Wooden stocking stretchers.
Maker: unknown
Material: wood (plant material)
GUSN: 248555
Accession Number: 1991.1421AB
Flax spinning wheel, Saxony type. a: bench; b: wheel. The bench has three turned legs. Found in the Merrell Tavern ballroom.
Date: ca. 1800
Material: oak (wood), maple (wood)
GUSN: 248573
Accession Number: 1946.1015AB
Pair of curtains; yellow and pink silk; border with stylized pink floral brocade on yellow ground; heavily padded; central repeat motif of mariner's compass-like star.
Date: 1824
Material: silk (textile), brocade (textile)
GUSN: 248585
Accession Number: 1969.3505.1AB
Valance from a set of curtains; yellow and pink silk; border with stylized pink floral brocade on yellow ground; heavily padded; central repeat motif of mariner's compass-like star. Bottom edge of valance embellished with wooden spool core pink and yellow silk wrapped fringe.
Date: 1820
GUSN: 248587
Accession Number: 1969.3505.2
Pair of curtains; blue background with white overall floral design.
Date: ca. 1880
Maker: William Morris & Co. (Designer)
GUSN: 248588
Accession Number: 1969.3515AB
Two panels with conforming tiebacks; light olive green gaufraged, or "cut", velvet floral motif in ovals overall.
Material: cut velvet, velvet (fabric weave)
GUSN: 248591
Accession Number: 1969.3540.1AB-2
Rectangular with shaped corners to fit mattress; yellow, blue and white silk brocade; lined in irregular clud-like floral servers on diaper pattern; fringed front and sides.
GUSN: 248596
Accession Number: 1969.3547
Upholstery for a French-style open armchair; set of four ovals for arm pads; saddle-shaped seat (.1) still on burlap square i=on which it was worked; partially done chair back (.2) still on rack; beige background with blue leafy vine forming a guilloche between thin blue stripes.
GUSN: 248599
Accession Number: 1969.3569.1-2
Brass candlesticks; round base; single bulbous knop; wide concave bobeche.
Material: brass (alloy), copper alloy
GUSN: 248651
Accession Number: 1949.304.1-2
Staffordshire figure of Benjamin Franklin.
Material: ceramic (material), ceramic glaze, underglazing
GUSN: 248654
Accession Number: 1949.308
Brass-handled, wrought iron fireplace shovel.
Material: brass (alloy), copper alloy, iron (metal)
GUSN: 248660
Accession Number: 1949.314.1
Framed hand-colored print; depicts Christ and follwers near a harbor. Large ship to the right.
Material: prints (visual works), prints by process or technique
GUSN: 248664
Accession Number: 1949.323
Framed; hand-colored engraving; depicts peasant on a horse.
Material: engraving (printing process), intaglio printing, intaglio prints
GUSN: 248667
Accession Number: 1949.324
Mercury thermometer enclosed in mahogany case.
Material: glass (material), mercury, wood (plant material), mahogany (wood), hinges (hardware), closures (container components), metal
GUSN: 248668
Accession Number: 1949.327
Looling chair; uphostered; exposed wooden arms; turned front legs; tappered back legs.
Material: wood (plant material), upholstery, tacks, nails
GUSN: 248677
Accession Number: 1949.332
Woven, beret-shaped straw hat with white elastic cord.
Date: 1900-1983
Material: straw (plant material)
GUSN: 248678
Accession Number: 1984.969
Settee with four-section back; Chinese laquered; eight legs; turned front legs; tapered back legs; casters; cushion seat.
Material: wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), upholstery, textile materials
GUSN: 248679
Accession Number: 1949.334
Black ribbon fabric, felt hat with a leather hat band and a black elastic chinstrap.
GUSN: 248680
Accession Number: 1984.970
Black and white wool, houndstooth poncho with leather trim and metal buckles.
GUSN: 248681
Accession Number: 1984.971
Three-section, breakfront bookcase; glass Chippendale doors above; drawers with two knob pulls; solid cabinet doors below.
Material: wood (plant material), glass (material), metal
GUSN: 248682
Accession Number: 1949.335
Orange brocode coat with satin lining, nehru collar, and fabric-covered buttons on the front.
Date: 1930-1983
Material: satin
GUSN: 248683
Accession Number: 1984.972
Black, wool coat with buttons and double lapel.
Date: 1900-1930
GUSN: 248687
Accession Number: 1984.974
Photographic reproduction of portrait; depicts woman in ruffled cap and ruffled collar; framed.
Material: photography, photography and photographic processes and techniques
GUSN: 248688
Accession Number: 1949.363
Pair of brass candlesticks; sqauare base; trumpet-shaped stem with double knop; flutted at top; concave bobeche.
GUSN: 248690
Accession Number: 1949.397.1-2
Pair of Britannia ware candlesticks; round base; vase-like stem; bobeche emerges from stem.
Material: britannia metal
GUSN: 248691
Accession Number: 1949.413.1-2
Elaborately molded pottery; two protruding handles on either side at top; footed; convex lip at top.
Material: pottery (object genre)
GUSN: 248692
Accession Number: 1949.414
Electric lamp made from kerosene lamp; sqaure base made of opaque blue-white glass; balloon-shaped glass font; pierced paper shade
Material: glass (material), metal, paper (fiber product), electric lamps (lighting device forms)
GUSN: 248693
Accession Number: 1949.418
Brown and white faux fur jacket.
GUSN: 248695
Accession Number: 1984.975
Black, wool evening cape with velvet lapels and buttons. Edging is fringed.
Material: wool (textile)
GUSN: 248696
Accession Number: 1984.976
Faux fur gray and white jacket.
GUSN: 248697
Accession Number: 1984.977
Long, white, mohair coat.
GUSN: 248698
Accession Number: 1984.978
Metal and wooden coat hanger with a support rod.
Material: metal
GUSN: 248699
Accession Number: 1984.979.1
GUSN: 248700
Accession Number: 1984.979.2
Metal and wooden coat hanger with support rod.
GUSN: 248701
Accession Number: 1984.979.3
Table mat; beaded floral pattern; floral border on two edges
Material: cloth, beads (pierced objects), embroidery (visual works), needlework (visual works)
GUSN: 248702
Accession Number: 1949.419
Wood and metal coat hanger that has been painted black
Date: 1960-1983
GUSN: 248714
Accession Number: 1984.980
Glass and metal shelf
GUSN: 248717
Accession Number: 1984.983.1
GUSN: 248718
Accession Number: 1984.983.2
Red and blue catalog for the exhibition of Adolph Gottlieb's work at the Hayden Gallery at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Date: 1966
Maker: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
GUSN: 248721
Accession Number: 1984.986
Pair of wire mesh fire place screens that pull closed with two metal handles.
Date: 1937
Material: base metal
GUSN: 248725
Accession Number: 1984.989
Cylindrical, brown, "amber glass" glass vase with thick bubbled glass.
Date: 1937-1983
GUSN: 248726
Accession Number: 1984.990
Acorn without cap.
Material: organic
GUSN: 248743
Accession Number: 1984.1005
Candlstand with three legs; round tip-top; turned stem; paint decoration.
Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating), paint by composition or origin
GUSN: 248783
Accession Number: 1949.423
Rectangular reverse painting on glass; depicts pastoral; ancient ruins and statuary; trees and other foliage; with five figures in 18th century attire.
Date: 18th century
GUSN: 248784
Accession Number: 1949.424
Print of a man's portrait; matted; framed; depicts Daniel Joseph Hamilton (1784-1878).
Date: ca. 1850
GUSN: 248786
Accession Number: 1949.425
Coat of arms; matted; framed;
GUSN: 248787
Accession Number: 1949.426
Empire-style; rectangular vertical wall mirror; gold frame with spool turnings and four decorative squares at each corner.
GUSN: 248788
Accession Number: 1949.429
Pewter bowl, flat, reeded rim with incised band; flared sides; flat bottom.
Maker: Townsend, John (Pewterer)
Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin alloy
GUSN: 250465
Accession Number: 1949.694
Rounded pewter ladle; long wooden handle inserted into pewter stem; handle gently turned with finial at the top; twine attached to final for hanging.
Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin alloy, wood (plant material), turning (shaping process), twine
GUSN: 250466
Accession Number: 1949.695
Metal spoon; shell design on back of bowl; rounded pointed bowl; rounded tear-drop shaped end on handle with ridge in the center.
GUSN: 250467
Accession Number: 1949.699