Flag: 36 stars
Classification:
Date:
1864-1867
Medium:
Wool, cotton, metal grommets
Dimensions:
Overall: 53 1/2 x 93 1/4 in. ( 135.9 x 236.9 cm )
Description:
Wool machine sewn U.S. flag with thirty-six white (six rows of six stars) cotton stars on a teal canton; thirteen red and white stripes; white cotton hoist with metal grommets at each end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Parker W. Barnum
Object Number:
1954.14
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this flag was used at the burial of Sgt. John MacLachlan at Fort Sumter, during the Civil War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1867
eMuseum Object ID:
29450
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt square
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 13 3/4 x 1/8 in. ( 35.6 x 34.9 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Pieced quilt square with four stylized leaves surrounding small central square; blue and gray striped cotton and red and gray paisley print.
Credit Line:
Gift of W. G. Bowdoin
Object Number:
1940.105m
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
29442
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed textile of Tripoli expedition and Decatur
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1815
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 x 24 1/2 in. ( 71.1 x 62.2 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed, glazed cotton textile fragment with repeating vignettes representing "The Gallant Decature and his Brave Tars Capturing the Algerine Admiral" and the Boston Tea Party, etc., with medallions with images of Lafayette, General Jackson and others represented; printed in turkey red on white ground.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
INV.1089
Marks:
printed: all over with scenes labelled: "Defeat of the British at Baltimore/ Defeat of the British before the Town of New Orleans/ Prevost's retreat from Plattsburg and the capture of the British Fleet/ Surrender of Genl. Burgoyne & Army at Saratoga/ The
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 66.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
29441
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt square
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 1/8 in. ( 34.3 x 33.7 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Pieced quilt square with four stylized leaves surrounding small central square; brown cotton with yellow polka dots and multicolored paisley print.
Credit Line:
Gift of W. G. Bowdoin
Object Number:
1940.105j
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
29440
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt square
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/4 x 13 1/4 x 1/8 in. ( 33.7 x 33.7 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Pieced quilt square with four stylized leaves surrounding small central square; olive green cotton print with diamond and scroll motif and blue and gray paisley print.
Credit Line:
Gift of W. G. Bowdoin
Object Number:
1940.105h
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
29439
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1814
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. ( 54.6 x 67.3 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief depicting City Hall in the center surrounded by fourteen scenes of New York City street life in ovals divided by leaves; decorative border; printed with brown ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Pelham W. Warren
Object Number:
1910.29
Marks:
printed: in center: "CITY - HALL NEW - YORK"
printed: in ovals: "PINE APPLES fine PINE APPLES/ Here's fine ripe WATERMELONS/ Sweet potatoes Carolina potatoes/ Baked PEARS/ Fine ripe STRAWBERRIES/ ..."
Gallery Label:
This printed kerchief features New York's City Hall at center, surrounded by fourteen scenes depicting New York City street life. The scenes are based on the "Cries of New York," first published in 1808. City Hall, designed by J. F. Mangin and John McComb, Jr., was completed in 1811.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1819
eMuseum Object ID:
29438
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt square
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/4 x 13 1/4 x 1/8 in. ( 33.7 x 33.7 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Pieced quilt square with four stylized leaves surrounding small central square; olive green cotton print with diamond and scroll motif and blue and gray paisley print.
Credit Line:
Gift of W. G. Bowdoin
Object Number:
1940.105g
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
29436
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt squares (15)
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
each approx.: 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 1/8 in. ( 34.3 x 34.3 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Fifteen pieced quilt squares with four stylized leaves surrounding small central square; multicolored cotton print fabrics.
Credit Line:
Gift of W. G. Bowdoin
Object Number:
1940.105a-o
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
29435
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Eisenhower Toile
Classification:
Date:
1952
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 35 1/2 in. ( 91.4 x 90.2 cm )
Description:
Cotton screen-printed yardage sample with nine color swatches sewn to the back; six images of President Eisenhower's homes: Abilene, Denver, Columbia University, West Point, the White House, and Gettysburg; surrounded by garlands of oak leaves and roses and three emblems of the military, an emblem of painting and an elephant; printed in pink and grey on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of F. Schumacher & Company
Object Number:
1956.36
Marks:
printed: below images: "ABILENE/ DENVER/ COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY/ GETTYSBURG/ WEST POINT/ WHITE HOUSE"
Gallery Label:
The pattern of this yardage sample was designed for draperies to be hung in President Dwight D. Eisenhower's home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1952
eMuseum Object ID:
29434
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed textile: a Joffre - la patrie, 1914-1915
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1915
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 1/4 x 52 3/4 in. ( 94.6 x 134 cm )
Description:
Cotton lithographed yardage fragment with an all-over pattern of crossed French and English flags linked by garlands and a wreath, a chauticlear (rooster) on a winged-wheel and a medal with the inscription "AJOFFRE. LA PATRIE." below; printed in red, blue, white, yellow and green on a mustard ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1944.170
Marks:
printed: all over: "1914-1915/ AJOFFRE. LA PATRIE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1915
eMuseum Object ID:
29431
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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