Fan
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Amber, silk, lace, metal
Dimensions:
closed: 12 x 2 1/2 x 1 in. ( 30.5 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Fan with amber guards and sticks, black lace leaf with sheer beige silk(?) lining, and metal handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ann Wickes Brewer
Object Number:
1970.32c
Gallery Label:
This fan was formerly in the collection of Mrs. Forsyth Wickes.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
8034
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Mother of pearl, silk, lace, paint, metal, cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall (fan opened): 22 x 12 x 1 in. (55.9 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm)
Box: 1 3/4 x 12 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 4.4 x 30.8 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Fan with mother of pearl guards and sticks, lace-trimmed beige silk leaf with rustic landscape with figures, including an amorous couple at center, painted in pink and white, and metal handle; rectangular white satin-covered cardboard box.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ann Wickes Brewer
Object Number:
1970.32b
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on inner edge of one guard: "GESLIN A PARIS"
painted: on obverse of leaf: "Ch Savoye"
stamped in gold: inside lid of box: "GESLIN / MAISON DORÉE"
Gallery Label:
This fan was formerly in the collection of Mrs. Forsyth Wickes.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
8031
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lace parasol cover in envelope
Classification:
Date:
1870-1880
Medium:
Linen, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 18 5/8 in. ( 0.3 x 47.3 cm )
Description:
Circular machine made lace on linen netting ground with cotton embroidering, center area has a repeating daisy pattern and is encircled by a floral patterned ruffle.
Credit Line:
Gift Russell Lynes
Object Number:
1973.31
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
8032
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Ivory, paper, metal, paint
Dimensions:
closed: 10 1/2 x 1 x 1 in. ( 26.7 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Fan with pierced ivory guards and sticks with silver painted decoration; white paper leaf with color-printed landscape with three musicians, including male figure seated at organ, on obverse, and hand-painted landscape on reverse; metal handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. F. Leighton Meserve
Object Number:
1978.41h
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
8029
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1852
Medium:
Ivory, silk, metal, mother of pearl
Dimensions:
closed: 7 1/2 x 1 x 3/4 in. ( 19 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Ivory brisé fan with round-tipped sticks joined by ivory-colored silk ribbon; guards with intricate relief carving of figures and dragons; sticks with figures, trees, pagodas, dragons, and central shield of solid ivory on ribbed ground; metal rivet with mother of pearl buttons.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lillian Benet
Object Number:
1942.290
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this fan was given to the donor's grandmother, Caroline Mathilda West Lyon, by an officer on Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to Japan.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1852
eMuseum Object ID:
8015
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Walking-stick
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Wood, possibly ebony; gold; brass; steel; horn
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 92.1 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Wooden sword cane with tapering straight shaft encasing etched blade; circular brass plate on top; engraved gold band; horn ferrule.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Stuyvesant Fish
Object Number:
1942.232ab
Marks:
engraved: on collar: "P.G. Stuyvesant"
Gallery Label:
This cane was owned by Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778-1847), a founder of the New-York Historical Society.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
7995
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Walking stick
Classification:
Date:
1760-1780
Medium:
Wood, probably malacca; gold; brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 42 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 107 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Wooden cane with tapered shaft, rococo chased gold knob handle, eyelet, and brass ferrule.
Credit Line:
Gift of Albert H. Atterbury
Object Number:
1931.50
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this cane belonged to William Peartree Smith, a founder of Princeton University and a descendant of William Peartree, Mayor of New York in 1707.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
7994
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Walking-stick
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Wood, bone
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 5 x 1 1/2 in. ( 91.4 x 12.7 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Wooden cane with crook bone handle, tapered shaft, and bone ferrule.
Object Number:
INV.8262
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
7993
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Valise
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 19 x 15 in. ( 33 x 48.3 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
Brown leather suitcase with a metal escutcheon in the front center locks the case; two leather belts and metal buckles on either side of the escutcheon; leather handle on the top with points at each end fastened with metal fixtures to the top; four metal nails across the back; intials, "R.Mc. A. L." stamped into the top of the case.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. And Mrs. R. McAllister Lloyd
Object Number:
INV.398
Marks:
stamped: top center: "R.Mc.A.L."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
7991
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Umbrella: brown w/carved handle
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Silk, wood, paint, metal
Dimensions:
closed: 35 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 90.2 x 8.3 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Umbrella with metal ferrule, black silk shade, and black painted wooden shaft with carved, L-shaped handle.
Object Number:
INV.8421
Marks:
stamped: on ferrule: "SANGSTER"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
7989
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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