Historic New England

Napkin

White linen damask; floral center. Greek Key inner border, checked outer border. Flowers at corners. Red cotton Greek Key border around inner border. Self fringe.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8778

Accession Number: 1964.327J

Napkin

White linen damask; floral center. Greek Key inner border, checked outer border. Flowers at corners. Red cotton Greek Key border around inner border. Self fringe.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8779

Accession Number: 1964.327K

Napkin

Nearly square; off white; dissected by red double Greek Key border; center and interspaces filled with rococo-like cartouches. Self fringed edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, fringe, linen (material), weaving, machine-made

GUSN: 8780

Accession Number: 1964.327G

Napkin

White linen damask ground; center medallion with geometric surround. Geometric damask border in red and blue cotton. Self fringe.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8781

Accession Number: 1964.326C

Napkin

White linen damask ground; center medallion with geometric surround. Geometric damask border in red and blue cotton. Self fringe.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8782

Accession Number: 1964.326D

Napkin

White linen damask ground; center medallion with geometric surround. Geometric damask border in red and blue cotton. Self fringe.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8783

Accession Number: 1964.326E

Napkin

White linen damask ground; center medallion with geometric surround. Geometric damask border in red and blue cotton. Self fringe.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8784

Accession Number: 1964.326F

Napkin

White linen damask ground; center medallion with geometric surround. Geometric damask border in red and blue cotton. Self fringe.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8785

Accession Number: 1964.326G

Napkin

White linen damask ground; center medallion with geometric surround. Geometric damask border in red and blue cotton. Self fringe.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8786

Accession Number: 1964.326H

Napkin

White linen damask ground; center medallion with geometric surround. Geometric damask border in red and blue cotton. Self fringe.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8787

Accession Number: 1964.326I

Napkin

White linen damask ground; center medallion with geometric surround. Geometric damask border in red and blue cotton. Self fringe.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8788

Accession Number: 1964.326J

Napkin

White linen damask ground; center medallion with geometric surround. Geometric damask border in red and blue cotton. Self fringe.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8789

Accession Number: 1964.326K

Napkin

White linen damask ground; center medallion with geometric surround. Geometric damask border in red and blue cotton. Self fringe.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8790

Accession Number: 1964.326L

Napkin

White linen damask ground; center medallion with geometric surround. Geometric damask border in red and blue cotton. Self fringe.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8791

Accession Number: 1964.326M

Napkin

Square; white linen damask with central area of repeating rows of grape vines with perched birds. Border of scrolling vines with stylized urns in corner. Narrow chain and flower outer border.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8792

Accession Number: 1960.87E

Napkin

Square; white linen damask with central area of repeating rows of grape vines with perched birds. Border of scrolling vines with stylized urns in corner. Narrow chain and flower outer border.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8793

Accession Number: 1960.87F

Napkin

Square; white linen damask with central area of repeating rows of grape vines with perched birds. Border of scrolling vines with stylized urns in corner. Narrow chain and flower outer border.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8794

Accession Number: 1960.87G

Napkin

Square; white linen damask with central area of repeating rows of grape vines with perched birds. Border of scrolling vines with stylized urns in corner. Narrow chain and flower outer border.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8795

Accession Number: 1960.87H

Napkin

Square; white linen damask with central area of repeating rows of grape vines with perched birds. Border of scrolling vines with stylized urns in corner. Narrow chain and flower outer border.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8796

Accession Number: 1960.87I

Rectangular, white linen damask; central floral motif within field of leafy sprigs. Border of scrolling vines; footed urns at centers of ends and sides. Corner urns face diagonally inward. Running leaf border. Hemmed ends; selvage sides.

Date: 1820 C-1840 C

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material), weaving, machine-made

GUSN: 8797

Accession Number: 1960.87J

Napkin

Rectangular, white linen damask; central floral motif within field of leafy sprigs. Border of scrolling vines; footed urns at centers of ends and sides. Corner urns face diagonally inward. Running leaf border. Hemmed ends; selvage sides.

Date: 1820 C-1840 C

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material), weaving, machine-made

GUSN: 8798

Accession Number: 1960.87K

Napkin

Rectangular; off white; central floral grouping with birds. Border of similar floral groupings with birds. Selvage sides; self fringe ends.

Date: 1810-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, fringe, linen (material)

GUSN: 8799

Accession Number: 1959.461K

Tablecloth

Rectangular; red and white reversible. White fringed ends and red fringed sides. Center of three open circles in line with rose and acanthus leaf centers. All within oval floral, ananthus and foliate line border. Open space separates inner motif; wide border around edges of same motifs; large scale ...

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, jacquard, weaving, machine-made

GUSN: 8800

Accession Number: 1956.42

Napkin

Square; red and white, reversible. Red fringed ends and white fringed sides. Center square of small scale arabesque patterning; concentric borders of floral and geometric patterns.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, jacquard, weaving, machine-made

GUSN: 8801

Accession Number: 1956.43

Napkin

Square; red and white, reversible. Red fringed ends and white fringed sides. Center square of small scale arabesque patterning; concentric borders of floral and geometric patterns.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, jacquard, weaving, machine-made

GUSN: 8802

Accession Number: 1956.44

Napkin

Square; red and white, reversible. Red fringed ends and white fringed sides. Center square of small scale arabesque patterning; concentric borders of floral and geometric patterns.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, jacquard, weaving, machine-made

GUSN: 8803

Accession Number: 1956.45

Napkin

Square; red and white, reversible. Red fringed ends and white fringed sides. Center square of small scale arabesque patterning; concentric borders of floral and geometric patterns.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, jacquard, weaving, machine-made

GUSN: 8804

Accession Number: 1956.46

Napkin

Square; red and white, reversible. Red fringed ends and white fringed sides. Center square of small scale arabesque patterning; concentric borders of floral and geometric patterns.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, jacquard, weaving, machine-made

GUSN: 8805

Accession Number: 1956.47

Napkin

Square; red and white, reversible. Red fringed ends and white fringed sides. Center square of small scale arabesque patterning; concentric borders of floral and geometric patterns.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, jacquard, weaving, machine-made

GUSN: 8806

Accession Number: 1956.48

Napkin

Square; red and white, reversible. Red fringed ends and white fringed sides. Center square of small scale arabesque patterning; concentric borders of floral and geometric patterns.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, jacquard, weaving, machine-made

GUSN: 8807

Accession Number: 1956.49

Napkin

Square; red and white, reversible. Red fringed ends and white fringed sides. Center square of small scale arabesque patterning; concentric borders of floral and geometric patterns.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, jacquard, weaving, machine-made

GUSN: 8808

Accession Number: 1956.50

Napkin

Rectangular, white linen damask. Central floral cluster surrounded by floral vine entwined with C-scrolls. Borders of similar floral vine and C-scrolls with corner floral projection mounted on urns.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8809

Accession Number: 1955.135B

Napkin

Rectangular, white linen damask. Central floral cluster surrounded by floral vine entwined with C-scrolls. Borders of similar floral vine and C-scrolls with corner floral projection mounted on urns.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8810

Accession Number: 1955.135C

Napkin

Rectangular, white linen damask. Central floral cluster surrounded by floral vine entwined with C-scrolls. Borders of similar floral vine and C-scrolls with corner floral projection mounted on urns.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8811

Accession Number: 1955.135D

Napkin

Rectangular, white linen damask. Central floral cluster surrounded by floral vine entwined with C-scrolls. Borders of similar floral vine and C-scrolls with corner floral projection mounted on urns.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8812

Accession Number: 1955.135E

Napkin

White linen damask. Red cotton border; floral motifs. Geometric medallions in corners. Self fringe.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 8813

Accession Number: 1942.13B

Napkin

Rectangular, white linen damask. Central bouquet of wild flowers surrounded by similar floral sprays. Double border; inner border of same wild flower bunchings; concentrations in corners. Outer border of weed-like chain.

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 8814

Accession Number: 1940.631

Napkin

Square, off white; overall concentric diamond huck weave pattern.

Date: 1820

Maker: Libby, Olive (Maker)

Material: hand weaving, linen (material)

GUSN: 8815

Accession Number: 1936.903

Napkin

Square, white linen damask with center framed area of watered-moire-like design. Frame of repeating rose bunches with an outer border of running Greek Key. Selvage sides; hemmed ends. One of a set of eighteen.

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, embroidering, linen (material), moiré

GUSN: 8816

Accession Number: 1932.422C

Mustard pot with lid

Small, pear-shaped pearlware mustard pot with lid and applied handle. Pot has a molded line and ribbing around mid-section, overpainted blue. Blue bands are painted around the lower body and down the handle. The lid has a teardrop-shaped knop and a side indentation for a spoon. A blue band is painte...

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), pearlware, hand-painted, molding (forming)

GUSN: 10531

Accession Number: 1962.49AB

Fichu Box

Dark blue cardboard box with lid containing lavender fichu.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 10532

Accession Number: 1995.510.2B

Mustard pot with lid

Straight-sided, pearlware mustard pot with lid and handle. The lid has a button-shaped knop and side indentation for a spoon. The lid and pot are incised with hand-painted blue ribbed bands. Handle has finger hole and thumb rest. Lid body lighter in color than the pot.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), pearlware, hand-painted, molding (forming)

GUSN: 10533

Accession Number: 1988.544AB

Needlework Picture

Small piece of perforated cardboard with floral urn needlepoint design.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 10534

Accession Number: 1995.522

Needlework Picture

Small piece of perforated cardboard with small floral bouquet.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 10535

Accession Number: 1995.523

Needlework Picture

Small piece of perforated cardboard with long floral strand.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 10536

Accession Number: 1995.524

Needlework Picture

Needlework on perforated paper. Design shows a cross draped with fronds and flowers; red flowers at base. Wrapped in 1995.525.2.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 10537

Accession Number: 1995.525.1

Wrapper

Wrapper for needlework 1995.525.1.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 10538

Accession Number: 1995.525.2

Needlework Bookmark

On preforated Bristol board, heart with a rose, and at bottom another rose with leaves and arabesque. Folded in a sheet of white paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 10539

Accession Number: 1995.527

Pen Wipe

Bell-shaped, of pale blue grosgrain silk, purple silk velvet, light brown satin and pale blue satin ribbon "hanger" to which are attached three clangers, of blue, green, and burgundy felt, which are the wipers.

Maker: unknown

Material: satin, silk (textile)

GUSN: 10540

Accession Number: 1995.484

Sampler

Small needlework alphabet sampler on ivory linen ground. Brown silk thread on tan fabric. Two complete alphabets with additional practice letters and numbers 1-6.

Date: 1793

Maker: Dean, Rachel, 1783-1845 (Embroiderer)

Material: linen (material), hand sewing, embroidery (visual works), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 10541

Accession Number: 1995.399

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