hooking frame
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Wood, burlap
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 1/2 x 51 x 7/8 in. ( 100.3 x 129.5 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Wooden hooking frame consisting of four members tenoned together; horizontal cross members have circular holes punched through at regular intervals; vertical members have circular holes at tenon locations; section of burlap nailed to frame; printed mark on burlap indicates it was a re-used wheat sack.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1939.13
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
28581
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing Machine
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1872
Medium:
Walnut, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. ( 90.2 x 74.9 x 54 cm )
Description:
Sewing machine atop walnut cabinet with ornamented lobed corners and hinged cover; machine compartment with storage box with hinged lid in front and a small, square drawer in each back corner; cabinet with two front drawers with arched panels; drive shaft with a pair of foot pedals below, and four vertically aligned square drawers at proper right inside cabinet.
Credit Line:
Gift of Arthur Wiesenberger
Object Number:
1946.204
Marks:
in relief: on gold medallion mounted on top of machine base: "625 / BROADWAY / WHEELER & WILSON MF'G Co. NEW YORK"
stamped: on metal plate adjacent to needle: "WHEELER & WILSON M'F'G Co / BRIDGEPORT CONN. / A. B. WILSON'S PATENTS / NOV. 12th 1850 AUG. 1
Gallery Label:
Prior to 1870, Wheeler & Wilson dominated the home sewing machine market. This top-of-the-line parlor model houses the machine within a handsome walnut cabinet, which transforms the high-tech machine into an elegant furnishing. Such models, coveted by home sewers, cost around $125.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1872
eMuseum Object ID:
28525
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needle case
Classification:
Date:
1800-1880
Medium:
Ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 1/2 in. ( 8.3 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Needle case
Object Number:
INV.7603ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
28209
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Cardboard, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 6 in. ( 24.8 x 19 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Cardboard box in the shape of a chair, covered in fabric printed with scene of three children (one in bridal costume, others in eighteenth-century dress, boy holding cane) on high back, with central couple repeated on seat and one arm, other arm and sides of base covered with fabric printed with flowers and arch, in brown and white on blue ground; padded seat lifts up to reveal interior of box, also covered in fabric.
Object Number:
INV.7952
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28098
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fid
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Wood, leather, string
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 1 in. ( 13.7 x 5.7 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Wooden fid with leather loop attached; a length of string is tied to loop.
Object Number:
Z.157
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28094
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lace pillow
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1788
Medium:
Wood, textile, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 11 in. ( 12.1 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Circular lace-making box composed of wooden top and bottom carved with radiating geometric patterns and central six-pointed flower; central hinged door with carved inscription; side is wrapped in green wool that is attached to body with brass tacks.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.18
Marks:
carved: into inside of door: "W/M · F/1788/A M [intertwined]"
Nadelman collection label on inside of lid: "1953 / Fr"
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
Purchased in Paris, June 1926; The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1788
eMuseum Object ID:
28093
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needle case
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 in. ( 14.3 x 11.4 x 1 cm )
Description:
Metal chatelaine needlecase with crook shaped hook at the top, the needlecase is in two parts that slide together with acanthus leaves set upon two different locomotives, a chain is connected to either locomotive with a fleur-de-lis pendant suspended at the bottom.
Object Number:
INV.9842
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
27998
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pincushion
Classification:
Date:
1830-1880
Medium:
Wool, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/4 in. ( 11.1 x 9.5 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Pincushion in the form of a doll, with wooden head and jointed, movable wooden arms, wearing a wool kimono.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
Z.1549.12
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
27995
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pins (4)
Classification:
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Iron (probably steel); paper
Dimensions:
each: 1 3/8 x 1/8 in. ( 3.5 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Four hand-made steel pins with ball heads on heavy paper.
Object Number:
Z.159
Marks:
written: in ink on paper in which pins are inserted: "Old Hand made Pins"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
27872
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pincushion
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Textile, metal
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 2 1/8 in. × 2 5/8 in. (5.4 × 6.7 cm)
Description:
Pincushion is roughly spherical and queen-stitched with brown, tan, pink, blue, and green diamond pattern
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1948.60a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
27839
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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