Historic New England

Rug

Small wool Chinese rug that appears to be made from a scrap of a larger rug. The background has rows of multi-colored diamonds. In the center panel there is a lotus flower. Edges are bound in a blue-purple material.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197847

Accession Number: 2006.44.479

Ice hook

Long iron ice hook with wooden handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197849

Accession Number: 2006.44.1603

Rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel has twelve rows of alternating three diamonds, two diamonds. All of the diamonds are in a variety of colors. Each of the borders contain a different repeating geometric shape. The edges appear to have been bound in a orange and brown. There are many worn sports and t...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197850

Accession Number: 2006.44.480

Tin

Square box tea tin with red and green colored sides and orange trim. Writing on front and side with a picture of flowers and a lion. Red triangles line the corners. Print of India on lid.

Maker: S.S. Pierce Co.

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 197851

Accession Number: 2006.44.1589

Prayer Dagestan rug

Woven wool prayer Dagestan rug. The center panel contains a mihrab under lattice-work design. There are many borders surrounding the center panel. Each border contains a different geometric pattern or design. The edges are bound in a gray-tan color.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197853

Accession Number: 2006.44.481

Coffee Tin

Round coffee tin. Lid is yellow with red symbol in center. Black print on lid and a trade mark seal of a knight and lion. Side of tin have Multi-colored strips of red, blue and black. Printed on front of tin is a farm scenery with large plant stock.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 197854

Accession Number: 2006.44.1588

Cabistan rug

Woven wool Cabistan rug. The center panel has nine rows containing six multi-colored octagons in each. In between the octagons are multi-colored diamonds. The first border consists of repeating diamonds in various colors. The middle border is a variant on the latch-hook design. The outermost border ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197855

Accession Number: 2006.44.482

Rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel has three large eight-pointed stars surrounded by diamonds palms, and rosettes. In the center of each star is an octagonal design. The inner border consists of repeating stars, then a border of geometric carnations, then a wineglass and serrated leaf border. The oute...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197858

Accession Number: 2006.44.483

Quilt

Redfaced brown patchwork quilt. The diamond shaped patches are an assortment of multi-colored fabrics sewn together. Some patches have polka-dots, stripes or plaids. Other patches have small flowers or parts of a larger design. The back of the quilt is red.

Maker: Probably Duncan, Caroline, 1800-1893 (Sewer (textile worker))

Material: silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave), satin

GUSN: 197860

Accession Number: 2006.44.484

Bottle

Glass bottle in the shape of a man with a hat. The head of the bottle is the mans head and the body of the bottle is his torso. Sticker label on the front with green printed letter and handwritten letters.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197861

Accession Number: 2006.44.1585

Vanilla bottle

Small glass bottle with cork plug and sticker label. Label is white with black line detail, eagle detail and red lettering.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), cork (bark)

GUSN: 197863

Accession Number: 2006.44.1579A

Tile

Decorative tile with olive-green glaze. Foliate and scroll relief design on front. Same design as 1959.521F, different colorway.

Date: 1881-1883

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 198045

Accession Number: 1959.521C

Tapestry

Tapestry with a solid green velvet border over a panel with a repeating design of a row of blue peacocks, brown lions, and spotted leopards. All the animals are separated by large flowers and curved green and gold leaves. The edges are bound in a braided rope of green, pink and cream. The backing is...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), velvet (fabric weave), silk (textile)

GUSN: 198070

Accession Number: 2006.44.544

Tapestry

Tapestry with a solid green velvet border over a panel with a repeating design of a row of blue peacocks, brown lions, and spotted leopards. All the animals are separated by large flowers and curved green and gold leaves. The edges are bound in a braided rope of green, pink and cream. The backing is...

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), silk (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198091

Accession Number: 2006.44.545

"A View from the Willows"

Watercolor painting of two boats in the water between two land masses. The first boat is among water weeds in the bottom right and the second boat with a single mast is in the middle right. There are trees in the distance on the left side of the farthest land mass. The artist's signature is in the l...

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: Turner, Ross Sterling, 1847-1915 (Painter) Oliver & Co. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198103

Accession Number: 2006.44.547

Five Ducks Swimming

Black ink lithograph on brown paper of a scene of five ducks swimming from upper right to the bottom left of the picture.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951 (Artist) A.W. Elson & Co. (Printer) Guild of Boston Artists (Dealer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198116

Accession Number: 2006.44.548

Fishing by the River

Oil painting with trees on the left, blue sky on the right, and river and figure fishing in the bottom right. Deepset painted gold wood frame with a beaded back outer edge. Ornate reliefed design sloping towards a simpler area, one layer is beaded.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: Brown, John Appleton, 1844-1902 (Painter) Probably Doll & Richards (Framer)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198152

Accession Number: 2006.44.549

Dartmoor Prison

A color lithograph of the Dartmoor Prison. A large circular wall surrounds buildings of the prison. Inmates are scattered around between the buildings. The guards are dressed in red and there is a reservoir below the wall filled with blue water. A field surrounds the prison and there are fences at t...

Date: 1853

Maker: Reproduction of Broughton, Glover, 1796-1869 (Artist) Tappan & Bradfords (Printer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material), color lithography

GUSN: 198177

Accession Number: 2006.44.551

Print

A brown and white print of a hay harvest. A horse drawn wagon is in the center. Farmers and women are pitching hay around the wagon. The frame is brown wood with an inside border of a vine with flowers.

Date: 1889

Maker: Dupre, Julien, 1851-1910 (Artist) X.H. Shaw & Son (Retailer)

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198223

Accession Number: 2006.44.553

Birds Eye View of Salem, Mass

An aerial view of Salem, Massachusetts including the coastline. The town buildings, churches, schools are numbered and there is a key on the bottom of the print.

Date: 1883

Maker: D. Mason & Co. (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198228

Accession Number: 2006.44.554

Portrait of Mary Willis Duncan (1805-1888)

Oil portrait of Mary Willis Duncan. She is wearing a cap and a dark navy blue shawl secured with a brooch. Oval gilt frame.

Date: 1850-1888

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198253

Accession Number: 2006.44.555

Duncan Coat of Arms

A colored print of the Ducan coat of arms consisting of a red shield with gold and silver decoration. Two blue blue banners have Latin inscriptions. There is an armor helmet surmounting the shield with a masted ship above the helmet. Vines and flowers surround the shield. The frame is brown wood wit...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198260

Accession Number: 2006.44.556

Woman in Folk Costume with Copper Vessel

A watercolor painting of a woman walking down a dirt path with a fence to her right and a domed building in the distance over her left shoulder. She is dressed in a folk costume and carries a copper vessel. The frame is painted gold wood with a simple line carved along the edges.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198279

Accession Number: 2006.44.558

The Giralda Tower

A watercolor painting with a cream colored brick wall at front with potted flowers on top and an ornate tower in the background. Simple, narrow wood frame painted gold.

Date: 1907

Maker: Candela, F. (Painter)

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198281

Accession Number: 2006.44.559

Woman at the Well

A watercolor painting of an alleyway with a person dressed in dark colors carrying a red umbrella. A woman dressed in red and white sits at a well in the lower right corner. Flowers and trees grow on the buildings. The frame is dark brown wood with carved rectangles and leaves.

Date: ca. 1907

Maker: Candela, F. (Painter)

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198285

Accession Number: 2006.44.560

Hand towel

White cloth with fringe on two sides of it. There is a red monogrammed "P."

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198303

Accession Number: 2006.44.2497

Set of hand towels

Set of five cotton "A.P. Peabody" white cloth hand towels.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198304

Accession Number: 2006.44.2492

Hand towel

White cotton hand towel embroidered "AP Peabody."

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198305

Accession Number: 2006.44.2492.5

Hand towel

White cotton hand towel embroidered "AP Peabody."

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198306

Accession Number: 2006.44.2492.4

Hand towel

White cotton hand towel embroidered "AP Peabody."

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198307

Accession Number: 2006.44.2492.3

Hand towel

White cotton hand towel embroidered "AP Peabody."

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198308

Accession Number: 2006.44.2492.2

Hand towel

White cotton hand towel embroidered "AP Peabody."

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198309

Accession Number: 2006.44.2492.1

Bath towel

White bath towel with small fringe on two sides of it.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198310

Accession Number: 2006.44.2493

Bath towel

White bath twol with a thin sewn border.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198311

Accession Number: 2006.44.2491

Bath towel

Set of two white bath towels with floral weaves.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198314

Accession Number: 2006.44.2490

Bath towel

White cotton bath towel with floral weave.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198316

Accession Number: 2006.44.2490.1

Bath towel

White cotton bath towel with fringe and floral weave.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198320

Accession Number: 2006.44.2496

Bath towel set

Set of three white cotton bath towels with fringe and "P" monogram.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198326

Accession Number: 2006.44.2494

Bath towel

White cotton bath towel with fringe and "P" monogram.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198327

Accession Number: 2006.44.2494.2

Bath towel

White cotton bath towel with fringe and a "P" monogram.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198328

Accession Number: 2006.44.2494.1

Pitcher

White ceramic pitcher with rounded handle. Has some cracking on its sides and from the pouring spout into the intetrior of the piece.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198330

Accession Number: 2006.44.2485

Listerine bottle

Glass listerine bottle with glass topper.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 198334

Accession Number: 2006.44.2476

Bath towel

White bath towel with a light blue monogrammed "P".

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198338

Accession Number: 2006.44.2484

Toilet set

White ceramic toilet set consisting of a pitcher and a bowl with a blue trim.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198342

Accession Number: 2006.44.2483

Pitcher

White ceramic pitcher with a blue trim.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198345

Accession Number: 2006.44.2483.1

Bowl

White ceramic bowl with a blue trim.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198349

Accession Number: 2006.44.2483.2

The Church in Christ Church, England

A watercolor painting of a dirt road leading behind a stone wall and trees toward a large church. The wide wood frame is uncarved and painted gold.

Maker: Kimball, Sarah S. (Painter)

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198355

Accession Number: 2006.44.561

Valet autoshop "Razor" box

Valet Autoshop "Razor" box. Red in color with two gold strips around the left side. Within the box is a gold razor with two boxes of extra razor blades. The boxes hold ten blades each.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198365

Accession Number: 2006.44.2454

Coat of Arms

Painted coat of arms on white paper. The shield is silver with a black lion. A helmet surmounts the shield and has a silver and black stick on top with a red lion balancing on it. The frame is brown wood with carved grooves.

Date: 1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), paint (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198370

Accession Number: 2006.44.562

Shoehorn

Black shoehorn with thin rope tie for hanging it up.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198375

Accession Number: 2006.44.2455

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