Historic New England

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Elder's Daughter

Bearded man and girl on horse, young man on foot, handing apple to girl.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 41755

Accession Number: 1941.254

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Slave Auction

This sculpture contains harmful imagery including the sale of African Americans by a white auctioneer. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Histo...

Date: 1861

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 41757

Accession Number: 1935.1435

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Home Guard

Woman and girl wearing veil.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 41764

Accession Number: 1931.1360.2

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Wrestlers

Sculpture depicting a scene from Shakespeare's "As You Like It". Charles and Orlando wrestling as Rosalind and Celia look on from a balcony with Touchstone, the jester at the right.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 41766

Accession Number: 1941.264

Pitcher

Pearlware pitcher. Brown bands around rim and base. Floral and foliate sprays adorn body and rim.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), pearlware

GUSN: 41775

Accession Number: 1919.871

Card Table

Serpentine front, top and sides; reeded legs; veneer panels.

Date: 1805-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), inlay (process), mahogany (wood), veneer, pine (wood)

GUSN: 41798

Accession Number: 1942.1316

Card Table

Card table. Mahogany, mahogany veneer, birch, white pine secondary wood. Serpentine front and sides inlaid oval and tablet; string-inlaid edge of top. Rests on reeded and ring-turned legs.

Date: 1805-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), inlay (process), mahogany (wood), veneer, Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 41799

Accession Number: 1933.6220

Center Table

Four scroll-foot base, tapered square pillar; circular top; molded skirt.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood), veneering

GUSN: 41802

Accession Number: 1934.2934

Card Table

Card table. Mahogany, veneered, chestnut, white pine secondary wood. Molded top c-scroll legs with acanthus leaf carving, molded with foliate carved knees; heavy pillar-turned base; turned acanthus-carved pillar; "paneled" rails.

Date: 1830-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), chestnut (wood), mahogany (wood), maple (wood), veneering, Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 41803

Accession Number: 1983.66

Card Table

Heavy scroll feet, scalloped pedestal base; S-scroll supports; scallpo-edged rails and top; swivel top; inner well.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 41804

Accession Number: 1950.557

Card Table

Card table. Mahogany, mahogany veneer, maple, cherry, pine secondary wood. Swiveling top; interior well; paneled skirt with round corners; square pillar. Rests on platform base with flattened ball feet.

Date: 1830-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), mahogany (wood), maple (wood), veneering, Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 41806

Accession Number: 1934.2939

Card Table

Card table with scroll legs with a pair of casters, a columnar pillar with heavy base, concave-shaped rails, and a molded top.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood), veneering

GUSN: 41807

Accession Number: 1933.6702

Card table

Card table. Empire style. Brilliant flame mahogany veneer; hinged top; ogee shaped skirt; open lyre-shaped support. Rests on square plinth.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 41819

Accession Number: 1987.101

Basket

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: reed (grass, material)

GUSN: 41827

Accession Number: 1986.1238

Throw Rug

Rectangular flat woven; coarse earth tone wool weft yarns; off-white cotton warp. Geometric pattern; beige panel with stylized star in center. Brown zig-zag-like design border; fringed ends.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flatweaves, fringe, textiles, wool (textile)

GUSN: 41828

Accession Number: 1986.797

Pilaster Capital

Corinthian pilaster cap, now painted white and grey with the foliation picked out in gold.

Cream; bands of lace with floral pattern; ruffles at front; three embroidered appliques (one at back); drawstring at neck; two cotton ties.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, stitching, lace (needlework)

GUSN: 41868

Accession Number: 1988.333.2

Nogging

Unevenly shaped brick with clay mortar; one eld pulled out and curled over.

Date: ca. 1687

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 41872

Accession Number: 1922.835

Cornice

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 41879

Accession Number: 1969.7942

Hat

Black velvet hat with a band around the brim. Crown decorated with black and white ostrich feathers.

Date: 1913-1915

Maker: Lane Bryant (Maker)

Material: feather (material), silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 41884

Accession Number: 1988.498

Panama Hat

Light/natural woven straw hat with brown cotton band; wide brim.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), straw (plant material)

GUSN: 41885

Accession Number: 1988.212

Hat

Naturally colored rye (by eye) straw hat made from single coil of straw handstitched together to form a domed crown, brim lined with shaped cotton twill; no trimming.

Date: c. 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: braiding, cotton (textile), stitching, straw (plant material), twill

GUSN: 41886

Accession Number: 1988.509

Footboard

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40709

Accession Number: 1940.737B

Bed side rails

Side rails

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40710

Accession Number: 1940.737C

Bed Side Rails

Side rails

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40711

Accession Number: 1940.737D

Washstand

Eastlake style washstand painted white w/ blue and white delft tile top; rectangular form w/ single drawer w/ original brasses; towel racks at both ends, divided cabinet below; on casters.

Date: 1870-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 40712

Accession Number: 1940.741

Stand

Scrolled cabriole legs, tured pillar and supports, round top wtih marquetry checkerboard

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), ebony (wood), inlays (decorations), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 40713

Accession Number: 1940.748

Piano

The instrument incorporates a so-called Æolian attachment (reed organ), patented by Obed Mitchell Coleman of Philadelphia in 1844 (patent no. 3548). It can be played separately as a piano or a reed organ, and the two instruments can also be played simultaneously from the same keyboard. Compass ...

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: T. Gilbert & Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 40714

Accession Number: 1940.754

Islay, Her Majesty's Favorite Scotch Terrier, with the Macaw, Love-Birds and Spaniel Puppy.

Steel engraving of a macaw and two love-birds on a stand with a terrier and spaniel sitting underneath. Wood frame with burl veneer.

Date: 1861

Maker: Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873 (Painter) Davey, W.T. (Engraver) Williams & Everett (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), engraving (printing process)

GUSN: 40715

Accession Number: 1940.756

Partial Pieced Quilt

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 40716

Accession Number: 1940.757

Quilt

T-shaped with a red and black diamond pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), glazing (coating), wool (textile)

GUSN: 40717

Accession Number: 1940.758

Portrait

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40718

Accession Number: 1940.763

Landscape Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40719

Accession Number: 1940.765

Ruffled pillowcase

Roughly square, off white, fine linen; narrow hemmed open end with three cloth buttons with loops. Top and bottom pieces. Applied fine 1-3/4" wide ruffles.

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