Stenciled quilt piece
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. ( 24.1 x 23.8 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with stenciled design; floral spray with red blossoms at center, with small blue bird perched on largest blossom; one flower in each corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490ii
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
29227
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stenciled quilt piece
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. ( 24.4 x 24.4 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with stenciled design; floral spray with large green flower with red center; one flower in each corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490bb
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
29222
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. ( 79.4 x 64.1 cm )
Description:
Cotton roller-printed 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.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.105
Marks:
printed: around medallion: "SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ARMY & NAVY * PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM MARCH 4 1829 T0"
printed: below portraits: "THOMAS JEFFERSON/ PRESIDENT FROM 1801 TO 1809/ JOHN Q ADAMS/ PRESIDENT FROM 1825 TO 1829/ JAMES MONROE/ PRE
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:
29218
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1815-1820
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/4 x 28 in. ( 56.5 x 71.1 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with central image of the Steam Frigate Fulton the First surrounded by sixteen medallions and sixteen vignettes depicting American sports; printed in red ink on a white ground; decorative border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.119
Marks:
printed: around central image: "STEAM FRIGATE FULTON THE FIRST/ LENGTH 154 FEET BREADTH 37 FEET, MOUNTS 34,56 POUNDERS"
printed: at four corners in medallions: "AMERICAN/ SPORTS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
29213
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. ( 59.7 x 69.8 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton souvenir kerchief from the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philedelphia, PA; central oval medallion is an image of the Main Building overlapped by two smaller oval medallions with images of the Art Gallery and the Horticultural Building; Greek key border with portraits of George Washington and Ulysses Grant garlanded in the upper corners, garlanded seals commemorating the birth of the nation and congresses act to hold the exhibition; printed in blackand orange on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1944.271
Marks:
printed: in center: "THE ART GALLERY/ INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876./ MAIN BUILDING/ HORTICULTURAL BUILDING."
printed: on border: "Washington/ Grant/ 1776/ 1876/ PHILADELPHIA/ IN COMMEMORATION OF THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE/ ACT O
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 203.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
29211
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1889
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/4 x 25 in. ( 59.1 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with medallion profile-portrait of George Washington; surrounded by four shields with 42 stars (Washington was the 42nd state), garlanded with rhododendron leaves (the state flower) and banners; printed in red and black on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.114
Marks:
printed: on banners (x4): "IN GOD WE TRUST/ WASHINGTON PATRIAE/ PATER
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made to celebrate the centennial of Washington's 1789 inauguration and the admittance, on November 11, 1889, of Washington as the 42nd state. The portrait of Washington is derived from a medal by Pierre Simon Benjamin Duviviar, which was commissioned by Congress and given to Washington in honor of the evacuation of the British troops from Boston.
Bibliography:
Weiss, Hillary. The American Bandanna: Culture on Cloth from George Washington to Elvis. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1990.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
29207
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchiefs (two uncut)
Classification:
Date:
1824
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 29 1/2 in. ( 35.6 x 74.9 cm )
Description:
Two uncut cotton copperplate-printed kerchiefs; left kerchief has central oval scene of William Penn's Treaty with the Indians and an image of the Friend's Meeting House across the top, surrounded by text; on the right kerchief is a central portrait of General Lafayette in a medallion and vignettes of his arrival by ship at New York and his arrival at Independence Hall, Philadelphia above and below; center also has text describing the events; decorative border; sepia ink printed on white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.128
Marks:
printed: right kerchief, all over: "General LaFayettes arrival at Independence Hall Philad Sept 28th 1824/ Gen LaFayette/ The Nation's Guest/ The arrival of Genl LaFayette at the Port of New York in the Ship Cadmus, Capt' Allyn Aug 17th 1824.
printed: l
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.
Montgomery, Florence M. Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850. New York: Viking, 1970.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
29206
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handkerchief
Classification:
Date:
1952
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. ( 33.7 x 35.2 cm )
Description:
Cotton printed handkerchief with an image of a donkey holding a bowler hat in the center surrounded by stars; inscribed below; red striped border; printed in red, blue and black ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1952.327
Marks:
printed: below image: "KEEP/ ME IN"
printed: on paper label: "Created by/ kimball"
Gallery Label:
This handkerchief was made for the presidential campaign of 1952. It urged voters to keep a Democrat in office, but Eisenhower, a Republican, won the 1952 campaign.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1952
eMuseum Object ID:
29205
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Democratic Crying Towel
Classification:
Date:
1952
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 14 1/4 in. ( 61 x 36.2 cm )
Description:
White cotton kerchief with an image of a crying donkey with a halo and a pitchfork shape in his tail; inscribed above and below; printed in blue ink.
Credit Line:
Gift of James Hazen Hyde
Object Number:
1952.437
Marks:
printed: all over: "DEMOCRATIC/ CRYING TOWEL/ Mc. GRANERY/ CIRCUS SAINTS AND SINNERS/ LUNCHEON.../ NOV. 21st, 1952"
Gallery Label:
This "Democratic Crying Towel" is a souvenir of a Circus Saints and Sinners Club of America luncheon that took place on November 21, 1952, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The charity group, established in 1926, has held annual fundraising events at which honorees were subjected to a comedically humiliating "roast" as the "fall guy." An account of the event, published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle the following day, says, "Attorney General James Patrick McGranery won't forget too soon the ribbing he took last Friday as the 'fall guy'.... He sat through three hours of political needling which included such topics as the elusive Thomas (Three-Finger Brown) Luchese, Newbold Morris, Washington politics...."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1952
eMuseum Object ID:
29204
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner
Classification:
Date:
1884
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 37 1/2 in. ( 61 x 95.2 cm )
Description:
Cotton lithographed banner with a red, white and blue; blue band has six stars and the white is inscribed in black, "BLAINE AND LOGAN".
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Robert M. Orton
Object Number:
INV.7411
Marks:
printed: center: "BLAINE AND LOGAN"
Gallery Label:
James G. Blaine and his running mate, John A. Logan, ran on the Republican ticket during the 1884 presidential election. This Blaine and Logan campaign banner was used in Perkins, Niagara County, New York, by John Brainerd Orton, grandfather of the donor.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 239.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1884
eMuseum Object ID:
29202
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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