographed U.S. flag with forty-eight stars in the blue canton (six rows of eight stars); thirteen red and white stripes; white hoist with metal grommets at each end, red cotton ties through each grommet.
Object Number: 
INV.11781
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1959
eMuseum Object ID: 
29650
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Piece of lace

Classification: 
Date: 
1775-1800
Medium: 
Silk
Dimensions: 
Overall: 13 3/8 x 27 in. ( 34 x 68.6 cm )
Description: 
Handmade white silk bobbin lace godet ruffle fragment, the foot edge is plain, tulle is studded with cordonnet daisies, the outer edge is made of open dot and close cross bar palm leaves, creating a scalloped edge which is beaded.
Object Number: 
INV.11689
Gallery Label: 
This lace belonged to the wife of Captain Clemont Miller of Barbados. The family later moved to Cooperstown, New York.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
29648
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Scarf

Classification: 
Date: 
1850-1900
Medium: 
Silk
Dimensions: 
Overall: 23 x 23 1/2 in. ( 58.4 x 59.7 cm )
Description: 
Square black machine-made silk tulle table scarf with machine-made silk ribbon fringe on all sides.
Object Number: 
Z.1331.4
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
29640
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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