Historic New England

Cake Stand

Colorless glass cake stand with molded thistle pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314825

Accession Number: 1941.440

Card Table

Mahogany Federal card table with satinwood panels and tapered, reeded legs.

Date: 1790-1818

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 314845

Accession Number: 1932.2154

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with a spatulate handle and a pointed oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314885

Accession Number: 1969.780

Pair of Card Tables

Pair of Federal card tables. Made in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314886

Accession Number: 1992.166.1-.2

Ladle

Silver ladle with a fiddle handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314894

Accession Number: 1993.688

Teaspoon

One of a set of six. Silver teaspoon with an upturned spatulate handle and an oval bowl. Beaded and floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 314903

Accession Number: 1971.1855.6

Platter

Blue transfer-printed pearlware platter. Floral border with cherub and goats in scroll medallions. Central scene depicting St. Peters College.

Date: 1827-1831

Maker: William Adams & Sons (Maker)

Material: pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 316175

Accession Number: 1926.406

Jacket (A), blouse (B), and skirt (C), of a three-piece suit made from raw silk. Jacket is fitted, with a band collar, straight sleeves gathered into shoulder puffs at armscye, and quilted in wide vertical rows. The hems of collar, front, and sleeves are all edged in raw magenta-colored silk. An ...

Date: ca. 1983

Maker: Warren, Carol (Maker)

Material: silk (textile), quilting, appliqué (technique), satin

GUSN: 316258

Accession Number: 2015.124.1A-C

Dining Table

Rectangular dining table with wooden legs connected by a metal brace.

Date: 1937-1940

Maker: Hoover, Henry B. (Designer)

Material: maple (wood), carbon steel

GUSN: 316262

Accession Number: 2015.125.1

Coffee Table

Round cofee table with black marble top supported on three shaped wooden board legs.

Date: 1937-1940

Maker: Hoover, Henry B. (Designer)

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 316263

Accession Number: 2015.125.2

Sideboard

Maple sideboard stained reddish brown with three drawers inset over cabinet with two large doors.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 316265

Accession Number: 2015.125.4

Pair of Chairs

Pair of ladder back chairs with turned spindles, legs, and stretchers, and woven rush seats.

Date: ca. 1930

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 316266

Accession Number: 2015.125.5.1-.2

Vacuum Cleaner

Electrolux Model Vacuum cleaner [.1a] with attachments: hose [.1b], tube [.1c], tube [.1d], brush [.1e], jar [.1f], cylinder [ .1g], flat attachment [.1h].

Date: 1937-1954

Maker: Electrolux (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 316281

Accession Number: 2015.126.1A-H

Wallpaper

Two pieces of wallpaper in scroll pattern. Wallpaper is painted with red and green accents on a cream background. The scroll pattern also includes some sections of white with a glittering effect. Wallpaper fragments were removed from a 1780 house in Mason, NH.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 316283

Accession Number: 2015.127.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample, diamonds, squares, and hooked crosses in blue and red on cream ground. Abel Chapin House, Chicopee, Massachusetts. Found behind the framing that raised the floor in the back section of the house.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 316285

Accession Number: 2015.128.1

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment, all over floral pattern in blue, pink, and yellow on tan ground. Abel Chapin House, Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316286

Accession Number: 2015.128.2

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment, squares and rectangles in black, gray, and red, on cream ground. Abel Chapin House, Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316287

Accession Number: 2015.128.3

Teaset

Six-piece Chinese export or English teaset witih design of "D" monogram in circle on one side, flower on the other, both in gold with trail of blue flowers. Set composed of four handless cups and saucers, sugar with lid, and dish.

Date: 19C

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 316962

Accession Number: 1958.253.1-.6

Miniature tea set

Six-piece miniature whiteware teaset with hand-painted under glaze design of flower sprigs. Set contains teapot and lid, sugar bowl and lid, pitcher, three handless cups and saucers. One handless cup contains flower design in vertical rather than horizontal orientation.

Date: 1800-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316963

Accession Number: 1958.455.1-.6

Miniature tea set

Four-piece miniature whiteware teaset with Mulberry transfer design of European-dressed woman in boat rowed by Oriental man. Scene of lake, trees, pagoda, geometric garden. Set consists of oval molded teapot and lid, oval pitcher, and two handless cups and saucers with ogee shape and footings.

Date: 1800-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 316964

Accession Number: 1958.456.1-.4

Sweater

Yellow sweater [.1] with matching booties [.2AB]. Knit by Phyllis Rodgers for her daughter Margaret, born in March, 1963. This is the earliest example of Phyllis' knitting in the collection.

Date: 1963

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Knitter)

GUSN: 316968

Accession Number: 2016.3.1.1-.2AB

Sweater

Pink angora sweater. Knit for Margaret in 1987. Pattern and details listed in Knitter's Handbook II. Includes family photograph of Margaret wearing the sweater.

Date: 1987

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Knitter)

GUSN: 316969

Accession Number: 2016.3.2

Sweater

Irish knit sweater [A] with separate collar [B]. Knit by Phyllis for herself. Includes photograph of Phyllis Rodgers wearing the sweater.

Date: 1978-2013

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Knitter)

GUSN: 316970

Accession Number: 2016.3.3AB

Vest

Red vest, originally a sweater. In 2010, Phyllis Rodgers removed the sleeves of the sweater and gave it to her granddaughter Emma Lamonde.

Date: c. 1985

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Knitter)

GUSN: 316971

Accession Number: 2016.3.4

Booties

White baby booties. Labeled: "Made from pattern given to me by Great Aunt Harriet Case who taught me to knit, PWR." Includes photograph of Phyllis Rodgers' granddaughter Stephanie Rodgers wearing the booties.

Date: 1980

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Knitter)

GUSN: 316972

Accession Number: 2016.3.5AB

Sweater

Sweater, knit by Phyllis Rodgers on commission for Penny Frabotta. Pattern and notes detailed in Knitter's Handbook I.

Date: 1983

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Knitter)

GUSN: 316973

Accession Number: 2016.3.6

Mitten

Mitten, cathedral window pattern. Knit by Phyllis Rodgers for Penny Frabotta.

Date: 1980-2000

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Knitter)

GUSN: 316974

Accession Number: 2016.3.7

Mittens

Blue and white mittens. Published in Traditional Nova Scotia Double-knitting Patterns by Janetta Dexter, Nova Scotia Museum.

Date: 1980-1990

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Knitter)

GUSN: 316975

Accession Number: 2016.3.8AB

Booties

Baltic booties, purple and orange yarn. Includes photograph of Phyllis Rodgers' granddaughter Emma Lamonde wearing the booties.

Date: 1978-2013

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Knitter)

GUSN: 316976

Accession Number: 2016.3.9AB

Shawl

Shawl, handspun angora from Christina Allen's goat. Includes photograph of a granddaughter modeling the shawl.

Date: 1978-2013

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Knitter)

GUSN: 316977

Accession Number: 2016.3.10

Shawl

Shawl with shells and beads, constructed from leftover yarn. Includes photograph of a granddaughter modeling the shawl.

Date: 1978-2013

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Knitter)

GUSN: 316978

Accession Number: 2016.3.11

Mob Cap

Mob cap, Phyllis W. Rodgers design. Made from handspun yarn from 'Snowy' the sheep.

Date: 1985

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Knitter)

GUSN: 316979

Accession Number: 2016.3.12

Beret

Beret, made from brown handspun wool from a Shetland sheep.

Date: 1978-2013

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Knitter)

GUSN: 316980

Accession Number: 2016.3.13

Blanket

Blanket, warp is made from yarn spun by Phyllis Rodgers. Woven by Jo Ray.

Date: 1978-2013

Maker: Rodgers, Phyllis Weidman, 1926-2014 (Maker)

GUSN: 316981

Accession Number: 2016.3.14

Vest

Date: 1978-2013

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316994

Accession Number: 2016.3.27

Binder

Binder with notes and samples from a six week course in transparency technique. Weavers Guild of Boston.

Date: 1991-1992

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316995

Accession Number: 2016.3.28

Book

Book, Homespun Handknit: Caps, Socks, Mittens, and Gloves. Includes pattern created by Phyllis Rodgers (page 96). Interweave Press.

Date: 1987

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316996

Accession Number: 2016.3.29

Instruction Book

Book, Hands on Spinning by Lee Raven. Interweave Press.

Date: 1987

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316997

Accession Number: 2016.3.30

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