Cookie cutter

Date: 
1800-1850
Medium: 
Tinned sheet iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 0.6 x 10.8 x 7 cm )
Description: 
Cookie cutter in the shape of a bird.
Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number: 
1937.1613
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
12768
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Cake mold

Date: 
1850-1900
Medium: 
Tinned sheet iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3/4 x 3 x 3 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 7.6 x 8.9 cm )
Description: 
Heart shaped cookie cutter.
Object Number: 
INV.9705
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
12767
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Mallet

Date: 
1750-1850
Medium: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 13 3/4 x 6 x 3 1/8 in. ( 34.9 x 15.2 x 7.9 cm )
Description: 
Wooden mallet with rough, trapeziodal head and rounded handle pierced near end.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wolfe
Object Number: 
1948.461
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
12526
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Rake

Date: 
ca. 1850
Medium: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
Overall: 32 7/8 x 12 x 4 3/4 in. ( 83.5 x 30.5 x 12.1 cm )
Description: 
Rake with a wood handle split to Y support to hold cast and wrought iron rake; rake head formed with each tooth connected with a screw and nut.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. Frank B. Lucas
Object Number: 
1954.56
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
12459
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

sley or reed (loom accessory)

Date: 
1750-1850
Medium: 
Wood, cane, twine
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5/8 x 45 x 4 3/8 in. ( 1.6 x 114.3 x 11.1 cm )
Description: 
Rectangular wooden frame wound with twine securing dents made of cane (7 per inch).
Credit Line: 
Gift of George W. Nash
Object Number: 
N-196
Marks: 
carved: on end of frame: "LEDI"
Gallery Label: 
A reed fit in the batten of a loom and was used to space warp yarns evenly.
Provenance: 
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
12398
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Unidentified form (artificial meat)

Date: 
1700-1940
Medium: 
Paint, iron
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 3/4 x 7 in. ( 9.5 x 17.8 cm )
Description: 
Painted fragment with iron hook.
Object Number: 
INV.7580
Gallery Label: 
This is probably an old exhibition prop.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1940
eMuseum Object ID: 
12350
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Trunk fragment, handle

Date: 
1800-1875
Medium: 
Metal, leather
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5 3/4 x 6 3/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 14.6 x 16.2 x 3.5 cm )
Description: 
Brown leather handle with hand sewn seam on the inner edge, a metal ring at each end (one broken off), leather fragments on the opposite sides of the rings.
Object Number: 
INV.8960
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1875
eMuseum Object ID: 
12349
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

sley or reed (loom accessory)

Date: 
1750-1850
Medium: 
Wood, cane, twine
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5/8 x 48 x 4 1/4 in. ( 1.6 x 121.9 x 10.8 cm )
Description: 
Rectangular wooden frame wound with twine securing dents made of cane (11 per inch).
Credit Line: 
Gift of George W. Nash
Object Number: 
N-195
Gallery Label: 
A reed fit in the batten of a loom and was used to space warp yarns evenly.
Provenance: 
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
12333
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Lampshades

Date: 
1870-1900
Medium: 
Metal, silk, plastic
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. ( 11.4 x 11.1 cm )
Description: 
Pair of metal openwork lampshades with silk lining, setting on plactic protective covers and supported with a wooden guard, the overall design of the openwork is in rinceau.
Object Number: 
INV.600a-g
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
12327
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tape loom fragment

Date: 
1800-1900
Medium: 
Wood, fiber
Dimensions: 
Overall: 31 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 80.6 x 19 x 0.6 cm )
Description: 
Wooden hour-glass shaped fragment of a tape loop with loom bars carved out on one end and inserted into a rectangular block; opposite end was once inserted into another section of the loom; remnants of red and gray thread stuck in the bars.
Object Number: 
INV.6428
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
12205
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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