Scarf

United States

About 1865

  • Titles Scarf (Descriptive)
  • Medium silk
  • Dimensions 32 × 32 in. (81.3 × 81.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Louise Russell, 1981.69b
  • Work Type scarf
  • Classification Costume

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Large hand-sewn quilt in the "Caesar's Crown" pattern made with a plain cream-colored cotton backing edged in green with a border of tiny brown flowers on an ivory ground and an interior border in a green print, the top of the quilt with a cream-colored ground and a grid of red circles with green spikes and yellow reel centers that together form the image of a kind of crown, three of the circles of brown and cream printed fabric instead of red.
Tall, glass champagne flute with spirally-fluted, conical bowl, in a shade of deep blue that fades to light at the bottom of the bowl, the clear glass stem is textured, the round foot also of clear glass.
Large, heavy stoneware jar of bulbous shape covered with a rich green alkaline glaze, with applied grapes and vines under the lip and around the reserves, which contain in relief on one side the head of George Washington and on the other the head of Thomas Jefferson, above each head eagles support banners that read respectively "Hurrah for Washington" and "Hurrah for Jefferson," with two loop handles.
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