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Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon

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John Watts (1749-1836)
ca. 1835-1845
Anthony Wayne (1745-1796)
ca. 1795
Stove door
1850-1875
Apothecary jar
1875-1900
Oval box
1969-1986
Anthropomorphic box
1969-1986
Coiled snake box
1969-1986
Oval box
1969-1986
Box with lid
1969-1986
Egg box with lid
1969-1986
Globe box
1969-1986
Dr. Alexander Felix Vache (1800-1857)
ca. 1820-25
Jean Lazare Vaché (1762-1833)
ca.1800-1810
Aaron Vail (1796-1878)
1835
Thomas Van Alstyne (1688-1765)
1721
Mrs. Thomas Van Alstyne (b. 1695)
1721
Samuel Blachley Webb (1753-1807)
1793
Samuel Blachley Webb (1753-1807)
ca. 1790
Domed octagonal box
1969-1986
Casket box
1969-1986
Peapod box
1969-1986
Coil box with lid
1969-1986
Rectangular box with lid
1969-1986
Zachary Taylor (1784-1850)
1849
Rev. Mr. Morrell: Silhouette
c. 1807
Unidentified Woman: Silhouette
c. 1795
L. von Bernuth: Silhouette
1856
Elizabeth van Brugh (1712-1753)
ca. 1730
Mrs. Johannes Van Brugh (b. 1673)
ca. 1720
Captain Thomas Webb (1724-1796)
1793
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
1838
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
1842
Dominie Johannes Weeckstein (1638-1687)
1674
John Abeel Weekes, Jr., (1856-1939)
1923
Pin-back campaign button
1992
Oval box
1969-1986
Oval box
1969-1986
Spaceship box with lid
1969-1986
Rosary and jewelry box
1969-1986
Silver box with lid
1969-1986
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862)
1862
Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831)
ca.1783
Pierre Van Cortlandt II (1762-1848)
ca. 1830
Stephen Van Cortlandt (1750-1839)
1822
Rip Van Dam (ca. 1660-1749)
ca. 1720
Mrs. Rip Van Dam (1662-1736)
ca. 1710
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt (1767-1854)
ca. 1850
Francis Adrian Van Der Kemp (1752-1829)
1787
Benjamin West (1738-1820)
1766
Edith Malvina Keteltas Wetmore (1870-1966)
1894
Shell box
1969-1986
Wheel box with lid
1969-1986
Pill box
1969-1986
Aztec box
1969-1986
Domed box with lid
1969-1986
Mrs. John Van Nest (1811-1883)
ca. 1840
Mabel Van Rensselaer (1868-1959)
ca.1895
Sarah Elizabeth Van Rensselaer (ca. 1873-1945)
ca. 1895-1900
Stephen Van Rensselaer (1707-1747)
ca. 1730
Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839)
1819
Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839)
ca. 1825-30
Mrs. Stephen Van Rensselaer (1780-1844)
1819
James Russell White (1862-1886)
1886
Right Reverend William White (1748-1836)
ca.1800-10
Charles Seymour Whitman (1868-1947)
1933
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
1886
Charles Wilkes (1764-1833)
1830
Cap
1940-1945
The New York City Nutcracker
ca. 1991-94
A 'pital Joke
ca. 1870-1890
Inkstand
1969-1986
Pin w. ribbon
1895
Divided box
1969-1986
Henry Cruger (1739-1827): Silhouette
c. 1824
Peter Van Zandt (1764-1845)
ca. 1820-25
Mrs. Peter Van Zandt (1771-1841)
ca. 1835
Thomas Van Zandt (1794-1877)
1894
Wynant Van Zandt (1683-1757)
ca. 1723
Mrs. Wynant Van Zandt (1692-1772)
ca. 1723
Wynant Van Zandt II (1731-1814)
ca. 1795
Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: Yankee Doodle
ca. 1888
Hood's Sarsaparilla Book of Parlor Games
1896
Picture puzzle
ca. 1895
Sliced Animals Improved or Spelling Made Easy
ca. 1880
Cut Up Rink: Fun on Roller Skates
1883-1895
Sliced Birds Improved: A Companion to Sliced Animals
ca. 1880
Pin with ribbon and medallion
ca. 1893
Woman and Child Reading, Folio 20 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
1831
Games of Cats and Mice, Gantalope and Lost Diamond
ca. 1875
India: An Oriental Game
ca. 1895
The Premium Game of Logomachy or War of Words
1889
India: An Oriental Game
1895
Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918
1918
Prize Mother Goose Pictures Dissected
1884
Diamond Picture Puzzles: Birds
ca. 1890
Sectional Birds
ca. 1890
Prize Animals
1883
Prize Birds Dissected
1883
Sliced Birds: A Companion of Sliced Animals
ca. 1885
Picture Puzzle Blocks
ca. 1890
Uncle Raphael's Puzzle: Chromos. No. 2
1872
Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)
1933
Volunteer Cavalryman on Horseback
1898
The Bay of New York from Hudson City, New Jersey
1858
Game of Snap
ca. 1885
Game of Snap
ca. 1890
The Improved game of Snip, Snap, Snorum
1887
How Silas Popped the Question
ca. 1915
When My Ship Comes In
ca. 1888
Yankee Peddler or What Do You Buy?
1865-1870
The Game of Auction
1893
Game of Uncle Josh's Trip
1906
Game of India
ca. 1890
Game of India
ca. 1890
Chess India
ca. 1890
Game of India
ca. 1890
Mansion of Happiness
1894
The Mansion of Happiness
1895
Dissected Map of the United States
1887
Dissected Map of the United States
1887
Columbus Scroll Puzzles
1893
Blown Up Steamer a Fire Engine Puzzle
ca. 1885
The American Yacht: A Marine Sectional Puzzle
ca. 1895
The Model Ship Puzzle
ca. 1890
Portrait of Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987)
1933
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
ca. 1890
Peter Coddle's Trip to New York
ca. 1880
The Doctors and the Quack: A Game
ca. 1887
The Comical Game of Who?
ca. 1910
The Comical Game of Who?
ca. 1910
The Game of What D'ye Buy
ca. 1895
Games of Pilgrim's Progress, Going to Sunday School and Tower of Babel
1875
The Checkered Game of Life
ca. 1910
Game of Napoleon: The Little Corporal
1895
Yankee Doodle: A Game of American History
1895
The Game of Politics or the Race for the Presidency
1889
Nursery Tiles Ilustrated by BOZ
1883
Locomotive Picture Puzzle
1887
Locomotive Picture Puzzle
1887
Toy armoire
Blown Up Steamer and Fire Engine Puzzle
ca. 1885
Jack the Giant Killer
1895
The Darktown Fancy Ball Puzzle
1894
Map of the United States Puzzle: Each State Cut Separate
1894
Badge: Cent. of Washingtons Inauguration
1889
Setto: Game of Syllables
1882
Anagrams: The New Popular Spelling Game
ca. 1900
Anagrams and Other Letter Games
ca. 1910
Anagrams: A Prize game
ca. 1900
The Golden Eagle Anagrams: A Prize game
1889
Anagrams Double Eagle: A Prize Game
ca. 1890
The Merry Game of Country Auction
1880-1890
Manhattan, The Skyscraper Building Game
1996
Token from peep shows
ca. 1995
The Game of Rough Riders
ca. 1900
Game of Little Volunteer
1898
The Amusing Game of Innocence Abroad
ca. 1888
Game of Black Cat
ca. 1885
Dissected Pucture Puzzle Series No. 2
ca. 1880
Clemen's Silent Teacher: Dissected Map of the U.S., State of Illinois
ca. 1900
The Sawyer Sunday Blocks
ca. 1890
The Sectional Steamer & Hose Puzzle
ca. 1885
Mother Goose Picture Puzzle
ca. 1890
Literary Salad
1890
The Improved Game of Fish Pond
1890
Button
1968
The Game of Snap
1872
Premium Game Logomachy or War of Wars
1875
Teapot
ca. 1815
Police radio
1965-1980
Bronx Borough Flag
1930-1940
Mystic Cubes or the Spelling Bee Game
1891
Round the World with Nellie Bly
ca. 1890
Around the World with Nellie Bly
ca. 1910
Spedem Auto Race Game
1929
The Horseless Carriage Race
1900
Game of Trip 'Round the World
1897
Grandmama's Improved Geographical Game
1887
Game of Old Maid
ca. 1900
Life's Mishaps: A Merry Game and Domino Rex
ca. 1880
Game of Mail Express or Accommodation
1895
Natural History Jingles
1880
The White Squadron Picture Puzzle: U.S. Cruiser No. 12 "Pirate"
1892
The North Atlantic Squadron Picture Puzzle
1898
Water goblet
1969-1986
Water goblet
1969-1986
The Game of Store
ca. 1890
Commerce
ca. 1900
The Country Fair
ca. 1891
Game of Words and Sentences
ca. 1885
The Good Old Game of Proverbs
ca. 1890
View from Fishkill Looking to West Point, New York: Preparatory Study for Plate 15 of "The Hudson River PortFolio"
1820
Ben Hur or the Chariot Race
1899
The Railroad Game
ca. 1900
The Game of Jolly Tars
ca. 1895
Game of To the North Pole By Airship
1897
The Game of Commercial Traveler
ca. 1895
Bradley's Toy Village Fire Deparment Set
1909
The Game of Naval War
1898
The Brownie's Scroll Puzzles: Skating and Snowballing
1891
Goody Two Shoes Spelling Game
ca. 1880
Birdie Blocks
1898
Model Building Blocks
1870
Chopped Up Niggers: Puzzles to Put Together
ca. 1875
The Starry Banner ABC and Pretty Picture Blocks
1898
The Brownie's Picnic: A Picture Puzzle
1894
Wine goblet
1969-1986
Wine goblet
1969-1986
Wine goblet
1969-1986
Champagne goblet
1969-1986
Gavitt's Stock Exchange
1903
Choice Thoughts from Longfellow
1890
What's His Name?
1902
Hidden Titles: Fun for Parties
ca. 1910
The Game of American History
ca. 1890
Uncle Sam's Family
1876
Jack Straws New Edition
ca. 1895
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
ca. 1890
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
1888
Rambles Through Our Country
1890
The Newport Yacht Race
ca. 1891
Cash: Honesty is the Best Policy
ca. 1890
Rival Policemen
1896
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
A Peep at the Circus
1887
Automobile Scroll Puzzle
1903
The Cow Scroll Puzzle
1898
Historical Puzzle Box
ca. 1900
British Soldiers Past and Present
ca. 1894
Champagne goblet
1969-1986
Badges
1917
Sherry goblet
1969-1986
Sherry goblet
1969-1986
Sherry goblet
1969-1986
Sherry goblet
1969-1986
Old Fashioned Jack Straws
1888
Magnetic Jack Straws
1891
Punishing the Ringleader of the Mutineers of the New York Volunteer Engineers, Hilton Head, South Carolina
15 December 1862
Improved Historical Cards
1884
English History
1894
The Commander of Our Forces: A Game for Old and Young
1863
In the White House
1896
White Squadron
1896
Familiar Quotations
ca. 1890
Game of Ba-a Ba-a Black Sheep
1888
The Game of Penny Post
1892
The Limited Mail and Express Game
1894
Niagara Falls
1818
The Game of Mail, Express or Accommodation
ca. 1920
The Game of Telegraph Boy or Merit Rewarded
1888
The News Boy Game
1895
A. D. T. Messenger Boy
ca. 1910
Twenty-five Soldiers on Parade
ca. 1900
Coin (twenty dollars)
1857
Subway Station #2 (14th Street)
1985
Sketchbook with 37 Folios, with sketches on the front endpapers, and independent sheet inserted
1870-71
Philip Schuyler Mansion, Albany, New York (headpiece on manuscript description and appraisal of the property)
1818
Ribbons
1890
Cordial goblet
1969-1986
Cordial goblet
1969-1986
Mrs. Moses Gambault (Anne Francoise Pintard, 1695-1746)
Pit: Exciting Fun for Everyone
1919
Game of Luck
1909
Wyhoo: A Game for Old and Young
1906
Gems of Art
1880
Magic Dots for Little Tots
1907
The T. A. Snider Diamond Puzzle
ca. 1890
Transparent Slate
1873
Ferrilude or Game of Beasts
1873
Game of the Telegraph Boy
ca. 1888
The Game of District Messenger Boy
ca. 1888
Game of District Messenger Boy
1886
The Letter Carrier
ca. 1890
Colonel Gerardus Beekman, M. D. (1653-1723)
ca. 1710-1720
The Checkered Game of Life
1866
American Wizard Instructor
ca. 1870
Fascination
ca. 1890
Checker taxi cab
1982
Cordial goblet
1969-1986
Cordial goblet
1969-1986
Coffee service
1969-1986
Coffeepot
1969-1986
Sugar bowl
1969-1986
Badge: Director 13th Annual Convention...NY State Council...
ca. 1899
Drawings Made Easy for the Kindergarten
1897
Drawing Stencils for our Little Artist
ca. 1890
The new Game of Cock Robin and His Tragic Death
ca. 1880
Avilude or Game of Birds
ca. 1873
Dominoes
ca. 1875
The Fortune Teller
1905
The Board Game Old Maid
ca. 1900
Game of Pussy and Three Mice
1890
The Professional Game of Baseball
ca. 1890
Game of Baseball
1886
Parlor Football Game
1891
College Football Game
1897
Cycling: A Fascination Game
ca. 1900
Game of College Boat Race
1900
Baseball tickets (3)
2000
Coridal service and tray
1969-1986
Badge w/button & ribbon:...Vol. Firemen's Assn.,...1904
1904
Sugar casket
1969-1986
Ribbon badge:...No.3 Plattsburgh...Firemen's Assn...Aug. 20-23 1889
1889
Advance and Retreat: A Game of Skill
1900
The Game of Cat
1898
Romany: The New Fortune Telling Game
1899
Robbing the Miller
1888
Game of the Spider's Web
1898
Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son
ca. 1890
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
ca. 1890
The Young Athlete
1898
The Game of Basket Ball
1898
Game of Golf
1896
The New Game of Hunting
1904
The Popular Steeple Chase Game
ca. 1890
The Derby Steeplechase
1890
Peter Coddle
ca. 1900
The Game of Peter Coddles
ca. 1890
Ashtray
1969-1986
Sugar bowl and spoon
1969-1986
Ribbon
1860-1920
Letter opener
1969-1986
Sugar bowl with lid
1969-1986
Hurdle Race: It is Great Sport
ca. 1905
The Funny Game of Hit or Miss
ca. 1900
Pike's Peak or Bust
1895
The Lively Game of Scramble
1896
The Game of Tight Rope
1870
Nine Men Morris, Man in the Moon
ca. 1900
The Little Cowboy Game
ca. 1895
Jerome Park Steeple Chase
ca. 1885
Games of Jerome Park Steeple Chase, Balky Horse and Pool
ca. 1880
An Amusing Game of Horse Show
ca. 1890
The Donkey Party Game
1901
Swing a Peg
ca. 1900
Portrait of Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987)
1927
Baby cup
1969-1986
Baby mug
1969-1986
Badge: Reception Committee Exempt Firemen's Son's Assn. 1909
ca. 1909
Badge: Arrangement Committee
1880-1920
Badge: Westchester Exempt Firemen's Assn., 1901
1901
Ashtray
1901
A Trip to Paris: A New and Laughable Game
ca. 1870
The Three Bears and Life's Mishaps
1898
Game of the Diamond Heart
1902
Game of Bang
1903
The Game of Tri-Bang
1888
Lost in the Woods
ca. 1890
Jack the Giant Killer
1890
The Sociable Telephone
1902
Spin It
ca. 1926
Pillow-Dex Tennis
1897
Fine Parlor Croquet
ca. 1880
Lotto
ca. 1890
Lotto
ca. 1890
Lotto
1895
CombinationTiddledy Winks
ca. 1890
O'Grady's Goat: A Merry Game
ca. 1895
Campaign button
2000
Campaign button
2000
Ribbons
1856-1866
The New Game of King's Quoits
1893
Toonin Radio Game
ca. 1926
The Fire Engine Picture Puzzle
ca. 1920
Magnetic Fish Pond
ca. 1891
Chivalry: The Greatest Modern Board Game of Skill
1880-1890
Game of the Man in the Moon
1901
View of the Potomac River, Harper's Ferry, Virginia
c. 1795
The Giant Nest of ABC and Picture Blocks
ca. 1900
Nesting alphabet blocks
ca. 1900
Little Pet's Picture Blocks
ca. 1885
The ABC of Feathers and Songs
ca. 1890
The Errand Boy: An Amusing Game
1891
Tiddledy Winks
ca. 1890
Dissected Outline Map of the United States of America
ca. 1900
Games of Monopolist, Marniner's Compass and Ten Up
1878
Games of Go-bang, Tivoli and Fox and Geese
ca. 1878
Games of John Gilpin, Rainbow Backgammon and Bewildered Travelers
ca. 1875
River Scene, Catskill
1861
Picture blocks
1876
Picture blocks
ca. 1900
Christmas Blocks, Picture Stories and Rhymes
1890
A B C Blocks
ca. 1883
Picture blocks
ca. 1900
Portrait of an Unidentified Naval Officer; verso: unfinished portrait of a man
c. 1845-60
Young Folk's Cube Puzzle: Little Bo Peep
ca. 1875
Portrait of Sir Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937)
1929
Badge ribbon
ca.1896
Games of Ambuscade, Constellations and Bounce
ca. 1875
Games of Checkers, Backgammon and Toussel
ca. 1875
The World's Educator
1887
The World Educator and Game
1919
ABC Cubes
ca. 1885
George James Cornell (c. 1821-1857): Silhouette
1840
Six Puzzle Pictures: Dame Trott and Her Cat
ca. 1880
The Ideal Puzzle Cubes
1892
Aunt Louisa's Cube Puzzles: My Mother
ca. 1888
Medicine bottle
1840-1900
Churn
1861-1881
Crock
ca. 1800
Churn
1810-1860
Jug
1835-1849
Clothespin
1750-1850
Tobacco box
1850-1900
Candleholder and rushlight holder
ca. 1900-1930
Manhattan in a Book
2000
Dancing Figure
1944
Study for "Carmen Jones"
1944
Cake mold
1800-1850
Pitcher
1850-1870
Chalkware (dog)
1850-1890
Flask
1840-1880
Toilet box and cover
1849-1858
"The House that Jack Built"
1820-1850
Cockroach trap
ca. 1840
Jug
1858-1878
Lewis Lewis (1795-1861)
Mrs. Lewis Lewis (1794-1869)
Tobias I. Tobias (1785-1861)
Profile Portrait of Sir Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937)
1929
Plate
1802-1828
Butter mold
1795-1835
"Peaseware" container with lid
1850-1890
Poffertje pan
1800-1900
Iron peel
ca. 1900-1930
Mrs. Tobias I. Tobias (1785-1878)
Harmon Hendricks (1771-1838)
Mrs. Harmon Hendricks (1788-1854)
Alfred Tobais (1823-1873)
Mrs. Alfred Tobias (1825-1891)
Subway Demon: Study for "The Demons' Mistake: A Story from Chelm" by Francine Prose
2000
View of City Hall Park and Broadway Looking West from Park Row, New York City
before 1889
Tobacco shredder/nutmeg grater
ca. 1650-1750
Cigar box w/tag
1800-1850
Snuffbox
1800-1850
Miss Vincent as Prince Aladdin
ca. 1837
Unidentified male figure from story of Aladdin
ca. 1837
Snuffbox
1800-1850
Tobacco jar with lid
1850-1900
Tobacco shredder/nutmeg grater
ca. 1675-1775
Portait of James F. Kemp (1859-1926); verso: Portrait of Mario Chamlee (1892-1966)
1925
Still bank
1790-1840
Still bank
1825-1900
Whistle
1850-1900
Soldier
1880-1920
Bottle
1710-1730
Chalkware (deer)
1850-1890
Chalkware (poodle)
1850-1890
Beadwork picture
1820-1840
Jar
1798-1802
Paper doll
1830-1860
Scene in the Palm Court of the Plaza Hotel, from the Series "59th Street Drawings"
c. 1945-46
Necktie
1972
Pin-back button
2000
Pin-back button
2000
Pin-back button
2000
Silhouetted Fishing Scene: Man Net Fishing from a Boat with a Woman, Man, and Seated Horn Player on Shore near Four Cows and a Goat
c. 1850
Bottle: log cabin
ca. 1934-1950
Pin-back button
1976
Pin-back button
1984
Pin-back button
1976
Button
1988
Button
1988
Pin-back button
1984
View with the Claudian Aqueduct in the Roman Campagna, Italy
1861-62
Rocking horse
1793
Soldier
1840-1870
Sherry Netherland Hotel, from the Series "59th Street Drawings"
c. 1945-46
Study of Floor Tiles from the Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Italy; verso: sketch of same
1861-62
Knight on horseback
1870-1910
Snuffbox
1830-1870
Salt Cellar
ca. 1830-1840
Bottle: Rheumatic Syrup 1882
1885-1910
"Carmen Jones"
1944
Downtown Canyon
2001
Gargoyle
ca. 1904
Magna Dominoes
ca. 1940
Hotel Pierre, from the Series "59th Street Drawings"
c. 1945-46
Dominoes
1950-1970
Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts (1827-1874)
ca. 1850
Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts (1821-1874)
1874
Profile Portrait of Mischa Levitski (1898-1941)
1927
Home Games for Little Girls
ca. 1870
Washington's Nocturnal Retreat from Long Island
Tricorn hat
ca. 1785-1800
Section of the Claudian Aqueduct with Shadows, in the Roman Campagna, Italy
c. 1861-62
Tile
1700-1800
Toy chest of drawers
1850-1900
Pipe: carved figures on bowl
1850-1925
Bandbox
1831-1850
Coin: half dollar, State Of Alabama Centennial, 1919
View of Passaic Falls, Paterson, New Jersey
1794
Hudson Highlands Near Fishkill Church on the Road to Albany, New York
1794
Rosa Isabella, the Spanish Maiden
1840-1870
Butter mold
ca. 1800-1850
Bowl
1800-1840
Shaving cup
1800-1900
Washbowl
ca. 1860
Sugar bowl and cover
ca. 1825
Instantaneous Transformation Picture: Landscape of Ancient Rhymes
ca. 1890

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