Historic New England

Sampler

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Square, natural linen ground. Floral border, alphabets at top and middle. Verse below within its own floral border. Pastoral scene at bottom. 3 complete alphabets numbers: 1-9 Other stitches: satin stitch

Date: 1800-1835

Maker: Lincoln, Mariah (Embroiderer)

Material: silk (textile), linen (material), cross-stitching, embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 41337

Accession Number: 1969.355

Mourning Picture

Framed watercolor, weeping willows and pine trees surround a footed casket inscribed "Martin Robbins, died Octoer 9, 1792, ae 4 years, 3 months, 3 days".

Maker: Abigail Robbins Miss Rowson's Academy for Young Ladies

Material: watercolors (paintings), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 41338

Accession Number: 1931.1454

Dressing Gown

Exaggerated leg o' mutton sleeves w/ turned-back cuffs lined w/ silk; capelet collar lined w/ silk; drawstring waist at back; 3 silk ribbon ties along front.

Date: 1830-1833

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 41345

Accession Number: 1977.153

Military Coat

Navy blue; single breasted; padded; high standing collar; cut-in tails; straight waistline; sleeves gathered at shoulder; brass buttons; gilt embroidery at collar and cuffs; silk lining; two pockets at side; two tail pockets. Collar lined with velvet.

Date: 1851-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 41347

Accession Number: 1988.153

Women's Cloak

Green velvet embroidered with cream silk french knots arranged into small diamond pattern; double collar; both collars, center front and hem embroidered with french knots in diamond pattern; slits for arm opening; fully lined with white china silk; quilted lining (diamond pattern); green and cream b...

Date: 1840-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 41350

Accession Number: 1930.1238

Women's dress

This cream (discolored); cotton mull dress has a "v" shaped neckline, short sleeves trimmed with lace inserts, shirred shoulders and a shirred bodice front. The bodice has smocking at the waist, and piping at the waist and shoulders. The center front of the waist comes to a sharp point. The skirt i...

Date: 1843-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, whitework

GUSN: 41352

Accession Number: 1955.M4

Dress

Woman's dress made from brown and beige shot taffeta with floral trailing. The bodice is V-shaped, boned, and pointed at center front. Double bell-shaped sleeves with epaulets. Center front panels, epaulets and cuffs trimmed with narrow pink, blue, and white trim. Cartridge pleats around waist. Bodi...

Date: 1850-1852

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, printing (process), silk (textile)

GUSN: 41354

Accession Number: 1928.1117

Wedding Dress

Ivory satin wedding dress with short, puffed sleeves with piped cuff. Van Dyke collar extending off shoulders with scalloped and piped edge, trimmed with lace. Shirred front and back; hook and eye closure. Wide waistband. Bodice lined with linen. Sleeves lined with glazed cotton. Hem is stiffen...

Date: 1831

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material), satin, silk (textile), Valenciennes

GUSN: 41356

Accession Number: 1928.622

Cloak

Red wool unlined round cape with scalloped collar/shoulder capelet and standing band collar. Collars and center front edges trimmed with wide band of linen and silk chenille tape.

Date: 1790-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), silk (fiber), chenille (yarn)

GUSN: 41359

Accession Number: 1988.500

Dress

Two piece dress made from blue and green wool check; A=Bodice shows a standing band collar with black velvet & black ruffle; hook & eye at closure at collar back. Blouson front with placket covering "vest" with hook & eye closure; jabot of black lace. Epaulets and front trimmed with black braid; l...

Date: 1892

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), silk (textile), taffeta, tweed

GUSN: 41370

Accession Number: 1933.2041AB

Wedding Dress

Two piece ivory taffeta wedding gown with broad neckline and short sleeves gathered at armhole; cream silk embroidery on sleeve of shirt. Cutwork embroidery with rest of crinoline insert on sleeves and skirt; floral and floral trail pattern; bodice is boned; sharp point at front and back; laced clos...

Date: 1852

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, stitching, silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 41371

Accession Number: 1928.1127AB

Dress

This dress was constructed in two pieces en suite of yellow and cream striped silk satin. The bodice A shows a scooped neckline with adjustable drawstring; yellow satin bertha collar with lace ruffle; short puffed sleeves with lace oversleeves. It is boned and lined with cotton; applied pleated yel...

Date: 1894-1896

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), buckram, lace (needlework), satin, taffeta

GUSN: 41373

Accession Number: 1942.182AB

Dress - short

White; neckline and capped sleeves embroidered w/ white work w/ scalloped pattern and dots; sleeves, neckline and hem trimmed w/ lace; waistband w/ ties and narrow tucks; narrow tucks at hem; drawstring neckline and waist.

Date: ca. 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 41378

Accession Number: 1928.308

Cape

Black silk satin; shoulder length wih black satin collar and long wide ends; black satin piping along all edges and collar; five black satin rosettes along center front; silk ribbon ties at neck and beneath rosettes; black ribbon tie at center back lining; black taffeta lining.

Date: 1833-1837

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 41379

Accession Number: 1930.1227

Cape

Black ribbed silk shoulder cape; trimmed with knotted fringe of black silk and bands of glazed black embroidered floral sprays with black bead trim; silk; long squared ends; crimped fringe.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 41381

Accession Number: 1962.17

Necktie

Black; wide even shape; pieced at neck; one straight edged tip; one pointed tip.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 41384

Accession Number: 1988.176

Shawl

Sheer white cotton; triangular; embroidered scalloped edge meandering border of drawnwork; 5" inner border of vaguely boteh shaped sprays of leaves; disorganized corner motif; center filled with sprigs 1" apart.

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 41390

Accession Number: 1939.137

Child's Coat

White vertical ribbed piqué cotton coat, with a central front button placket finished with linen tape trim along placket, hem and two pockets. Part of an ensemble with a cape and pants.

Date: ca. 1877

Maker: Chace, Mary E. Canfield (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), piqué

GUSN: 41392

Accession Number: 1930.1000A

Child's Robe

This linen child's robe opens down the front with a round neck, cuffs that turn back and are edged with lace and openwork, and is embellished with whitework embroidery from the neck opening down each front and along the hem. The robe is high-waisted, without any front closures, and has a deep 4/ 5/8...

Date: ca. 1760

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 41393

Accession Number: 1932.268

Dress

Long; white; bodice and hem embroidered with flowers; bodice has central flower with net insert and with flowers of French knots along neckline and short sleeves; embroidered net inserts along center front; hem embroidered with large flowers and bunches of grapes with scalloped pattern; drawstring n...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material), tatting (process)

GUSN: 41394

Accession Number: 1945.6

Child's Dress

Long white; "V" panel bodice with three wide horizontal bands of eyelet; same eyelet on cap sleeves and waistband; pink silk ribbon at waistband; pink ombred and striped silk bows at shoulders; same ombred ribbon used as ties at waist back; band of eyelet embroidery inserted at hem.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 41395

Accession Number: 1988.389

Child's Dress

Long; white; shirred bodice; neckline trimmed w/ scalloped eyelet; capped sleeves embroidered w/ flowers and scalloped edge w/ also pink bows at shoulders; eyelet waistband; drawstring neckline; plain skirt.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, stitching

GUSN: 41396

Accession Number: 1988.388

Petticoat

White; yoke waistband; skirt gathered with darts at waist; fullness and drawstrings toward back; cotton tape drawstring; narrow tucks at hem with pinked edge of rick-rack.

Date: 1870-1889

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 41398

Accession Number: 1988.379

Child's Petticoat

Cream; five buttonholes on waistband; gathered at sides and back fullness; plain.

Date: 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 41399

Accession Number: 1988.384

Dinner plate

Porcelain enameled plate. On a gold ground, green tendrils, butterflies and pink tree peonies in a foliate design with four scrolled reserves of white ground depicting 1) figures gathered around table and 2) birds, butterflies and flowers; central medallion: birds on leafy perch bordered in gold.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, enameling, hand-painted

GUSN: 40861

Accession Number: 1947.800.3

Breakfast cup and saucer

Large earthenware cup [.1] and saucer [.2] with brown transfer-print pattern of arabesques and interlocking scrolls in an overall sunburst design. Quatrefoil-shaped plate and saucer have molded fish-scale decoration.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: W. T. Copeland & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, turning (shaping process), glazing (coating), transfer printing, molding (forming)

GUSN: 40863

Accession Number: 1988.593.1-.2

Coffeepot

Pearlware coffeepot with lid. Enameled landscape scenes adorn the body. Foliate molded spout. Dome shaped lid.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, underglazing

GUSN: 40877

Accession Number: 1988.616AB

Sugar bowl (missing lid)

Earthenware sugar bowl (lid missing) with rectangular body and molded handle. Brown transfer-print pattern depicts giraffes and two men in traditional Muslim dress, including Tarboosh. Palm trees, tents and mountains in the background.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 40878

Accession Number: 1988.594

Painting

Painting of a bluebird and wildflowers, mostly daisies and goldenrod. Oil on panel. Narrow gilt frame.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Josselyn, Edgar Algernon, 1846-1932 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 40879

Accession Number: 1928.1409

Painting

Painting of a bluebird perched on a pussy willow. Oil on panel. Narrow gilt frame.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Josselyn, Edgar Algernon, 1846-1932 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 40880

Accession Number: 1928.1410

Strap Hinge

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 40882

Accession Number: 1986.1871.1

Strap Hinge

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 40883

Accession Number: 1986.1871.2

Strap Hinge

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 40884

Accession Number: 1986.1872.1

Strap Hinge

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 40885

Accession Number: 1986.1872.2

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Favored Scholar

Sculpture of a teacher at desk with a girl standing beside. Behind the desk is a small boy looking on.

Date: 1873

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 40890

Accession Number: 1927.586

Watercolor

Small village in tree filled valley, mountain range in distance.

Date: 1893

Maker: Fenno, Almira T. (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 40899

Accession Number: 1936.116

Painting

Green mountain at upper right, trees and rocks in foreground.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: Gendrot, Almira Torrey Blake Fenno, 1834-1924 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 40900

Accession Number: 1936.1200

Painting

Depicts woman and child in sunlit field with trees on either side, child chasing white bird.

Date: 1891

Maker: Fenno, Almira I. (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 40901

Accession Number: 1936.1201

Architectural Scene

Depicts house with long sloping rear roof, tall chimneys, and palladian windows. Possibly Camden, S.C.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Fenno, Almira I. (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 40902

Accession Number: 1936.1202

Landscape Painting with Mountains

Watercolor painting of a lake and mountains. Stag in foreground beside a tree stump. Pine trees in distance. Bronze painted wood frame. Brown mat with two gold lines around sight edge.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: Williams & Everett (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 40905

Accession Number: 1988.529

View of the Edward Cruft Mansion

Watercolor painting in gray and black of the Edward Cruft Mansion, 5 Pearl Street, Boston, built in 1810. Federal style house with portico entrance. Two chimneys on main house block, third chimney on ell. Wrought iron fence in front. Plain wood frame. Various hand-written and typed notes on back des...

Date: 1855-1875

Maker: Williams & Everett (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 40906

Accession Number: 1934.3077

Watercolor Painting

Watercolor painting of a woman in a pale green dress trimmed with fur holding a small child wearing blue shirt and stockings. Garland of holly and mistletoe in background. Image framed by painted decoration of a flowering branch and a group of putti in the upper left corner. Watercolor framed with a...

Date: 1881

Maker: Sherwood, Rosina Emmet (American painter and illustrator, 1854-1948) (Artist) E. Schoepflin & Co. (Framer)

Material: painting (coating), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 40923

Accession Number: 1923.588

Still Life Painting

Theorem; white, blue, peach flowers and leaves in woven basket

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 40925

Accession Number: 1934.3047

Photograph

View of a small wooden house w/ porch extending across front, garden and decorative wooden fence in foreground; man and woman seated on veranda w/ children playing.

Date: 1855-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 40935

Accession Number: 1972.178

Photograph

View of a small rocky beach on edge of island w/ lighthouse and keeper's house and several male and female figures posed nearby.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 40967

Accession Number: 1972.91

Photograph of the Gold Appleton Plunkett House

View of a large Federal style house with tree lined lawn behind white picket fence in foreground. Plain oak frame.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 (Author) Chase, J. Eastman (Framer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 40969

Accession Number: 1921.5

Photograph

Framed photographic print of a view of an Egyptian temple with columns situated on an outcropping on the bank of a river. Building is flanked by palm trees. Green stained wood frame.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: Possibly C.H. Dunton & Co. (Framer)

Material: gum bichromate process, gelatin silver prints

GUSN: 40987

Accession Number: 1988.611

Photograph Portrait

Oval shoulder length portrait of man with striped bow tie looking to right.

Date: 1865-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 41049

Accession Number: 1978.178

Painting

Fort flying US flag, 3 sailboats in water in foreground.

Date: 1861

Maker: Ide, George D. (Artist)

Material: bristle, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 41059

Accession Number: 1932.2603

Toile Fragment

Printed toile fragment, blue ink on ivory ground. Depicts a harbor scene of men working with barrels, stone buildings, and ships. Original dark wood frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), ink

GUSN: 41060

Accession Number: 1972.577

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