Textile

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Textile

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.862

Description

Textile, piece; ivory ribbed silk brocade.

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1800 - 1833 Date made: r. 1800 - 1833

Material

Silk

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Van Cortlandt Family

Notes

Former owner

Person or Organization

Catherine Elizabeth Beck Van Cortlandt

Notes

Former owner

Person or Organization

Helen Beck

Notes

User

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Pattern of textile suggests a later date, possibly in the second half of the 19th century; swatch more likely to have belonged to Catherine Elizabeth Beck Van Cortlandt (1818-1892) than her mother [Jessa J. Krick, 3/17/2010]

Note Type

General Note

Note

Said to have been part of wedding dress of Helen Beck, presumably an ancester of Catherine Beck, Mrs. Pierre Van Cortlandt III.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 02A