Yardage

Classification: 
Date: 
1880
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 50 x 23 3/4 in. ( 127 x 60.3 cm )
Description: 
Cotton printed yardage with a running pattern of garlanded portraits of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur above crossed American flags and inscribed banners running down the sides; printed in black, blue and red on a white ground.
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1952.297
Marks: 
printed: below portraits: "JAMES/ A. GARFIELD/ FOR PRESIDENT/ CHESTER/ A. ARTHUR/ FOR/ VICE PRESIDENT" printed: on banners: "UNION FOREVER/ EQUALITY FOR ALL MEN"
Gallery Label: 
This yardage was made for the 1880 Presidential campaign of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1880
eMuseum Object ID: 
29201
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Kerchief

Classification: 
Date: 
1888
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 22 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. ( 56.5 x 59.7 cm )
Description: 
Cotton printed campaign kerchief of Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton; medallion with a U.S. flag design inside, inscribed "PROTECTION" and inscribed with thier names around the medallion border; medallion portraits of the candidates in the corners; printed in red and blue on a white ground.
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Object Number: 
1952.311
Marks: 
printed: center: "FOR PRESIDENT/ BENJAMIN HARRISON/ FOR VICE PRESIDENT/ LEVI P. MORTON/ PROTECTION"
Gallery Label: 
This kerchief was made for the 1888 Presidential campaign of Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton.
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: 
1888
eMuseum Object ID: 
29200
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Table mats

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1850
Medium: 
Wool, linen, silk
Dimensions: 
overall a: 7 1/4 x 6 x 1/8 in. ( 18.4 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm ) overall b: 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 1/8 in. ( 18.4 x 14 x 0.3 cm )
Description: 
Two diamond-shaped Berlin woolwork table mats on linen ground, "a", unlined, shows a wreath of roses with a flower pattern at each corner, and a geometric border on all sides, "b", lined with silk on reverse, shows an abstract floral design, with an abstract inner border surrounded by a geometric border on all sides, both designs are set against a yellow background.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Deas Murphy, 1944
Object Number: 
Z.1284ab
Gallery Label: 
These table mats belonged to Jennet Lenox Maitland Belknap (1798-1870),who married the distinguished New York attorney, Aaron Betts Belknap (1816-1880) in 1823.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
29195
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Curtains (4) and textile fragments (4)

Classification: 
Date: 
1790-1800
Medium: 
Cotton, linen
Description: 
Four cotton copperplate-printed curtains and four related textile fragments with the apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin depicted in red on white ground; additional figures include a personification of liberty standing next to Franklin and a female warrior holding a shield with thirteen stars floating in the air on his opposite side, George Washington standing upright in a chariot drawn by a pair of leopards and led by two Native Americans blowing trumpets and waving banners, and a pair of cupids holding between them an oval map showing the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern half of North America; curtains with linen lining.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number: 
1941.99a-h
Marks: 
printed: on banner held by Franklin: WHERE LIBERTY / DWELLS THERE IS / MY COUNTRY" printed: on temple frieze: "TEMPLE OF FAME" printed: on shield held by allegorical figure seated next to Washington: "AMERICAN / INDEPEND- / -ANCE. / 1776"
Gallery Label: 
Three fragments (e, f, and g) are joined together and attached to another fragment of the same pattern (1937.514) to make a complete curtain.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
29194
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Textile fragment

Classification: 
Date: 
1790-1800
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 19 1/2 x 31 x 1/8 in. ( 49.5 x 78.7 x 0.3 cm )
Description: 
Cotton copper-engraved textile fragment with the apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin depicted in red on white ground; additional figures include a personification of liberty standing next to Franklin and a female warrior holding a shield with thirteen stars floating in the air on his opposite side, George Washington standing upright in a chariot drawn by a pair of leopards and led by two Native Americans blowing trumpets and waving banners, and a pair of cupids holding between them an oval map showing the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern half of North America.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number: 
1941.99h
Marks: 
printed: on banner held by Franklin: WHERE LIBERTY / DWELLS THERE IS / MY COUNTRY" printed: on temple frieze: "TEMPLE OF FAME" printed: on shield held by allegorical figure seated next to Washington: "AMERICAN / INDEPEND- / -ANCE. / 1776"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
29193
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Embroidered bookmark

Classification: 
Date: 
1840-1900
Medium: 
Silk, wool, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 13 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 1/8 in. ( 34.3 x 6.7 x 0.3 cm ) Part (perforated paper): 5 x 2 1/2 x 1/8 in. (12.7 x 6.4 x
Description: 
Vertical rectangular green silk bookmark with embroidered perforated paper applied with green silk floss cross stitching, wool needlepoint in center of paper shows a floral design.
Object Number: 
INV.11904
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
29187
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Textile fragments (3)

Classification: 
Date: 
1790-1800
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
each approx.: 16 x 30 x 1/8 in. ( 40.6 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm )
Description: 
Three cotton copper-engraved textile fragments with the apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin depicted in red on white ground; additional figures include a personification of liberty standing next to Franklin and a female warrior holding a shield with thirteen stars floating in the air on his opposite side, George Washington standing upright in a chariot drawn by a pair of leopards and led by two Native Americans blowing trumpets and waving banners, and a pair of cupids holding between them an oval map showing the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern half of North America.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number: 
1941.99e-g
Marks: 
printed: on banner held by Franklin: WHERE LIBERTY / DWELLS THERE IS / MY COUNTRY" printed: on temple frieze: "TEMPLE OF FAME" printed: on shield held by allegorical figure seated next to Washington: "AMERICAN / INDEPEND- / -ANCE. / 1776"
Gallery Label: 
These three fragments are joined together and attached to another fragment of the same pattern (1937.514) to make a complete curtain.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
29186
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 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. ( 24.1 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.11490y
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1856
eMuseum Object ID: 
29185
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 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. ( 24.8 x 24.8 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.11490u
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1856
eMuseum Object ID: 
29184
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Kerchief

Classification: 
Date: 
1848
Medium: 
Cotton
Dimensions: 
Overall: 26 3/8 x 29 3/4 in. ( 67 x 75.6 cm )
Description: 
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with a central full length portrait of Zachary Taylor in military dress, with four vignettes depicting battles of the Mexican War (Monterey, Buena Vista, Resaca de la Palma, Palo Alto) in the corners; floral background pattern; printed in blue, sepia, and tan on a white ground; decorative border.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number: 
1941.129
Marks: 
printed: below portrait: "GEN.L Z. TAYLOR./ ROUGH AND READY" printed: below vignettes: "GEN.L TAYLOR. BATTLE OF PALO ALTO/ MAY 8TH 1846/ GEN.L TAYLOR. BATTLE OF RESACE DE LA PALMA/ Cap.t May recieving the orders to charge the Mex batteries, May 9th 1846/
Gallery Label: 
This kerchief was probably made for the presidential campaign of 1848.
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: 
1848
eMuseum Object ID: 
29183
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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