Memorial Embroidery
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1814
Medium:
Silk, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 20 1/2 in. ( 48.3 x 52.1 cm )
Description:
Needlework picture in various colors of silk floss and blue metallic spangles on silk ground; the central image depicts an urn on top of a memorial, set upon a floating outdoor ground, framed on top with arching garland and below with two cornucopia ribboned together in the center and overflowing with fruit, flowers and once-bearded wheat; stitches include satin, straight, outline, outline and knots.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Rev. Gouverneur Cruger
Object Number:
1910.34
Marks:
handwritten: upper right corner of backing: "By Eliza Kortwright (Mrs. Nicholas Cruger) / made at 29 Broadway N.Y.C. 1820"
Gallery Label:
Eliza Kortright (1802-1882) entered the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies June 6, 1814. She was the daughter of John Kortright (d. 1810) and Catherine Seaman Kortright (1774-1861). Her father's sister was the wife of President James Monroe, and her mother later married Henry Brockholst Livingston, Judge of the U.S. Supreme Court. Eliza married Nicholas Cruger.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1814
eMuseum Object ID:
29328
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 48 x 24 in. ( 121.9 x 61 cm )
Description:
Roller-printed cotton textile fragment with a central portrait medallion of Andrew Jackson with an American bald eagle to his right, a frigate (U.S.S. Constitution) to his left, and portraits of the first six presidents of the United States below; all on a ground of clouds; printed in blue ink on a white ground.
Object Number:
X.61
Marks:
printed: around medallion: "SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ARMY & NAVY * PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM MARCH 4 1829 T0"
printed:
Gallery Label:
This textile was adapted from an earlier French toile with the inscription, "Les Presidents des Etats-Unis". The French version includes the eagle, but the frigate and Jackson are not printed.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Montgomery, Florence M. Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850. New York: Viking, 1970.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
29326
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
1846-1848
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 45 x 19 1/2 in. ( 114.3 x 49.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton lithographed textile fragment with an all over pattern of Mexican War scenes and floral design; printed in green, brown, tan and sepia on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.98
Gallery Label:
This textile fragment depicts Captain Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) planting the flag at Buena Vista (1846) and Captain C.A. May receiving the sword of surrender from General La Vega at Reseca de la Palma. It may have been produced for the 1848 Presidential campaign of Zachary Taylor and is considered to be amongst the rarest textiles made to commemorate the Mexican-American War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1848
eMuseum Object ID:
29327
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt square
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1873
Medium:
Cotton, ink and pencil
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 9 x 1/8 in. ( 22.9 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Pieced white cotton plain-weave quilt square centering a "Dutch tulip" or "Caesar's crown" variation motif in over-dyed green and yellow calico and golden-yellow and brown calico printed fabrics, circa 1865; hand-pieced and sewn in a hand running-stitch; inscribed in ink by hand on obverse "Miss Clara Bidwell" and "Clara Bidwell 1873" in pencil on the reverse.
Object Number:
INV.11961a
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on obverse: "Miss Clara Bidwell"
handwritten in pencil: on reverse: "Clara Bidwell / 1878"
Gallery Label:
This quilt square was probably made for a "friendship" quilt, also known as a "album" or "signature" quilt. They were popular in the mid-nineteenth century and usually given to an individual to commemorate a birth, marriage or move away from the local area. Squares were often given as keepsakes to ladies of a community or church congregation who were moving west. This square relates to the appliquéd copper and brown maltese cross star-printed calico quilt square (INV.11961b).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1873
eMuseum Object ID:
29319
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printed textile
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/2 x 35 in. ( 34.3 x 88.9 cm )
Description:
Cotton block-printed and copperplate-printed campaign kerchief with three rectangular sections bordered by stars; center section has a copperplate-printed image of Samuel Jones Tilden running for president, in a block-printed garland of oak leaves and acorns; text in other sections printed in black and red on a beige ground.
Object Number:
INV.1387
Marks:
printed: in outer sections: "TILDEN/ AND/ HENDRICKS/ REFORM/ AND/ PROSPERITY"
Gallery Label:
Samuel Tilden (1814-1886) ran for president in 1876 with Thomas Hendricks against Rutherford B. Hayes. Tilden received the majority of the popular vote, but lost the election when key states were claimed by Republican managers.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
29317
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Painting on a shirtcuff
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 5 in. ( 7.6 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Painting on starched shirtcuff of two dogs in the grass under a tree; green, blue, white, brown, and black on a white ground.
Object Number:
Z.1245
Gallery Label:
Frederic Griffith was fourteen when he painted this shirtcuff.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
29314
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 14 x 1/8 in. ( 34.3 x 35.6 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:
1940.105k
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
29310
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt square
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 3/4 x 13 1/4 x 1/8 in. ( 34.9 x 33.7 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Pieced quilt square with four stylized leaves surrounding small central square; brown floral printed cotton and blue, gray, and ocher stripe.
Credit Line:
Gift of W. G. Bowdoin
Object Number:
1940.105i
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
29309
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile: Washington and Grant ?
Classification:
Date:
1889
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. ( 59.7 x 61.6 cm )
Description:
Cotton copper-engraved textile fragment with portraits of George Washington and Benjamin Harrison in garlanded medallions with an American bald eagle armorial and two crossed American flags above, representing the flag in 1789 and the flag in 1889; all on grond printed with gold stars; printed with sepia, red, blue, gold, and white on a tan ground; pattern repeats.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1944.269
Marks:
printed: above portraits: "1789/ 1889"
Gallery Label:
Thi textile was made for the Presidential campaign of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) of 1889.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
29306
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1815
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. ( 57.2 x 61.6 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief of battles from the War of 1812; central image of the Battle of New Orleans; four corner vignettes of naval victories; four side images, two of naval battles, battle at Fort Moreal, and a key to the central image at bottom; printed in sepia ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.101
Marks:
printed: on the key: " THE GLORIOUS VICTORY OF NEW ORLEANS/ Gained by the Americans under General Jackson, over the British,/ under General Packenham, 7th of January 1815./ EXPLANATION/ A. The City of New Orleans/ B. The River Mississippi/ C. ..."
printe
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:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
29301
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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