Fan
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Ivory, silver, paper
Dimensions:
closed: 10 5/8 x 1 x 3/4 in. ( 27 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Fan with ivory guards and sticks with pierced, incised, and silver painted decorative motifs, and small circles of silver inlay; one side of paper leaf with silver and white printed decoration framing small, color-printed image of two women and a young girl in a garden setting, and other side with three color-printed scenes with multiple figures surrounded by orange, yellow, silver, and white scroll motifs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary W. Baugs
Object Number:
1943.189g
Gallery Label:
This fan was owned and used by the donor's mother.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
29607
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parasol: black w/bow
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Silk, metal, wood, paint, ribbon
Dimensions:
closed: 16 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 41.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Parasol with black painted conical wooden ferrule with wide black grosgrain ribbon, black silk shade with scalloped edge, telescoping metal shaft with lower half painted black, and bulbous handle of black painted metal.
Object Number:
INV.8409
Marks:
handwritten in pencil: on paper tag attached to shaft: "I. V. COX / 1941"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
29594
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Expanding parasol: black /white
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Silk, metal, wood, paint
Dimensions:
closed: 14 x 2 1/2 in. ( 35.6 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Parasol with black painted metal ball ferrule, black silk shade with white silk lining, telescoping metal shaft with lower half painted black, and black painted bulbous wooden handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch
Object Number:
1971.4b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this is a doll's parasol. However, it is unlikely that it belonged originally to the doll with which it was given (see record no. 1971.4a).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
29592
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parasol: black lace w/ carved handle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Silk, lace, ivory, wood, paint, metal
Dimensions:
closed: 16 x 4 in. ( 40.6 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Parasol with ivory ferrule, black lace over black silk shade with white silk lining, collapsible white painted wooden shaft with sliding metal collar, and ivory handle with relief carving.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. B. Rosenfeld
Object Number:
1943.5
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this parasol belonged to the donor's grandmother Rosalie Guiterman (d. 1916).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
29590
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parasol with detachable handle
Classification:
Date:
1895
Medium:
Silk, wood, porcelain, metal, paint, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall (closed): 39 1/2 x 3 in. (100.3 x 7.6 cm)
Part (handle): 1 1/2 x 16 in. (3.8 x 40.6 cm)
Description:
Parasol with wooden ferrule, ivory silk shade with white painted metal ribs with brass points, and wooden shaft; detachable wooden handle with porcelain grip and ball pommel, the grip with painted cupid and gold diaper pattern and the pommel with diapering and initials "EBW" in gold.
Credit Line:
Gift of Emily B. Warren, 1959
Object Number:
INV.8212ab
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper tag attached to shade ("a"): "Parasol / made by / Gorham to / go with / Dresden china / Handle / Marked / E B. W."
painted in gold: on end of pommel: "EBW"
Gallery Label:
The initials on the handle refer to Emily Braem Warren, the donor. According to Ms. Warren, the porcelain handle was painted for her by Herr Lamm, head painter of the Meissen factory, in 1895.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1895
eMuseum Object ID:
29584
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parasol: beaded and w/carved handle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Silk, beads, ivory, semiprecious stone, brass
Dimensions:
closed: 11 3/4 x 4 in. ( 29.8 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Parasol with ivory ferrule, beige silk shade with blue and lavender beaded appliqué and beige silk fringe, collapsible ivory shaft with relief carving, sliding brass collar with inscriptions in relief, and orange semiprecious stone (quartz?) handle.
Object Number:
INV.8345
Marks:
in relief: on sliding brass collar: "BREVET D'INVENTIO / FARGE / PASSAGE DES PANORAMAS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
29582
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fan
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Mother of pearl, paper, paint, gilding, metal, turquoise
Dimensions:
closed: 9 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 24.1 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Fan with etched mother of pearl guards and sticks with applied metal decoration; paper leaf, the obverse with painted floral decoration on embossed metallic ground, and the reverse with hand-colored engraving of three women in landscape on ivory-colored ground, with gold painted decorative motifs surrounding; metal rivet with turquoise buttons.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Object Number:
1950.193
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this fan was purchased in Spain around 1905.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
29577
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Gloves
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Leather, plastic
Dimensions:
overall a: 9 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 24.4 x 10.8 cm )
overall b: 9 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. ( 24.1 x 11.1 cm )
Description:
Brown machine made men's leather gloves, with vertical slit at the wrist with plastic button closure.
Object Number:
INV.12015ab
Gallery Label:
Brooks Brothers is embossed on each of the buttons. Brooks Brothers was established in 1818 by Henry Sands Brooks in New York City at Catherine and Cherry Streets, the center of the wholesale clothing trade. They specialized in high quality custom- and ready-made men's clothing. The company took its current name in 1850 when it was taken over by Brooks' sons.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29564
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Gloves
Classification:
Date:
1850-1863
Medium:
Leather, wool
Dimensions:
overall a: 12 x 6 x 1/2 in. ( 30.5 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm )
overall b: 12 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 1/2 in. ( 31.1 x 14.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Pair of yellow leather gloves lined with wool felt, the wrists have cuffs which are open vertically along one side.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Randolph Preston
Object Number:
1949.35ab
Marks:
handwritten: near edge of both cuffs: "Gen. T. J. Jackson"
Gallery Label:
These gloves belonged to Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863), West Point graduate and General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Ironically, after a successful career as a military strategist, he died of complications from gunshot wounds sustained by the gunfire of his own men.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1863
eMuseum Object ID:
29559
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parasol: black
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880
Medium:
Silk, wood, paint, metal
Dimensions:
closed: 15 1/2 x 3 in. ( 39.4 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Parasol with beveled, black painted wooden tip, black silk shade with scalloped edge and two ruffles, and collapsible black painted wooden shaft with ball handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of J. W. Comey
Object Number:
1937.72
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this parasol was used by the donor's mother, Mrs. John F. Comey (Harriet Groover).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
29538
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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