Printing block fragment
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 1 in. ( 31.1 x 18.4 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Rectangular wooden printing block fragment (probably for textiles) with floral pattern carved in relief; indentation carved near center of reverse to facilitate gripping by hand.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.1874
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper collector's label affixed to reverse: "2556 / Fr."
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
6749
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
engraved plate for photogravure
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 x 1/8 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular metal plate used for photogravure; obverse with bust of a woman in oval frame above inscription, "MARY DELL / WIFE OF JOHN ROBERTS"; brown chemical coating on printing surface.
Object Number:
INV.7857
Marks:
intaglio (inverted): on obverse: "MARY DELL / WIFE OF JOHN ROBERTS"
Gallery Label:
This printing plate was probably used for making bookplates.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
6723
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Engraving block
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 3 x 7/8 in. ( 10.5 x 7.6 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Rectangular wooden engraving block with image of four young men smoking and relaxing carved in relief.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.479
Marks:
impressed: on reverse: "V. GROTTENTHALER / PHILA."
handwritten in pencil: on reverse: "535 / 6.00 / J W Barber"
Gallery Label:
Lockwood Sanford was a wood engraver active in New Haven, Connecticut, in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
6278
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Printing block
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 6 3/4 x 1 in. ( 17.8 x 17.1 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Rectangular wooden printing block (probably for textiles) with pattern carved in relief; corner design with serpentine vine along edges of right angle and floral bouquet in circular space with scalloped border opposite corner; arched indentation carved on one edge of reverse to facilitate gripping by hand.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.1873
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper collector's label affixed to reverse: "2562 / Fr."
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
6100
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Easel
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
folded: 9 1/4 x 30 x 35 in. ( 23.5 x 76.2 x 88.9 cm )
open: 49 x 30 x 36 in. ( 124.5 x 76.2 x 91.4 cm )
Description:
Collapsible wooden easel.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Katherine R. Rogers
Object Number:
1955.163
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this easel belonged to the sculptor John Rogers (1829-1904), father of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
5229
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitch pipe/whistle
Classification:
Date:
1820-1880
Medium:
Maple, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 6 5/8 x 1 in. ( 7.6 x 16.8 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Rectangular maple box with mouthpiece at one corner and adjustable slide at opposite end; by blowing on mouthpiece and adjusting slide, a variable tone is produced.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.6
Marks:
hand written: on paper glued to top end of slide in blue ink: notes of the musical scale
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this pitch pipe was used in a church in Connecticut as an instrument for music note pitch.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
2401
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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