Historic New England

Child's Shirt

White; squared neckline and capped sleeves trimmed with lace; featherstitching around neck; turned back fabric at shoulder; no closure.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 15194

Accession Number: 1969.5924

Child's Shirt

Cream/yellowed; boat neck and capped sleeves trimmed with lace and eyelet embroidery.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 15195

Accession Number: 1969.5925

Child's Shirt

White; squared flap neckline and capped sleeves trimmed with lace net; no closure; triangular reinforcements.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 15196

Accession Number: 1969.5926

Child's Shirt

Cream; squared neckline trimmed with lace and featherstitching; capped sleeves trimmed with lace; turned back at shoulder; no closure.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 15197

Accession Number: 1969.5927

Child's Shirt

White; squared flap neckline and capped sleeves trimmed with lace; no closure; triangular reinforcements.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 15198

Accession Number: 1969.5929

Child's Dickey

White; linen collar; six vertical tucks; two covered buttons; drawstring tie at back of waist.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 15199

Accession Number: 1969.5950

Child's Dickey

White; linen collar; six vertical pleats; two covered buttons; drawstring tie at back of waist.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 15200

Accession Number: 1969.5951

Child's Dickey

White; linen collar; six vertical tucks at front; two covered buttons; drawstring tie at back of waist.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 15201

Accession Number: 1969.5952

Child's Dickey

White; linen collar; one pearl and one covered button; six vertical tucks; tie at back of waist.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 15202

Accession Number: 1969.5953

Child's Dickey

White; linen collar; one white glass button (one missing); six vertical tucks; tie at back of waist.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 15203

Accession Number: 1969.5954

Chid's Dickey

White; linen collar; one white button and one covered button; six vertical tucks; tie at back of waist.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 15204

Accession Number: 1969.5955

Child's Dickey

White; linen collar; two covered buttons; six vertical tucks; tie at back of waist.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 15205

Accession Number: 1969.5956

Child's Dickey

White; linen collar; two covered buttons; six vertical tucks; drawstring/tie at back of waist.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 15206

Accession Number: 1969.5957

Child's Dickey

White; linen collar; one covered button (one missing); six vertical tucks; drawstring/tie at back of waist.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 15207

Accession Number: 1969.5958

Child's Dickey

White; linen collar; one white glass button and one covered button; six vertical tucks; drawstring/tie at back of waist.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 15208

Accession Number: 1969.5961

Child's Shirt

White; squared flap neck and capped sleeves trimmed with lace; lace insert at shoulder; no closure; drawn work.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 15209

Accession Number: 1969.6302

Child's Shirt

Cream; squared flap neckline; capped sleeves trimmed with lace; pieced together; no closure.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 15210

Accession Number: 1969.6307

Child's Shirt

White/sheer; squared flap neckline and capped ruffled sleeves embroidered with scalloped edge and eyelet circles; reinforced with triangles; no closure.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 15211

Accession Number: 1969.6312

Child's Shirt

White/sheer; squared flap neckline, neck, shoulders, and short ruffled sleeves trimmed with net lace; reinforced with triangles; no closure.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 15212

Accession Number: 1969.6314

Child's Shirt

Cream; squared flap neck and capped sleeves trimmed with scalloped eyelet embroidery; openwork shoulder seam; corners of flaps embroidered with floral bouquet; no closure; lace= discolored--beige.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 15213

Accession Number: 1969.6316

Pair of Gloves

Children's leather gloves.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, leather

GUSN: 15214

Accession Number: 1923.429AB

Flute

Flute with ebony body with ivory ferrules, made in five sections. Four nickel silver keys with cupped key covers. Firth and Hall, maker.

Date: ca. 1835

Maker: unknown

Material: ebony (wood), ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 17228

Accession Number: 1932.2017

Circular card table. Four square tapered legs inlaid with plain stringing, and at top shaded icicles and flutes in friezes. Top has double row of stringing on edges, semi-circular apron with mahogany veneer having conforming double string inlay. Legs divide skirt into three panels outlined by string...

Date: 1790-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), satinwood (wood)

GUSN: 17229

Accession Number: 1932.2134A

Overmantel Mirror

Overmantel mirror. Wood and gesso, gilded. Horizontal rectangular form, six rope-turned columnar forms terminating in acanthus leaves and turned capitals. Rosettes within corner blocks. Large central mirror panel separated from two smaller panels flanked by simple molding.

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: gesso, gilding, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 17230

Accession Number: 1933.1026

Fireplace tongs

Plain iron shafts w/ wrought tips in circular pad form. Brass finial and hinge having incised rings and ball over baluster form.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 17231

Accession Number: 1933.1491

Dressing glass

Looking glass supported by two canted uprights with beaded edges and ball finials; enclosed in gilded gesso frame of leaf decoration; base of three horizontal drawers with grooved edges; central drawer is cyma shape, continuing on the inside edges of the two outer drawers; escutcheon; ogee bracket t...

Date: 1730-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 17232

Accession Number: 1933.1507

Dessert plate

Staffordshire blue and white dessert plate; transfer printed; floral blue and white vines on surround of plate; flowers in vase pictured in center of plate encircled by white band; meander bordered edge.

Date: 1802-1828

Maker: Riley, John and Richard (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 17233

Accession Number: 1998.702

Chest of drawers

Block front chest; top has molded edge front and sides; top has substantial overhang; below are four graduated drawers; recessed central section, with bowed outer sections; space between drawers has simple beading continued around outer edges of drawers on left and right sides; bottom has molding sa...

Date: 1755-1765

Maker: Possibly Frothingham, Benjamin (American cabinetmaker, 1734-1809) (Cabinetmaker)

Material: mahogany (wood), eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 17234

Accession Number: 1933.1508

Side chair

Sheraton style. Square back divided by two tapered and beaded slats into three open sections. The middle section, which rises slightly higher than the surrounding two, and through the crest rail, is circumscribed by an arch, and w/ swagged curtains and Prince of Wales feathers at top. Curving rear l...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), mahogany (wood), vinyl

GUSN: 17235

Accession Number: 1933.1509A

Side chair

Sheraton style. Square back divided by two tapered and beaded slats into three open sections. The middle section, which rises slightly higher than the surrounding two, and through the crest rail, is circumscribed by an arch, and w/ swagged curtains and Prince of Wales feathers at top. Curving rear l...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), mahogany (wood), vinyl

GUSN: 17236

Accession Number: 1933.1509B

Side chair

Sheraton style. Square back divided by two tapered and beaded slats into three open sections. The middle section, which rises slightly higher than the surrounding two, and through the crest rail, is circumscribed by an arch, and w/ swagged curtains and Prince of Wales feathers at top. Curving rear l...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), mahogany (wood), vinyl

GUSN: 17237

Accession Number: 1933.1509C

Side chair

Sheraton style. Square back divided by two tapered and beaded slats into three open sections. The middle section, which rises slightly higher than the surrounding two, and through the crest rail, is circumscribed by an arch, and w/ swagged curtains and Prince of Wales feathers at top. Curving rear l...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), mahogany (wood), vinyl

GUSN: 17238

Accession Number: 1933.1509D

Side chair

Sheraton style. Square back divided by two tapered and beaded slats into three open sections. The middle section, which rises slightly higher than the surrounding two, and through the crest rail, is circumscribed by an arch, and w/ swagged curtains and Prince of Wales feathers at top. Curving rear l...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), mahogany (wood), vinyl

GUSN: 17239

Accession Number: 1933.1509E

Side chair

Sheraton style. Square back divided by two tapered and beaded slats into three open sections. The middle section, which rises slightly higher than the surrounding two, and through the crest rail, is circumscribed by an arch, and w/ swagged curtains and Prince of Wales feathers at top. Curving rear l...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), mahogany (wood), vinyl

GUSN: 17240

Accession Number: 1933.1509F

Side chair

Sheraton style side chair with square back divided by two tapered and beaded slats into three open sections. The middle section, which rises slightly higher than the surrounding two, and through the crest rail, is circumscribed by an arch, and with swagged curtains and Prince of Wales feathers at to...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), mahogany (wood), vinyl

GUSN: 17241

Accession Number: 1933.1509G

Side chair

Sheraton style. Square back divided by two tapered and beaded slats into three open sections. The middle section, which rises slightly higher than the surrounding two, and through the crest rail, is circumscribed by an arch, and w/ swagged curtains and Prince of Wales feathers at top. Curving rear l...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), mahogany (wood), vinyl

GUSN: 17242

Accession Number: 1933.1509H

Side chair

Sheraton style. Square back divided by two tapered and beaded slats into three open sections. The middle section, which rises slightly higher than the surrounding two, and through the crest rail, is circumscribed by an arch, and w/ swagged curtains and Prince of Wales feathers at top. Curving rear l...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), mahogany (wood), vinyl

GUSN: 17243

Accession Number: 1933.1509I

Side chair

Sheraton style. Square back divided by two tapered and beaded slats into three open sections. The middle section, which rises slightly higher than the surrounding two, and through the crest rail, is circumscribed by an arch, and w/ swagged curtains and Prince of Wales feathers at top. Curving rear l...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), mahogany (wood), vinyl

GUSN: 17244

Accession Number: 1933.1509J

Side chair

Sheraton style. Square back divided by two tapered and beaded slats into three open sections. The middle section, which rises slightly higher than the surrounding two, and through the crest rail, is circumscribed by an arch, and w/ swagged curtains and Prince of Wales feathers at top. Curving rear l...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), mahogany (wood), vinyl

GUSN: 17245

Accession Number: 1933.1509K

Side chair

Sheraton style. Square back divided by two tapered and beaded slats into three open sections. The middle section, which rises slightly higher than the surrounding two, and through the crest rail, is circumscribed by an arch, and w/ swagged curtains and Prince of Wales feathers at top. Curving rear l...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), mahogany (wood), vinyl

GUSN: 17246

Accession Number: 1933.1509L

Card Table

Circular card table. Four square tapered legs inlaid with plain stringing, and at top shaded icicles and flutes in friezes. Top has double row of stringing on edges, semi-circular apron with mahogany veneer having conforming double string inlay. Legs divide skirt into three panels outlined by string...

Date: 1790-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), satinwood (wood)

GUSN: 17247

Accession Number: 1932.2134B

Candlestick

Columnar form. "Telescoping" or extension type. Round molded base. Base and column have uneven gadrooning. Column has plain shaft. Flared bobeche. Reproduction glass bobeche.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), silver (metal), metal

GUSN: 17248

Accession Number: 1933.2167AB

Tilt-top table

Tilt-top table. Round top with half-rounded molded edges. Turned pedestal with simple urn form. Tripod base with raised snake feet. Original catch on underside with new screws.

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), chestnut (wood), mahogany (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 17249

Accession Number: 1934.573

Side Chair

Side chair. Shield back form. Mahogany with inlay, black haircloth upholstery. Shield back enclosing five tapered and curved bars radiating from a fan of inlaid satinwood and mahogany. Stringing of ebony and satinwood in a rope pattern. The stiles are slightly shaped and widen at the top where the...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), satinwood (wood)

GUSN: 17250

Accession Number: 1934.575A

Side Chair

Side chair. Shield back form. Mahogany with inlay, black haircloth upholstery. Shield back enclosing five tapered and curved bars radiating from a fan of inlaid satinwood and mahogany. Stringing of ebony and satinwood in a rope pattern. The stiles are slightly shaped and widen at the top where the...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), satinwood (wood)

GUSN: 17251

Accession Number: 1934.575B

Engraving

Entitled "Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious G. Washington". Engraving depicts two mourners looking at obelisk on right w/ portrait of Washington, under which is written "G. WASHINGTON" and "There is Rest in HEAVEN". To their right is a figure of Hope w/ an anchor. Original frame is pressed bra...

Date: 1801

Maker: Clarke, Thomas (Engraver)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 17252

Accession Number: 1934.728

Vase

Beaker shaped vase with circular swell at center (related to Chinese Ku-Chou form). Overall orange Fitzhugh decoration of birds, butterflies and flowers drawn in the Chinese manner. Top and bottom border bands of flowers and dots. Inside rim three random flower sprays. Entire design highlighted with...

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, painting (coating)

GUSN: 17253

Accession Number: 1934.917

Bellows

"Turtleback form." Wooden sides attached to faded blue-green leather gussets with iron nails. Turned iron nozzle. One side has circular air hole. Broken leather loop originally used to hang bellows at tip. White leather woven in basket weave pattern at tip above nozzle.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), leather, painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 17254

Accession Number: 1935.25

Engraving

"Fuga in Egitto". Pastoral landscape w/ peasants tending cattle around pool in foreground. Stream at right and trees at left, w/ road and an angel guiding the Holy Family. Ruins of classical architecture and mountain in background. Inscribed on center bottom margin: "In Roma presso l'Incisore in Pia...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: Gmelin, Wilhelm F., 1745-1821 (Maker) After Lorraine, Claude, 1600-1682 (Artist)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 17255

Accession Number: 1935.68

Engraving

"The Waterfalls of Tivoli". Landscape of waterfalls. Three peasant women converse beneath trees at right. River cuts through center w/ a second set of falls in middle background, opening onto expanse of flat plains. Under image in small type, "In Roma presso l'Autore."

Date: 1808

Maker: Gmelin, Wilhelm F., 1745-1821 (Maker (Artist and Engraver))

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 17256

Accession Number: 1935.69

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