Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Eisenhower Toile
Object Number:
1956.36
Date:
1952
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 35 1/2 in. ( 91.4 x 90.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: below images: "ABILENE/ DENVER/ COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY/ GETTYSBURG/ WEST POINT/ WHITE HOUSE"
Description:
Cotton screen-printed yardage sample with nine color swatches sewn to the back; six images of President Eisenhower's homes: Abilene, Denver, Columbia University, West Point, the White House, and Gettysburg; surrounded by garlands of oak leaves and roses and three emblems of the military, an emblem of painting and an elephant; printed in pink and grey on a white ground.
Gallery Label:
The pattern of this yardage sample was designed for draperies to be hung in President Dwight D. Eisenhower's home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Credit Line:
Gift of F. Schumacher & Company
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
