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Crib quilt in "One Patch" pattern, made from plain white cotton, woven plaids, and white cotton with a printed rose pattern. Quilted in a simple diamond design. Plain white backing.

Crib Quilt, One Patch, late- 19th–early 20th century
cotton.
Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell.
1956-181-347

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 5 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on October 25, 2017.

Patchwork cover made from a variety of woven fabrics and ribbons. Diamond shape in the center with a triangle on each side to form a central square surrounded by twelve squares plus an outer border. Each square contains an embroidered naturalistic flower.

Cover (USA), ca. 1870
silk.
Gift of Mrs. Arthur Stanbury.
1973-45-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 7 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on October 25, 2017.

Coverlet with a design of highly stylized plants forms and stars in red wool on a cream ground. Wide border with birds on either side of a tree. In two corners, marks that read: "Made by T. Fehr in Lower Saucon for . 1842."

Coverlet (USA), 1842
cotton, wool.
1948-115-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on June 19, 2017.

Fragment of a skirt panel in stripes of dark blue, light blue and white.

Skirt Fragment (USA), late 18th–early 19th century
cotton, linen, wool.
Museum purchase through gift of Jacques Séligmann.
1951-6-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on May 23, 2017.

Drawing, Seated Bedouin

Drawing, Seated Bedouin
brush and oil on brown paper.
1917-4-752-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on February 23, 2017.

Vertical rectangle. Wall Street runs through the center of the composition, with tall buildings to the left and right. Trinity Church (1846) looms up in the background, flanked on the right by the slender 22-story Gillender Building (built in 1896, demolished in 1910) and Federal Hall National Memorial (1833-1842).

Print, Trinity Church from Wall Street, ca. 1896–1910
etching and drypoint on paper?.
1953-45-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 19, 2015.

Bust length portrait of a young woman, body turned to observer's left, head facing front. The woman is unidentified.

Painting, Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1895
oil on canvas.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos.
1966-7-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on December 18, 2015.

Montage scene that shows many people, predominately women and children, in various activities within a broad landscape that includes a Gothic ruin, the Rhine Valley and the Capitol at Washington.

Print, Untitled Montage of Figures in Landscapes, 1850–60
steel engravings cut out and mounted, with pen and ink additions on paper.
Gift of Carol MacDonald.
1961-127-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on November 16, 2015.

A young man and woman are seated on the floor of an attic. The man looks over her shoulder at a book in her lap.

Drawing, "He is the image of you", ca. 1901
watercolors on bristol board.
Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy.
1957-58-22

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on October 27, 2015.

Fragment of a border or flounce of ivory cotton net heavily embroidered with ivory silk floss and imitation pearls. Design of scrolls and modified rinceau with deep scallops repeated along lower edge.

Border (USA), ca. 1890
silk embroidery with artificial pearls on cotton net.
1928-14-4

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on October 2, 2015.

From 1896 to 1898 Whitney Warren worked intermittently in the offices of McKim, Mead & White as a draftsman, this drawing of a proposed house for George Eustis, however, was to be his own commission. The house is to be three stories, below a roof with a prominent cornice, and with a classically inspired facade.

Photostat, Elevation of Proposed House for George Eustis, Esq., 1896–98
photostat (a wash drawing), on white wove paper.
Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.
1943-51-374

This object was made by Whitney Warren Jr..
This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on September 3, 2015.

White quilted and stuffed bed cover with a scrolling vine border on two sides and bottom. The center has an oval medallion with a pitcher holding a bouquet of flowers. Surrounding the medallion are leaf shapes and scissors on the sides, a rooster at top, and bottom a heart crossed by arrows superimposed by the inscription "Harriet A. Knapp 1857" in yellow silk. Corners of the field are filled with fan-like medallions and a spray of grapes being eaten by a bird. Large eagle in center of the border at bottom. Running stitches for embroidery and double running stitches for inscription. Narrow cotton binding on outer edge.

Quilt (USA), 1857
cotton, silk.
1975-16-2

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
It was most recently photographed on August 10, 2015.

Valance resist printed in two shades of blue in a design of undulating branches with large cup-shaped blossoms and curling leaves with pendant fruit. Three points on lower border. Edged with cotton tape, white with a narrow border of blue on either edge. Backed with sateen.

Valance (USA), 1700–1750
cotton.
1937-9-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
It was most recently photographed on August 10, 2015.

White quilted bedcover in an allover rosette design. In the center, a large circular pattern of a rayed sun. At four points around the circle are four American eagles with shields and arrows.

Bedcover (USA), ca. 1850
cotton.
Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell.
1956-181-351

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
It was most recently photographed on August 10, 2015.

Large complete coverlet in navy blue wool and white cotton with two central wreaths enclosing an eight-pointed star. Surrounding these are an array of floral and bird motifs including eagles with wings spread and clutching banners, scrolling acanthus leaves, a small building with cupola, and pairs of reindeer. Date on coverlet appears to read 1855.

Coverlet (USA), 1855
wool, cotton.
1951-188-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
It was most recently photographed on August 10, 2015.

White quilt in a woven design imitating "Marsailles-style" quilting. Central concentric star motif surrounded by a square with flowers springing from each corner. Broad border in a floral design. Two ends unhemmed.

Quilt (USA), ca. 1850
cotton.
1937-35-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
It was most recently photographed on August 10, 2015.

Red and gray broadcloth embroidered and appliqued with multicolored silk and chenille in a design of medallions showing various figures; in a Persian-style. Gray wool fringe.

Textile (USA), 1840–45
wool and silk.
1936-1-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
It was most recently photographed on August 10, 2015.

White-on-white bedcover with a wide border on four sides patterned by twisting ribbons and flowers. Center circular medallion with eight radiating points. The spaces between the points are filled with pairs of doves. The outer edge of the medallion is completed by a curving vine. The full medallion fills the entire field.

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
It was most recently photographed on August 6, 2015.

Bedspread quilted in a design of flowers and scrolls surrounding a central medallion with an eagle, cornucopia and a basket of flowers.

Bedspread (USA), ca. 1825
linen.
1942-48-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
It was most recently photographed on August 4, 2015.

Short window curtain with checks of different weaves, including gauze.

Curtain (USA), early 19th century
cotton.
Gift of Mrs. William P. Treadwell.
1916-33-215

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on July 29, 2015.

Roughly pentagonal-shaped pieces of thin white muslin with stripes of denser weave. Cotton tape hand-stitched all around the edges.

Curtains (USA), 19th century
cotton.
Gift of Lea S. Luquer.
1958-148-18-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on July 29, 2015.

Table scarf with borders at each end of cutwork birds and wheels, embroidered canoes.

Table Cover (USA), ca. 1900
linen.
Gift of Mrs. William Bayard Cutting in memory of Mary E. Parsons.
1943-44-8

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on May 11, 2015.

Linen table cover with hemstitching and six pieces of lace insertion showing Indian motifs: two rectangular pieces show two braves with bows framing tepees and four squares in the corners show a man in a canoe, a woman with a papoose, a brave with a bow, and a tepee.

Table Cover (USA), ca. 1900
linen.
Gift of Mrs. William Bayard Cutting in memory of Mary E. Parsons.
1943-44-6

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on May 11, 2015.

At left a small tree in blossom; at right leaves and plants; all on greenish brown ground.

Drawing, Botanical Studies from Jamaica, West Indies, June 1865
brush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard.
Gift of Louis P. Church.
1917-4-339-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on April 29, 2015.

Panel (Near East), early 19th century

Panel (Near East), early 19th century
wool, silk, metallic thread.
Gift of Mrs. Montgomery Hare.
1941-36-10

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on April 17, 2015.

Bedcover with crewel embroidery in various shades of blue, yellow, pink and olive green on a linen ground. Design is similar to English crewel work and shows an East Indian influence. Long delicate center stem has flowers and sprays which extend to form borders.

Bedcover (USA), mid-18th century
linen, wool.
1948-96-2-a,b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on April 17, 2015.

White linen table cover embroidered in red mercerized cotton with hunting scenes arranged as a border.

Table Cover (USA), 1884
linen, mercerized cotton floss.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-2-117

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on April 9, 2015.

Poster design for the New York Subway Advertising Company, encouraging businesses to purchase advertising space for a poster on the subway. Poster depicts an abstracted, red magnet superimposed on a black square. Below, a black and white image of a crowd of people in a triangular shape. In blue text, at top: A; at center in blue and yellow text: SUBWAY POSTER; at bottom, in white and black text: PULLS.

Poster, A Subway Poster Pulls, before 1935
screenprint on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-119

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on April 7, 2015.

Panel of white cotton, loosely woven, printed in blue. Design shows vertical columns decorated with foliage that alternate with a meandering vine and flower design in a perpendicular arrangement. Printed in two shades of blue and has characteristic white dots found in other blue resists. Both selvages present.

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on March 17, 2015.

Large squarish silk panel batiked with green ground and decoration in orange and reserved in white. Large exotic male and female figures; the woman in a bell-shaped skirt. The figures fill the composition and scattered around them are floral and animal motifs. Pseudo-Indonesian style.

Textile (USA), 1920–30
silk.
1960-86-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on February 27, 2015.

Chaise (USA), 1860–70
rosewood veneer, oak (frame), velvet upholstery.
Gift of Mrs. Edwin Gould.
1937-4-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on February 13, 2015.

Poster features steelworkers bolting the hull of a ship together.

Poster, Teamwork Builds Ships, 1918
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Unknown Donor.
1980-32-1194

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
It was most recently photographed on February 24, 2014.

Upholstery weight cotton velvet with a design of regularly spaced symmetrical floral sprays in two shades of coral with touches of white where the backing fabric shows through.

Textile (possibly USA), mid-19th century
cotton.
Gift of the estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper.
1957-180-25

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on June 28, 2013.

Black oilcloth table cover printed in dull red. Center has birds drinking from a fountain surrounded by a flower wreath. Border has flowers, a cup and a fountain.

Table Cover (USA), early 19th century
cotton.
Gift of Ginsburg and Levy.
1962-2-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
It was most recently photographed on June 28, 2013.

Trapunto cover the size of a crib quilt. Design of a basket of flowers in the center, a heart motif in each of the corners and a five pointed star on one side; an eight pointed star on the other side. Piece was originally white but had been dyed pale blue.

Quilt (USA), early 19th century
cotton.
Bequest of Elinor Merrell.
1995-50-354

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on June 28, 2013.

Rows of pointed ovals, triangles and teardrop shapes are outlined in black and filled in a manner suggesting hand coloring. White vertical stripes of the ground fabric give an ombré effect.

Textile (USA), ca. 1920
silk.
Gift of Lillian Gibbs.
1960-175-1

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.
It was most recently photographed on June 28, 2013.