Historic New England

Doll's petticoat

Gathered (gauged) waist; scalloped hem edge

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1244

Accession Number: 1969.6848

Wall Fragment

A wall fragment with blue paint, animal hair plaster, and sawn laths. It includes an angled baseboard at the top.

Date: 1710-1730

Maker: unknown

Material: hair, molding (forming), painting (coating), plaster, splitting, sawing, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 1245

Accession Number: 1967.66

BOARD

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 1246

Accession Number: 1986.1745

Strap Hinge

Tapered strap with spear end. Attached to butterfly-type pin/plate. Punched square holes.

Date: ca. 1695

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 1247

Accession Number: 1918.473AB

Strap Hinge

Strap hinge with unwelded loop and bean end; six nail holes. Tapered bar.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 1248

Accession Number: 1917.488B

Strap Hinge

Round head. Sudden taper in strap about 4" from head. Rounded edges on face side. Barrel side only. Traces of red paint. Bar thickens at base of head. Countersunk holes. Three irregular nail holes.

Date: 1745-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating)

GUSN: 1249

Accession Number: 1920.256.7

Strap Hinge

Tapered strap with spear head end. Barrel side only.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 1250

Accession Number: 1920.256.8

Strap Hinge

Tapered bar; oval head at end. Barrel side only. Five nail holes; closed loop.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 1251

Accession Number: 1925.390

Strap Hinge

Tapered strap; round head one end. Two wrought clinched nails remain. Strap curved or unintentionally bent along plane of attachment. Barrel side only.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 1252

Accession Number: 1920.256.5

Strap Hinge

Tapered strap with round head at end. Includes three wrought nails. Rectangular pin plate.

Date: 1700-1733

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 1253

Accession Number: 1942.829

Strap Hinge

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 1254

Accession Number: 1986.1835

PINTLE

White paint.

Date: 1780-1829

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 1255

Accession Number: 1973.188C

Crane Hook?

No description

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 1256

Accession Number: 1917.1463

HANGER, CRANE

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 1257

Accession Number: 1917.315A

doll's petticoat

White over three hoops of increasing diameter. Drawstring waist

Date: 1857-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 1258

Accession Number: 1969.6850

doll's blanket

Ivory bound at either end with pink

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 1259

Accession Number: 1969.6851

doll's blanket

Off-white with red and blue striped borders

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 1260

Accession Number: 1969.6852

doll's blanket

Yellowish

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 1261

Accession Number: 1969.6853

Doll's sheet

Rectangularangle, hemmed on four sides

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1262

Accession Number: 1969.6854

doll's sheet

White with lace edge

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 1263

Accession Number: 1969.6855

doll's sheet

No description

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1264

Accession Number: 1969.6856

doll's sheet

White, hemmed on three sides. selvedge on the fourth

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1265

Accession Number: 1969.6857

doll's sheets

No description

Date: 1840-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1266

Accession Number: 1969.6858

doll's pillow

Blue and white ticking pillow

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1267

Accession Number: 1969.6859.1

doll's pillow case

White

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 1268

Accession Number: 1969.6859.2

Mantelpiece

Mantelpiece with mirror above mantel with fluted columns on each side; patera and egg-and-dart; urns and foliate designs along the top.

Date: 1897

Maker: Irving & Casson (Maker)

Material: fluting, mirrors, molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material), glass (material)

GUSN: 977

Accession Number: 1986.1023

Mantel

Mantel painted black over gold and white swags, columns etc.; three swags and rosettes across top; evidence of stove attached.

Date: 1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 978

Accession Number: 1991.82

Panelling

Six-panel unfinished dado. Panels are raised and edges molded. Three small panels over three large.

Date: ca. 1714

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 979

Accession Number: 1918.970

Window frame fragment

Upper left corner of window frame with pegged construction; molded trim; pintle still attached. White paint outside; green inside. Clapboard shadows on left.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 980

Accession Number: 1918.967

STAIR END

Hand-carved scroll/folate stair end; paint has been stripped.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: AFTER Swan, Abraham, Mr. (Maker)

Material: pine (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 981

Accession Number: 1981.36

BALUSTER

Slightly tapering shaft with bands at top and bottom; block and then shorter, slightly bulbous section; painted white.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 982

Accession Number: 1924.18

BALUSTER

Tenon on one end, dowel on the other; two sections of carved shaft separated by a block; grey paint.

Date: 1753-1755

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 983

Accession Number: 1928.620

Baluster

Evidence of dowel at bottom of base; simple shaft; tapers toward angled block at top; small turnings at neck and base of shaft; green paint. Two wrought nails.

Date: ca. 1786

Maker: McIntire, Samuel, 1757-1811 (Carver)

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 984

Accession Number: 1959.38

BALUSTER

Sawn baluster with curved "shaft"; painted gray on one face; wrought nails.

Date: ca. 1715

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 985

Accession Number: 1959.39

BALUSTER

Rectangular, plain shaft; white over green paint.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 986

Accession Number: 1960.6D

BALUSTER

Base with evidence of dowel; sharply turned shaft; white paint over greenish.

Date: ca. 1756

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 987

Accession Number: 1959.37

Tan paint; doweled bases and angled tops. A: Base with dowel surmounted by shaft with two sections (separated by small block); both sections have bulbous knobs with other turnings. B: Base with section of turning, including knob, surmounting; bluntly turned section surmounts knob; green paint unde...

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 988

Accession Number: 1959.47.1-3

Half Baluster

No description

Date: 1794-1796

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 989

Accession Number: 1920.745

Baluster

Angled ends; very slight bulb shaft with various turnings.

Date: 1715-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 990

Accession Number: 1959.464A

HANDRAIL

Wide oval grasp with small astragals along bottom edges; nut/bolt (with point) in one end; baluster shadows on underside.

Date: 1809-1810

Maker: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844 (Architect)

Material: mahogany (wood), molding (forming), painting (coating), staining

GUSN: 991

Accession Number: 1980.401

BASEBOARD

Top cap: bevel above reverse ogee (Grecian). Bottom: tall fascia with small area stepped back at top; two battens at back; shadow and groove on left edge.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 993

Accession Number: 1960.21.1

CORNICE

No description

Date: 1750-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), pine (wood), sawing

GUSN: 994

Accession Number: 1935.882.2

Crocket

No description

Date: 1863-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), mahogany (wood), staining

GUSN: 995

Accession Number: 1959.115A

Cresting

The three pieces form a curved, molded drop; small holes for attaching pieces together.

Date: 1872-1877

Maker: Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886 (Architect)

Material: casting (process), terracotta (clay material)

GUSN: 996

Accession Number: 1987.149.2

Cresting

The three pieces form a curved, molded drop; small holes for attaching pieces together.

Date: 1872-1877

Maker: Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886 (Architect)

Material: casting (process), terracotta (clay material)

GUSN: 997

Accession Number: 1987.149.3

PAINT SAMPLE

No description

Date: 1921

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 998

Accession Number: 1921.206

PAINT SAMPLE

Spatter painting sample on back of beaded siding - orange and white on dark green background.

Date: 1921

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 999

Accession Number: 1921.207

BRACKET

Elaborately carved; white paint over red; later cut nails in face.

Date: 1759

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 1000

Accession Number: 1933.648

Girt

Ogee with bead along front; traces of red paint; wrought nails; mortises (two) on top.

Date: ca. 1670

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 1002

Accession Number: 1959.463D

PLASTER

Labeled "Plater from the entry...was in Browne House Box July 1959."

Date: ca. 1698

Maker: unknown

Material: hair, plaster, sand

GUSN: 1003

Accession Number: 1919.646

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