Historic New England

Bookends

Rustic style bookend w/ 2 hinged ends carved in shape of flower. Bottom piece bordered w/ carved wood design. Center of bottom slips out both ways to increase size.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 18207

Accession Number: 1998.2301

Bookends

Etched wooden bookends, treated pine base w/ 2 hinged ends. Ends are scalloped at top and have image of flower (poppy) on outside. Glazed image, stained red and green.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: Flemish (Maker)

Material: etching (corroding), etching (printing process), pine (wood)

GUSN: 18208

Accession Number: 1998.2302

Pitcher

Etched brass pitcher w/ geometric shapes in panels. Squared handle on side. Rough cut. Banding around neck. Linked shapes.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), etching (corroding), etching (printing process)

GUSN: 18209

Accession Number: 1998.2303

Trivet

Fret-sawn unfinished trivet, pine, w/ scalloped edges. Central diamond and circle shapes, interlocking.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: fretsaws, pine (wood)

GUSN: 18210

Accession Number: 1998.2304.1

Trivet

Fret-sawn unfinished trivet, pine, w/ scalloped edges. Central diamond and circle shapes, interlocking.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: fretsaws, pine (wood)

GUSN: 18211

Accession Number: 1998.2304.2

Wall pocket

Japanned wall pocket, black lacquer w/ gilt Japanese figures. 3 panels w/ 2 figures before house, 3 panels w/ various buildings. Scalloped edges w/ gilt border on top and bottom.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquering, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18212

Accession Number: 1998.2305

Painting

Wooden etched wall plaque (picture) w/ leaves and cherries painted on; Dec. 1909 calender stuck on front, center. Leaves and cherries painted green and red respectively. Brass ring at top.

Date: 1900-1909

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), etching (corroding), etching (printing process), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18213

Accession Number: 1998.2306

Plate

Turned wooden plate w/ 2 red painted flowers and leaves on front. Flowers similar to poppies.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 18214

Accession Number: 1998.2307

Canoe

Birch-bark toy canoe w/ three interior wooden support beams lying perpendicular to the length of the canoe. Canoe is an orange/brown color and has two extra flaps of bark sewn at each end.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), bark (plant material), nailing, sewing (process)

GUSN: 18215

Accession Number: 1998.2308

Match holder

Ceramic hanging match container w/ painted heron and purple hanging ribbon; round shape; front painted yellow w/ black heron, black plants, and white tree; backing is brown.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 18216

Accession Number: 1998.2309

Candle holder

Bisque porcelain floral candle holder w/ handle; white rose w/ petals creating holder for candle; green leaf underneath rose.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 18217

Accession Number: 1998.2310

Tambourine w/ floral painted top. Tambourine top has white and pink flowers w/ green leaves painted on a blue and gray/black background. There are three sets of metallic disks and a hole by which to hold the tambourine.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18218

Accession Number: 1998.2311

Candlestick

Iron footed candlestick w/ petal shaped candle holder; 3 feet; stemmed stand; scalloped rim; petaled pieces surrounding candle holder.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 18219

Accession Number: 1998.2312

Wall pocket

Red velvet wall pocket, shoe-shaped, w/ white and clear beaded fringe and 2 central balls. White silk lining on bottom and inside toe piece.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: beads (pierced objects), silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 18220

Accession Number: 1998.2313

Oil lamp

Miniature pewter lamp, base piece screws off body; cover on top screws off; one center hole and 3 surrounding holes on cover.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 18221

Accession Number: 1998.2314

Vase

Small silver plated trumpet vase w/ long stem and trumpet-like top.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 18222

Accession Number: 1998.2315

Bookend

Gilt bookend w/ painted green, blue and red floral decoration; wood rectangular vertical portion w/ brass rectangular horizontal portion connected by hinge; gilt and green scrolled foliate pattern on front.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18223

Accession Number: 1998.2316.1

Bookend

Gilt bookend w/ painted green, blue and red floral decoration; wood rectangular vertical portion w/ brass rectangular horizontal portion connected by hinge; gilt and green scrolled foliate pattern on front.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18224

Accession Number: 1998.2316.2

Drum

Red velvet and satin covered drum shaped ornament w/ round sandpaper top and bottom. Two strips of red velvet are at the top and bottom of the drum with red satin between the strips. There are two red bows and a green and yellow strip is nailed diagonal along the satin.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), satin, velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 18225

Accession Number: 1998.2317

Chamber candlestick

Pressed tin and brass candlestick. Inscribed with international patent marks. Hexagonal shape with round holder. Body of holder formed by independent panels, handle on side. Embossed floral design on base.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 18226

Accession Number: 1998.2318.1

Chamber candlestick

Pressed tin and brass candlestick. Inscribed with international patent marks. Hexagonal shape with round holder. Body of holder formed by independent panels, handle on side. Embossed floral design on base.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 18227

Accession Number: 1998.2318.2

Candlestick

Miniature brass candlestick; square base w/ multiple turns on stem; 4 feet on base.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 18228

Accession Number: 1998.2319.1

Candlestick

Miniature brass candlestick; square base w/ multiple turns on stem; 4 feet on base.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 18229

Accession Number: 1998.2319.2

Container

Etched brass container; long cylindrical piece w/ hinged crowned lid on side; attached to small jar-shaped container w/ scallop-shell hinge lid. Artifact etched in linked geometric design, asst. border designs.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), etching (corroding), etching (printing process)

GUSN: 18230

Accession Number: 1998.2320

Decorative sword

Dagger shaped wall hanging made of Asian coins (I-Ching?). Approx. 100 coins joined by red and white cotton string in sword shape and w/ three pieces hanging off, including one larger central medallion piece. Wooden stick runs the length of the sword for stability.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 18231

Accession Number: 1998.2321

Candelabrum

Pressed tin miniature candelabrum; 3 candle holders w/ 2 at same height and middle one higher; foliate scroll design on arms, holders, stem and base; round base.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: pressing, tin (metal)

GUSN: 18232

Accession Number: 1998.2322

Candlestick

Pewter and bronze base for a candlestand; missing candle holder; hooked handle on side; round stand.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal), pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 18233

Accession Number: 1998.2323

Portable desk

Rosewood veneer lap desk that opens to the remains of a purple velvet interior desk top cover. The top covers box space and a clipping w/ the poem "Woman"--see worksheet for poem. In the front of the desk are 2 square bottles for ink and a place for writing instruments.

Date: 1860-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: rosewood (wood), veneer, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18234

Accession Number: 1998.2324

Jewelry box

Pine jewelry box w/ mahogany wood overlay and inlay. Inside the box's bottom is covered w/ blue paper and the top w/ a blue/green fragment design. Green diamond paper work design surrounds the mirror in the cover. A nautical theme cardboard inset w/ compartments of various sizes is designed to hold ...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 18235

Accession Number: 1998.2325

Portable desk

Large rosewood veneer lap desk w/ mother-of-pearl inlay, monogram "MT". Contains pewter stamp "RHT". Inside a purple velvet interior desk top covers box space. In the front of the desk is a space for a stamp and writing instruments.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: rosewood (wood), veneer, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18236

Accession Number: 1998.2326

Trunk

Trunk. Covered in brown canvas with leather edges. Metal corners and lid edge. Front metal central clasp and side buckles. Leather side handles. Paper label reads #12.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: Nathan Neat & Co. (Maker)

Material: canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 18237

Accession Number: 1998.2327

Box

Shallow rectangular box w/ applied Japanese decoration including fan w/ magenta flowers, on center top. Straw pieces in shape of ferns, reeds and roof structure. Straw border w/ tan, brown and pink stripes.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: appliqué (technique), cardboard, straw (plant material)

GUSN: 18238

Accession Number: 1998.2328

Streamer

5 paper streamers, purple, red, green, orange, and natural all in one plain brown paper wrapper. Each colored section divided into 4 strips.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 18239

Accession Number: 1998.2329

Candle

Pair of "painted candles" in original box w/ Japanese characters on paper label surrounding image of candle w/ mums on it, red and yellow. Inside cardboard box, candles wrapped in paper.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, paper (fiber product), wax

GUSN: 18240

Accession Number: 1998.2330

Candle

Pair of "painted candles" in original box w/ Japanese characters on paper label surrounding image of candle w/ mums on it, red and yellow. Inside cardboard box, candles wrapped in paper.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, paper (fiber product), wax

GUSN: 18241

Accession Number: 1998.2331

Buying time for heritage :how to save an endangered historic property /J. Myrick Howard.

ix, 330 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm, "Fully revised and redesigned, Buying Time for Heritage is a practical guide on how to save endangered historic properties. Using Preservation NC's Myrick Howard's decades of experience in historic preservation, readers will find legal, financial, politic...

Creators: Howard, J. Myrick, 1953- author.

GUSN: 362836

Call Number: Stacks NA111.H69 2023

Garden tourism /Richard Benfield, Central Connecticut State University, USA.

ix, 257 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm, Garden visitation has been a tourism motivator for many years and can now be enjoyed in many different forms. Private garden visiting, historical garden tourism, urban gardens, and a myriad of festiv...

Creators: Benfield, Richard.

GUSN: 362837

Call Number: stacks G156.5.E58 B45 2013

Newport Cottages, 1835-1890 :the summer villas before the Vanderbilt era.

xiii, 385 page : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Date: 2023.

Creators: Kathrens, Michael C.

GUSN: 362838

Call Number: Stacks NA7238.N67 K38 2023

Life houses.

pages 1-52, 312-416, [53]-114 pages : illustrations, plans ; 31 cm, Plans for houses originally commissioned by and featured in Life magazine.

Creators: Stone, Edward Durell, author. Koch, Richard, 1889-1971, author. Wurster, William Wilson, author. Kelley, H. Roy (Harold Roy), 1892- author. Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959, author. Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962, author. Embury, Aymar, II, 1880-1966, author. Harrison & Fouilhoux,

GUSN: 362848

Call Number: Stacks NA7208.L54 1938

Better Homes & Gardens book of [five star] home plans.

28 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm

Date: 1945.

Creators: Better Homes and Gardens Books (Firm)

GUSN: 362849

Call Number: Stacks NA7127.B4 1945 c.1 (and 1 more)

New ideas for building your home.

204 pages 32 cm

Date: 1946.

GUSN: 362850

Call Number: Stacks NA7127.B528 1946

The book of Bildcost gardened-home plans /Better homes & gardens ; edited by John Normile.

70 pages : illustrations, plans ; 33 cm

Date: 1939.

Creators: Normile, John.

GUSN: 362859

Call Number: Stacks NA7127.B527 1939

Better Homes & Gardens book of five star home plans.

66 pages illustrations, plans

Date: [1946]

Creators: Normile, John, editor.

GUSN: 362860

Call Number: Stacks NA7127.B4 1946

The book of Bildcost gardened home plans / Better homes & gardens ; edited by John Normile.

70 pages illustrations

Date: 1941.

GUSN: 362863

Call Number: Stacks NA7127.B527 1941

The new antiquarians /written and curated by Michael Diaz-Griffith ; primary photography by Brian W. Ferry.

271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm, The once rarified and exclusive world of antiques is bursting open thanks to a new generation of collectors. The New Antiquarians captures 17 of the spaces of these young connoisseurs, spirited interiors formed from unorthodox approaches to collecti...

Creators: Diaz-Griffith, Michael, author. Ferry, Brian W.

GUSN: 362868

Call Number: Coll NK1125.D425 2023

Classical principles for modern design :lessons from Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman's The Decoration of Houses /Thomas Jayne ; written with Ted Loos.

212 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm, Interior designer and decorative arts historian Thomas Jayne takes on the redoubtable Edith Wharton and her co-author Ogden Codman, whose 1897 book 'The Decoration of Houses' is acknowledged as the Bible of American interior design. Wharton and Codman advocat...

Creators: Jayne, Thomas, author. Loos, Ted, author.

GUSN: 364308

Call Number: Coll NK2110.J39 2018

Born in Cambridge :400 years of ideas and innovators /Karen Weintraub and Michael Kuchta.

xxii, 396 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm, "Born in Cambridge is both a history book and a story of contemporary events. It provides several dozen vignettes of innovative people who did formative work in Cambridge, such as African American social critic and early Civil Rights leader...

Creators: Weintraub, Karen, 1966- author. Kuchta, Michael, author.

GUSN: 364309

Call Number: 85M Stacks F74.C1.W45 2022

Everything for the garden /Judith B. Tankard, Richard C Nylander, Alan Emmet, Virginia Lopez Begg ; [edited by] Richard Cheek.

143 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Creators: Tankard, Judith B., author. Nylander, Richard C., author. Emmet, Alan, 1927-2021, author. Begg, Virginia Lopez, author. Cheek, Richard, editor.

GUSN: 364312

Call Number: Rare SB451.E84 2019

From guiding lights to beacons for business :the many lives of Maine's lighthouses /edited by Richard Cheek ; introduction by Olympia J. Snowe.

239 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Date: 2012.

Creators: Cheek, Richard.

GUSN: 364313

Call Number: Rare VK1024.M2 F76 2012

A woman's wit & whimsy :the 1833 diary of Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy /edited by Beverly Wilson Palmer.

xii, 180 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Date: 2003.

Creators: Waterston, Anna Cabot Lowell Quincy, 1812-1899. Palmer, Beverly Wilson, 1936- Cairns Collection of American Women Writers.

GUSN: 364383

Call Number: Coll PS3157.W33 Z477 2003

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