Pieced quilt square
Classification:
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 9 in. ( 22.9 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Pieced cotton quilt square with cruciform design; solid blue and blue on white calico fabrics.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
INV.11555d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
28898
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt square
Classification:
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 7 in. ( 17.8 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Pieced cotton quilt square with rectangular pinwheel design; bright pink calico and blue and white striped fabric.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
INV.11555c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
28896
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt squares (189)
Classification:
Date:
1930-1940
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
each: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7 x 7 cm )
Description:
One hundred eighty-nine pieced cotton quilt squares with bow tie motif; solid color, striped, checked, dotted, plaid, and various floral printed fabrics.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1948
Object Number:
INV.11555b.1-189
Gallery Label:
These quilt squares range in date from 1880-1940, but would were pieced together by the same hand and at the same date, circa 1940.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
28894
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pieced quilt squares (8)
Classification:
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
each: 6 x 6 in. ( 15.2 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Eight pieced cotton quilt squares with bow tie motif; bow tie in bright pink calico.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
INV.11555a.1-8
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
28857
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Quilt pieces (281)
Classification:
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Cotton
Description:
Collection of 281 cotton quilt pieces, including 8 large pieced squares with bow tie motif, 189 small squares with bow tie motif, one pieced square with rectangular pinwheel design, one pieced square with cruciform design, one pieced star, 67 diamond-shaped pieces, two small pieced squares with diagonal bar, and 12 miscellaneous pieces of various pattern, shape, and size; solid color, striped, checked, dotted, plaid, and various floral printed fabrics.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
INV.11555a-h
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
28856
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Needlework and watercolor of U.S.S. New Orleans
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1898
Medium:
Silk, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. ( 23.8 x 38.7 cm )
Description:
Embroidered picture in red, white, blue and black silk floss on painted satin; image of the protected cruiser U.S.S. New Orleans flying U.S. flag in center with inscription beneath in painted ocean setting; stitches include satin, straight, knots.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1942.372
Marks:
embroidered: bottom center: "U.S.S. NEW ORLEANS"
Gallery Label:
The U.S.S. New Orleans was purchased by the U.S. Navy March 16, 1898. The protected cruiser sailed May 17 for service in the Spanish-American War, joining the Flying Squadron off Santiago de Cuba. Through the summer New Orleans cruised on blockade between San Juan, Puerto Rico and Guantanomo Bay, Cuba, capturing a French blockade runner. She arrived in Philadelphia October 20th for the Peace Jubilee, then prepared to New York to launch peacetime service.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1898
eMuseum Object ID:
28769
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Campaign kercheif of Harrison and Reid
Classification:
Date:
1892
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 21 in. ( 50.8 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Cotton copperplate-printed campaign kerchief with portraits of Benjamin Harrison and Whitelaw Reid in medallions with American bald eagle armorials above and below; printed in sepia and light-blue ink on a white ground; decorative border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1944.216
Marks:
printed: below portraits: "BENJAMIN HARRISON/ REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT/ WHITELAW REID/ REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT"
printed: on armorials: "THE * UNION * AND * THE/ CONSTITUTION * FOREVER"
Gallery Label:
Benjamin Harrison of Indiana was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison. He was elected president in 1888, defeating Grover Cleveland, but was defeated by Cleveland in 1892. Whitelaw Reid of New York, the editor of the "New York Tribune," and U.S. Minister to France, was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice-President in 1892.
Bibliography:
Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1892
eMuseum Object ID:
28611
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Table cloth in envelope: California 100 yrs....1948
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1949
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 54 x 65 in. ( 137.2 x 165.1 cm )
Description:
Rectangular clear plastic tablecloth printed in white, green, and gold with images relating to the Gold Rush; some scenes labeled, including "Sacramento," "Nevada City," "Sutter's Fort," and "El Dorado"; seamed edges.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
INV.11760
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1949
eMuseum Object ID:
28328
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Puzzle
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 7 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. ( 4.4 x 20 x 15.6 cm )
Description:
Jigsaw puzzle of map of the United States housed in wooden box with sliding lid; lid has printed title and images of eagle, cannon, and mounted and foot soldiers, and is painted in red, blue, and yellow; with 52 puzzle pieces.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1944.218a-bbb
Marks:
printed: on box lid: "MAP OF/THE/UNITED STATES"
Gallery Label:
Separate map of U.S. in curatorial file.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
28223
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scarf:
Classification:
Date:
1942
Medium:
Rayon
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 x 27 in. ( 66 x 68.6 cm )
Description:
Rayon printed kerchief with a Mexican couple standing on rocks at the edge of the ocean in front of a fishing boat and a village; in the corners are four vignettes of life on the water; decorative floral scalloped border; printed in red, green, black, and white on a yellow ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
1942.433
Marks:
printed: at bottom: " RECUERDO/ DE/ JANITZIO"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1942
eMuseum Object ID:
28153
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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