Stenciled quilt piece
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. ( 20.6 x 20.6 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with stenciled design; floral spray with red blossoms at center, sprig with red berries in one corner, and one flower in other three corners.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490pp
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
29090
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 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with stenciled design; floral spray with red blossoms at center, with small blue bird perched on one leaf; one flower in each corner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490oo
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
29088
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 5/8 in. ( 24.8 x 24.4 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with 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.11490mm
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
29087
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stenciled quilt piece
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 9 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with 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.11490LL
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
29086
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 10 in. ( 24.4 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Square white cotton quilt piece with 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.11490kk
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
29085
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Embroidered picture of flowers
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 3/8 in. ( 7.6 x 6 cm )
Description:
Silk embroidery sample in various colors of silk floss on brown silk swatch mounted on paper with blue silk on reverse; floral image; satin stitch; block-printed border in blue ink.
Object Number:
INV.10026
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29083
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: New York Worlds Fair, 1939
Classification:
Date:
1939
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 27 in. ( 68.6 x 68.6 cm )
Description:
Rayon printed kerchief of the Constitution Mall at the 1939 New York World's Fair with the U.S. Government Building, the Lagoon of Nations and most prominently the statue of George Washington; printed in grey, green, chartreuse, blue and yellow; green border.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1944.272
Marks:
printed: all over: "1789 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939/ UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERMENT BUILDING/ TEMPLE OF RELIGION/ FOR ALL WHO WORSHIP GOD/ AND PRIZE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM/ LAGOON OF NATIONS/ COURT OF PEACE/ FREEDOM SQUARE/ RELIGION/ PETITION & ASSEMBLY/ PRES
Gallery Label:
The 1939 New York World's Fair opened on the 150th anniversary of George Washington's inauguration as President, with a reenactment of his arrival to New York City in 1789. The sculpture depicted on the kerchief was intended to look as he appeared as he took his oath of office.
Helen Sargent Hitchcock, who studied painting at the Art Students League, founded the Art Workers Club for Women in 1898 and the Art Alliance of America in 1914. Out of these grew the Art Center, which she founded in 1920. The Art Center joined seven afilliate organizations under a single building on East 56th Street in New York City, including the Art Alliance, the Society of Illustrators, the American Institute of Graphic Art, and the Art Directors Club.
Bibliography:
Weiss, Hillary. The American Bandanna: Culture on Cloth from George Washington to Elvis. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1990.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
29080
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pillow cover
Classification:
Date:
19th c.
Medium:
Wool, silk, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 16 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 41.9 x 31.1 cm )
Description:
Needlework pillow cover in various colors of wool floss on linen ground, top and bottom edges trimmed with silk fringe, sides and back made of satin; cover design consists of floating images of animals and plants with rust colored background, satin is of same rust color; Bargello stitch.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alexander O. Vietor
Object Number:
1973.51b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
29077
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf: Samuel Slater, father of American manufacturers
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1890
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/2 x 26 in. ( 59.7 x 66 cm )
Description:
Copperplate-printed cotton kerchief with engraved portrait of Samuel Slater in the center; in the corners are four buildings related to manufacuring or Slater in Pawtucket, RI: Pawtucket Falls and Bridge, Old Slater Sunday School, Old Slater Mill, and David Harley & Co.; printed in black ink on a white ground; decorative border.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1945.148
Marks:
printed: in center: "Samuel Slater/ THE FATHER OF/ AMERICAN MANUFACTURES."
printed: in corners: "DAVID HARLEY & CO.,/ MERCHANTS EXCHANGE/ PARK PLACE AND MAIN STREET/ PAWTUCKET./ R.I./ OLD SLATER SUNDAY SCHOOL./ PAWTUCKET. R. I./ FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL/ IN A
Gallery Label:
Samuel Slater established the first factory for spinning yarn in the United States in 1790, and later perfected spinning machinery.
Bibliography:
Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979), 286.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
29076
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerchief
Classification:
Date:
1880
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. ( 44.4 x 45.1 cm )
Description:
Cotton lithographed presidential campaign kerchief in black ink with portraits of General Winfield S. Hancock and William H. English within a figure-eight; above is a rotonda inscribed "Liberty"and four flags, below is an image of Hancock on horseback directing troops and a courthouse divided byan American bald eagle on an American shield; border of red and blue stars and crossed American flags in red and blue at the four corners.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1952.305
Marks:
printed: below portraits: "GENL WINFIELD S. HANCOCK/ HONR WILLIAM H. ENGLISH"
printed: below image: "COPYRIGHT 1880 BY HUGH Mc CROSSAN./ JOSEPH LAING, LITH. 10 & 12 DEY ST. NEW YORK."
Gallery Label:
Hancock and English were unsuccessful candidates for President and Vice President in 1880. Garfield and Arthur were elected to office that year.
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
29071
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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