Stenciled quilt piece
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 23.5 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with stenciled design; cornucopia containing flowers with red blossoms at center.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490q
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
29182
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 7/8 in. ( 24.8 x 25.1 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with stenciled design; green palm tree at center with blue bird on top; one flower in each corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490n
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
29180
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bandana: red triangular
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1835
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 29 in. ( 35.6 x 73.7 cm )
Description:
Wool printed triangular kerchief with a blue, red, yellow, and black paisley design on a white ground; red border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. F. Maurice Newton
Object Number:
1947.120
Gallery Label:
This kerchief belonged to Rebecca Katell Shepard, great-aunt of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
29175
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Stenciled quilt piece
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 10 in. ( 24.1 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Pieced square white cotton quilt piece with one straight, hand-stitched seam and stenciled design; floral spray with two round, red blossoms at center; one flower in each corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490j
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
29174
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief: Alexander Hamilton
Classification:
Date:
1805-1806
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. ( 54 x 64.1 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with a central garlanded mourning scene with two weeping women in front of a monument to Alexander Hamilton, beneath a portrait of Hamilton; garlands and banners drape the edges; on either side of the central image are unfurled scrolls with cupids hanging onto the sides; in lower corners are images of a Native American with a flag and a woman seated beneath a tree; printed in sepia on a white ground; decorative border.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1967.51
Marks:
printed: all over: "IN MEMORY of MAJOR GENERAL/ ALEXANDER HAMILTON/ Fathers, friends, countrymen! the grave of/ HAMILTON speaks. It reminds you that/he fell victim, not to disease nor accident;/ ..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1806
eMuseum Object ID:
29172
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 lithographed 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.
Object Number:
INV.7409
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:
29159
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1912
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 25 in. ( 53.3 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton lithographed campaign kerchief with a central portrait medallion of Theodore Roosevelt surrounded by a field of diamonds; several stripe borders; printed in red and sepia ink on a natural ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1952.312
Marks:
printed: center: "PROGRESSIVE/ ROOSEVELT/ 19/ 12/ BATTLE FLAG"
printed: bottom left corner: "D & C/ NY"
printed: around portrait medallion: "COPYRIGHT BY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD NY"
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made for the 1912 presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt. The portrait is derived from an image by Underwood & Underwood, a photography agency that was based in New York City.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 371.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1912
eMuseum Object ID:
29158
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1880
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 3/4 x 21 1/2 in. ( 50.2 x 54.6 cm )
Description:
Cotton lithographed campaign kerchief with medallion portraits of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur printed in black on a natural ground; meander border and red background.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1952.307
Marks:
printed: below portraits: "JAMES A. GARFIELD./ REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT/ CHESTER A. ARTHUR./ REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT"
printed: upper right corner: "COCHRANE TURKEY RED"
Gallery Label:
This kerchief was made for the presidential campaign of 1880.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 221
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
29157
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banner
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Muslin
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 74.9 cm )
Description:
White muslin campaign banner with "Mc. KINLEY/ & HOBART" painted on both sides in black; lettering guidelines in pencil.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Blossom Runyon Howe
Object Number:
1958.149
Marks:
painted: all over: "Mc. KINLEY/ & HOBART."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
29155
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1880
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/2 x 21 in. ( 52.1 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Cotton lithographed campaign kerchief with two medallion portraits in the center of Winfield S. Hancock and William H. English with a U.S. shield above and below; in each corner is an American bald eagle with a shield at his breast and arrows and laurel branches in his claws; decorative border; printed in black, red and blue on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1952.306
Marks:
printed: below portraits: "GEN. WINFIELD S. HANCOCK/ DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT/ HON. WILLIAM H. ENGLISH/ DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR VICE PRESIDENT"
printed: above shields: "IN UNION/ IS/ STRENGTH"
printed: on eagles' banners: "E PLURIBUS/ UNUM"
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Gallery Label:
Hancock and English were unsuccessful candidates for president and vice president in 1880, losing to James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 223.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
29153
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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