"Exhibit of G. E. Stonebridge"
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 3/4 x 18 in. ( 42.5 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Cyanotype printed on cotton fabric with photograms of ivy surrounded by photogram of a a drawing of wreaths, military emblems and birds; inscribed in the center, "EXIBIT/ of/ G.E. Stonebridge"; blue on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. George E. Stonebridge
Object Number:
1942.82a
Marks:
printed: in center: "EXIBIT/ of/ G. E. Stonebridge"
Gallery Label:
George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29421
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Embroidery of woman with sheep
Classification:
Date:
1790-1810
Medium:
Silk, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 x 13 3/4 x 1/8 in. ( 40.6 x 34.9 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Oval needlework picture worked in various colors of silk floss and chenille on vertical rectangular silk ground, the pastoral scene depicts a female figure with lambs near bushes and trees, the sky, mountains, and the figure's head and hands are painted, satin, couching and straight stitches.
Credit Line:
Gift of George C. McWhorter
Object Number:
1895.18
Marks:
handwritten: reverse of frame: "Tapestry Embroidery-- / made by some one / about the time of the / Revolutionary War / formerly (illeg.)"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
29418
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile: photograph of banner; Grace Adele, orcha
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 19 1/2 in. ( 50.8 x 49.5 cm )
Description:
Cyanotype print on fabric of fork-tonged banner tied to an arrow-head pole with an image of a cabin; inscribed above and below image; blue on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number:
1942.82r
Marks:
printed: on banner: "GRACE ADELE/ ORCHARD BEACH"
Gallery Label:
George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29417
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needlework
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1838
Medium:
Silk, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 14 1/2 x 1/8 in. ( 45.7 x 36.8 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular needlework (beaded) picture on silk taffeta ground depicting a floral arrangement of a variety of multi-colored flowers in an urn-shaped vase sitting on a table mat.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.1144
Marks:
beaded: bottom, above table mat: "Esther Bordarier"
handwritten: across bottom: "Fait pour le 1er Janvier 1838 chez Madame Dombald à la Cension"
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
29416
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pillowcase: photographs of soldiers/fern design
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cotton, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 x 17 in. ( 43.2 x 43.2 cm )
Description:
Cyanotype printed on fabric with nine images of the Seventh Regiment in three columns with photograms of plants in the background; blue on a white ground; blue silk pillowcase bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, through Major Kenneth C. Miller
Object Number:
1950.200
Gallery Label:
George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29415
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Napkins (2)
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
each approx.: 31 x 35 x 1/8 in. ( 78.7 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Two rectangular white linen damask napkins.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lucille de Luze Foley
Object Number:
1941.669a-b
Marks:
embroidered: on corner of obverse ("a" and "b"): "EVR / 12"
Gallery Label:
A handwritten note accompanying the napkins reads as follows: "2 old napkins from Miss / Katherine Van Rensselaer / Albany."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
29414
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile: photograph of waterfall /lace design
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 7/8 x 19 1/2 in. ( 50.5 x 49.5 cm )
Description:
Cyanotype printed on fabric with an image of a waterfall, surrounded by a photogram of lace; blue dye on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of George E. Stonebridge
Object Number:
1942.83j
Gallery Label:
George Ehler Stonebridge was an amateur photographer who lived and worked in the Bronx, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29412
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Napkins (2)
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Linen
Dimensions:
each approx.: 31 1/2 x 38 x 1/8 in. ( 80 x 96.5 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Two rectangular white linen damask napkins.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lucille de Luze Foley
Object Number:
1941.708ab
Marks:
embroidered: on corner of obverse (both "a" and "b"): "C L / 6"
handwritten in sepia: on corner of obverse (both "a" and "b"): "[illegible] Van Rensselaer"
Gallery Label:
A handwritten note accompanying the napkins reads as follows: "from / Cousin Katherine / Van Rensselaer / of Rensselaer - Albany - / This Belonged to / Great,? Great? Grand Mother / Catherine Livingston / Napkins Initial in Corner / of it."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
29411
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Brighton Beach
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 15 3/4 in. ( 38.1 x 40 cm )
Description:
Printed silk kerchief with an image of the bathhouse at Brighton Beach with the ocean and bathers in foreground; red striped border; printed in red and sepia ink on a white ground.
Object Number:
Z.1278
Marks:
printed: across top: "BRIGHTON BEACH"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29410
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed textile
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 6 in. ( 27.3 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular jacquard-woven souvenir picture in various colors of silk commemorating the Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition; American bald eagle against star-studded aurora, holding crest, banner and laurel leaves, image of George Washington beneath set in laurel leaves with an American flag on either side, bottom half has image of the exhibition site and things relating to Philadelphia--stream train, harbor, wheat shafts, etc., inscription on banner across bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary Otis Stevens
Object Number:
1939.157
Marks:
woven: top center: "PHILADELPHIA / INTERNATIONAL - EXHIBITION"
woven: across bottom: "CENTENNIAL - UNITED STATES - INDEPENDENCE-
woven: bottom left: "MEMENTO / 1776 / J. B. CHAMPROMY"
woven: bottom right: SOUVENIR / 1876 / A. LARCHER PA"
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 197.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
29409
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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