Wallet
Maker
Unknown, American
Additional Title(s)
- Woolwork Pocket Wallet
Collections
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Dateca. 1775
Mediumwool, silk, and cotton
Dimensionsplexi case: 10 x 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (25.4 x 21.6 x 24.1 cm.)
DescriptionWoolwork fold over wallet in all-over floral pattern on forest green background; wallet contains a handwritten note sewn into interior pocket reads: "Pocket Wallet / Carried through the American Revolution by / Captain Nehemiah Emerson of / Haverhill - Mass. / (Great Grandfather of Sallie / B. Thomas) Wolcott Covington, Kentucky.”
Credit LineJonathan and Karin Fielding Collection
Label TextAccording to the family in which this wallet was descended, it was carried throughout the Revolutionary War by Captain Nehemiah Emerson (1749–1832) of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Emerson fought with the 11th Massachusetts Regiment, and is mentioned by George Washington in a letter of 1780.Status
On viewObject numberL2015.41.66
Savonnerie Manufactory
1719/84; frame of later date (probably nineteenth-century).
Object number: 11.41
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.27
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
tapestry covers: mid 18th Century; chair frames: 19th Century
Object number: 9.29
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.30
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.31
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
1738-1740 or 1767; frame, 1909-1910.
Object number: 9.32
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.20
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.21
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.22