Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pacific Mills promotional textile
Object Number:
2002.1.4839
Date:
ca. 1876
Medium:
Silk, wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 × 24 in. (49.5 × 61 cm)
Description:
Jacquard-patterned texile executed in black and cream; depicting eagle holding banner that reads "E PLURIBUS / UNUM"; "1876" inscribed below. Second register depicts vignette of factory; "1776" and "DESIGNED BY / H/ TOPHAM" inscribed in and around framing strapwork. Cartouche reads: PACIFIC MILLS, / LAWRENCE / MASS. /TREASURER, / J.W. EDMANDS / AGENT / JOHN FALLON./ SELLING AGENTS, / JAMES L. LITTLE & Co. BOSTON/ NY. & PHILA."
Gallery Label:
This textile commemorated the U.S. Centennial while promoting the work of Pacific Mills, a textile manufactory in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
