Historic New England

Shaker Coathanger

Shaker wooden coathanger, gracefully arched with scrolled ends; stained a warm brown with black-penned initials "L.Y." at top of front center; 2 pierced holes with string for hanging.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), incising, pine (wood), staining

GUSN: 3091

Accession Number: 1991.1586

Shaker Coathanger

Shaker wooden coathanger of squared piece of wood cut into a sleek arch with cropped ends; stained yellow; 2 pierce holes at top and bottom with string for hanging.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: piercing, cherry (wood), carving (processes), staining, string (fiber product), maple (wood)

GUSN: 3092

Accession Number: 1991.1587

Watercolor

Rectangular vertical format, depicts a spray of pink and blue flowers tied with a blue ribbon; in original reeded frame painted tan, blue and black.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 3093

Accession Number: 1991.1588

Rectangular, horizontal format; trompe l'oeil depicts a frame of brown, a shelf with books, pamphlets, letter, an ink well, two quill pens, and a card bearing the artist's name in an informal arrangement.

Date: 1832

Maker: Somerby, Frederic Thomas (American painter, 1814-ca.1870) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 3094

Accession Number: 1991.1590

Woodcut Engraving

Rectangular, horizontal format depicts the Moses Kimball clipper barque in full sail with hand-colored? flags including the American flag and several small nautical flags, as well as a signature flag lettered MOSES KIMBALL (backwards). Passengers appear on the deck and a steam trawler, along with o...

Date: 1850-1855

Maker: Kimball, Moses, 1809-1895 (Maker) Baker-Smith-Andren (Maker)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 3095

Accession Number: 1991.1591

Portrait of a Man

Small, vertical rectangular format; a three-quarter length portrait of a man facing slightly to his right; brown hair with high curl in center front, small roll curls at sides, and curly sideburns; blue eyes; high stock with bow and pleated shirt; striped yellow vest edged with black and black coat;...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 3096

Accession Number: 1991.1592

Floral decoupage arrangment

Small, square format shadow box with decoupage arrangement of flowers cut from ivory-colored paper against a dark brown background; the frame is black and the carved shadow box is gold.

Date: 1787

Maker: unknown

Material: gluing, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 3097

Accession Number: 1991.1593

Painted Pew Door Panel

Small, rectangular panel with bevelled irregular edges; the number three is painted in white in the center within 2 black ovals and a wreath of wheat? sheaves.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3098

Accession Number: 1991.1594

Blanket

Two piece handwoven off-white blanket with center seam; embroidered in blue and rose wool yarns with inscriptions and floral sprigs; design is a heart flanked by two peacocks over medallions; bordered on three sides by loopy meanders

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: Blair, Jane, Miss (Maker)

Material: embroidering, wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 3099

Accession Number: 1991.1595

Doll

Unpainted, stylized female standing form; head and body are of one piece with crudely carved facial features; cylindrical wood arms are attached to body with metal pins; straight cylindrical legs and squarish feet are fitted into the bottom of the figure's torso.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3100

Accession Number: 1991.1596

Doll

Wooden body; ovoid head with gessoed and painted features and glass eyes inset; carved and painted jointed arms and legs painted white and attached to torso with metal pins; doll wears a printed wool dress of light brown with paisley like devices in red, yellow, green and white and a printed linen a...

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), gesso, linen (material), painting (coating), pine (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 3101

Accession Number: 1991.1597

Four Geese Carvings

Four carved wooden geese; one is standing upright, two are feeding, and one is grooming itself. Their wings and tails are carved and the eyes and bills are painted black and yellow; the wooden legs are applied and set into wooden bases. 1991.1599.1, .2, & .4 have rectangular brown painted bases wi...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 3102

Accession Number: 1991.1599.1-4

Blanket

Heavy hand-woven wool blanket in bold brick-red and white plaid/check, with curly self-fringe on one end, two selvage sides, other end hemmed; tight weave; scattered holes.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: fringe, hand weaving, wool (textile)

GUSN: 3103

Accession Number: 1991.1600

Netted Canopy

Rectangular form of undyed cotton yarns, knotted in an overall pattern of diamonds with six wide "stripes" of a pattern of open work, enclosed by a conforming open work double border; the ends are fringed.

Date: 1960-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), knotting

GUSN: 3104

Accession Number: 1991.1601

Corner Cupboard

Projecting cornice carved with sawtooth band over cove molding, beaded and dentillated border over case; splayed, fluted sides; three winged thumbmolded doors and a molded and reed-carved waist; the upper two doors are rectangular, paneled with stepped and carved diamond devices, and closed with sha...

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3105

Accession Number: 1991.1602

Tavern Table

Tavern table. Maple, oak, pine. Rectangular board top with molded bread board ends on base with horizontally fluted, straight skirt. Raised on four turned legs with two low fluted side stretchers connected by fluted medial stretcher; turned, oval shaped feet;. Retains some red finish.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: fluting, maple (wood), molding (forming), oak (wood), pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 3106

Accession Number: 1991.1603

Folding Bed

Square-turned front posts with spool-turned finials and bulbous turned lowers posts joined by rectangular headboard with cut corners and front and side rails; the side rails are hinged and fold just beyond a pair of square slanted legs. Foot posts conform in turnings to head posts and the legs are ...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), oak (wood), painting (coating), rope

GUSN: 3107

Accession Number: 1991.1604

Hood or Bonnet

Ladie's quilted silk hood with thin stripes of brown and black; lined with burgundy silk at the face and brown cotton to head; dark-brown satin ribbon tie and bow adornment to back; padded and quilted with ruffled edge around the face.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), quilting, ribbon (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 3108

Accession Number: 1991.1606

Wall Bracket

Rectangular overhanging top with rounded front corners on triangular, projecting shaped supports, comprised of 2 triangular-shaped boards nailed together at a 45 degree angle; unpainted.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: nailing, pine (wood)

GUSN: 3109

Accession Number: 1991.1607

Windsor Corner Stool

Thick, overhanging 'fanshaped' seat with two straight sides of right angle and long rounded sides raised on four turned (simplified sytle) splayed legs; joined by conforming box stretchers; painted brown, the top and legs heightened with gold/yellow pinstripes.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3110

Accession Number: 1991.1608

Board Chest

Chest with rectangular cotter pin hinged lid. Chest has a molded edge on conforming case and is raised on boot jack ends (with cyma curved cutout). Chest is painted a dark red.

Date: 1790-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3111

Accession Number: 1991.1609

Clothespins

Each with bulbous end and flaring prong-like tips.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3112

Accession Number: 1991.1610.1-8

Painted Cornice

A rectangular panel with squared dovetails at each end and two scllops at the right top with acorn-shaped finials surmounting each scallop point. Board painted with a scene of a house, trees and a garden at the left. Gate and fence in the center, with a bridge over the river at the center right. A...

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3113

Accession Number: 1991.1611

Bonnet

Black and natural woven straw with a shallow gathered crown and long, arched brim; the edges are bound in brown straw binding tape and the neck and rear of the brim is bound in tan linen binding.

Date: 1830-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), straw (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 3114

Accession Number: 1991.1613

The Harvard album /Dianne M. Newton.

164 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Date: c1997.

Creators: Newton, Dianne M. Harvard Historical Society (Harvard, Mass.)

GUSN: 241455

Call Number: Stacks F74.H4 N49 1997

Idahurst Mansion in Arlington Heights :its history and life /Pauline E. Kelly.

xii, 176 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Date: c2005.

Creators: Kelly, Pauline E.

GUSN: 241457

Call Number: F74.A75 K45 2005

Old furniture :understanding the craftsman's art /by Nancy A. Smith ; drawings by Glenna Lang ; photos. by Richard Cheek.

191 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: c1975.

Creators: Smith, Nancy A.

GUSN: 241459

Call Number: 85M Stacks TT194.S63 1975

Open houses in New England /by Mary Maynard.

xv, 303 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: c1991.

Creators: Maynard, Mary, 1929-

GUSN: 241461

Call Number: Stacks F5.M39 1991

As ever, G.F.B :a memoir of George F. Booth : based on his corrspondence /edited by Caroline F. Sloat ; research assisitance by Wallis Darnley ; foreward by Barbara A. Booth.

190 [1] p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 2002.

Creators: Booth, George F., 1870-1955. Sloat, Caroline F. Darnley, Wallis. Booth, Barbara A. Worcester Historical Museum.

GUSN: 241463

Call Number: Stacks PN4874.B66 A95 2002

Rugs and carpets of the Orient /[by] Nathaniel Harris.

96 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 33 cm.

Date: 1977.

Creators: Harris, Nathaniel, 1937-

GUSN: 241465

Call Number: Coll. NK2808.H294 1977

The cashmere shawl /Monique Lâevi-Strauss ; photographs by Massimo Listri ; [translated by Sara Harris].

192 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.

Date: 1988, c1987.

Creators: Lâevi-Strauss, Monique.

GUSN: 241467

Call Number: Coll. NK4890.C36 L48 1988

Early houses of New England / by Norman B. Baker.

144 p. : ill., plans. ; 29 cm.

Date: 1980

Creators: Baker, Norman B.

GUSN: 243510

Call Number: Stacks NA7210.B34 1980

Gertrude Beals Bourne :artist in Brahmin Boston (1868-1962) /by D. Roger Howlett ; foreword by Patricia Hills.

143 p. : ill., (some col.), ports., ; 23 x 29 cm.

Date: 2004.

Creators: Howlett, D. Roger.

GUSN: 242343

Call Number: 85M Stacks ND237.B77 H69 2004 c. 1 (and 1 more)

My first cousin once removed :money, madness, and the family of Robert Lowell /Sarah Payne Stuart.

viii, 244 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: c1998.

Creators: Stuart, Sarah Payne.

GUSN: 242345

Call Number: Stacks PS3523.O89 Z875 1998

Lewis Tappan and the evangelical war against slavery /Bertram Wyatt-Brown.

xxi, 376 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1997.

Creators: Wyatt-Brown, Bertram, 1932-

GUSN: 242347

Call Number: Stacks E449.T18 W9 1997

American decorative arts and sculpture.

224 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: c2006.

GUSN: 242349

Call Number: Coll. NK805.A645 2006

The birth of American tourism :New York, the Hudson Valley, and American culture, 1790-1830 /Richard H. Gassan.

xii, 213 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Gassan, Richard H., 1958-

GUSN: 242351

Call Number: Stacks G155.U6 G37 2008

Salem :place, myth, and memory /edited by Dane Anthony Morrison, Nancy Lusignan Schultz.

xx, 348 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: c2004.

Creators: Morrison, Dane Anthony. Schultz, Nancy Lusignan, 1956-

GUSN: 242353

Call Number: Stacks F74.S1 S33 2004

National standards & best practices for U.S. museums /the American Association of Museums ; with commentary by Elizabeth E. Merritt.

92 p. ; 26 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Merritt, Elizabeth E. American Association of Museums.

GUSN: 242355

Call Number: Stacks AM11.A63 2008 c.1 (and 1 more)

Foul bodies :cleanliness in early America /Kathleen M. Brown.

xiv, 450 p. : ill. ; 25 cm., Brown provides an intimate view of cleanliness practices and how such forces as urbanization, immigration, market conditions, and concerns about social mobility influenced them. Broad in historical scope and imaginative in its insights, this book expands the topic of cle...

Date: c2009.

Creators: Brown, Kathleen M., 1960-

GUSN: 242357

Call Number: Stacks RA780.B76 2009

James Marston Fitch :selected writings 1933-1997 /edited by Martica Sawin.

312 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Date: 2007.

Creators: Fitch, James Marston. Sawin, Martica.

GUSN: 242359

Call Number: Stacks NA27.F58 2007

Picturing Victorian America :prints by the Kellogg brothers of Hartford, Connecticut, 1830-1880 /edited by Nancy Finlay ; with essays by Georgia B. Barnhill ... [et al.].

xv, 233 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 32 cm.

Date: c2009.

Creators: Finlay, Nancy. Barnhill, Georgia Brady, 1944-

GUSN: 242361

Call Number: Stacks NE2312.K35 A4 2009

Newport villas :the revival styles, 1885-1935 /Michael C. Kathrens ; floorplans by Richard C. Marchand.

383 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Date: c2009.

Creators: Kathrens, Michael C.

GUSN: 242363

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7238.N67 K38 2009 (and 1 more)

Maine's visible Black history :the first chronicle of its people /H.H. Price and Gerald E. Talbot.

xv, 429 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Date: 2006.

Creators: Price, H. H. (Harriet H.), 1940- Talbot, Gerald E., 1931-

GUSN: 242365

Call Number: 85M acks E185.93.M15 P75 2006

Irish titan, Irish toilers :Joseph Banigan and nineteenth-century New England labor /Scott Molloy.

xv, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Molloy, Scott.

GUSN: 242367

Call Number: Stacks HD8083.N34 M65 2008

Lincoln at Cooper Union :the speech that made Abraham Lincoln president /Harold Holzer.

338 p. : ill. ; 25 cm., Examines the Cooper Union speech in the context of the 1860 presidential campaign and discusses how Lincoln used it as an opportunity to dispel doubts about his suitability for the presidency.

Date: c2004.

Creators: Holzer, Harold.

GUSN: 242369

Call Number: Stacks E440.H65 2004

A guide to medieval English tithe barns /by James W. Griswold.

vii, 85 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 1999.

Creators: Griswold, James W., 1909-

GUSN: 242371

Call Number: Stacks NA8230.G75 1999 (and 1 more)

The words of Abraham Lincoln /selected and with an introduction by Larry Shapiro.

xiii, 113 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: c2009.

Creators: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Shapiro, Larry, 1958-

GUSN: 242373

Call Number: Stacks E457.99.W67 2009

The presence of the past :popular uses of history in American life /Roy Rosenzweig and David Thelen.

x, 291 p. ; 24 cm., "Roy Rosenzweig and David Thelen asked 1,500 Americans about their connection to the past and how it influences their daily lives and hopes for the future. The result is a surprisingly candid series of conversations and reflections on how the past infuses the present with meaning...

Date: c1998.

Creators: Rosenzweig, Roy. Thelen, David P. (David Paul)

GUSN: 242375

Call Number: Stacks E179.5.R67 1998

First lady of letters :Judith Sargent Murray and the struggle for female independence /Sheila L. Skemp.

xvi, 484 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Date: c2009.

Creators: Skemp, Sheila L.

GUSN: 242379

Call Number: Stacks PS808.M8 Z87 2009

Search Collections

Displaying: 106651 - 106700 of 226,532