Box
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1775-1810
Medium:
Cedar, textile, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 6 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. ( 10.2 x 15.6 x 11.7 cm )
Description:
Cedar ovoid box with flat base and banded lid; painted red exterior with large stencilled yellow and blue flowers with small white flowers and a diamond lozenge on lid with a yellow flower and fine white linear detailing; contains turned wood and green velvet pincushion, two bobbins with ivory thread and cloth sleeves, and a flat purplish quatrefoil card used for winding thread.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1107
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:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
27797
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing box
Classification:
Date:
1860-1900
Medium:
Wood, mahogany, mother-of-pearl, glass, metal, textile, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 9 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. ( 8.3 x 23.8 x 16.2 cm )
Description:
Rectangular wood sewing box decorated with inlaid pattern composed of abalone and brass on veneered lid (hinged); interior with scalloped mirror inside lid and with pincushions, thimble, scissors, needle case, and nail pick laid out on removable tray trimmed with paper, fabric, and other trimmings.
Credit Line:
Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch
Object Number:
1971.9
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
27630
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needle case
Classification:
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 9.2 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Silver needlecase in two pieces, one which slides over the collar of the other, the sides are fluted and there are acanthus leaves around the bottom, center and at the top, the top has three protruding knobs, one at the center, flanked by two others.
Object Number:
INV.9813ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
26244
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Darning egg
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 3 in. ( 26.7 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless and colored blown glass darning egg or whimsey; hollow cylindrical shaft with small spherical finial at one end and large spherical knob at other; made of colorless, yellow, green, and red canes of glass that create vertical bands of color on the shaft and blobs of color on the knob; interior of entire piece is filled or coated with opaque white powdery substance.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1730
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:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25999
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needle case
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Wood, wool, silk, metal
Dimensions:
overall (rolled): 3 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.
Description:
Cylindrical wooden case with a vertical turned handle at the top which releases a band of wool felt fabric used as a needle holder; band divided into segments based on needle size, with embroidered numbers indicating size; the edges of the felt are finished with green silk buttonhole stitch.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
Z.1549.1a-i
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25973
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spool
Classification:
Date:
1845-1875
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
overall: 1 3/8 x 7/8 in.
Description:
Wooden sewing machine spool with hollowed center for anchoring on spindle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
Z.1549.2
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
25933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sewing basket
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1832
Medium:
Wicker, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 x 17 1/2 in. ( 58.4 x 44.4 cm )
Description:
Large round woven wicker basket and top with bent wood handle; wicker woven around vertical strips of split wood; base made of woven strips of split wood; handle formed by single piece of split wood running along sides and base of basket and bent to form straight handle across top. Engraved metal plaque on top of handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Marian Kortright Clawson
Object Number:
1957.184ab
Marks:
engraved: on metal plaque on handle: "Mrs./E.B. Pintard/1832."
Gallery Label:
This sewing basket was owned by Mrs. John (Elizabeth Brasher) Pintard (1765-1838), wife of the founder of the New-York Historical Society. The basket was donated by Mrs. Pintard's great-great granddaughter, and was given to the donor by Mrs. Frank Brewster Highet (Isabelle Boudinot Servoss), a sister of the donor's mother and a great-granddaughter of John Pintard.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
25697
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Darning egg
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 in. ( 8.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine blown glass darning egg; ovoid shape with open blowpipe mark at one end.
Object Number:
Z.700
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
25460
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lace pillow
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1730-1780
Medium:
Wood, textile, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 10 3/4 in. ( 17.8 x 27.3 cm )
Description:
Circular lace-making box composed of wooden top and bottom carved with stylized flower design; top has hinged opening for accessing the interior; side is wrapped in padded canvas that is attached to body with brass tacks; piece of partially woven lace is pinned to side of box.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.413
Marks:
Nadelman collection label affixed to interior of lid: "2633/Germ."
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:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
23257
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Thimble
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 2.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Dimpled, gold-colored metal thimble with inscription.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Elizabeth Harison and Mr. William Harison
Object Number:
1941.307
Marks:
Inscription: engraved around band of thimble, in script: "E Bleecker"
Stamp: at band: "6 (or 9)"
Provenance:
This thimble belonged to E. Bleecker, later Mrs. J. B. Schuyler.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23060
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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