Bandbox
Classification:
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Birch, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 17 x 9 in. ( 21 x 43.2 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Red oval bandbox with lid; lid attached with two pegs and has a bent wood handle.
Object Number:
Z.16ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
4908
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Handle fragment
Classification:
Date:
1850-1890
Medium:
Wood, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 24.8 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical wooden handle fragment (possibly from cane, parasol, or umbrella), with stamped brass fitting on one end.
Credit Line:
Gift of the estate of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild
Object Number:
1940.858
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
4730
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shoe button hook
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 1 in. ( 11.7 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Steel shoe button hook (?) with flat curved handle, cylindrical shaft, and pointed end; handle stamped with advertising logo on one side and foliate decoration on the other.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Arleigh Williamson
Object Number:
1988.10
Marks:
stamped: around handle: "ABBOTTS ALDERNEY DAIRIES, INC.
stamped: below handle: "PAT/APKBR (?)"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
4573
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pince-nez
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Gold-plated metal, glass, tortoise shell
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/8 x 3 1/2 x 3 in. ( 0.3 x 8.9 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Gold-plated metal folding pince-nez with oval glass lenses; flexible arched bridge and corrugated tortoise shell nose pads; when folded, lenses cover one another and are secured by a clip; engraved short handle with loop below left lens.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Harper (Constance Schermerhorn) Skillin, 1956
Object Number:
Z.2155
Gallery Label:
This pince-nez was probably owned by John Peter Schermerhorn and descended in his family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
4269
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parasol: beaded w/carved handle
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Silk, beads, wood, brass
Dimensions:
closed: 23 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 60.3 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Parasol with brass tip, beaded black silk shade with beige silk lining, brass shaft, and carved wooden handle with ring at base.
Credit Line:
Gift of William A. Robbins
Object Number:
1939.405
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
3509
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parasol: black and w/monogram
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Silk, lace, tortoise shell, metal
Dimensions:
closed: 26 7/8 x 4 in. ( 68.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Parasol with plain, rounded tortoise shell tip; black lace over beige silk shade with black lining; sliding metal (brass?) collar with engraved design; plain, rounded tortoise shell shaft terminating in spherical knob with applied tortoise shell monogram.
Credit Line:
Gift of Forsyth Wickes
Object Number:
1944.347
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this parasol belonged to the donor's grandmother, Mrs. Robert Alexander Forsyth of Newburgh-on-the-Hudson.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
3312
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bag
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 1 in. ( 57.8 x 19 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Leather crosier bag with four compartments inside.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Archbishop Robert Seton
Object Number:
919.1
Gallery Label:
Archbishop Robert Seton (1839-1927) was the grandson of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774-1821), founder of the American Sisters of Charity. He spent most of his ecclesiastic career as chaplain to St Elizabeth's convent near Madison, New Jersey.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
2369
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Purse
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Cotton, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 32.1 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Brown cotton purse (miser's bag) with metal beadwork throughout, rounded corners at top fringed with beadwork, bottom cinched closed with beadwork tassel, vertical slit opening in center, cinched with one metal ring.
Object Number:
INV.10896ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
2164
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parasol: black w/lace and bow
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Silk, wood, metal
Dimensions:
closed: 33 3/4 x 6 in. ( 85.7 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Parasol with open, triangular wooden ornament at the tip, black satin shade with black lace trim, wooden shaft, and knotted wood handle with knarled end.
Credit Line:
Gift of William A. Robbins
Object Number:
1939.406
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
2030
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tools (5) in original cardboard box
Classification:
Date:
1880-1930
Medium:
Mother of pearl, steel, cardboard
Dimensions:
box: 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 13.3 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Set of five tools made of steel and mother of pearl; set includes three steel tools with carved mother of pearl handles and two blade-like tools (possibly paper cutters) made entirely from mother of pearl; in rectangular white cardboard box.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
Z.1474a-h
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
1928
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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