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South Parlor at the Steuben House
Above the Hackensack Valley Sideboard is a Washington Memorial of painted miniatures on a background of silk-floss embroidery. Inset portraits thought to be painted by John Trumbull. Larger photo of GW.
Bergen Dutch ladder-back chairs surrounding three-piece Hepplewhite dining table on Jacquard woven carpet, (probably NJ).
Note: The way the Steuben House looked at one time.
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| Hackensack Valley spoon racks |
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Fig. 3
Photo by Charles Szeglin
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| Fig. 1 (top-left) Spoon board, Paramus, 1731. Inscribed "ANNO 1731 A H" within a heart, chip carved design, three strips for 12 spoons, from the Zabriskie-Van Dien house on Paramus Road. Jan J. Zabriskie was a farmer in Paramus. He married in 1731, 19-1/2" x 9-1/2".
Fig. 2 (top-center) Spoon board, Bergen County, 1791. Inscribed "L DMR P DMR: on face, "P+D 1791" on reverse, chip carved, 3 strips for 12 spoons. Petrus Demarest married Lea Blauvelt at Tappan, October 30, 1793, 21-1/2" x 8".
Fig. 3 (top-right) Spoon board, Schraalenburgh (now Bergenfield) 1734. Inscribed "D ANNO 1734 M H / David Demarest," married October 29, 1736, at Schraalenburgh, 14" x 8-3/4".
Fig. 4 (left) Spoon board, Bergen County, late 17 c. or early 18 c. chip carved, picturing a Kas with 3 potted plants, three ledges for 12 spoons, knoblike peak has a carved face, 24" x 8".
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Hackensack Valley spoon racks are simple backboards with three ledges usually pierced to insert a dozen spoon handles. These jackknife relics of the delightful custom of giving handmade emblems were made to speak the donor's affections. After marriage, it can be assumed a spoon was given each time a child was christened. The 12 openings for spoons indicated the hoped for size of families in olden times.
PDF of Antiques Magazine June 1925 - 4 pages on Spoonboards.
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Kas or Dutch cupboard. Every Jersey Dutch household stored handmade cloth, bedding and blankets in a Kas or Dutch Cupboard. This one displays Bergen Dutch quilts and coverlets, including the popular indigo-dyed wool and natural-white linen coverlets produced by local weavers. Larger photo
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Kas or Dutch cupboard, served as storage for household cloth such as towels, sheets and bedding. c. 1775 to 1800. Larger photo.
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Oldest dated Hackensack Cupboard 1802. Descended in the Mowry family in Paramus. Cruder then later matchstick examples. Larger photo.
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Pine cupboard, Hackensack Valley, c. 1860. Two sections: Top has butterfly shelves, 12 glass panes. Typical county mullions; base has 4 drawers and 2 doors supported on modified French foot. Matchstick designs across frieze under cornice. Stepped molding is both straight and slanting. On the stiles, drawers and doors; horizontal and vertical reeding. |
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| Hackensack Valley Chair, Slat-back chair; 3 graduated bowed slats. Posts are topped with urn finials, rush seat. Front feet deeply turned. Several chairs in collections including a child's chair and one adapted for an invalid. Larger photo. |
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| Pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing by Margarete Van Wagener, 1830. Godess Flora on chariot being drawn by lions. The picture is in a frame with matchstick design, typical of Hackensack region. 13-3/4" x 9-3/4". Larger photo. |
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Daguerreotype. Betty, one of the last eye-witness of the Revolutionary War at New Bridge. Died 1870.
For description.
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Margarete Van Wagener did the ink-and-watercolor drawings of CYBELE, Mother of Gods and Gift-Giver to Mortals, in a chariot drawn by lions, in 1824; her initials MVW appear on the lip of the urn in the background.
Made for Margaret Zabriskie.
One of a pair. Larger photo. |
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| Storybook Quilt. Patchwork background in subtle dark-colored strips of dress remnants and silk ties in herring bone pattern; eighty appliquéd figures are edged by featherstitch, popular at the time; embroidery details added to bright colored figures; some motifs, such as the unicyclist, locomotive, paddle wheeler, probably derived from Currier and Ives prints. Monogram of maker CVB in center, the date 1880 in red letters below American flag shield. Made by Mrs. Charles V. Bogia. Fabric: silk. Size: 68" x 70". Larger photo. |
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Captain James Lawrence Portrait (above). Mortally wounded in the War of 1812, in battle in Boston, Lawrence shouted, "Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks!" True to his words, every officer in the Chesapeake's chain of command fought until he was either killed or wounded. Even so, the battle was lost in under an hour, the Chesapeake was captured, and Lawrence died four days later, leaving his wife and a daughter.
See Burlington City, NJ website for more info. |
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Ladies Ramble 1876. Pattern: Lady of the Lake. Patchwork and appliqué quilt; patchwork done in variation of Lady of the Lake design with multicolored printed and white cotton fabrics; outline quilting on squares. Appliquéd letters (Ladies Ramble 1876) and fleurs-de-lis on borders in red fabric. Red trim, solid white cotton backing. Fabric: cotton. Size: 88-1/2" x 71-1/2". Larger photo. |
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| Haring Applique Quilt. Cotton quilt with twenty red-bordered, well-balanced and colorful squares of appliqué depictions with embroidered details; each object identified by pen inscription: Plumb, Yellow peach, Horse Chesnut, Harts (hearts) Green Apples and many more. Woman in blue dress holds open book inscribed: Betsey Haring made this quilt while in her 57th year of age 1869. Size: 70" x 86-1/2". Click here for more info. |
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Lighting Exhibit
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BCHS Coverlet Article
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Interior view of garret bed chamber with coverlets at Steuben House, no longer open to public.
Through the language of their motifs and the technology of their manufacture, the Jacquard coverlets of Bergen County open a window on the past. They record the initiation of an agrarian community into the machine age; but typifying the rapid evolution of American life-styles, this art form flowered early and faded quickly. Tree of Life: Selections from Bergen County Folk Art.
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Coverlet, present Norwood, 138. Inscribed "Ann Van Blarcom / N. Young Wever {sic} 1841." Indigo and natural colored wool and cotton. Design of birds, flowers, snowflakes and grapes. One of many coverlets owned by BCHS. |
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Stumpwork. Three-dimensional embroidery, probably late seventeenth century.
Thought to be a sheppardess and sheppard.
More info to be provided.
Photo by Janet Strom.
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| Redware Pie Plates, George Wolfkiel, Potter along the Hackensack River, Bergen County. 1805-1867. The one shown here c. 1830's. Slip decorated, 13" diameter. Although no signed example of his work has yet been located, his signature may be seen in the personally stylized characteristics of his script, particularly his ""y" endings in the names Molly, Sally or Ginney. |
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| Tavern Rates set by the Bergen County Freeholders, 1763. Larger photo. |
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| Inn sign, Ho-Ho-Kus, 1802, Artist unknown. Inscribed "1802 Thomas Jefferson, John A. Hopper's Tavern". Paint on wood with turned side posts. Swinging board sign with picture of Jefferson. Believed to be the only remaining sign of its type from northern New Jersey. John Hopper's Inn or the Tolles Mansion was built of local sandstone as the homestead of Captain John Hopper, who served in the Rev War. It is believed that this John Hopper is the name on the tavern sign. Unfortunately, the house stood at a sharp curve on the Turnpike where there was a sudden drop in the road level, known as "Dead Man's Curve." In order to improve the road in the early 20th centruy, the house was torn down, according to "Background of Ho-Ho-Kus". Size: 70"x 39". Restored in 1983 with funds raised by the Junior League of Bergen County. Click here for more info. |
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Toll sign from the Bergen Turnpike. Originally located at Wolf Creek Gate in Ridgefield. Donated by Freeholders in 1915. Larger photo.
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If using an image, please credit the Bergen County Historical Society and alert/email me at: D. Powell
All photos by Deborah Powell unless otherwise noted.
Bergen County Historical Society
P.O. Box 55, River Edge, NJ 07661
www.bergencountyhistory.org
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