Miniature straw basket
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Straw, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 4.4 x 6 cm )
Description:
Circular straw trinket basket with a hinged lid, there is a twisted straw handle across the top to lift the lid, the lid and side have a strip of pink straw checkerboard pattern, a small navy blue silk ribbon bow is at the center front of the lid.
Object Number:
INV.988
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30534
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pouch: H. Garnier
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Leather, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 6 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 17.1 x 15.6 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Brown leather purse with a flap at the top with a vertical strap of leather at the center which has a button hole at the end, and buttons onto a metal stud for closure, the sides are accordioned, there is one compartment inside; the reverse has a triangular piece of leather stitched to it, with a metal wire at the top for hanging the purse.
Object Number:
146
Marks:
handwritten: across back, in pencil: "H. Garnier"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
30529
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pockets (3)
Classification:
Date:
1911
Medium:
Leather
Dimensions:
each: 6 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 1/8 in. (15.9 x 10.5 x 0.3 cm)
Description:
Three matching leather pockets, accordioned on the vertical sides, with inscription in center on one side of each.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
INV.11411.2a-c
Marks:
tooled: center front: "SAINT NICHOLAS SOCIETY. / DECEMBER 6TH 1911"
tooled: center inside back: "CROSS / LONDON"
Gallery Label:
The Saint Nicholas Society was established in 1835 by Washington Irving, to promote the preservation of the remembrace of the first Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam. Saint Nicholas was the patron saint of the Dutch. The society met for a grand ceremonial banquet once a year in December.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1911
eMuseum Object ID:
30517
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1911
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 7/8 in. ( 11.4 x 16.8 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Gray cardboard box with matching lid.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
INV.11411.1ab
Marks:
printed: upper left corner of lid: ESTABLISHED 1845 / MARK / CROSS / TRADE MARK / LONDON"
printed: reverse of lid: "LONDON / 89 Regent St., W. / NEW YORK / UP TOWN / 210-5 Ave. & 1132 B'way / Between 25 & 26 St. / DOWN TOWN / 253 B'way / Opposite City
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1911
eMuseum Object ID:
30516
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wallet
Classification:
Date:
1953-1954
Medium:
Leather, metal, plastic, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 1 in. ( 8.3 x 11.1 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Red leather wallet lined with plastic, with brass trim on outer sides and snap end of strap closure, when opened there is a compartment across the back, on one side there is a card holder and an envelope compartment which snaps closed, the other side is a book of card sleeves which snaps closed.
Object Number:
INV.11408.2
Marks:
printed: inside, left, on card sleeves: "Schiaparelli"
Gallery Label:
Elsa Schiaparelli was an Italian surrealist fashion designer active between the 1930s and 1950s, The inscription in the card sleeve inside bears her signature color, shocking pink.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1954
eMuseum Object ID:
30514
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ostrich feather ornament
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Feathers
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 1 in. ( 11.4 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Orange ostrich feather ornament, probably for a hat.
Object Number:
Z.1096
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
30513
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1953-1954
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 9.5 x 12.1 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Black cardboard box with red lid.
Object Number:
INV.11408.1ab
Marks:
printed: top of lid, in black: "Schiaparelli"
Gallery Label:
Elsa Schiaparelli was a surrealist fashion designer active between the 1930s and 1950s.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1954
eMuseum Object ID:
30512
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1896
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 4 3/8 x 5/8 in. ( 7.6 x 11.1 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
White cardboard souvenir card case box.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas O.Mabbott
Object Number:
1949.244.1ab
Marks:
printed: on lid: "BROADWAY THEATRE. / Manager A. A. McCarmick. / SOUVENIR / 100TH Performance. / DE WOLF HOPPER / IN / EL DAPITAL. / JULY 21ST, 1896."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
30508
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Purse
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1813
Medium:
Leather, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 13 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 28.6 x 33.3 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Red leather purse with flap at the top with a metal clasp closure at the center, it has a boxed bottom which houses a wooden compartmentalized writing tray which locks with a skeleton key, the inside at one time had two compartments with accordioned sides.
Object Number:
INV.11061a-e
Marks:
handwritten: inside under flap: "Mrs. Cha's. Pindarl / December 1813."
Gallery Label:
This purse with writing case was owned by Susannah Shannon (1791-1822), the daughter of John and Martha (Reed) Shannon of New York. In 1809 she married Charles Pindar, an Irish-Russian consul to the U.S. stationed in New Orleans. They went into the grocery business when they lived in New York on Warren Street. In 1819 they moved to Greenburgh, next door to Washington Irving.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1813
eMuseum Object ID:
30507
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Card case
Classification:
Date:
1878-1880
Medium:
Leather, metal, wood, graphite, paper, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 1 in. ( 6.4 x 9.8 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Brown leather card case with a flap that nearly covers the front, with a metal clasp closure; when opened, there are five compartments at the top with accordioned sides, one of which has a metal framed clasp closure, in front of these compartments is one envelope-style pocket, calling card-sized, at the bottom, there is a pencil with ivory at the end opposite the graphite, held by a leather loop, this sits above a peice of cardboard which rests over an envelope pocket with flap closure.
Object Number:
INV.11298ab
Marks:
stamped: inside, on metal frame, beneath metal clasp: "PAT. FEB. 12, 78 / REISSUED / SEPT. 10, 78."
Gallery Label:
This card case belonged to William Hoyt Scott (d. 1903) of New York City. A handwritten remedy dated Nov. 11, 1879 (instructing "one after meals in a little water"), and bill of lading from the Dodds Express New York Transfer Company, dated 1880, was found inside.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
30492
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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