Lace

About 1900

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton, Antwerp lace
  • Dimensions 92 × 3 in. (233.7 × 7.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Eleanor Lee Brakefield, 1984.127.62
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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At the Peace of Posen on December 11, 1806, Friedrich August joined the Rheinbund, which was founded by Emperor Napoleon of France on July 17, 1806. At the same time, Napoleon made Friedrich August King of Saxony. After the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, at which Friedrich August fought alongside the French and lost, he was captured and imprisoned in Friedrichsfelde near Berlin.
Box, wood
Oval black basalt medallion with relief profile portrait of Wesley (1703-1790) facing right, Founder of English methodism; the second son of Samuel Wesley, rector of Epworth. Educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford. He showed great promise as a student, and developed a strong religious fervour after reading Law's Serious Call. He formed an association with other students of the college who held similar views, in their devotions and from the punctiliousness of the members demeanour, they became to be called 'methodists' by the wits of the university. Among the circle, apart from Wesley, was George Whitfield who was to acquire almost equal celebrity at the time. Wesley went to the American colony of Virginia and preached among the Indians. In 1738 he returned to London and began to preach, drawing large crowds. He then went to Bristol to become a field preacher in successiopn to Whitfield. He would usually travel 4,500 miles a year or a total of 225,000 miles in his lifetime delivering sermons from 2 to 4 hours long.
Heavy thistle-shaped vase that tapers inward to a cylindrical base. The areas around the vase's lip and its base are brown in color with splotches of mustard/khaki. The middle of the vase's exterior is primarily glazed dark brown with areas of light brown, tan, and mustard. The rest of the form is covered in splotches of dark brown, light brown, and mustard. The upper half of the vase's exterior is covered in thin and medium-sized impressed lines around the form. The lower half of the vase's exterior is covered in large, impressed lines around the form. There are several air bubbles in the glaze along the upper half of the vase. The lip is glazed dark green, tinged with brown. The vase's interior is dark green, with a dripping glaze.