Historic New England

Massachusetts of today :a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago /prepared under the direction of Daniel P. Toomey ; ed. by Thomas C. Quinn.

619 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm.

Date: 1892.

Creators: Toomey, Daniel P. Quinn, Thomas Charles, 1864-1928, editor. Massachusetts Board of Managers, World's Fair, 1893.

GUSN: 373865

Call Number: Ref F63.T67 1892

Antique picture frame guide,by Richard A. Maryanski. Edited by Anne Lunde.

80 pages illustrations (some color) 29 cm

Date: [1973]

Creators: Maryanski, Richard A.

GUSN: 381249

Call Number: Cons. N8550.M36

The secret lives of frames :one hundred years of art and artistry /Deborah Davis ; photographs by Gerardo Somoza.

223 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Creators: Davis, Deborah, 1952- author. Somoza, Gerardo, photographer.

GUSN: 381250

Call Number: Cons. N8550.D34 2007

Selections VI /Brock & Co.

48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: Ã2008.

Creators: Brock & Company (Carlisle, Mass.)

GUSN: 381251

Call Number: Cons. ND210.B746 2008

A history of European picture frames /Paul Mitchell and Lynn Roberts.

136 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm, "This book is the culmination of over twenty years' work by Mitchell and Roberts, widely known frame historians and consultants. They have undertaken photographic surveys of frames in most major museums in Europe and North America, as well as in many historic house...

Creators: Mitchell, Paul, author. Roberts, Lynn, author.

GUSN: 381252

Call Number: Cons. N8551.E85 M58 1996

Frameworks :form, function & ornament in European portrait frames /Paul Mitchell & Lynn Roberts.

480 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm, Dist. for Merrell Holberton, London.

Date: 1996.

Creators: Mitchell, Paul. Roberts, Lynn.

GUSN: 381253

Call Number: Cons. NK9742.M58 1996

Frames /Nicholas Penny.

64 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm., Frames often catch the eye and arouse the curiosity of visitors to galleries and museums, yet labels and catalogues rarely comment on them. In this elegant survey, Nicholas Penny conveys his passionate interest in the history of frames, the design and techniq...

Date: 1997.

Creators: Penny, Nicholas, 1949-

GUSN: 381254

Call Number: Cons N8550.P46 1997

The Gilder's manual :a complete practical guide to gilding in all its branches : designed for all trades in which gilding is used, including silvering : together with picture framing, picture repairing, and much other useful information, valuable receipts, &c.

135 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Date: [1990]

Creators: Society of Gilders. Jesse Haney & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

GUSN: 381255

Call Number: Cons. TT380.G468 1990

Frames and framing /Timothy Newbery.

80 pages, 34 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm., This study of picture frames by Newbery, a framer and frame conservator, is illustrated entirely from the Ashmolean's diverse collection of original frames, dating from early 14th-century Italy to 20th-century England.

Date: 2002.

Creators: Newbery, Timothy J. Ashmolean Museum.

GUSN: 381256

Call Number: Cons. N8550.N49 2002

The right frame :a consideration of the right and wrong methods of framing pictures /by Henry Heydenryk.

iii, 107 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Date: [1993]

Creators: Heydenryk, Henry.

GUSN: 381257

Call Number: Cons. N8550.H43 1993

Off the wall :wonderful wall coverings of the twentieth century /Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker ; in association with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

120 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm, "Off the Wall is a visual survey of wallpapers of the past one hundred years, from gentle florals to exotic travel themes to merry nursery rhyme murals to Op art fantasias. Discerning text and captions complement more than 100 stunning reproductions of classi...

Date: Ã2004.

Creators: Lenécek, Lena. Bosker, Gideon. Cooper-Hewitt Museum.

GUSN: 381258

Call Number: Cons. NK3400.L45 2004

Picture framing /Desmond MacNamara.

119 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: c1994.

Creators: MacNamara, Desmond, 1918-2008.

GUSN: 381259

Call Number: Cons. N8550.M227 1994

Staircase

Staircase section with paint removed. Simple square newel and handrail with molding, raised field panel in parallelogram shape.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 62

Accession Number: 1963.397

Staircase

Heavily proportioned staircase trim, painted white; included are squat turned balusters, stringers with molding along the top, handrail with outside molding only and a turned newel at the foot of the stairs. All newels have turned knobs on the top.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 63

Accession Number: 1967.67A-H

Rustication

A: consists of 3 quoins, painted white. B: consists of 1 quoin with white paint and some evidence of red paint; three beveled edges. D: consists of 2 quoins.

Date: ca. 1770

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 64

Accession Number: 1959.95ABD

Bargeboard

Ornamental barge detail with a bandsaw finial pattern, chiseled surface ornament and beveled edges; butted one end, mitered on the other; painted brown.

Date: ca. 1846

Maker: Davis, Alexander Jackson, Mr. (Architect)

Material: beveling, painting (coating), sawing, softwood

GUSN: 65

Accession Number: 1959.101

Clapboard

Sheathing board with two bevelled edges; clapboards with feathered edges are nailed to it with wrought nails; cream/yellow paint.

Date: ca. 1688

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, painting (coating), softwood, metal

GUSN: 66

Accession Number: 1933.1821

Sheathing

Shadow-molded sheathing with rabbet and very shallow shadow-molding along both long edges; traces of plaster or whitewash; nail holes along sides and bottom groove in center.

Date: 1650-1699

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 67

Accession Number: 1960.44

Sheathing

Sheathing with shadow-molding on each edge; in the middle the edges are rabbeted; several handwrought nails.

Date: 1600-1699

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 68

Accession Number: 1966.453

Sheathing

Shadow-molded sheathing boards; grooves in each side to receive splines.

Date: 1681

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 69

Accession Number: 1965.158AB

Sheathing board

Sheathing board with one feathered edge and one quarter-round molded edge over a rabbet; has traces of whitewash or white paint.

Date: 1720-1730

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood, whitewashing (coating)

GUSN: 70

Accession Number: 1965.173.1B

Sheathing

Sheathing with shadow molding; no paint.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 71

Accession Number: 1959.87

Sheathing

Shadow molded sheathing with rabbeted edges and diagonal lath markings over entire face.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 72

Accession Number: 1959.91

Trim

Piece of board with shadow molding running along one rabbeted edge.

Date: ca. 1672

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), oak (wood)

GUSN: 73

Accession Number: 1959.132

Sheathing

Shadow molded sheathing with bevel along one edge, break along opposite edge; white paint on face.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 74

Accession Number: 1959.133AB

Sheathing

Sheathing with red paint and wallpaper c. 1810, now in two sections. One end broken, the other has a groove.

Date: ca. 1720

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 76

Accession Number: 1969.238AB

Sheathing

A: Sheathing with shadow molding on both sides. Evidence of a rabbet now broken off along the molded edge. Lath and plaster was later applied on one side. B: Many nails holes on very weathered side (from clapboards). C: unpainted sheathing fragment with shadow molding one side, and adjacent rab...

Date: 1600-1699

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 77

Accession Number: 1962.7A-C

Wallpapered board

Sheathing, unfinished on both sides and rabbeted along both edges. Wallpaper fragrments attached. Amorphous design alternating with stylized foliate vine on striped paper. Printed in black, white, and green on blue ground. Straight match. Heavy loss of pigment.

Date: 1763

Maker: Zechariah Mills (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 78

Accession Number: 1959.131

Bracket

Short diagonal support/bracket with curved face and numerous wrought nails.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 79

Accession Number: 1914.112A

Mantel

Mantel painted white with paired fluted Ionic columns on either side of the fireplace opening.

Date: 1868 ?-1899 ?

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 82

Accession Number: 1973.74

Boss

Three bosses. Carved leaf and pinecone design with cut nails and white paint.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 83

Accession Number: 1961.137B-D

Window Sash

Six-light sash (3 over 3); recessed socket (locking hardware?) in bottom rail; gray paint on exterior and white paint on interior.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 85

Accession Number: 1960.51

Lath

Riven lath.

Date: ca. 1717

Maker: unknown

Material: splitting, softwood

GUSN: 86

Accession Number: 1969.250

Splat

Pieces of pierced splats, carved seemingly in simulation of regency cast iron balusters.

Date: ca. 1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 88

Accession Number: 1916.122A-D

Mantel Shelf and Frieze

Mantel shelf and frieze with beige paint. The frieze consists of fretwork, fluting, and latticework.

Date: 1800

Maker: AFTER Pain, William (Maker)

Material: fluting, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 89

Accession Number: 1980.185

Breeches

Tan with white lining; three pockets; three large self-covered buttons at waist with placket and two buttons below; gathered along waist at back with two pairs handstitched eyes for lacing; five small self-covered buttons and placket at leg opening.

Date: ca. 1775

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 90

Accession Number: 1923.190

Military Pants

Navy blue with blue wool piping along pant leg seam; full cut; button front with placket; coin pocket and two side pockets with button flap; blue silk waist lining; buckle and strap closure; pant hem is lined with buckram.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 91

Accession Number: 1929.627A

PANTS

Black; knitted; ankle length; fall front; 3 pockets; white lining; self covered buttons; one pair eyes and ties at back with gusset.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, knitting (process), silk (textile)

GUSN: 92

Accession Number: 1935.804

Breeches

Olive with brown waistband and lining; calf length; 3/4 fall front with three buttons; placket; watch pocket at waistband; back gathered at waist with two pairs of handsewn eyes and ties; four self covered buttons and ribbons as leg closure; calf length.

Date: 1790-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process), silk (textile)

GUSN: 93

Accession Number: 1935.805

Men's Pants

Cream flannel; six buttons; waistband with belt loops; two side pockets; one coin pocket; two hip pockets; cuffs; creased; lined at waist with cotton; silk lined pockets.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Brooks Brothers (Manufacturer)

Material: flannel, wool (textile)

GUSN: 94

Accession Number: 1990.367

Brick

Fireplace/hearth tile.

Date: 1730

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 99

Accession Number: 1961.75

Men's Bathing Suit

Blue knit, two-piece bathing suit with three coral stripes.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: machine knitting, wool (textile)

GUSN: 100

Accession Number: 1929.659AB

SUIT, BATHING

Navy blue 2 piece: A=top-short sleeves with 3 white stripes, scoop neck with 3 white stripes at hem; B=shorts-3 white stripes at leg and drawstring waist.

Date: 1880-1904

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), machine knitting, machine-made

GUSN: 101

Accession Number: 1941.895AB

Cocked Hat

Black molded hat with black ties attached to crown but not tied to brim; lined with tan leather and white silk.

Date: c. 1795-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile), stitching, leather, silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 102

Accession Number: 1913.1919

HAT

Black; possibly painted; molded felt hat; narrow tan ribbon at base of crown; trim at edge of wide brim and lining seems to have worn away; waterproofed.

Date: 1850-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile), molding (forming), wool (textile)

GUSN: 103

Accession Number: 1918.1237

Cocked Hat

Black; ties in front are still in place; lined with linen and leather(moths have eaten a lot of leather); 3 corners.

Date: 1770-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile), stitching, leather, linen (material), wool (textile)

GUSN: 104

Accession Number: 1918.1453

Hatbox with cover

Blue hatbox shape of a cocked hat (hat is inside).

Date: 1835-1860

Maker: Hurlbert, S. M. (Paper maker)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 105

Accession Number: 1922.716.2AB

Molding

Mitered at one end and square on the other; heavy white paint on all but the back.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: mitering, molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 106

Accession Number: 1937.841

Possibly Dado Cap

Mitered one end; white paint.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 107

Accession Number: 1960.35

Baluster

Unfinished baluster tenoned at both ends.

Date: 1700-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, tenons, mortise-and-tenon joints

GUSN: 108

Accession Number: 1959.49

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