Tablecloth or cover
Classification:
Description:
Tablecloth made from cigar silk ribbons stitched together; silk fringe.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4849
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
59188
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir pillow cover
Classification:
Description:
Souvenir pillow cover printed in pink, red and blue on pink satin ground with image of eagle and roses; inscribed "U.S. Army/Just Hello!/Ft. McClellan, Ala."; further inscribed with poem; pink fringe.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4848
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
59187
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Yardage
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/4 × 24 in. (48.9 × 61 cm)
Description:
Roller-printed cotton yardage fragment with vignettes of idealized scenes of labor and capitalism in floral garlands; printed in red, pink, tan, and olive-green on a white ground; pattern repeats.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4846
Marks:
printed: all over: "HONOR TO THE IRON WORKER/ THE TWO POWERS IN ACCORD/ LABOR/ CAPITAL/ LABOR IS HONERABLE/ AFTER WORK/ THE HAPPY HOME"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
59163
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir pillow cover
Classification:
Description:
Souvenir pillow cover printed in pink, red and blue on light blue satin ground with image of eagle and roses; inscribed "U.S. Army/Just Hello!/Ft. McClellan, Ala."; further inscribed with poem; blue fringe.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4847
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
59164
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Yardage
Classification:
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 3/4 × 23 5/8 in. (62.9 × 60 cm)
Description:
Yardage of novelty printed cotton with attached vendor tag: "A Grandma Moses Fabric From The Original painting "Early Springtime on the Farm" Copyright by Grandma Moses Properties."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4845
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
59162
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Yardage
Classification:
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 3/8 × 23 3/4 in. (49.2 × 60.3 cm)
Description:
Yardage of novelty printed cotton; scenes of Davy Crocket
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4844
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
59161
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cigarette promotional textile
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1911
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 7/8 × 23 3/4 in. (86 × 60.3 cm)
Description:
Silk satin panel lithographed in full color depicting Chinese court scenes with Chinese calendar (?) and images of cigarette labels for Sweet Caporal, Pin Head, Three Castles, Atlas, and Peacock brands.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4842
Marks:
stamped: lower right: "B C L" intertwined
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1916
eMuseum Object ID:
59160
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Promotional kercheif
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880-1890
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 × 13 in. (31.1 × 33 cm)
Description:
Kerchief printed in red and black on cotton; central scene of storybook characters inscribed: "Coming Soon!/Tony Denier's Humpty Dumpty./Compliments of the Children's Friend,/Tony Denier." Further inscribed: "Cochrane's Turkey Red."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4841
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
59159
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Textile: A novel project
Classification:
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/8 × 11 1/2 in. (41 × 29.2 cm)
Description:
Poem and decorative border letterpress-printed in black on white silk satin; entitled "A Novel Project. A Sentimental Sally" by Harry Hone, Esq. Occasioned by the proposed Establishment of a Hair Dresing & Shaving Saloon, In which the operations will be performed by virtuours and accomplished Lady Artists, under the Superintendence of I.G. Hubbard, Third Avenue, New York." Printed below poem: "Printed at Mitchell's Book and Jobbing office, 265, Bowery".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4840
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
59158
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pacific Mills promotional textile
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1876
Medium:
Silk, wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 × 24 in. (49.5 × 61 cm)
Description:
Jacquard-patterned texile executed in black and cream; depicting eagle holding banner that reads "E PLURIBUS / UNUM"; "1876" inscribed below. Second register depicts vignette of factory; "1776" and "DESIGNED BY / H/ TOPHAM" inscribed in and around framing strapwork. Cartouche reads: PACIFIC MILLS, / LAWRENCE / MASS. /TREASURER, / J.W. EDMANDS / AGENT / JOHN FALLON./ SELLING AGENTS, / JAMES L. LITTLE & Co. BOSTON/ NY. & PHILA."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.4839
Gallery Label:
This textile commemorated the U.S. Centennial while promoting the work of Pacific Mills, a textile manufactory in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
59157
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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