Historic New England

Whole cloth quilt fragment

Red wool; overall diamond quilting; undulating feather and floral motifs. One edge bound in red tape.

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), stitching, quilting, alteration (process and technique), textiles, wholecloth quilts, wool (textile), tin (metal)

GUSN: 27994

Accession Number: 1917.1443A

Skewer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27995

Accession Number: 1917.1444

Slide Bolt

Rectangular plate with bolt; wrapped loop on bolt; whitish paint.

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), wrought

GUSN: 27996

Accession Number: 1917.1450

Hook

Wrought from rectangular stock. Hammered round at hook and loop ends. Painted yellow.

Maker: unknown

Material: hammering, iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 27997

Accession Number: 1917.1452

Staple

No description

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 27998

Accession Number: 1917.1453

Hinge

Forged from flat bar stock. Loop at each end to be retained by and to fit over "staple." End turned up at locking end.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27999

Accession Number: 1917.1455A

PINTLE

Forged one-piece construction. Round pin turned up from square tapered bar. Tagged "Small size gudgeon. Stephen Robbins homestead. E. Lexington"

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28001

Accession Number: 1917.1456

Catch

Wrought from flat stock with square tapered tang and rat-tail. Tagged "catch-tailed. Robbins House, Lexington."

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 28002

Accession Number: 1917.1457

PINTLE

Two-piece construction. Square bar. Round pin with conical top. Forged. Tagged "large gudgeon. Stephen Robbins homestead, E. Lexington."

Date: 1775-1789

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28004

Accession Number: 1917.1460

ASSEMBLY, LATCH

Rectangular plate, patterned on each end. Handle missing. Lever tapered and turned down with concave head. Accession card: part of a latch, thumb piece and escutcheon.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28005

Accession Number: 1917.1461

Slide Bolt

Cut plate with riveted bolt collars (?); six nail holes (rod missing).

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28006

Accession Number: 1917.1462

Handle

Rectangular plate cut decoratively, though simply, at top; straight lever; painted black.

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: filing, iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28007

Accession Number: 1917.1464

Bottle

Blue-tinted, pear-shaped glass bottle with molded scrolls on body.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28008

Accession Number: 1917.1465

Teapot

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28009

Accession Number: 1917.1467

Bottle

Blown glass bottle with a cork stopper. Organic material fills the inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28010

Accession Number: 1917.1468

Hook

Wrought from square stock. Hook and loop ends hammered round. Twisted shank.

Maker: unknown

Material: hammering, iron (metal)

GUSN: 28011

Accession Number: 1917.1470

Spike

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28012

Accession Number: 1917.1471

Catch

Hand-wrought. Rectangular tapered tang. Traces of olive paint over black. Tagged "E. Robbins Stone House, Lexington."

Date: 1695-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28013

Accession Number: 1917.1474

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28016

Accession Number: 1917.1477

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28017

Accession Number: 1917.1478

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28018

Accession Number: 1917.1479

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28019

Accession Number: 1917.1480

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28020

Accession Number: 1917.1481

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28021

Accession Number: 1917.1483

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28022

Accession Number: 1917.1484

Textile Fragment

Cream, brown, and white striped plain weave textile fragment with selvedge and weave error.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28023

Accession Number: 1917.1485

Cloth Fragment

White and blue plain weave cloth fragment.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28024

Accession Number: 1917.1486

Slipcover fragment

Rectangular; lightweight, sheer; polychromatic floral patterns on mottled brown and white ground.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), cotton (textile), glazing (coating), tabby (textile), textiles, tin (metal)

GUSN: 28025

Accession Number: 1917.1487

Curtain Fragment

Glazed cotton chintz with blue, brown, and off-white ivy design.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 28026

Accession Number: 1917.1488

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28027

Accession Number: 1917.1489

Diana Under a Tree

Mythological scene with representation of Diana in red & white under tree, with bow and arrows.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 28028

Accession Number: 1917.1490

Spike

A piece of hardware like a pintle, but the horizontal projection has been flattened and there are three holes in it. Tag "an iron, Robbins Farm"

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28029

Accession Number: 1917.1492

Windsor Chair

Rod back; bamboo turnings; brown with gold highlights.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 28030

Accession Number: 1917.1498A

ASSEMBLY, LATCH

Decorative plate; pull with round nuts and bolts; iron replacement thumb lift.

Date: 1768-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), incising, iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 28031

Accession Number: 1917.1499

Mug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 28032

Accession Number: 1917.1501

Sand

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 28033

Accession Number: 1917.1502

Reamer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 28038

Accession Number: 1918.6

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Verse and alphabet sampler. Cross-stitched border with three large red flowers on either side. Alphabets: #1-missing "J." Cross stitch, satin stitch, and other unidentified stitches.

Maker: Rust, Mary (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 28039

Accession Number: 1918.13

Corner Block

Recessed panel with flower with four petals folded sideways into an S-curve; brown paint over white.

Date: 1827

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 28041

Accession Number: 1918.90.7 AB

Toile Fragment

White ground printed in red with flowering branches. Hemmed on three sides; selvage on fourth.

Maker: unknown

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), toile (textile material)

GUSN: 27933

Accession Number: 1917.1367

Curtain Fragment

Red and white toile of a man fishing and a canoodling couple.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 27934

Accession Number: 1917.1368

Rectangular, off white; hemmed top, bottom and one side. Seven woven tape tabs at top. Stamped in blue, red and green pigments. Alternating columns of oval bead-like chain in blue; floral sprigs in blue, red and green.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: hand weaving, linen (material)

GUSN: 27935

Accession Number: 1917.1369

Window Curtain panel

Rectangular, off white; hemmed top and bottom; selvage sides. Four woven tape hanging tabs across top; 5" wide panel hemmed to top edge supporting back. Woven stripes; color in warp uneven red and blue stripes and blue ikat "spots" on white stripe.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: hand weaving, ikat, linen (material), tabby (textile)

GUSN: 27936

Accession Number: 1917.1370