Ironstone chamber pot with lid. Body and lid have high gloss blue surface with crane and flora design with a gilded band at the lip that is repeated just above the foot. Handle is white a rope design at top with gilded highlights. Chamber pot lid has a white cylindrical design with gilded highlights on the handle that is centered horizontally above the lid surface; two rope designs serve as stems that wrap around the handle at opposite of the cylinder and attach it to the lid with gilded highlights. Surface of lid features crane and flora decor.
White linen towel in jacquard weave. Gold/orange patten at borders and hand knotted 5in fringe. Short edges are embroidered in orange with three bands: .25in wide with dots, 2.5in wide with leaves and circles, .75in wide withbands of orange dots.Monogrammed 'B'.
Girl's Victorian Dress, Pink Dress with Velvet Trim, long sleeved with gathered skirt. Fabric is rose colored silk with alternating vertical stripes of plain satin & 4 narrow white stripes. Both hand and machine construction used to make this dress. Double construction- silk on outside tan cotton fabric on inside. On bodic: 2 wide rows of gathering at neck. 1.5-in high stand up collar attached to neck. Over shoulders and on front are flaps decorated with 2 bands of burgundy velvet. These velevet bands also on stand up collar and near bottom edges of both sleves. Bands of lace attached to both cuffs and collar. Additional stiffener sewn inside 5-in. hem. Back closure is 13 hooks and eyes.
White with blue transfer print. Floral border. Large flowers: tulip and poppies. Pastoral picture on bottom of bowl. Pitchers has pictures of tress, bushes, groups of deer, three long-horned cows, Georgian mansion with brick wall, boy fishing.
Made of heavy silk brocade. Blue background with beige and red colors in paisley design. Multi colored cording around collar, cuffs, pockets, and front. Lined in navy blue silk and batting quitled in diaper pattern -- machine stitched. Cording also used for front closre between collar and pockets; three pairs of corded loops anchored by an ornate triangular design of sewn cording with a mesh covered, barrel-shaped wooden button to hold the cord loop from the opposite side. Tassel belt. Inside back has band that can be adjusted/gathered. Two fabric covered buttons with cording at outside side seams for loops to hold the corded belt.
Textile is very fragile and is ripping in some areas. Ed 12/20/2016, VAP. Some stains, wear on lower edge right sleeve. Heavy wear at neck. Center back seam apart. Collar separating from neckline. Left side seam open.
Object ID
W.1940.012.001
Notes
Presented to James Buchanan by Chinese or Japanese Ambassador while Buchanan was Ambassador in England.
Harriet Lane Johnston beaded jacket to match gown (W.40.17.1)
Description
Jacket Black crape silk, beaded in black glass beads, designed by Worth of Paris. Fully-lined in black silk taffeta and interlined with muslin. Has small turned down collar with full length set-in sleeves. Collar, cuffs, and hem trimmed with 3'' fringe and 3'' strand of black beads every inch. Varying size of black beads used to create a contoured design of flowers and swirls on front and sleeves.
White ground with mauve transfer print design. Pitcher has eight facets around body and foot, wide flaring mouth. Handles has thumb rest. Grape vine around inside and outside lip on the pitcher
Sheer lace overdress. Belonged to Harriet Lane Johnston. White lace with white embroidered flowers. Bodice has sort cap sleeps. Aroundneckline is a slightly gathered 5in wide band of ecru or light tan lace. A .5in wide white lace band stands up from neck. Pink ribbon flowers and green ebroidered leaves are stitched around neckline. Back closure with hooks and eyes at neckline and waist. Open placket from waist is 15.5in long.
Provenance
Harriet Lane- Donor [Mrs. Patty Lane Eldridge Sebrell]
Black wool paisely print shawl. Parts of design are embroidered by hand. Black, blue, red, green, yellow, brown, grey, cream, and tan colors in design. Edges are fringed. Print on edges only. Two ends are sewn on. Hand-embroidered and sewn.
**Accessioned twice** also see 27.4 Five piece dresser set. Two candlesticks (61.8.4-5, *see also 00.27.4-5*) -Bright pink candlesticks. Has border effect at bottom (approximately 0.5' white) that is off-white with gold design. Similar strip effect near
Porcelain octagon-shaped dresser tray that is part of a five-piece set. Face of tray is pink with a centered white circle with gold leaf decor. Edge of tray is white with a band of gold leaf design.
Porcelain cosmetics jar that is part of a five-piece dresser set. The jar has an overall squat oval shape. The exterior lip has a wide white band with a centered narrow gold leaf band. The remainder of the body, below the white band is pink.
The lid to the jar is capped with a ball-shaped pink handle. Below the handle is a wide white band with a wreath of gold leaves is bordered by a wide pink band that has a wide white band situated around the rim of the lid. This white band features a narrow band of gold arrows and dots.
Rectangular shaped shawl with paisley design printed on the fabric. Design is red, green, sapphire, and blue with ecru background, and gold. Fringe is silk floss and is 7' long.
Almost square, dark ecru, silk shawl. Two different motifs. Floral design filling opposing corners, spread at right angles from point of origin. Motifs meet at corners and center. Bordered with a fuschia vine motif. Fringe is 13' long, braid is 5'. Embro
1. Bodice Moss green. Jewel neckline. Slightly pointed front waistline, brass hooks and eyes at center front. Pagoda sleeve. Feather boning at center front eye casing. Two underbust darts with boning. Underarm seam also boned. Trimmed with silk brocade w
1. Bodice Burnt red day dress. Lined with linen twill. Feather boning attached outside of seams. Tacked down with feather stitch. Raw edges on inside are whip stitched with a purple silk twist. Front is tucked stomacher. Short peplin around bottom, split
