The Atlantic World, 1500-1800 Flashcards
Embroidered coverlet (Colcha)
Type: textile
Materials/Techniques: cotton embroidered with silk
Creator/Culture: Doña Rosa Solís y Menéndez/Mexican
Date/Period: 1786
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Chest-on-Chest
Type: case furniture
Materials/Techniques: mahogany, chestnut, tulip poplar, brass attachments
Creator/Culture: Thomas Townsend/American (Newport, RI)
Date/Period: ca. 1772
Style Period: Chippendale
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Double-sided Comb and Case
Type: keepsake, grooming
Materials/Techniques: tortoiseshell, silver
Creator/Culture: Port Royal, Jamaica, Caribbean
Date/Period: 1683
Repository: Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware
Punch bowl
Type: vessel
Materials/Techniques: glazed porcelain
Creator/Culture: Chinese, for the American market
Date/Period: 1785-1800
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Centerpiece and Stand with Pair of Sugar Casters and Oil or Vinegar Cruet
Type: tableware
Materials/Techniques: hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel, gilding, gilt bronze mounts
Creator/Culture: Meissen Manufactory/German
Date/Period: 1737
Style Period: Rococo
Repository: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Colonial silver coins (Milled Pillar Type)
Type: currency
Materials/Techniques: struck silver
Creator/Culture: Spanish, made in Bolivia
Date/Period: 1770 (this type minted from 1732-1772)
Repository: Various
Gold weights (elephant, bird, claw)
Type: weights of measure
Materials/Techniques: cast brass
Creator/Culture: Ghana (Asante peoples)
Date/Period: 19th-20th century
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Pages from Benjamin and John Bower Textile Sample Book
Type: folio
Materials/Techniques: paper, linen and cotton (mixtures) samples
Creator/Culture: English
Date/Period: ca. 1771
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Thomas Clarkson’s Box
Type: collection
Materials/Techniques: wood, various artifacts
Creator/Culture: Thomas Clarkson/English
Date/Period: late 18th-early 19th century
Repository: Wisbech & Fenland Museum, Cambridgeshire, UK
Linen Market, Dominica
Type: painting
Materials/Techniques: oil on canvas
Creator/Culture: Agostino Brunias/Italian, made in the West Indies
Date/Period: ca. 1780
Repository: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT
