Historic New England

Shaker Box Pattern

One of set of three wooden Shaker box patterns of oval shape, holes in center, tied together with NFL tag.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8681

Accession Number: 1992.757

Shaker Box Pattern

One of set of three wooden Shaker box patterns of oval shape, holes in center, tied together with NFL tag.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8682

Accession Number: 1992.758

Doorstop

Green glass doorstop--original use: telephone wire insulator.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: Whitall Tatum Co. (Maker)

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 8683

Accession Number: 1992.768

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Irregularly-shaped square woven in floral cartouche pattern of red and green.

Date: 1851-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8684

Accession Number: 1986.1077

Rectangular with selvage sides; ends bound with paisley cotton. Woven design of rows of widely spaced medium-sized red floral motifs with olive-branch shading alternating with smaller scale versions. Plain green ground with scattering of white and olive-brown trefoils allover.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flatweaves, ingrain carpets, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8685

Accession Number: 1986.1075

Baize hall runner

Green wool (baize) strip. Printed gold border of repeating leaf and flower within frieze; scrolling looped leaves alternate with thorned acorn vine. At corners, floral cartouches placed at angles. At center, oval medallion with six leaf and crown border around center potted plant. Raw edges.

Date: 1826-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: baize, block printing (relief printing process), stitching, piecing, resist dyeing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8686

Accession Number: 1986.823

Ingrain Carpet Sample

Rectangular, polychromatic carpet sample stapled to paper informational tag.

Date: 1899

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8687

Accession Number: 1981.14.5

Ingrain Carpet Sample

Rectangular, polychromatic (predominantly green) carpet sample stapled to paper informational tag.

Date: 1899

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8688

Accession Number: 1981.14.4

Ingrain Carpet Sample

Rectangular, polychromatic carpet sample stapled to paper informational tag.

Date: 1899

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8689

Accession Number: 1981.14.3

Ingrain Carpet Sample

Rectangular, polychromatic carpet sample stapled to paper informational tag.

Date: 1899

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8690

Accession Number: 1981.14.2

Ingrain Carpet Sample

Rectangular, polychromatic carpet sample stapled to paper informational tag.

Date: 1899

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flatweaves

GUSN: 8691

Accession Number: 1981.14.1

Envelope

No description

Date: 1899

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 8692

Accession Number: 1981.14.6

Carpet

Pieced, room-sized carpet woven in "Persian" style; rows of alternating green and red foliated strapwork star crosses with small polychromatic crosses on white ground.

Date: 1855-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8693

Accession Number: 1980.162A

Carpet

Pieced, room-sized carpet woven in "Persian" style; rows of alternating green and red foliated strapwork star crosses with small polychromatic crosses on white ground.

Date: 1855-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8694

Accession Number: 1980.162B

Carpet fragment

Rectangular carpet woven in Oriental style; bright polychromatic rows of rectangles broken up and divided by floral motifs. Rectangles further divided by interior lines with geometric motifs; blue or red ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), jute (fiber), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8695

Accession Number: 1980.161A

Carpet fragment

Rectangular carpet woven in Oriental style; bright polychromatic rows of rectangles broken up and divided by floral motifs. Rectangles further divided by interior lines with geometric motifs; blue or red ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), jute (fiber), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8696

Accession Number: 1980.161B

Carpet fragment

Rectangular carpet woven in Oriental style; bright polychromatic rows of rectangles broken up and divided by floral motifs. Rectangles further divided by interior lines with geometric motifs; blue or red ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), jute (fiber), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8697

Accession Number: 1980.161C

Carpet fragment

Rectangular carpet woven in Oriental style; bright polychromatic rows of rectangles broken up and divided by floral motifs. Rectangles further divided by interior lines with geometric motifs; blue or red ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), jute (fiber), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8698

Accession Number: 1980.161D

Ingrain carpet

Rectangular strip of stair carpeting woven in repeating rows of simplistic sprig fans and small oval motifs of gold and white.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8699

Accession Number: 1980.160A

Ingrain carpet

Rectangular strip of stair carpeting woven in repeating rows of simplistic sprig fans and small oval motifs of gold and white.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8700

Accession Number: 1980.160B

Carpet

Large, rectangular, pieced, with printed polychromatic floral design on one side. Rows of small scale red and green floral motifs and green and white diamond ground on opposite side.

Date: 1876-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jute (fiber), weaving, machine-made, piecing, printing (process)

GUSN: 8701

Accession Number: 1980.159

Carpet fragment

Rectangular, pieced strip with selvage side woven in Morris-style overall floral pattern with small scale flowering thin-leaved plants on a dark blue ground.

Date: 1876-1920

Maker: Bigelow Carpet Company (Manufacturer)

Material: cotton (textile), jacquard, weaving, weft loop weave, machine-made, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8702

Accession Number: 1980.158

Carpet Frgament

Rectangular, pieced strip woven in large scale polychromatic tapestry style with flowers and leaves. Selvage sides.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), pile (textile component), machine-made, piecing, tapestry (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 8703

Accession Number: 1980.156

Carpet fragment

T-shaped piece with light colored abstract shapes with dark borders on green ground.

Date: 1855-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, alteration (process and technique), wool (textile)

GUSN: 8704

Accession Number: 1980.155

Carpet fragment

Rectangular strip with selvage sides. Woven in an arborescent floral pattern of vines and flowers in shades of blue and white.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), jute (fiber), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8705

Accession Number: 1980.154A

Carpet fragment

Rectangular strip with selvage sides. Woven in an arborescent floral pattern of vines and flowers in shades of blue and white.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), jute (fiber), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8706

Accession Number: 1980.154B

Carpet fragment

Rectangular strip with selvage sides. Woven in an arborescent floral pattern of vines and flowers in shades of blue and white.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), jute (fiber), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8707

Accession Number: 1980.154C

Ingrain carpet

Woven design of large scale rows of alternating foliated diamond with bastions with lead border and foliated cross within snowflake-like form. In between rows and motifs floral sprigs with blooming flower on plain ground. Pieced in four strips.

Date: 1876-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, jacquard, weaving, machine-made, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8708

Accession Number: 1973.215

Tapestry Carpet Fragment

Rectangular strip; one selvage edge. Woven in polychromatic tapestry style with central oval medallion; floral center surrounded by muted flowers and leaves. Two-toned green floral diaper ground.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), pile (textile component), jute (fiber), machine-made, tapestry (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 8709

Accession Number: 1970.38A

Tapestry Carpet Fragment

Rectangular strip; one selvage edge. Woven in polychromatic tapestry style with central oval medallion; floral center surrounded by muted flowers and leaves. Two-toned green floral diaper ground.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), pile (textile component), jute (fiber), machine-made, tapestry (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 8710

Accession Number: 1970.38B

Ingrain carpet fragment

L-shaped fragment of pieced carpeting with repeating large scale motifs of foliate medallion alternating with eight point star; floral center within octagon border. Polychromatic uneven striped border.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8711

Accession Number: 1969.420B

Tapestry Carpet Fragment

Rectangular strip of carpeting woven in tapestry style with large scale polychromatic floral medallions incorporating C-scrolls with floral bouquet in white center. Mottled red ground around medallions.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), jacquard, weft loop weave, tapestry (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 8712

Accession Number: 1969.419

Carpet Sample

Rectangular, woven in Morris-like "willow and floral" pattern of large scale thin-leaved flowers in three tones of green, rust and off-white.

Date: 1889-1905

Maker: Morris, William (Designer)

Material: cotton (textile), weft loop weave, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8713

Accession Number: 1966.2139B

Carpet fragment

Irregular fragment with complex polychromatic selvage border incorporating castilated band with abstract floral spot motifs on tan ground. Floral and geometric designs.

Date: 1885-1910

Maker: Lowell Manufacturing Company (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8714

Accession Number: 1964.290A

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Fragment with both selvage edges. Very large scale, but naturalistic floral design on ground of woven stripes in shades of green. Striped wool binding.

Date: 1851-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8721

Accession Number: 1959.7B

Chair seat cover fragment

Trapezoidal-shaped; green cotton velvet.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), weaving, machine-made, upholstery, velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 9016

Accession Number: 1977.201B

Chair seat cover fragment

Rectangular; black and gold silk/cotton damask. Design of large scale black potted tulips surrounding abstract flower divided by sashing; gold ground.

Date: 1885-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), damask, weaving, machine-made, silk (textile), floral patterns, flowers (plants), tulipwood (Brazilian, wood), upholstery

GUSN: 9017

Accession Number: 1977.201C

Cushion

Central panel beige silk jacquard ground brocaded with flowering tree in silver metallic thread and multicolored silk. Side panels of dark red velvet. Back of red silk/wool damask. Sides bound with gold jacquard ribbon. Soft filling.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: brocade (textile), damask, jacquard, silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave), wool (textile)

GUSN: 9018

Accession Number: 1942.1488.2

Bolster pillow

Long rectangle of blue and white ticking stripe cotton twill. Narrow, set-in sides and ends. Feather stuffing.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), feather (material), stitching, machine-made, ticking, twill

GUSN: 9019

Accession Number: 1935.359G

Bolster pillowcase

Long, rectangular, off-white. Narrow, set-in sides and ends; open end has three-button flap to close.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, machine-made, tabby (textile)

GUSN: 9020

Accession Number: 1935.359H

Window Seat Cushion

Rectangular with ear projections; off-white coarse linen; comprised of top and bottom panels and 2-3/4" wide continuous side panels; overcast butted seams.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), linen (material), tabby (textile)

GUSN: 9021

Accession Number: 1934.2949.2

Window Seat Cushion

Rectangular with ear projections; off-white coarse linen; comprised of top and bottom panels and 3" wide continuous side panels; overcast butted seams.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), linen (material), tabby (textile)

GUSN: 9022

Accession Number: 1934.2949.3

Window Seat Cushion

Rectangular with ear projections; off-white coarse linen; comprised of top and bottom panels and three inch wide continuous side panels; overcast butted seams.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), linen (material), tabby (textile)

GUSN: 9023

Accession Number: 1934.2949.4

Window Seat Cushion

White cotton twill; woven blue ticking stripe. Fragments of basting stitches on one face; muslin fragment. Shaped with arms at base. Unknown stuffing.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), feather (material), twill

GUSN: 9024

Accession Number: 1934.2949.5

Miniature Hot-Water Pot & Cover

Pearlware hot-water pot (A) and cover (B) with polychrome ribbon and vine decoration; baluster-shaped pot with ovoid finial; underglaze blue and enamel overglaze, Wedgwood-type.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: overglazing, pearlware, underglazing

GUSN: 9025

Accession Number: 1991.180.2AB

Miniature Milk Pitcher

Pearlware with polychrome ribbon and vine decoration; underglaze blue and enamel overglaze, Wedgwood-type.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: overglazing, pearlware, underglazing

GUSN: 9026

Accession Number: 1991.180.3

Miniature Sugar Bowl & Cover

Pearlware with polychrome ribbon and vine decoration; underglaze blue and enamel overglaze, Wedgwood-type.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: overglazing, pearlware, underglazing

GUSN: 9027

Accession Number: 1991.180.4AB

Miniature Tea Bowl & Saucer

Pearlware teabowl (A) and saucer (B) with polychrome ribbon and vine decoration; underglaze blue and enamel overglaze, Wedgwood-type.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: overglazing, pearlware, underglazing

GUSN: 9028

Accession Number: 1991.180.5AB

Miniature Tea Bowl & Saucer

Pearlware teabowl (A) and saucer (B) with polychrome ribbon and vine decoration; underglaze blue and enamel overglaze, Wedgwood-type.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: overglazing, pearlware, underglazing

GUSN: 9029

Accession Number: 1991.180.6AB

Miniature Tea Bowl & Saucer

Pearlware teabowl (A) and saucer (B) with polychrome ribbon and vine decoration; underglaze blue and enamel overglaze, Wedgwood-type.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: overglazing, pearlware, underglazing

GUSN: 9030

Accession Number: 1991.180.7AB

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