Chemise

Southern United States

1890 - 1910

  • Titles Chemise (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk, satin, lace
  • Dimensions Overall: 11 1/2 x 45 in. (29.2 x 114.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of George R. Herran, Jr., 1983.47
  • Work Type chemise
  • Classification Costume

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Log Cabin quilt, red and brown center, blue borders, found in Lamar County, Alabama
Large face jug of red stoneware and covered with a mottled, opaque teal-blue glaze, the pointed jug with neck on top is covered with a drippy and streaked blue and black glaze that runs down the face alongside the nose, with two dark eyes, the ears implied on the sides of the face, indented at the cheeks, the mouth open and with three large, rounded porcelain teeth.
Obverse of handle bears word "ALABAMA" and depicts an eagle, iron ore miner, cotton bale and bolls; the reverse of the handle depicts various Indian motifs, including a tipi, canoe, and peace pipe. The bowl of spoon, washed in gold, depicts Sloss Furnaces.
Tall, glass wine goblet with a purple bowl, fluted and with applied opaque white glass that forms a cloudy, speckled surface within the flutes, the white extends to the stem, forming threads in a lattice-like pattern in the clear glass, the round foot likewise of clear glass.