No description
Maker: unknown
GUSN: 33492
Accession Number: 1930.901
Material: ivory (tooth component)
GUSN: 33493
Accession Number: 1930.902
Rectangular doll's footstool with wooden base and legs; cushion has crosstitch work on black background.
Material: wood (plant material), velvet (fabric weave)
GUSN: 33496
Accession Number: 1930.908
Cream/tan (discolored); net ruffle with scalloped openwork edge; embroidered with linked circular motif with eyelet circles in center; two narrow tucks; back--gathered into circle embroidered with petals and eyelet circles; two loops; one drawstring.
Date: 1820
Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, stitching
GUSN: 33504
Accession Number: 1930.916
Multicolor silk patchwork purse; large multicolor tassel; red silk ribbon ties.
GUSN: 33505
Accession Number: 1930.917
Small wood and metal tool used to split straw for weaving.
GUSN: 33506
Accession Number: 1930.921 1/2
Gilt mirror with gilt strip going across the glass 15 1/2 inches from top.
Material: gilding
GUSN: 33507
Accession Number: 1930.923
Berlin woolwork picture depicting a child speaking with an old man (probably St Nicholas). Polychromatic threads. Ornate gilt gesso frame.
Material: Berlin woolwork, wool (textile), canvas
GUSN: 33509
Accession Number: 1930.925
Iron catch to hold a shutter in place; removed from a house on Temple Street, Boston, in June 1930.
Date: 1768-1833
Material: iron (metal)
GUSN: 33510
Accession Number: 1930.933
Very small brown leather needle case.
Material: leather
GUSN: 33512
Accession Number: 1930.937
Silver thimble made by Hansel, Sloan & Co., Hartford, Connecticut.
GUSN: 33513
Accession Number: 1930.938
GUSN: 33514
Accession Number: 1930.943
GUSN: 33515
Accession Number: 1930.944
Material: brass (alloy)
GUSN: 33516
Accession Number: 1930.945
Wooden measuring tape spool with a green embroidered white ribbon.
Material: wood (plant material)
GUSN: 33517
Accession Number: 1930.946
T-shaped; diamond block pattern; alternating rows of "plain" blocks and blocks with eight-pointed stars. Across top, two bands of pieced wool. Bound in cotton calico; quilted in chevrons and lines.
Date: 1865-1885
Material: cotton (textile), stitching, machine sewing (technique), piecing, quilting, textiles, wool (textile)
GUSN: 33521
Accession Number: 1930.963
Rectangular maple burl sewing case with brass feet.
GUSN: 33522
Accession Number: 1930.966
Cream; embroidered--two bands at front--one has crossed branches with diamond, other is eyelet meander with leaves; openwork; back section is embroidered with diamond and branches (same as band); drawstrings at side; two loops.
Date: ca. 1788
GUSN: 33523
Accession Number: 1930.967
Cream; double ruffle; front appliqued panel with simple scalloped edge, with dots; band of net/lace inserted at top; fullness at top/back section; drawstring neck.
Material: stitching, linen (material)
GUSN: 33524
Accession Number: 1930.968
This triangular-shaped shawl is machine-knit in cream silk diagonal stripes with a border of overlapping scallop shapes.
Date: 1840-1860
Material: silk (fiber), knitted lace, knitting (process), machine knitting
GUSN: 33525
Accession Number: 1930.977
Black silk twist net; chain stitch (tambour); border of delicate sprays; dotted ground; motifs in brown thread; scalloped edges; floral trail on sides; drawstring.
Date: 1835-1845
Material: net (textile), silk (textile), embroidering
GUSN: 33526
Accession Number: 1930.981
This intricately worked dressing table cover is made of a shite cotton ground decorated with a central motif of a basket filled with flowers surrounded by an open wreath of feather vining wth a bow at the base. The fruit and flowers and feathered vines are trapunto work: a quilting technique that in...
Date: 1810-1840
Maker: Bedell, Penelope Thurston (Maker)
Material: cotton (textile), quilting, whitework, trapunto
GUSN: 33527
Accession Number: 1930.988
Cream and pink silk with bee and thistle stitched on.
Material: silk (fiber)
GUSN: 33528
Accession Number: 1930.989
GUSN: 33530
Accession Number: 1930.991
White gloves.
GUSN: 33532
Accession Number: 1930.1004AB
Small wooden box with colored print, possible chromolithograph, of "Earl of Ashburnham's House" affixed to exterior of hinged cover. Two small white nobs on either side of box, possibly ivory. Handwritten poem on interior of cover and note on base. Box contains two handwritten notes, a piar of silve...
Date: 1838
GUSN: 33533
Accession Number: 1930.1009
Needlework bookmark of silk and cotton thread with inscription: "Felicity be thine".
GUSN: 33784
Accession Number: 1931.18
Carved wooden calling card case with a hinged box. Small sheet of paper with a printed name.
Material: wood (plant material), cardboard
GUSN: 33785
Accession Number: 1931.19A-C
Metal measuring spool.
Material: metal
GUSN: 33786
Accession Number: 1931.23
Red leather envelope sewing kit with a silver metal clasp and trim and a green leather lining.
GUSN: 33787
Accession Number: 1931.24
Silk bag with two shells tied to the top.
Material: silk (fiber), seashell
GUSN: 33788
Accession Number: 1931.25
A toilet set with a cardboard case, a mirror, writing pad, pencil, scissors, comb, and a vial.
Material: cardboard, glass (material), metal, ivory (tooth component), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 33789
Accession Number: 1931.26
Cylindrical sewing clamp made of rosewood and barrel-shaped with pincushions set in acorn-shaped sycamore base; ivory screw.
Date: 19th century
Material: rosewood (wood), sycamore (wood), ivory (tooth component)
GUSN: 33790
Accession Number: 1931.31
Fan: narrow carved and pierced ivory sticks; silver paper leaf, decoupe border; painted with vignette of one woman, two men (one plays fiddle), with view of castle; basket of flowers and fruits on sides; border with frame of pink and blue scrolls and flowers; reverse painted with pink rose and roseb...
Date: 1760-1769
Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), painting (coating), paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 33792
Accession Number: 1931.34 A-C
GUSN: 33793
Accession Number: 1931.35
GUSN: 33794
Accession Number: 1931.36
GUSN: 33795
Accession Number: 1931.37
GUSN: 33796
Accession Number: 1931.39AB
Small round wooden box with cover. Partially torn, paper label affixed to cover.
Material: wood (plant material), paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 33797
Accession Number: 1931.40AB
GUSN: 33798
Accession Number: 1931.44
Gold toothpick and ear cleaner in sliding gold case.
GUSN: 33799
Accession Number: 1931.49
Small rectangular scrimshaw needle case.
GUSN: 33800
Accession Number: 1931.51
GUSN: 33801
Accession Number: 1931.57.2
Small pincushion made of brown velvet with brass crown at top and ring with which to hang pincushion; old round-head pins in pincushion; mirror on reverse side.
Material: brass (alloy), velvet (fabric weave)
GUSN: 33802
Accession Number: 1931.63
Material: porcelain
GUSN: 33804
Accession Number: 1931.68
GUSN: 33805
Accession Number: 1931.69
After the sculpture by Hiram Powers (1805-1873)
Date: 1852
Maker: Copeland, W. T. , 1847-1870
Material: parian (porcelain)
GUSN: 33806
Accession Number: 1931.70
Parian porcelain figure. Depicts cupid and a lion. Cupid's bow rests on the ground, but the lion has the quiver of arrows between his jaws with cupid holding the thin end of the quiver. Cupid is represented with wings.
Material: ceramic (material), parian (porcelain), porcelain
GUSN: 33807
Accession Number: 1931.71
GUSN: 33808
Accession Number: 1931.72
GUSN: 33809
Accession Number: 1931.73