tieback
date: label: date made
content: estimated 20th century
label: used date
content: 20th century
name: label: user
content: Tuckerman, Walter R.
notes: label: Description
content: Tieback, corded tieback with rosette in blue, gold, and black. The tieback consists of a central rosette with two cord loops extending out on either side, and two cords attached to the lower half of rosette. The leftmost loop is significantly larger than the rightmost loop. The rosette in the center has two layers of fabric, one brocade, one velvet that create a ruffle around the edge. The ruffles also sandwich the cords in place. On top of the ruffles is a wooden disk that is the form for the center of the rosette. The disk is wrapped in blue, black, and gold thread to create rays emanating out from the center. The center is demarcated by a gold pom-pom. Below the disk is a ring of decorative knots that create a petal effect. The twisted cords have a gold strand wrapped with twisted blue and black, and blue and gold strands. The two are two different lengths, one longer and one shorter. They both have tassels at the bottom of the same size. The tassels are composed of two wooden beads stacked on top of a domed bead that supports the tassel strings. The beads are wrapped with thread and trim in the same manner as the central disc. In between the beads sit spacers wrapped in gold and blue thread. The tassel itself has black, and gold tied tassels that form the outer edge of the tassel strings. Inside the tied tassels the rest of the tassel strings are gold twisted cord. The multicolored tassel strings have gotten tangled and do not lay flat. The gold thread that wraps the wooden forms on the rosette and the tassels is breaking off in many places, and the wooden forms are quite brittle.
label: Description
content: This tieback (part of a set 234919.0055a-k) was donated by the daughters of Walter Tuckerman, a prominent man in the banking, real estate, and naturalist world of Maryland in the 20th century. In his early adulthood, he was part of the Alaskan Border Survey Commission in 1909. His letters home are full of optimism and wonder at the wilderness of Alaska, he even received the honor of a mountain named after him, Mt. Tuck. After he returned from Alaska, he founded The Bank of Bethesda in Bethesda, Maryland. Tuckerman also led the development of the nearby neighborhood of Edgemoor in Bethesda, Maryland. His daughters donated the drapes with a note stating that they came “from our parent’s house” (page 178 of scanned accession file). It is likely that the house in question was the family home called Tuxeden in Bethesda.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland, Bethesda, Edgemoor
label: associated place
content: United States: Alaska
topic: label: associated subject
content: Exploration and Discovery
label: associated subject
content: Banks
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. E. Tuckerman Biays, Mrs. Draper L. Kauffman, Mrs. Robert G. Metters, Mrs. Willard Triest, and Mrs. Robert H. Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.234919.0055g
label: accession number
content: 234919
label: catalog number
content: 234919.0055g
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tieback
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: blue, black, gold (tieback color)
label: Physical Description
content: cord, brocade, velvet (tieback material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 13 in x 2 1/2 in; 71.12 cm x 33.02 cm x 6.35 cm