Historic New England

Needle

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27623

Accession Number: 1917.833

Needle Case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27624

Accession Number: 1917.834

Peat

Sample of peat cut from the meadow of Stephen Robbins, Lexington, Massachusetts.

Date: 1816-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: palm fiber

GUSN: 27625

Accession Number: 1917.838

Pincushion

Six sided box pincushion with white silk top; painted violets on the top; green bottom

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 27626

Accession Number: 1917.840

Needle

Metal nemaking needle.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27632

Accession Number: 1917.848

Set of Knitting Needles

Set of four metal knitting needles.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27633

Accession Number: 1917.849A-D

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27635

Accession Number: 1917.851

Hook

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27636

Accession Number: 1917.853

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27637

Accession Number: 1917.854

Soap

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27638

Accession Number: 1917.856

Small Bottle

Small vial-shaped glass bottle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27639

Accession Number: 1917.857

Apint

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: palm fiber

GUSN: 27640

Accession Number: 1917.860

Apint

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: palm fiber

GUSN: 27641

Accession Number: 1917.861

Wood Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: palm fiber

GUSN: 27642

Accession Number: 1917.862

Blue Dye

Indigo dyestuff

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: indigo (colorant)

GUSN: 27643

Accession Number: 1917.863

Gum Arabic

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27644

Accession Number: 1917.866

Rosin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: palm fiber

GUSN: 27645

Accession Number: 1917.867

Pastel Chalk Set in Wood Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 27646

Accession Number: 1917.869

Ginger Root

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: palm fiber

GUSN: 27647

Accession Number: 1917.870

Hatpin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27648

Accession Number: 1917.872

Hatpin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27649

Accession Number: 1917.873

Hatpin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27650

Accession Number: 1917.874

Hatpin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27651

Accession Number: 1917.875

Hatpin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27652

Accession Number: 1917.876

Hatpin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27653

Accession Number: 1917.877

Hatpin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27654

Accession Number: 1917.878

Large woven Leghorn straw bonnet; high brim, cut away (square) at neck; brim and neck edges trimmed with green silk; deep crown, trimmed with dark green, light green and lavender plaid ribbon with bow on top; ribbon is 4 1/2" wide; crown is half-lined with canvas; brim is fully lined with cream silk...

Date: 1830-1832

Maker: unknown

Material: braiding, silk (textile), straw (plant material)

GUSN: 32609

Accession Number: 1929.267

Tablecloth

Rectangular green felted wool; gold-yellow embroidered border of satin three spriged floral vine. Raw edges.

Date: 1835-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, wool (textile)

GUSN: 32610

Accession Number: 1929.270

Cape

Cream wool twill 3/4 cape trimmed with light pink bands (vertical) with tassels at base of band; decorative hood lined with pink moiré silk and pink and white cord with tassels; quilted and padded white silk lining; shaped at arms for full sleeves/movement.

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 32611

Accession Number: 1929.271

Child's Petticoat

White; plain top; skirt gathered around waist; hem has inserted band of eyelet embroidery (floral garland) and delicate scalloped hem with pin-wheel flowers.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 32612

Accession Number: 1929.274

Collar

Black collar with a floral pattern.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32613

Accession Number: 1929.278

Child's Petticoat

Cream with white glazed cotton top; gathered at waist; cream silk embroidered featherstitching and buttonhole wheels; hem with scalloped edge and embroidered with branches and floral sprays.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 32614

Accession Number: 1929.280

UNDERSKIRT

Heavy white cotton heavily gauged to 1" waistband, no fastening; eyelet embroidery all around scalloped hem with 6 tucks 2 1/4" wide each headed by broad band of eyelet embroidery; very full.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, eyelets (components), textiles

GUSN: 32615

Accession Number: 1929.282B

Drinking Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 32616

Accession Number: 1929.293

Bandbox

Oval pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with wallpaper.floral and foliage motifs. Block printed in barnish green, pinks and white on yellow ground. Plain paper interior.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 32618

Accession Number: 1929.295AB

Theorem Painting

Theorem painting on velvet; watercolor; green and brown; depicts basket of flowers on a table covered with a table cloth; framed in gold jesso frame; under glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 32620

Accession Number: 1929.297

Portrait of Sir Walter Scott

Double-sided image. Recto: portrait of Sir Walter Scott, chine-colle/etching. Verso: portrait of woman, lithograph. Double matted and glazed on both sides of frame. Double mat is held together with filmoplast at edges. Backing board used in frame has a watercolor of a "woodsman." This has been...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32621

Accession Number: 1929.298

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32624

Accession Number: 1929.301

Landscape with Lake

Lake with mountain range in distance. Possibly Winnipesaukee.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 32626

Accession Number: 1929.313

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Group of figures, with robed and turbaned man right, fainting woman left.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 32627

Accession Number: 1929.317

Dividers

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 32628

Accession Number: 1929.319

Straight Razor

A hinged straight razor with a steel blade and an ivory handle. [.1] A red leather case. [.2]

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), ivory (tooth component), leather

GUSN: 32630

Accession Number: 1929.321.1-.2

Tassels

Green trim

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32632

Accession Number: 1929.330

Money Bag

Tan/"powdery" leather; brown leather strap; flaps at top with leather "buttons" and 3 button holes; pleated bottom and sides.

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, handmade, leather

GUSN: 32633

Accession Number: 1929.339

Parasol

Black silk edged with knitted silk lace, with black velvet appliques and cording; dome-shaped; carved bone handle, non-folding; painted wooden shaft and ferrule; black satin bow tied around handle; metal ribs.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: appliqué (technique), bone (material), carving (processes), knitting (process), satin, silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 32634

Accession Number: 1929.341

Curtain Ties

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32635

Accession Number: 1929.346

Eyeglasses and Case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32636

Accession Number: 1929.348

Table mat

Tan canvas base. Dark blue Berlinwork ground; wreath of leaves in white, grey and black beads. Beads around edge. Padded with cotton batting covered in pale blue silk and white cotton. Stiffening insert of cardboard. White cotton backing.

Maker: unknown

Material: beads (pierced objects), Berlin woolwork, canvas, cardboard, cotton (textile), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), padding (process), silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 32637

Accession Number: 1929.350

Butter Paddle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 32638

Accession Number: 1929.351

Tablecloth

Roughly square wool felt; brown ground; large scale central Rococo Revival strapwork and scroll pinwheel; triangular floral bunches on outer edge between spokes. Inner circle connection spokes. Outer border of scrolling flowers and vines; projecting clusters in corners. All edges raw.

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 32639

Accession Number: 1929.352

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