Historic New England

Necktie

Blue and brown plaid with wide blue band at each tip; pointed tips; wide.

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 39676

Accession Number: 1938.352

Bookmark

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 39677

Accession Number: 1938.353

Corset

White cotton corset that is largely unboned; sewn pocket in middle without a busk.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 39678

Accession Number: 1938.354

Petticoat

Cream/yellowed wool w/ white/stained cotton waist; featherstitching at seams; no closure; pleat.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, wool (textile)

GUSN: 39679

Accession Number: 1938.356

Petticoat

Cream wool w/ white cotton waistband; featherstitching at seams; no closure; pleat.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, wool (textile)

GUSN: 39680

Accession Number: 1938.357

Child's Shirt

Yellow wool; plain--squared neckline; short sleeves; straight hem split at sides; featherstitching at seams (interior).

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: hand spinning, wool (textile)

GUSN: 39681

Accession Number: 1938.358

Child's Shirt

Yellow wool; plain--squared neckline; short sleeves; straight hem--split at sides; featherstitching at seams (interior).

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: hand spinning, wool (textile)

GUSN: 39682

Accession Number: 1938.359

Black and white geometric vertical stripes with scalloped edges; long sleeves with cuff; two pockets (left is false); matching belt. Princess seam at back with pleats at waist for fullness; self-fabric hem; sixteen pearl buttons from waist to hem.

Date: 1876-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 39683

Accession Number: 1938.360AB

Tulip Bulb Pot

Porcelain tulip bulb pot. Pot is segmented into five footed lobes with central neck topped with pink glazed flower. The pot is enameled with pick flowers, green tendrals and butterflies on gold ground. Each lobe of the pot is decorated with a scene of either figures or birds and flowers in a square ...

Date: 1736-1795

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, enameling, hand-painted

GUSN: 39684

Accession Number: 1938.362

Quilt

Central panel of sixteen alternating rows of solid black wool blocks on end, and pieced eight-patch black and red "pin-wheels". Tacked at corners and mid-points along sides with blue wool yarn. Border of pieced black and dark wool; rounded corners at foot. Quilted in squares and diagonal lines.

Date: 1835-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, piecing, quilting, tacking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 39685

Accession Number: 1938.363

Tablet

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 39686

Accession Number: 1938.364

Piece of a Bed Curtain

Fragment of a green bed curtain.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 39687

Accession Number: 1938.365

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 39688

Accession Number: 1938.366

Night Light

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 39689

Accession Number: 1938.368AB

Saucer

One of a set of twenty five. Pink transfer-printed porcelain saucer. Lustre border with a hand painted floral design. Centrally located transfer-printed flower with superimposed paint.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, transfer printing, hand-painted, lusterware

GUSN: 39690

Accession Number: 1938.370.1

Chair

Slat back side chair wtih five slats, scrolled arms and plain round legs and stretchers. Woven rush seat.

Date: 1750-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), rush (material)

GUSN: 39693

Accession Number: 1938.381

Pillow

Tan pillow case with blue-striped pillow inside.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 39694

Accession Number: 1938.385E

Pair of Gloves

Brown leather gloves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 39700

Accession Number: 1938.388AB

Child's Dress

Long; white; black bunch of wheat tied with bow hand drawn in ink around hem; short, puffed sleeves gathered at armhole with insert of rick-rack and trimmed with rick-rack; rick-rack and tucks at hem; drawstring neckline and waistband; open down center back to hem.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 39701

Accession Number: 1938.399

Carriage Parasol

Ruffled black ribbed silk; marquise or folding parasol; simple black wood handle; marquise hinge; knob on handle end; pointed ferrule; black silk lining.

Date: 1875-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39702

Accession Number: 1938.400

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39704

Accession Number: 1938.403

Lamp

Parian panel lampshade.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 39707

Accession Number: 1938.411

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 39710

Accession Number: 1938.415

Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 39711

Accession Number: 1938.424

Rounded arched hood with shaped sides, top; narrow bends with scroll ends.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 39718

Accession Number: 1938.435

Pincushion

Rectangular pincushion on wooden stand; cream silk pillow with pink floral embroidery in the center; "E.R.J" monogram in pins; plae peach silk bows at corners.

Date: 1840-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 39719

Accession Number: 1938.438

Needle Case

Cardstock needle case with a glittered conch shell illustration.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 39720

Accession Number: 1938.441

Shawl

Striped paisley type w/ floral & paisley motifs crossing the stripes in black, red, white, green & light blue; green selvages; probably "long".

Date: 1850-1859

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 39721

Accession Number: 1938.447

Needlework Picture

Rectangular silk embroidery, worked on silk, depicts a shepherdess sitting on the bank of a small pond with her two sheep. The head and face, small city in the background and part of the pond are painted in watercolor but the rest is worked in silk satin stitches on a silk ground. Framed and in a re...

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: Attributed to Lyon, Elizabeth Ann, 1806-1834 (Artist)

Material: embroidering, silk (textile)

GUSN: 39722

Accession Number: 1938.448

Women's Jacket

Black velvet jacket with gold and red brocaded stylized floral trail; neck, front, cuffs and hem trimmed with chenille (red, black, and gold); vent and fullness at back for bustle; maroon silk twill lining; hook and eye closure.

Date: 1885-1888

Maker: Stern Brothers (Maker)

Material: velvet (fabric weave), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 39723

Accession Number: 1938.445

Salt Cellar

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 39724

Accession Number: 1938.475

Shoe Pegs in Typewriter Ribbon Box

Wooden shoe pegs from the Dickinson-Pillsbury house, Georgetown, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39727

Accession Number: 1938.505A-C

Teapot with cover

Drum-shaped; wide blue enamel bands with gold arch and spearhead band around neck and cover; thin blue and gold bands around base; gilt berry finial; reeded twisted handles with gilt spine and foliate terminals; straight, stepped spout with traces of gilding; blue enamel pinwheels with gold centers ...

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, porcelain

GUSN: 39728

Accession Number: 1938.508AB