Historic New England

Lampshade

Fabric lampshade without frame. White fabric with embroidered figures in black thread.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 29477

Accession Number: 1922.345

Oval bandbox and lid. Bandbox (A) and lid (B) are covered with paper printed with Persian-style geometric motifs. Printed in blues, white and browns on beige ground. interior of bandbox is lined with plain beige paper. Rim of lid is reinforced with strip of paper with green, rust and gold stylized m...

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 29478

Accession Number: 1922.346AB

Bonnet

Tan straw; wide plaited bands trimmed with narrow straw bands arranged in scalloped pattern; brim extends to rounded tips; green, red and black striped silk taffeta v-neck ruffle; silk covered wire band around brim and neck; neck ruffle has wire band; bonnet fully lined with paper.

Date: 1836-1847

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, paper (fiber product), silk (textile), straw (plant material)

GUSN: 29479

Accession Number: 1922.348

Thread

Box of thread.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29481

Accession Number: 1922.351

Berlinwork Sampler

Berlinwork, darning sampler. Horizontal rectangle, natural linen ground edged in red binding. Sporadically placed sections of decorative needlework in red, green, yellow and blue. Small section of greek key design in purple at lower left. Practice work of various geometric and floral designs.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 29482

Accession Number: 1922.355

Medicine Bottle

Small, twelve-sided glass medicine bottle with paper label.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 29483

Accession Number: 1922.356.1

Cement Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 29485

Accession Number: 1922.360

PLASTER

Half-inch-thick layer of plaster with probable impression of brick in back. Surface darkened.

Date: 1676-1679

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 29486

Accession Number: 1922.363

Hook

Flat bar turned up and tapered at one end; split in two at other end with these respective legs turned out.

Date: 1676-1679

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 29487

Accession Number: 1922.366.1-2

Spike

Wrought; rosehead; traces of mortar.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), mortar (filler), wrought

GUSN: 29488

Accession Number: 1922.367

CRANE

Long tapered rectangular bar with end turned up and headed. Plaster adhering.

Date: 1671-1679

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal), plaster

GUSN: 29489

Accession Number: 1922.369

Fan & Box

FAN (A): Pierced sticks; leaf of white silk with silver spangles. BOX (B,C): Tube covered with embossed paper in green, red and purple. (See Cataloger's Note)

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), silk (textile), sequins (spangles)

GUSN: 29490

Accession Number: 1922.370 A-C

Cloth Fragment

Brown cotton fragment with a pattern of pheasants and white flowers.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 29493

Accession Number: 1922.375

Bandbox

Oval bandbox (A) and lid (B). Bandbox and lid are covered in plain blue paper and lined with plain beige paper. Bottom rim of bandbox is repaired with a narrow strip of a floral sprig wallpaper covered by a solid beige paper strip. Rim of lid is covered with a floral sprig wallpaper printed in blues...

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 29494

Accession Number: 1922.379.2AB

"Pumpkin" Hood

Green silk hood, padded, and lined with down; double, piped ruffle around brim; no reed or stiffened supports; five black satin ribbon bows along center top; padded neck ruffle; six drawstrings on inside; black silk ribbon ties at neck; gathered at center back.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: down, stitching, padding (process), silk (textile)

GUSN: 29496

Accession Number: 1922.380

Decanter

Pressed glass decanter. Diamond pattern band. Vertical flutes around the base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 29497

Accession Number: 1922.381

Fan & Box

FAN (A): Wooden sticks carved with roses and flowers; pink moire' leaf edged with gold; gilt bale with pink silk tassel with silver metallic coils. BOX (B,C): Trompe l'oeil marguetry paper box.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), moiré, silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 29498

Accession Number: 1922.383 A-C

Apron

Sheer apron with an off the shoulder neckline; armseye and hem trimmed with scallop edged lace; embroidered at neck and hem; crewel worked foliate branch--browns, reds, and greens and berries.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: crewelwork (technique), embroidering, organdy

GUSN: 29499

Accession Number: 1922.384

Photograph

Photograph of the front of the Oliver Wendell Holmes house; three-story wood structure with projecting front entrance, gables, wood rail fence and tree-lined street.

Date: ca. 1884

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 29500

Accession Number: 1922.385

"Sewing Circle of Boston Girls"

Sixteen young women seated and standing in a large interior room, posed with sewing projects and a large sewing basket. Carved wooden frame shaped like tree branches.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 29502

Accession Number: 1922.393

Collar

White cape collar with mesh cutouts and small ruffles on the trim.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29503

Accession Number: 1922.394

Snuff Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: papier mâché

GUSN: 29504

Accession Number: 1922.397

Sewing Clamp

Cylindrical wooden sewing clamp; velvet dark green and yellow pincushion on top; opens with mirror on inside of top and cavity inside body of clamp.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: sycamore (wood), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 29505

Accession Number: 1922.399

Sewing Clamp

Turned wooden sewing clamp with threaded well for pincushion top; "E. Bruce/to/F. Cutler/May 17 1831" handwritten in ink on inside post.

Date: 1831

Maker: unknown

Material: sycamore (wood)

GUSN: 29506

Accession Number: 1922.400

Cap

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29509

Accession Number: 1922.428

Wrapper

White; leg o'mutton sleeves w/ ruffled cuffs. 2 pearl buttons at each cuff; ruffled capelet collar. Drawstring waist at back; 4 bow ties down front; yoke w/ piping; yoke lined w/ linen.

Date: 1824-1827

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 29511

Accession Number: 1922.434

Rogers Group Sculpture - Going for the Cows

Horse grazing, boy and dog in foreground.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 29369

Accession Number: 1921.277

Rogers Group Sculpture - Rip VanWinkle at Home

Man seated cross-legged on fence, two children playing with his hair and gun.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 29370

Accession Number: 1921.278

Shoe

Dark brown shoe; laced with two pairs of eyes (punched leather); leather sole; flat heel/no heel; leather inner sole; tied with laces; wooden pegs in heel.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 29371

Accession Number: 1921.279

Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29372

Accession Number: 1921.281

Apple Corer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 29373

Accession Number: 1921.282

Hook

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 29374

Accession Number: 1921.283

Seal

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wax

GUSN: 29375

Accession Number: 1921.297

Seal

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wax

GUSN: 29376

Accession Number: 1921.298

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, squared shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: Theophilus Bradbury & Son (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 29377

Accession Number: 1921.307

Calling Card Case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29378

Accession Number: 1921.314

Sewing Kit

Red leather, book-shaped needle case and pincushion.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 29379

Accession Number: 1921.315

Small Scale and Weights in Case

Small scale with weights in oval metal box. Box bottom is lined with green fabric, cover lined with padded silk.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, cloth

GUSN: 29380

Accession Number: 1921.321

Samuel Appleton Medal for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society

This bronze medal shows a bas-relief profile of an older man with sideburns on the recto side, surrounded by an inscription and a date in Roman numerals.

Date: 1845

Maker: Mitchell, Francis N. (Sculptor)

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 29381

Accession Number: 1921.328

Tea bowl and saucer

Interior: wavy blue dot border; cipher "JRW" [?] below two black and white doves perched on black and white bar with gilt branch in their beaks.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 29382

Accession Number: 1921.330.1-.2

Waistcoat

Tan; white lining & back; w/ buckle (missing) & tab closure; shawl collar; 5 brown buttons; 3 pockets; single breasted.

Date: 1870-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: corduroy, cotton (textile), stitching, twill

GUSN: 29385

Accession Number: 1921.343

Sampler

Unfinished pictorial sampler worked on ivory linen ground; in polychromatic silk thread with a floral/geometric border and satin saw stitch on the interior in floral and animal patterns.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 29386

Accession Number: 1921.344

Wafer

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29387

Accession Number: 1921.348

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Town Pump

Woman wearing a veil and soldier with a backpack astanding at a water pump.

Date: 1862

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 29394

Accession Number: 1921.370

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Camp Fire

Black cook and seated soldier at kettle.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 29395

Accession Number: 1921.373

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Blue stripes, flanked by thin blue lines, on cream ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 29403

Accession Number: 1922.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with a pink damask pattern on ungrounded paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 29404

Accession Number: 1922.4

Wallpaper

Fragments of rainbow wallpaper. Printed in ochre and yellow on blended red, yellow, blue satin ground on olive-green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 29405

Accession Number: 1922.17

Nail

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 29406

Accession Number: 1922.49A-C

Decanter

Glass decanter and stopper with bulbous body tapering to a narrow neck with flaring mouth and circular foot. Etched design with circles, stars, three-dimensional blue and white dots, and gold bands over the entire surface.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), blown glass, enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 29407

Accession Number: 1922.1104AB

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