Historic New England

Dado Cap

Charred on the back; screw eyes; various shades of green on the front; thin nose molding below intermittent flutes.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: fluting, mitering, molding (forming), painting (coating), sawing, softwood

GUSN: 423

Accession Number: 1961.183

Chair Rail

White over green over red base coat. Sawn off at the left end. Two small screw eyes on the back from previous exhibit.

Date: 1745-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 424

Accession Number: 1961.182

Keystone

Wooden, carved into three vertical slightly fanned half-round and fillet molding.

Date: ca. 1803

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), softwood

GUSN: 425

Accession Number: 1960.110F

Leaded Window

Small oval windows with metal tracery and rosettes; painted white.

Date: ca. 1803

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), lead (metal), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 426

Accession Number: 1980.182.1-2

Fanlight

Elyptical demilune; painted white; rosettes at junctions.

Date: ca. 1803

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 427

Accession Number: 1980.183

Fanlight

Elyptical demilune; painted white; metal tracery and rosettes; painted black at tracery.

Date: ca. 1803

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 428

Accession Number: 1980.184.1

Fanlight

Demi lune window with leaded glass tracery and metal glazing bars. The central motif is an eagle. There are radiating glazing bars with swag-like tracery in between; rosettes at the junction points.

Date: ca. 1797

Maker: Possibly Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845 (Architect)

Material: glass (material), lead (metal), softwood

GUSN: 429

Accession Number: 1942.700

Fanlight

Portion of a rectangular window frame attached to demilune window; white paint; radiating and semi-circular tracery; metal rosettes and rams head decorations at tracery junctions; eagle at center.

Date: ca. 1803

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal, padding (process), softwood

GUSN: 430

Accession Number: 1980.189

Column

Doric column with capital, arris fluting. Gray; capital is painted white.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: fluting, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 431

Accession Number: 1971.390

Column

Doric column, arris fluting. Column (.1) is grey, capital (.2) is painted white.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: fluting, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 432

Accession Number: 1971.391.1-2

Column

Column with Greek Ionic capital; fluted and filleted; white paint.

Date: ca. 1828

Maker: Rogers, Isaiah, Mr. (Architect)

Material: fillets (motifs), fluting, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 433

Accession Number: 1927.863.1

Trim

Gray paint on face; cut square on one end, mitered on the other.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: mitering, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 279

Accession Number: 1959.223

Muntin

Continuous perpendicular muntin; grey over white interior and reddish/brown exterior.

Date: 1755-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 280

Accession Number: 1959.166

Two panels below with flush incised molding on one side and recessed panels with applied edge molding on the other; nine lights of glass above; wide muntins; green paint. Iron keyhole and latch plate; box lock; iron latch bar; butt hinges.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), iron (metal), molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 281

Accession Number: 1918.303

Door

Board and batten; no extant finish; strap hinge fragment. Wooden latch bar and keeper, & small metal edge path on batten side. Wood knob, cottered through plank, on reverse.

Date: ca. 1677

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood

GUSN: 282

Accession Number: 1969.260

Door

Batten door; two planks; attached jamb fragment; wrought and nailed strap hinges on top and bottom; painted grey on one side only. Knob separate, wired to door (1969.259 B).

Date: 1675-1700

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283

Accession Number: 1969.259A

Doorknob

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284

Accession Number: 1969.259B

Clapboard

Badly weathered; unpainted; one end deteriorated and the other scived.

Date: 1695

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 285

Accession Number: 1959.145

Trim; Baluster; Sheathing

An assemblage that may have formed part of the staircase trim: 1) a post (or stud) to which a half baluster (with bottom end beveled to match the rake of the stairs) is attached; 2) a sheathing board with feathered edge is attached at a right angle; 3) Baluster has turnings which are symme...

Date: 1675-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, softwood, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 286

Accession Number: 1969.254

ASSEMBLY, LATCH

Board with a wooden thumbpiece and bar latch attached; rosehead nail and wire nail.

Date: ca. 1918

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 287

Accession Number: 1918.1317

Baluster

Turning sequence: vase, square, round tapering shaft. Varnished.

Date: 1750-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, turning (shaping process), varnishing

GUSN: 288

Accession Number: 1983.8

Baluster

Fluted vase below a loosely twisted tapering shaft. Yellowed white paint.

Date: 1725-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: fluting, hardwood, painting (coating), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 289

Accession Number: 1983.13

Door Enframement

Frontpiece with elyptical fanlight with leaded tracery and sidelights from dado height; painted. There are panelled pilaster strips on either side of the sidelights; those next to the door terminate at the top in a stylized bracket trimmed with a distinctive pattern of overlapping circles and three...

Date: 1725-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, molding (forming), paneling

GUSN: 290

Accession Number: 1927.861

Shingle

Very weathered.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 291

Accession Number: 1928.11

Shingle

Very weathered shingle.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 292

Accession Number: 1928.12

Shingle

Very weathered shingle.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 293

Accession Number: 1928.13

Shingle

Very weathered shingle.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 294

Accession Number: 1928.14

Shingle

Very weathered.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 295

Accession Number: 1928.15

Shingle

Very weathered.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 296

Accession Number: 1928.16

Shingle

Very weathered.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 297

Accession Number: 1928.17

Shingle

Very weathered.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 298

Accession Number: 1928.18

Shingle

Very weathered.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 299

Accession Number: 1928.19

Shingle

Very weathered.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 300

Accession Number: 1928.20

Shingle

Very weathered.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 301

Accession Number: 1928.21

Shingle

Very weathered.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 302

Accession Number: 1928.22

Tenon

Modified tusk tenon with peg hole, sawn off. tag "Tenon from oak joists, floor Christ Church Boston."

Date: ca. 1723

Maker: Price, William (Architect)

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 303

Accession Number: 1912.122

Baseboard

Both faces partially painted gray. Wrought nail remaining. End is broken, with one edge split and rotted. Bevel on opposite end.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood

GUSN: 306

Accession Number: 1969.243

Nogging and Brick

C: Clay mortar attached.

Date: ca. 1657

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product), mortar (filler)

GUSN: 307

Accession Number: 1967.69A-C

Brick

Slightly arched at top and bottom.

Date: 1720

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 308

Accession Number: 1962.137

Brick

Half-round molding running along two sides.

Date: ca. 1720

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product), molding (forming)

GUSN: 309

Accession Number: 1962.138

Brick

Narrow brick with bevelled ends.

Date: 1720

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, brick (clay product)

GUSN: 310

Accession Number: 1962.139

Brick

Small-sized brick.

Date: 1720

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 311

Accession Number: 1962.140

Pew Door

Pew door with one large panel, raised field, featheredged, quarter round molded grooves; faint outline of butterfly hinges on the left hand side indicate how the door opened; unpainted and somewhat distressed from use.

Date: 1714-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 312

Accession Number: 1918.971

Window Sash

Two lights with no extant glass; possibly this was originally two over two.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood

GUSN: 313

Accession Number: 1964.407

Pilaster Capital

Pilaster capital, composition leaves and tendrils; painted white; letter pasted on back.

Date: 1837

Maker: unknown

Material: composition (material), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 314

Accession Number: 1939.159.1-2

Doorhead

Overdoor frieze: slightly pedimented with projecting bevelled cap; mustard paint; groove along the lower edge of A; B fits below A, with a rabbet on the upper edge and a recessed strip with mitered ends which ran along the lower edge and evidently formed part of door surround.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 315

Accession Number: 1960.11AB

Baseboard

Smooth board, broken off along one long edge. Beaded along the other long edge. Wrought nail and nail holes along a line several inches from the beaded edge; evidence of having been painted.

Date: 1695-1720

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 316

Accession Number: 1967.65B

Panel

These three numbers all written on a piece of raised field, featheredged panel split off from its other half. Grey paint over red over white paint on one side, white over ochre on the other.

Date: ca. 1775

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 317

Accession Number: 1962.14A-C

Architrave

A: Painted grey; recently sawn ends; chaulking remains from clapboards on side, which were lapped to show approximately 4 1/4" to the weather. B: One end slightly beveled. Other end sawn recently.

Date: ca. 1794

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, molding (forming), painting (coating), sawing, softwood

GUSN: 318

Accession Number: 1959.467AB

Book Rack

Book rack with carved leaves and scrolls; mahogany; four pointed screws attached.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), mahogany (wood), varnishing

GUSN: 319

Accession Number: 1966.13

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