Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1880
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 24 1/4 in. ( 53.3 x 61.6 cm )
Description:
Cotton lithographed campaign kerchief with a portrait of James A. Garfield, surrounded by rings of stars; border of stars; printed in white ink on a blue ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1952.309
Marks:
printed: around image: "THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE/ JAMES A. GARFIELD/ FARMER, SCHOLAR, SOLDIER, STATESMAN."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
29151
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile fragment
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 27 in. ( 68.6 x 68.6 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton textile fragment (formerly quilted) with a figure of William Shakespeare standing on a monument with his medallion portrait and cherubim; surrounded by floral garlands, portrait medallions and cherubim; printed in sepia on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.517
Marks:
printed: on banners: "THE NYMPH IMMORTALITY CROWNING/ THE STATUE of SHAKESPEARE with STARRS/MISS BRUNTON/ HORATIA IN ROMAN FATHERS/ hOLMAN FALCONBRIDGE/ KING JOHN/..."
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:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
29150
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Curtain
Classification:
Date:
1790-1800
Medium:
Cotton, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 85 x 28 1/2 x 1 in. ( 215.9 x 72.4 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton copper-engraved curtain 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; linen backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.99d
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:
Window and bed hangings printed with patriotic imagery frequently adorned the homes of upper-class Americans in the late eighteenth century. This curtain, part of a set, elevates the nation's leading heroes, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, to the exalted rank of gods. The printed fabric depicts Franklin guided towards the Temple of Fame by Athena and Liberty, and Washington driving a leopard-drawn chariot pulling an allegorical figure representing America.
A handwritten label associated with this objects reads, "Printed cotton Drapes - Washington and Homespun Bed Hangings from the Beekman Green Room."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
29149
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Curtain
Classification:
Date:
1790-1800
Medium:
Cotton, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 85 5/8 x 28 x 1 in. ( 217.5 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton copper-engraved curtain 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; linen backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.99c
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:
A handwritten label associated with this objects reads, "Printed cotton Drapes - Washington and Homespun Bed Hangings from the Beekman Green Room."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
29148
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Curtain
Classification:
Date:
1790-1800
Medium:
Cotton, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 86 x 28 1/4 x 1 in. ( 218.4 x 71.8 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton copper-engraved curtain 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; linen backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.99b
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:
A handwritten label associated with this objects reads, "Printed cotton Drapes - Washington and Homespun Bed Hangings from the Beekman Green Room."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
29147
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Curtain
Classification:
Date:
1790-1800
Medium:
Cotton, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 86 1/2 x 28 1/4 x 1 in. ( 219.7 x 71.8 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Cotton copper-engraved curtain 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; linen backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.99a
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:
A handwritten label associated with this objects reads, "Printed cotton Drapes - Washington and Homespun Bed Hangings from the Beekman Green Room."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
29145
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coverlet
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 83 x 57 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 210.8 x 146 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
White cotton twill coverlet composed of two rectangular loom-width sections hand-sewn together; flannel on reverse.
Object Number:
INV.14633
Marks:
embroidered: in corner of obverse: "L S"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
29144
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Declaration of Independence
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 1/4 x 21 1/8 in. ( 71.8 x 53.7 cm )
Description:
Silk lithographed broadside with a facsimile of the Declaration of Independence in a garland of the original thirteen states' seals and topped by medallion portraits of Washington, Jefferson, and Adams and flags, cornucopias, and a bald eagle; border of stars; printed in black ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.115
Marks:
printed: in center: "IN CONGRESS JULY 4TH 1776, / THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES/ of/ AMERICA/When in the course of human events..."
printed: in garland: "JEFFERSON/ WASHINGTON/ ADAMS/"
printed: across bottom: "To the People oft
Gallery Label:
This broadside was engraved after an original by William Woodruff, published in Philadelphia in 1818.
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:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
29143
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Crewl work gragment: Lyre
Classification:
Date:
1850-1920
Medium:
Hemp, wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 20 in. ( 22.2 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Fragment of hemp burlap, with finished edges on the top, bottom and left side, embroidered in cross stitch in various colors of wool yearn, a harp and vine on the left, floral and geometric design to the right.
Object Number:
INV.11960
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
29142
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 3/4 in. ( 24.1 x 24.8 cm )
Description:
Pieced square white cotton quilt piece with one straight, hand-stitched seam and stenciled design; floral spray with red blossoms at center; one flower in each corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490g
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
29138
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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