Historic New England

Paint Sample

Painted red.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 246

Accession Number: 1959.84AB

Hook

Wooden hook with wrought nails. Painted brown over gray.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 247

Accession Number: 1913.148

Chest Rail Molding

Shadow-molding on one long edge and in middle; tenon with two pegs holes at one end; grooved long edge.

Date: Late 17th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), oak (wood)

GUSN: 248

Accession Number: 1918.526B

Cornice

Elaborate entablature: plain freeze surmounted by dentil molding, projecting molded cornice and scrolled pediments; white paint.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 249

Accession Number: 1935.874

Tile

No description

Date: 1876-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material)

GUSN: 250

Accession Number: 1918.1660

Frieze and cornice built up from four pieces: a thin strip of molding nailed on at the base of the frieze. THe frieze has fluted sections (five flutes). Above is a cyma reversa molded board. Then a dentil course with holes. The paint evidence on this suggests that there was another molding above...

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: fluting, molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 251

Accession Number: 1935.877

Muntin

Muntin with green paint. Removed from the Silas Deane House, Wethersfield, Connecticut.

Date: 1764-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 252

Accession Number: 1969.252

Screw

Five screws, non-tapered shafts; flat, slotted heads. Blunt.

Date: 1835-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 253

Accession Number: 1960.14A-H

Screw

No description

Date: 1835-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 254

Accession Number: 1960.9B

Screw

Three screws, non-tapered shafts, flat, slotted heads.

Date: 1835-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 255

Accession Number: 1960.10A-C

Screw

Blunt end; non-tapered shaft; flat, slotted head.

Date: 1835-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 256

Accession Number: 1960.18B

Door

Two panels formed of applied modings. Iron hasp for lock. White paint--little remaining.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 257

Accession Number: 1919.631

Brick

Clinker brick, now a souvenir with an oil painting on one side depicting a 5 bay, single pile house with lean-to; on the other side is the inscription.

Date: 1636

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 258

Accession Number: 1911.7

Brick

Marks of grass/straw on one side.

Date: 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 259

Accession Number: 1914.113

Brick

No description

Date: ca. 1720

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 260

Accession Number: 1965.153

Lath

Lath with one handwrought nail in it; probably riven.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood

GUSN: 261

Accession Number: 1959.137

Lath

Accordian lath, sawn two sides and partially split.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: sawing, chestnut (wood), splitting

GUSN: 262

Accession Number: 1961.112

Brick

No description

Date: ca. 1725

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 263

Accession Number: 1946.621A

Brace

Weathered; part of a braced frame.

Date: 1625-1700

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood

GUSN: 264

Accession Number: 1963.411AB

Clapboard

Painted olive/grey and beaded at the bottom. From the Benjamin Pickman House in Salem, Massachusetts.

Date: 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 265

Accession Number: 1923.579

Balustrade Backing

Backing (or display) for 8 half balusters; painted olive on both sides.

Date: 1933

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 266

Accession Number: 1933.1822

Ruler

Piece of soft, smooth dark wood broken in two and repaired w/ small brads; edges are rounded.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 267

Accession Number: 1917.1447

Baluster

Painted olive.

Date: 1725-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, painting (coating)

GUSN: 268

Accession Number: 1933.641

Baluster

Dark stain finish.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, staining

GUSN: 269

Accession Number: 1933.642

Baluster

Painted black over white over wood (mahogany?) finish.

Date: 1720-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, painting (coating)

GUSN: 270

Accession Number: 1933.639

Half-Baluster

Urn-shaped half-baluster; white paint.

Date: ca. 1811

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 271

Accession Number: 1959.241

Baluster

Painted black over mahogany stain.

Date: 1725-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, painting (coating), staining

GUSN: 272

Accession Number: 1933.640

Window Sash

Grained finish on the interior; painted black on the exterior; 6 lights of bull's eye glass.

Date: 1695-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 273

Accession Number: 1922.1085

Baluster

Three balusters mounted on a display board.

Date: 1725-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, staining, varnishing

GUSN: 274

Accession Number: 1942.68

Baluster

Three balusters mounted on a display board.

Date: 1725-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, staining, varnishing

GUSN: 275

Accession Number: 1942.69

Baluster

Three balusters mounted on display board.

Date: 1725-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, staining, varnishing

GUSN: 276

Accession Number: 1942.70

Weatherstripping

Ash withe.

Date: 1650-1700

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood)

GUSN: 277

Accession Number: 1950.527

Baluster

Painted yellow; bevel on both ends.

Date: 1700-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, hardwood, painting (coating)

GUSN: 278

Accession Number: 1959.50

1846 :portrait of the nation /Margaret C.S. Christman.

xx, 211 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm., In 1846 America, a young, vibrant republic, was expanding in directions unimagined only a few years earlier. The nation plunged into war with Mexico and rushed to settle the West. The country saw the steady rise of cities, the expansion of th...

Date: c1996.

Creators: Christman, Margaret C. S. National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

GUSN: 244043

Call Number: Stacks E166.C5 1996

Silversmiths to the nation :Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, 1808-1842 /Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. Wagner ; with contributions from Cathy Matson, Deborah Dependahl Waters, Beth Carver Wees.

287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Fennimore, Donald L. Wagner, Ann K. (Ann Kelly), 1967- Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.

GUSN: 244045

Call Number: Coll. NK7198.F55 F43 2007

Key houses of the twentieth century :plans, sections and elevations /Colin Davies.

240 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Date: c2006.

Creators: Davies, Colin, 1929-

GUSN: 244047

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7126.D38 2006

The art of placemaking :interpreting community through public art and urban design /Ronald Lee Fleming.

383 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm., In The Art of Placemaking, Ronald Lee Fleming adopts a practical approach to tackling public art and community planning in the US as they are experienced today. Through detailed, in-depth case studies he discusses the development of placemaking initiatives since 1990, ac...

Date: 2007.

Creators: Fleming, Ronald Lee.

GUSN: 244049

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA9052.F54 2007

Women and the making of the modern house :a social and architectural history /Alice T. Friedman.

240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Date: 2006.

Creators: Friedman, Alice T.

GUSN: 244051

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA2543.W65 F75 2006 c. 1 (and 1 more)

Dream homes New England :showcasing New England's finest architects, designers & builders /by Panache Partners, LLC.

p. cm.

Date: 2008.

Creators: Panache Partners LLC.

GUSN: 244053

Call Number: Stacks NA7210.D74 2008

A manufactured wilderness :summer camps and the shaping of American youth, 1890-1960 /Abigail A. Van Slyck.

xxxvii, 296 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Date: c2006.

Creators: Van Slyck, Abigail Ayres.

GUSN: 244056

Call Number: 85M Stacks GV193.V37 2006

Christmas in New England :a treasury of traditions, from the Yule log and the Christmas tree to flying Santa and the Enchanted Village /Amy Whorf McGuiggan.

xi, 168 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: c2006.

Creators: McGuiggan, Amy Whorf, 1956-

GUSN: 244059

Call Number: Stacks GT4986.N4 M34 2006

Leviathan :the history of whaling in America /Eric Jay Dolin.

479 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm., The epic history of the "iron men in wooden boats" who built an industrial empire through the pursuit of whales. Few things can capture the sheer danger and desperation of men on the deep sea as dramatically as whaling. Environmental writer Dolin chron...

Date: c2007.

Creators: Dolin, Eric Jay.

GUSN: 244061

Call Number: Stacks SH383.2.D65 2007

Tupperware :the promise of plastic in 1950s America /Alison J. Clarke.

x, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., Traces the development of the plasticwares in the 1940s and 50s, especially the "party plan" marketing strategy developed by Brownie Wise.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Clarke, Alison J.

GUSN: 244063

Call Number: 85M Stacks HD9662.C664 T863 1999

The Fairbanks House :a history of the oldest timber-frame building in New England /by Abbott Lowell Cummings.

vii, 110 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Date: 2002.

Creators: Cummings, Abbott Lowell, 1923-

GUSN: 244065

Call Number: Stacks NA7238.D36 C86 2002

Surveying the shore :historic maps of coastal Massachusetts 1600-1930 /Joseph G. Garver.

viii, 205 p. : ill., maps ; 32 cm.

Date: c2006.

Creators: Garver, Joseph G.

GUSN: 244068

Call Number: Stacks GA61.M4 G37 2006

The history of Martha's Vineyard :how we got to where we are /Arthur R. Railton.

x, 465 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Date: c2006.

Creators: Railton, Arthur R.

GUSN: 244070

Call Number: Stacks F72.M5 R35 2006

Thomas Chambers :American marine and landscape painter, 1808-1869 /Kathleen A. Foster.

xi, 171 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Foster, Kathleen A. Philadelphia Museum of Art.

GUSN: 244072

Call Number: Stacks ND237.C44 A4 2008

Call of the coast :art colonies of New England /Thomas Denenberg, Amy Kurtz Lansing, and Susan Danly.

128 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: c2009.

Creators: Denenberg, Thomas Andrew, 1967- Lansing, Amy Kurtz. Danly, Susan. Portland Museum of Art. Florence Griswold Museum.

GUSN: 244074

Call Number: Stacks N6515.D46 2009

American gardens, 1890-1930 :Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest regions /edited, with an introduction by Sam Watters.

295 p. : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 32 cm.

Date: 2006.

Creators: Watters, Sam, 1954-

GUSN: 244076

Call Number: 85M Stacks SB466.U65 N7516 2006

Symphony Hall :the first 100 years.

119 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ; 32 cm.

Date: c2000.

GUSN: 244078

Call Number: Stacks ML200.8.B7 S96 2000

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