Historic New England

Bedding Fragment

Fragment; even light blue and white linen check of 1" square plain weave.

Date: 1770-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, hand weaving, linen (material), tabby (textile)

GUSN: 9223

Accession Number: 1981.77.4

Cloth Fragment

Three piece fragment; tan ground printed cotton. Large red and white rococo scrolls; flowering green viney plants sprouting from end of scroll. Remains of hem.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: chintz, cotton (textile), piecing

GUSN: 9224

Accession Number: 1981.2B

Quilted Bedspread

T-shaped; tan cotton ground; large red and white rococo scrolls; flowering green viney plants sprouting from end of scroll. Overall quilted shell pattern; gathered ruffles along sides and bottom.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: chintz, cotton (textile), piecing, quilting, ruffle

GUSN: 9225

Accession Number: 1981.2A

Fabric sample card

Fabric samples of thirteen worsted wool stripes glued to piece of paper.

Date: ca. 1730

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wool (textile)

GUSN: 9226

Accession Number: 1980.408

Cloth fragment

Rectangular, linen; natural and gold check pattern.

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 9227

Accession Number: 1977.129A

Cloth fragment

Rectangular, linen; natural and gold check pattern.

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 9228

Accession Number: 1977.129B

Cloth fragment

Rectangular, fine cotton; white ground; trailing floral pattern running diagonally across panel of thick vine/stems; red thorns. Drab leaves; red peonies. Edges bound in old woven tape.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: Possibly Bannister Hall (Maker)

Material: chintz, cotton (textile), printing (process), rolling up

GUSN: 9229

Accession Number: 1976.177

Toile fragment "The Dance" and "The Departure"

Rectangular fragment; brown image on off white ground. Two repeating scenes entitled "The Dance" and "The Departure" showing the departure of poor family from their cottage and group of young adults dancing in a ring around a musician leaning against a tree. Borders of foliage and trees.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: Goldsmith, Oliver (Poet)

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), piecing

GUSN: 9230

Accession Number: 1967.1B

Cloth fragment

Fustian panels woven in blue and white checks; pieced. 1-1/4" square checks.

Date: 1790-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: fustian, hand weaving, piecing

GUSN: 9231

Accession Number: 1959.26A

Toile fragment

Rectangular piece of copperplate print image of red on off white ground. Scene of William Penn's treaty with Indigenous Peoples based on Benjamin West's painting.

Date: ca. 1785

Maker: West, Benjamin (Painter)

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), hand weaving, toile (textile material)

GUSN: 9233

Accession Number: 1957.135

Cloth fragment

Rectangular piece of cream colored cotton flannel folded over and tacked at ends. Woven stripes; primarily red across edge.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flannel, weaving, machine-made

GUSN: 9234

Accession Number: 1951.59

Linen yard goods

Square; off white plain weave linen.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: hand weaving, linen (material), tabby (textile)

GUSN: 9235

Accession Number: 1949.20F

Toweling

Square piece of off white twill weave; birdseye pattern.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: twill, fustian, hand weaving

GUSN: 9236

Accession Number: 1949.20E

Cloth Sample

Nearly square; alternating stripes of blue and red undulating rope vine. Stylized leaves and flowers in imitation embroidery; repeating leaves on dark red/brown ground; yellow tan borders. Machine sewn together.

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: chintz, cotton (textile), machine sewing (technique), piecing, tabby (textile)

GUSN: 9237

Accession Number: 1946.14

Cloth fragment

Rectangular; complex blue and white windowpane and even 1 3/4" wide solid check producing two color "plaid" pattern. One selvage side, three raw edges.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: Merrill, Marandy, 1791 (Weaver)

Material: cotton (textile), hand weaving, tabby (textile)

GUSN: 9238

Accession Number: 1943.428

Border fragment

Long, rectangular border fragment; tightly woven. Middle column of polychromatic floral bunches of roses, morning glories, lilacs (?); tan ground; flanked by double lined borders; spriged motifs in center.

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: weaving, machine-made, glazing (coating), chintz, tabby (textile), printing (process), rolling up, cotton (textile), tin (metal)

GUSN: 9239

Accession Number: 1941.82

Cloth Fragment

Irregular-shaped; roller print conventionalized floral chintz design; off white ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 9240

Accession Number: 1938.1229

Cloth Fragment

Rectangular; columnar stripes of naturalistic floral clusters; off white ground with brown dots with narrow stripes of delicate, white strapwork.

Date: 1830-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 9241

Accession Number: 1938.1224

Cloth Fragment

Rectangular; "Pillar print" fragment with red pillar, red, blue, yellow flowers; drab ground.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), glazing (coating), printing (process)

GUSN: 9242

Accession Number: 1938.1221

Cloth fragment

Rectangular; fine off white cotton.

Date: 1867

Maker: Wamsutta Mills (Manufacturer) Sayles, W.F. & F.C. (Sewer (textile worker))

Material: cotton (textile), weaving, machine-made, printing (process)

GUSN: 9243

Accession Number: 1936.1002

Toile fragment

Rectangular; rust red colored print of "Horse Racing at The Turf Inn". Bottom edge hemmed; sides hemmed and raw; top whipped.

Maker: unknown

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), piecing, toile (textile material)

GUSN: 9244

Accession Number: 1936.150A

Toile fragment

Rectangular; rust red colored print of "Horse Racing at The Turf Inn". Bottom edge hemmed; sides hemmed and raw; top whipped.

Maker: unknown

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), piecing, toile (textile material), copper (metal)

GUSN: 9245

Accession Number: 1936.150B

Cloth fragment

Rectangular piece of off white plain weave linen. Selvage edges; hemmed side.

Date: 1790-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: hand weaving, linen (material), tabby (textile)

GUSN: 9246

Accession Number: 1936.90

Ingrain carpet

Woven design of large scale rows of alternating foliated diamond with bastions with lead border and foliated cross within snowflake-like form. In between rows and motifs floral sprigs with blooming flower on plain ground. Pieced in four strips.

Date: 1876-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, jacquard, weaving, machine-made, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8708

Accession Number: 1973.215

Tapestry Carpet Fragment

Rectangular strip; one selvage edge. Woven in polychromatic tapestry style with central oval medallion; floral center surrounded by muted flowers and leaves. Two-toned green floral diaper ground.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), pile (textile component), jute (fiber), machine-made, tapestry (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 8709

Accession Number: 1970.38A

Tapestry Carpet Fragment

Rectangular strip; one selvage edge. Woven in polychromatic tapestry style with central oval medallion; floral center surrounded by muted flowers and leaves. Two-toned green floral diaper ground.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), pile (textile component), jute (fiber), machine-made, tapestry (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 8710

Accession Number: 1970.38B

Ingrain carpet fragment

L-shaped fragment of pieced carpeting with repeating large scale motifs of foliate medallion alternating with eight point star; floral center within octagon border. Polychromatic uneven striped border.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8711

Accession Number: 1969.420B

Tapestry Carpet Fragment

Rectangular strip of carpeting woven in tapestry style with large scale polychromatic floral medallions incorporating C-scrolls with floral bouquet in white center. Mottled red ground around medallions.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), jacquard, weft loop weave, tapestry (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 8712

Accession Number: 1969.419

Carpet Sample

Rectangular, woven in Morris-like "willow and floral" pattern of large scale thin-leaved flowers in three tones of green, rust and off-white.

Date: 1889-1905

Maker: Morris, William (Designer)

Material: cotton (textile), weft loop weave, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8713

Accession Number: 1966.2139B

Carpet fragment

Irregular fragment with complex polychromatic selvage border incorporating castilated band with abstract floral spot motifs on tan ground. Floral and geometric designs.

Date: 1885-1910

Maker: Lowell Manufacturing Company (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8714

Accession Number: 1964.290A

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Fragment with both selvage edges. Very large scale, but naturalistic floral design on ground of woven stripes in shades of green. Striped wool binding.

Date: 1851-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8721

Accession Number: 1959.7B

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Nearly square, with light interlocking strapwork crosses. Eight pointed stars in corner interspaces filled with foliate-like designs with woven polychromatic striped ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8722

Accession Number: 1959.6

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Strip, with selvage edges comprising parts of larger, unidentified pattern incorporating medallions with wide strapwork, brackets and abstract floral components; vein-like ground. Predominantly red and green; some light blue.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8723

Accession Number: 1959.4B

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Strip, with selvage edges comprising parts of larger, unidentified pattern incorporating medallions with wide strapwork, brackets and abstract floral components; vein-like ground. Predominantly red and green; some light blue.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8724

Accession Number: 1959.4C

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Strip, with selvage edges comprising parts of larger, unidentified pattern incorporating medallions with wide strapwork, brackets and abstract floral components; vein-like ground. Predominantly red and green; some light blue.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8725

Accession Number: 1959.4D

Carpet Fragment

Rectangular strip of muted, dark floral pattern; shades of green, brown and red.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), weft loop weave, machine-made, piecing, tapestry (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 8726

Accession Number: 1936.229

Carpet Sample

Rectangular strip with selvage sides and hemmed ends. Narrow cotton warp with thick cotton weft. Printed top of faceted rings with rococco-like floral border. Diamonds in between with ground of brown weed on off white. Printed in tans, greys, yellows in imitation of ingrain carpeting.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flatweaves

GUSN: 8727

Accession Number: 1932.1039

Potholder

Tan cotton twill ground printed with red stripe and overprinted with large green leaf. Two layers sewn together. Seeds(?) inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, printing (process), weaving

GUSN: 8728

Accession Number: 1953.302

Potholder

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), crocheting, openwork

GUSN: 8739

Accession Number: 1994.34.6

Tea Cozy

White; dome-shaped. Dense crochet on cap. Openwork body. Green and red scallops around bottom; accented with red flowers.

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), crocheting, openwork

GUSN: 8740

Accession Number: 1994.34.7

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