Historic New England

Towel

Cotton

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 73527

Accession Number: 1969.5161.5

Towel

Cotton

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 73528

Accession Number: 1969.5161.6

Towel

Cotton

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 73529

Accession Number: 1969.5161.7

Towel

Cotton

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 73530

Accession Number: 1969.5161.8

White cotton; broad drawstring neckline; capped sleeves; neck and sleeves trimmed with scalloped lace and embroidered with floral garland; piped armscye; nine small white buttons; princess seams; darts.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 73531

Accession Number: 1969.5162

Corset Cover

White cotton; broad drawstring neckline; capped sleeves; neck & sleeves trimmed with scalloped eyelet with fan motif; narrow tucks at neck & sleeves; V-yoke with horizontal bands of eyelet & tucks; 6 self-covered buttons, 7 buttonholes (1 button missing); darts; princess seams; inner cotton waistban...

Date: 1870-1879

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), eyelets (components)

GUSN: 73532

Accession Number: 1969.5164

Corset Cover

White cotton; broad drawstring neckline; sleeveless; neck and armscye trimmed with scalloped eyelet and a sheer white pleated band; darts; fitted through waist; four pearl buttons at front; princess seams at back; round point at back.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), eyelets (components)

GUSN: 73533

Accession Number: 1969.5165

Corset Cover

White linen; strapless; scalloped, embroidered upper edge; eight pearl buttons and buttonholes from top to just below waist; fitted through waist; rounded hem at back.

Date: 1870-1879

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 73534

Accession Number: 1969.5166

Corset Cover

White; broad drawstring neckline, with scalloped edge; capped sleeves with same scalloped edge; piped armscye; five pearl buttons; dart and darts at waist; princess seam at back.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 73535

Accession Number: 1969.5167

Corset Cover

White linen; broad drawstring neckline with scalloped edge; capped sleeves with scalloped edge; piped armscye; five pearl buttons; darts; darts at waist.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 73536

Accession Number: 1969.5168

Corset Cover

White; broad, drawstring neckline with scalloped edge; capped sleeves with same scalloped edge; piped armscye; 5 pearl buttons; all darts removed.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 73537

Accession Number: 1969.5169

Corset Cover

White; broad, drawstring neckline with scalloped edge; capped sleeves with same scalloped edge; piped armscye; 5 pearl buttons; all darts removed.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), stitching

GUSN: 73538

Accession Number: 1969.5170

Chemise

White linen short chemise; broad neckline and short sleeves trimmed with band of white floral embroidery, edged with scalloped lace; front gathered into narrow pleats at left and right sides of yoke; back yoke gathered into box pleats.

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, lace (needlework), linen (material)

GUSN: 73539

Accession Number: 1969.5171

Needlebook

Pink

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 73540

Accession Number: 1969.5172

Chemise

White linen short chemise; broad neckline and cap sleeves trimmed with embroidered scalloped edges and white openwork embroidery; yoke gathered into pleats at left and right front.

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 73541

Accession Number: 1969.5173

Hand Towel

Red & blue cross stitch, animals, cyrillic writing

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 73542

Accession Number: 1969.5174

Hand Towel

Red & blue cross stitch, animals, cyrillic writing

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 73543

Accession Number: 1969.5175

Hand Towel

Red & blue cross stitch, animals, cyrillic writing

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 73544

Accession Number: 1969.5176

Hand Towel

Red & blue cross stitch, animals, cyrillic writing

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 73545

Accession Number: 1969.5177

Hand Towel

Red & blue cross stitch, animals, cyrillic writing

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 73546

Accession Number: 1969.5178

Chemise

White linen short chemise; broad neckline and cap sleeves with embroidered scalloped edges with narrow row of white openwork embroidery; yoke gathered at front and back.

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 73547

Accession Number: 1969.5179

Ribbon

Red, green & white striped silk

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 73548

Accession Number: 1969.5181

Chemise

White linen short chemise; broad neckline and cap sleeves with embroidered scalloped edges and narrow row of white openwork embroidery; yoke gathered front and back.

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 73549

Accession Number: 1969.5180

Corset Cover

White cotton; broad drawstring neckline; capped sleeved and neck trimmed with scalloped lace and embroidered with band of leaves and stylized flowers; piped arsmcye; seven self-covered buttons; hook and eye closure at waist; princess seams at back; inner cotton waistband.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 73550

Accession Number: 1969.5163

Ribbon

Purple, metallic, silver & gold

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 73551

Accession Number: 1969.5182

Ribbon

Blue, pink

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 73552

Accession Number: 1969.5183

Ribbon

blue, green, red striped

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 73553

Accession Number: 1969.5184

Ribbon

Red, purple, striped

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 73554

Accession Number: 1969.5186

Ribbon

Grey, red, green & white stripes

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 73555

Accession Number: 1969.5187

Infant's Shirt

White linen; short cap sleeves; wide collar meant to hang down front and back; collar, neck, and sleeves trimmed with lace.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 73556

Accession Number: 1969.5188

Towel

White

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 73557

Accession Number: 1969.5189

Towel

White hand towel.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 73558

Accession Number: 1969.5190

Drawers

White linen split drawers; leg edged with simple embroidery; probably had done, above which are three groups of narrow tucks, each headed by a wider tuck; shortened at tuck.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 73559

Accession Number: 1969.5191

Drawers

White linen split drawers; two groups of narrow tucks divided by wider tuck; leg edged with machine embroidery.

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 73560

Accession Number: 1969.5192

Drawers

White linen split drawers; leg edged with machine embroidery above which are two groups of narrow tucks divided by 1 1/4" band of machine embroidery with horse shoe shapes.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), embroidering

GUSN: 73561

Accession Number: 1969.5193

Ribbon

Green with gold and with gold tassel

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 73562

Accession Number: 1969.5194

Ring

Gold ring with engraved shoulders, center features bow-tie design set with pink sapphires, seed pearls and black enameling.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101435

Accession Number: 1950.9

Ring

This ring is set with a rectangular, faceted paste stone over a gold twist cipher. Two smaller pastes flank each side. Fitting the eighteenth-century style, the pastes were set in silver, while the ring band is gold. The inside of the band is inscribed with a moral aphorism to the future wearer: "Le...

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), glass by composition or origin, gold alloy

GUSN: 101436

Accession Number: 1927.914

Cameo Ring

Rose gold child's size ring set with a sardonyx cameo featuring the portrait bust of a woman and surrounded by a row of gold beading.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101437

Accession Number: 1930.1677

Ring

Gold ring with black enameling on shoulders and set with two pearls and four small pink sapphires.

Date: 1868

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101438

Accession Number: 1938.446

Ring

Platinum ring with openwork band in floral motif, center set with a circular-cut sapphire surrounded by bead-set single-cut diamonds.

Date: 1947

Maker: Oakes, Edward Everett (Goldsmith)

Material: platinum (metal), sapphire (mineral), diamond (mineral)

GUSN: 101439

Accession Number: 2004.14.10

Ring

Yellow and white gold ring with openwork floral motif.

Date: 1947

Maker: Oakes, Edward Everett (Goldsmith)

Material: gold (metal), platinum (metal)

GUSN: 101440

Accession Number: 2004.14.11

Ring

Silver ring with a central oval pale blue stone surrounded by seven round stones, each brilliant-cut and bezel-set in a rosette design. Surrounding the central stone and interspersed between each round stone are silver beads. The band is a pair of silver wires that split at each shoulder to surround...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Parenti (Jeweler)

Material: silver (metal), quartz (mineral)

GUSN: 101441

Accession Number: 2004.14.4

Ring

Gold ring with scrolled engraving on shoulder, set with a teardrop shaped opal.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101442

Accession Number: 1933.1204

Ring

This gold ring is embellished with a rectangular plaque which is engraved with script initials. The shoulders are decorated with raised floral scrolls.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101443

Accession Number: 1934.1810

Ring

Gold navette-shaped mourning ring with foliate bright work engraving on band and reverse, center set with a miniature painting on ivory of two women standing on either side of an urn on a plinth, gold bead border surrounds miniature.

Date: 1782

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), ivory (tooth component), human hair, watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 101444

Accession Number: 1977.21