Purse
Classification:
Date:
1850-1890
Medium:
Leather
Dimensions:
overall: 5 x 10 1/4 x 1/4 in.
Description:
Blue leather envelope purse with a flap across the top with no closing device, the sides are accordioned; the inside has four compartments.
Object Number:
149e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
30714
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Accordion file
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 9 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 15.2 x 24.4 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Dark brown leather expandable file with accordioned sides and box bottom, the top flap has a strap at the center which wraps around the file and tucks into leather loops for closure, the inside has thirteen compartments to allow filing by month or alphabetically.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Augustus Van Horne Ellis
Object Number:
1939.513
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
30699
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miter
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Cotton, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 5/8 x 13 3/8 x 1/4 in. ( 85.4 x 34 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
White cotton miter with two sashes at the back trimmed with red silk rope fringe.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Archbishop Robert Seton
Object Number:
918
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:
30693
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miter with case
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Silk, metal, cotton
Dimensions:
overall (case): 16 1/2 x 13 7/8 x 1/2 in. ( 41.9 x 35.2 x 1.3 cm )
overall (miter): 33 x 13 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 83.8 x
Description:
Gold satin quilted miter case lined with cotton batting, containing gold miter with two sashes at the back, red on one side and gold on the other, trimmed at the ends with passementerie.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Archbishop Robert Seton
Object Number:
917ab
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.Archbishop Robert Seton (1839-1927) was the grandson of Elizabeth Ann Bayeley Seton (17
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30692
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Crosier
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
overall (assembled): 74 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. ( 189.9 x 16.5 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Metal crosier in four parts, with ornate crook with rinceau design.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Archbishop Robert Seton
Object Number:
919.2a-d
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:
30689
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Keepsake box
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Rosewood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 6.4 x 16.5 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Rectanular rosewood box with hinged lid and metal mounts on edges and in center of top (detached); small keyhole with missing escutcheon; inside box are (b) a miniature psalm book; (c) a piece of paper from Isles of Shoals, 1881, with pencilled map; (d) a small photograph of a genre scene; and (e) a miniature sweeper.
Object Number:
Z.1464a-e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
30645
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Purse
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Leather, paper
Dimensions:
overall: 3 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 1/2 in.
Description:
Red leather purse (pocketbook) which folds in half, when opened, one side has two compartments, the front one with a metal clasp closure, the other side has two compartments, the front one with a flap closure with a tab that slides into a loop.
Object Number:
149c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
30629
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wallet
Classification:
Date:
1890-1896
Medium:
Leather, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 1 in. ( 7.9 x 11.4 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Dark brown leather wallet with a flap on one side nearly the size of the wallet which closes with a metal clasp at the bottom center, this side of the wallet has five compartments with accordioned sides and one envelope style pocket; the other side opens into one pocket on one side and two pockets opposite, one houseing an ivory note leaf with a leather loop at the top center with which to remove it from its pocket.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Louis Cunningham
Object Number:
1943.346ab
Marks:
stamped: under flap: "C. S. Herrman / 340 W. 14. ST."
handwritten: one side of ivory leaf, in pencil: "C W Herrman / Highland Pl. / Ulster Co., / NY. / box 13 / City address / 340 West 14th St. / New York City / N. Y."
handwritten: one side of ivory l
Gallery Label:
This wallet belonged to Catharine Stewart Herrman (Mrs. Phillip Herrman), mother of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
30613
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Purse
Classification:
Date:
1795-1802
Medium:
Leather, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 3/8 in. ( 12.1 x 18.4 x 1 cm )
Description:
Red leather purse (pocketbook) with a flap across the top having a vertical strap at the center which wraps around to the reverse side and fits into a loop for closure; the inside has two compartments with accordined sides, there is a pocket above the top compartment to hold a writing instrument.
Object Number:
149b
Marks:
handwritten: across inside of top flap: "F. S(illeg.) / [inscription stricken and illeg.] / Oct. 1st. 1802 / No. 101 Broadway N. York / 1 Nov. 1803"
Gallery Label:
Based on the handwriting and the stricken portions of the inscription inside this pocketbook, it appears as if it had two owners.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1802
eMuseum Object ID:
30579
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Purse
Classification:
Date:
1850-1890
Medium:
Leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 8 7/8 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 22.5 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Red leather envelope purse with a flap across the top with no closing device, the sides are accordioned; the inside has four compartments.
Object Number:
149a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
30577
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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