Valence, pleated swag valance in blue, gold, and black. The fabric of the valance is a gold brocade with a blue and black floral pattern. The reverse of the valance is lined with brown twill. The top edge of the valance has 4 rings sewn into the back lining, there appears to have been a 5th ring which is now missing. The fabric of the valance is pleated horizontally, upwards, with 6 knife pleats. The pleats are angled so the fabric dips lower at the center and up at the side to create swags across the valance. Below the pleats is a convex stripe of blue velvet the mirrors the shape of the pleats. On either side of the velvet is a small cord of blue, gold, and black thread. 1 ½ below the velvet stripe is woven, warp-faced tape that overlays an alternating tied fringe in blue, gold, and black. The sides of the valance are encased in a binding that matches the lining. There is a sash of brocade that hangs down vertically from the left of the valance. It has a velvet stripe that matches the stripe on the main valance. Below the velvet, there is a section of fringe that matches tied tassels the bottom. The back of the sash is whipstitched down the center, there are many small holes around the seam. The fabric is very delicate. There are a few holes at the top of the valance in the brocade fabric. The upper hole is 1 1/8” by 1 ½”. The lower hole is 1 ½” by 1 5/8” they both look like something ate through the layer of fabric. Moth damage could explain the holes in the sash as well.
This valance (part of a set 234919.0055a-k) was donated by the daughters of Walter Tuckerman, a prominent man in the banking, real estate, and naturalist world of Maryland in the 20th century. In his early adulthood, he was part of the Alaskan Border Survey Commission in 1909. His letters home are full of optimism and wonder at the wilderness of Alaska, he even received the honor of a mountain named after him, Mt. Tuck. After he returned from Alaska, he founded The Bank of Bethesda in Bethesda, Maryland. Tuckerman also led the development of the nearby neighborhood of Edgemoor in Bethesda, Maryland. His daughters donated the drapes with a note stating that they came “from our parent’s house” (page 178 of scanned accession file). It is likely that the house in question was the family home called Tuxeden in Bethesda. Walter Tuckerman's lifelong love of adventure and the outdoors became a love of golf later in his life. he was an active member of his local golf club, and he won many trophies.
Tieback, corded tieback with rosette in blue, gold, and black. The tieback consists of a central rosette with two cord loops extending out on either side, and a cord attached to the lower half of rosette. The rosette in the center has two layers of fabric, one brocade and one velvet that create a ruffle around the edge. The ruffles also sandwich the cords in place. On top of the ruffles is a wooden disk that is the form for the center of the rosette. The disk is wrapped in blue, black, and gold thread to create rays emanating out from the center. The center is demarcated by a gold pom-pom. Below the disk is a ring of decorative knots that create a petal effect. The twisted cord has a solid strand of gold wrapped with twisted blue and black, and blue and yellow strands. There are two tassels that have broken off the lower cord. They consist of two wooden beads in graduated sizes, wrapped with trim in the same manner as the disk. In between the beads sit spacers wrapped in gold and blue thread. Below the largest bead is a row of alternating blue, black, and gold tied tassels that form the outer edge of the tassel fringe. Inside the tied tassels the rest of the tassel strings are gold twisted cord. The gold thread that wraps the wooden forms on the rosette and the tassels is breaking off in many places, and the wooden forms are quite brittle. The broken tassels are missing the smallest top bead. Of the two lower cords, the rightmost cord is broken short, it is significantly shorter than the cords of 234919.0055d.
This tieback (part of a set 234919.0055a-k) was donated by the daughters of Walter Tuckerman, a prominent man in the banking, real estate, and naturalist world of Maryland in the 20th century. In his early adulthood, he was part of the Alaskan Border Survey Commission in 1909. His letters home are full of optimism and wonder at the wilderness of Alaska, he even received the honor of a mountain named after him, Mt. Tuck. After he returned from Alaska, he founded The Bank of Bethesda in Bethesda, Maryland. Tuckerman also led the development of the nearby neighborhood of Edgemoor in Bethesda, Maryland. His daughters donated the drapes with a note stating that they came “from our parent’s house” (page 178 of scanned accession file). It is likely that the house in question was the family home called Tuxeden in Bethesda.
Tieback, corded tieback with rosette in blue, gold, and black. The tieback consists of a central rosette with two cord loops extending out on either side, and two tassels of graduated lengths hanging down in the center. The rosette in the center has two layers of fabric, one brocade, one velvet that create a ruffle around the edge. The ruffles sandwich the cords in place. On top of the ruffles is a wooden disk that is the form for the center of the rosette. The disk is wrapped in blue, black, and gold thread and trimmings to create rays emanating out from the center. The center is demarcated by a gold pom-pom. Below the disk is a ring of decorative knots that create a petal effect. The twisted cord has a solid strand of gold wrapped with twisted blue and black, and blue and yellow strands. The two tassels consist of three wooden beads in graduated sizes. The beads are wrapped with trim in the same manner as the disk. In between the beads sit spacers wrapped in gold and blue thread. Below the largest bead is a row of alternating blue, black, and gold tied tassels that form the outer edge of the tassel fringe. Inside the tied tassels the rest of the tassel strings are gold twisted cord. The two loops of cord on the top are the same type of cord that support the tassels. The leftmost loop is twisted. The gold thread that wraps the wooden forms is breaking off in many places, and the wood itself is quite brittle.
This tieback (part of a set 234919.0055a-k) was donated by the daughters of Walter Tuckerman, a prominent man in the banking, real estate, and naturalist world of Maryland in the 20th century. In his early adulthood, he was part of the Alaskan Border Survey Commission in 1909. His letters home are full of optimism and wonder at the wilderness of Alaska, he even received the honor of a mountain named after him, Mt. Tuck. After he returned from Alaska, he founded The Bank of Bethesda in Bethesda, Maryland. Tuckerman also led the development of the nearby neighborhood of Edgemoor in Bethesda, Maryland. His daughters donated the drapes with a note stating that they came “from our parent’s house” (page 178 of scanned accession file). It is likely that the house in question was the family home called Tuxeden in Bethesda. Walter Tuckerman's lifelong love of adventure and the outdoors became a love of golf later in his life. he was an active member of his local golf club, and he won many trophies.
Drape. Incomplete fabric drape. Drape in blue, gold, and black. It is the match 234919.0055a, but it is missing significant amounts of the outer brocade fabric and is has be unstitched from its intended shape. The top 13 ¾” of the drape is complete, below that the outer brocade has been cut away for the next 42 ¾ inches. The tope of the drape has 4 knife pleats. The cream wool interlining of the is visible majority of the drape’s length. The brocade starts after the bottom section. The fringe was not cut with the brocade, so there is a length of warp-face tape with self-fringe that is loose. It used to extend to the top of the drape. The drape had been gathered and stitched together to drape decoratively, but the stitching has been undone to create a flat length of fabric. There is scaring from where stiches used to be. Along the bottom section of the Some of velvet stripe is missing, it has been cut. The cord that runs along the top and bottom of the stripe has been unpicked. The bottom of the drape has been left intact. It has the same warp-face tape and alternating tied tassels as 234919.0055a. Along with the drape, there is a loose piece of fabric 23 ½ x 8 approximately. It is of the same brocade as the drape and came from the middle section of the drape where the brocade was removed.
This drape (part of a set 234919.0055a-k) was donated by the daughters of Walter Tuckerman, a prominent man in the banking, real estate, and naturalist world of Maryland in the 20th century. In his early adulthood, he was part of the Alaskan Border Survey Commission in 1909. His letters home are full of optimism and wonder at the wilderness of Alaska, he even received the honor of a mountain named after him, Mt. Tuck. After he returned from Alaska, he founded The Bank of Bethesda in Bethesda, Maryland. Tuckerman also led the development of the nearby neighborhood of Edgemoor in Bethesda, Maryland. His daughters donated the drapes with a note stating that they came “from our parent’s house” (page 178 of scanned accession file). It is likely that the house in question was the family home called Tuxeden in Bethesda. Walter Tuckerman's lifelong love of adventure and the outdoors became a love of golf later in his life. he was an active member of his local golf club, and he won many trophies.
Tieback (part of set 60.400a-60.402d). Corded tieback with two loops, a central bead, and tassels. The cord of the tieback is a solid medium blue strand twisted with a light and medium blue twisted strand. The cord forms two loops like a bow and the center is secured by a hollow wooden bead that the cords pass through. The bead is wrapped in blue silk thread with stripes of twisted cord. At the end of each cord is a three-tiered tassel. The form of the tassel is wood wrapped with thread and stripes of three tiny, twisted cords. In between the tassel beads sit smaller spacers wrapped in light blue thread. Around the center of the spacers and the center of the middle bead is a strip of thread wrapped horizontally. The fringe of the tassels has three different shades of blue. There are dark blue and medium blue cotton cords in the center, and 6 blue silk strands evenly distributed around the edge. The thread wrapping on the beads is breaking off in places. The bead that holds the two loops has significant bald patches. The silk threads only remain on in small amounts on either side of the twisted cord. The leftmost tassel has significant thread breakage, particularly on the top bead.
This tieback (part of set 60.400a-60.402d) was donated by Charles Holten as part of a gift containing a bedroom and suite from the home of Richard Kennerdell, an American manufacturer from Pennsylvania. Kennerdell opened a wool, iron, saw, and grist mill in Venango County in western Pennsylvania during the 1850s (page 54 of scanned accession file). The mill grew, and Richard Kennerdell built the town of Kennerdell, Pennsylvania around his mill. The objects in the set came from his grand mansion in his town. Sadly, the house has since been destroyed. The damask fabric of the blue draperies corresponds to blue damask panels in the bedframe and the towel rack from the grand bedroom. According to the family, the objects in the set were bought at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 (page 56 of scanned accession file). The furnishings are most likely manufactured by Allen and Brother of Philadelphia, notable furniture makers in this time. The wooden furniture contains the markings of the company, and the set matches examples from their published book of object displayed at the Exhibition. The draperies and bedroom set are examples of Victorian furniture in the French style inspired by Louse XIV. The rich damask valances evoke luxury and splendor.
Valance, blue tiered valance (part of set 60.400a-60.402d). The valance is shorter and wider than the other two in the set. It is made from a blue floral damask fabric. It has a central opening with a convex curve of fabric decorated with a warp-face tape with tied self-tassels. The tassels themselves alternate between thread tassels and three-tiered pompom tassels. The valance is pleated with inverted box pleats at each end of the arch and in the center. Over the center pleat, there is a swag of gathered fabric applied at the top edge. There is a decorative knotted gimp that forms spiral designs on either side of the swag. Two points of fabric hold large ornate tassels after each end of the arch. Shortly after the tassels is the bottom edge of the valance. The sides of the valance hang as straight sections of fabric to either side of the central opening. The sides are significantly shorter than those of the two other valances in the set. The bottom edge is decorated with the same tassels and knotted gimp as the arch. The reverse of the valance is a matching blue brocade 2/3rds of the way up from the bottom. The top 1/3 is an undyed twill. There are 14 ½” rings across the top of the valance. There are spaces where some rings appear to be missing. There is water damage across the bottom, 12.5 inches up on the right side and 15 inches on the left. The water has stained the silk.
This valance (part of set 60.400a-60.402d) was donated by Charles Holten as part of a gift containing a bedroom and suite from the home of Richard Kennerdell, an American manufacturer from Pennsylvania. Kennerdell opened a wool, iron, saw, and grist mill in Venango County in western Pennsylvania during the 1850s (page 54 of scanned accession file). The mill grew, and Richard Kennerdell built the town of Kennerdell, Pennsylvania around his mill. The objects in the set came from his grand mansion in his town. Sadly, the house has since been destroyed. The damask fabric of the blue draperies corresponds to blue damask panels in the bedframe and the towel rack from the grand bedroom. According to the family, the objects in the set were bought at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 (page 56 of scanned accession file). The furnishings are most likely manufactured by Allen and Brother of Philadelphia, notable furniture makers in this time. The wooden furniture contains the markings of the company, and the set matches examples from their published book of object displayed at the Exhibition. The draperies and bedroom set are examples of Victorian furniture in the French style inspired by Louse XIV. The rich damask valances evoke luxury and splendor.
Valance, blue tiered valance (part of set 60.400a-60.402d). The valance is made from a floral damask fabric. It has an arched central opening with tiered edges. The concave curve of the inner arch is decorated with a warp-face tape with tied self-tassels. The tassels themselves alternate between thread tassels and triple pompom tassels. On either side of the arch, longer points of fabric support large ornate tassels in an ice blue. Below the tassels the edges cut in 3” on each side to form the tiered sides. An inch in from the interior edge of the valance there is a decorative knotted gimp trim that forms tall loops at the two points where the edge cuts away to form the tiers. The top of the valance has three swags of matching brocade fabric applied 3” down from the top and 4.5” in from each side. At each gathering point of each swag there is a matching rosette. The lower looped edge of the swags is trimmed with a two-toned blue cord. The central swag is loose, and there is some sun fading after the rosette on the left. The top of the valance has twelve ½” rings sewn along the edge. The bottom of the valance is decorated with the same tied tassels as the central arch. There is a small hole on the right towards the bottom of the valance.
This valance (part of set 60.400a-60.402d) was donated by Charles Holten as part of a gift containing a bedroom and suite from the home of Richard Kennerdell, an American manufacturer from Pennsylvania. Kennerdell opened a wool, iron, saw, and grist mill in Venango County in western Pennsylvania during the 1850s (page 54 of scanned accession file). The mill grew, and Richard Kennerdell built the town of Kennerdell, Pennsylvania around his mill. The objects in the set came from his grand mansion in his town. Sadly, the house has since been destroyed. The damask fabric of the blue draperies corresponds to blue damask panels in the bedframe and the towel rack from the grand bedroom. According to the family, the objects in the set were bought at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876 (page 56 of scanned accession file). The furnishings are most likely manufactured by Allen and Brother of Philadelphia, notable furniture makers in this time. The wooden furniture contains the markings of the company, and the set matches examples from their published book of object displayed at the Exhibition. The draperies and bedroom set are examples of Victorian furniture in the French style inspired by Louse XIV. The rich damask valances evoke luxury and splendor.
Black and white print of a fire in a three story house bordering a city park being extinguished by a large corps of firemen. Other houses and public buildings line the street and spectators line the park.
Black and white print of gymnastics demonstrations being performed on a stage outside a wood frame structure. Spectators surround the exhibition area. Text beneath the image gives information about the Turnverein Association and the festival.
Black and white allegorical print of a temple topped by a statue labelled "Constitution". The temple has three columns which are marked:"Democracy", "Monarchy", and "Aristocracy". The right represents the benefits of obedience to laws and the government and to the left are the punishments that await crimes.
This image was used as an illustration in the book " The Tree of Legal Knowledge."
Colored print; scenic view of Catskill Mountains at the Hudson River with sailboats and steamboats on the water. Mounted and strolling couples on right bank pathway. Buildings of West Point Military Academy appear on the opposite hill.
Color print advertising a resort hotel on the shores of a body of water. The wood frame building has a verandah with awning around the first floor. People are gathered on the verandah and in a covered pavillon to the left of the main building. A sail boat in the lower left is labeled "Tony Miller".
Black & white print; half length portrait of an Asian man (Naruce Jinsiro?). The facsimilie of the sitter's signature in both Chinese? and English is below the image. Advertising the lithographers' work.
Color print of an iron works consisting of three buildings in a clearing in a hilly wooded area surrounded by numerous auxillary buildings and houses. Railroad tracks run in foreground of view with a spur running up a steep grade to the works. A station labeled "Greenwood" sits beside the tracks.
Color advertising print of a whaling scene; a large whale in the foreground is being attacked by men in two whaling boats. One boat is capsizing. A large sailing ship waits in the background. The print advertises a dealer in sperm, whale, lard, and tanner's oil as well as candles.
