Historic New England

Clapboard

Cut nails; hardwood; angled at each end.

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 1896

Accession Number: 1959.136

CLAPBOARD

Bevelled top; sawn, butt edges; painted white; nails holes along bottom edge and through exposed portion of old weathered face.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 1897

Accession Number: 1959.141

CLAPBOARD

Clapboard piece, probably oak; very heavy paint, white then green.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), painting (coating)

GUSN: 1898

Accession Number: 1959.155

WEATHERBOARDING

Two edges beveled. Exposed surface quite weathered. No paint.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, hardwood

GUSN: 1899

Accession Number: 1959.156

Clapboard

Feathered top and edges; painted grey.

Date: 1794

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 1900

Accession Number: 1959.281A

Clapboard

Six fragments of clapboards with scived ends. Well-worn white paint.

Date: 1762

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 1901

Accession Number: 1959.285A-E

CLAPBOARD

Red paint on the weathered portion.

Date: 1675-1700

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 1902

Accession Number: 1969.248

LATH

Lath with scived end.

Maker: unknown

Material: Port Orford cedar (wood)

GUSN: 1903

Accession Number: 1959.165

LATH

Very thick lath, front and back sawn, edges riven; perhaps a sheathing board reused.

Date: ca. 1725

Maker: unknown

Material: splitting, sawing, softwood

GUSN: 1904

Accession Number: 1959.471

LATH

Riven lath with two cut nails.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, splitting

GUSN: 1905

Accession Number: 1960.42AB

PLANK WALL

Short length shown roughened face for possibly direct application of plaster.

Date: ca. 1660

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 1906

Accession Number: 1963.6B

LATH

No description

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: splitting, chestnut (wood)

GUSN: 1907

Accession Number: 1969.249

LATH

Two hand-wrought nails in lath.

Date: 1675-1700

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 1908

Accession Number: 1969.257

Two right-angled, panelled pilasters with fully molded cornices and bases, one pilaster split into two pieces. One piece of simple molding also labelled 1912.83; may be a piece of cornice from above the arch.

Date: ca. 1774

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 1909

Accession Number: 1912.83

TRIM

Arched piece, probably from hall window. Angled ends, painted on top of arch. See photo.

Date: 1774

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 1910

Accession Number: 1912.149i

KEYBLOCK

Keyblock with slightly raised black lettering that says "No.2"; lower edge is mitered.

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), mitering, painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 1912

Accession Number: 1933.679

CALL BELL

A system of call bells for 16 different locations. Sixteen bells on flexible handles attached to springs and wires with a metal number attached beneath. The wire when pulled rings a particular bell.

Date: 1795-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, softwood, wire

GUSN: 1913

Accession Number: 1925.724

COATRACK

Board with 4 pegs; unpainted front. Pegs possibly hardwood.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, softwood

GUSN: 1914

Accession Number: 1937.229

COLUMN BASE

White paint.

Date: ca. 1793

Maker: McIntire, Samuel, 1757-1811 (Architect)

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 1915

Accession Number: 1968.135

PILASTER BASE

Doric pilaster fragment consisting of three sides of the pilaster and bolt in center, back; some paint evidence.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 1916

Accession Number: 1987.52.2

TRIM

Cornice fragment? Painted cream.

Date: ca. 1774

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 1917

Accession Number: 1912.149C

Cornice

No description

Date: ca. 1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 1918

Accession Number: 1926.865.1

SHEATHING

Yellow paint on face; broken rabbet on edge opposite shadow molding.

Date: 1600-1733

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, painting (coating)

GUSN: 1919

Accession Number: 1960.43

PANEL

Raised field panel, featheredged on both sides, perhaps from a door; one side is light grey paint over white and the other is grey.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 1920

Accession Number: 1959.147

TRIM

Pilaster capitol, right side hall window. White (?) over green paint. Broken along bottom. Tripartite molding.

Date: ca. 1774

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 1921

Accession Number: 1912.149B

DOOR

Two panels on one side and vertical boards one the other; featheredge (1 1/2") and quarter round molded grooves; two large HL hinges with foliated ends; cream paint on interior and brown on the exterior.

Date: 1725-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), paneling, softwood

GUSN: 1922

Accession Number: 1920.823

Door

Two panel door; one side has raised field panels with featheredge and quarter round molded grooves; the other side has flat panels; two H hinges with foliated ends; Top panel has slots.

Date: 1720-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), paneling, softwood

GUSN: 1923

Accession Number: 1920.824

Door

Two panel; H hinges with foliated ends; grained on both sides.

Date: 1720-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, paneling, softwood

GUSN: 1924

Accession Number: 1920.826

Door

Six panel door, raised field both sides; quarter round molded grooves; H hinges.

Date: 1720-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), paneling, softwood

GUSN: 1925

Accession Number: 1920.828

Door

Lower half has two raised field, featheredge panels; top half panels have apparently been removed and a frame with 9 lights has been inserted, possibly in the Federal period (judging by the muntin profile); HL hinges.

Date: 1725-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paneling, softwood

GUSN: 1926

Accession Number: 1920.829

Cupboard Door

Tall cupbaord door, 3 panels; H hinges with foliated ends.

Date: 1720-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: paneling, softwood

GUSN: 1927

Accession Number: 1920.830

Cupboard Door

3-panel door; raised field panels have unusual quirked molding along edges; blue paint.

Date: 1790-1796

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 1928

Accession Number: 1926.864B

SASH, WINDOW

A leaded glass window set in a frame of modern construction (smooth frame, unweathered and put together with wire nails); one row of square panes and another of rectangular; leading is executed in 17th century manner.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 1929

Accession Number: 1924.555

Sash, Window

12 bull's eye (square) lights; wide muntins; painted balck on exterior.

Date: 1650-1700

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 1930

Accession Number: 1922.1086

Door

2-panel door; H hinges with foliated ends; wrought latch.

Date: 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), paneling, softwood

GUSN: 1931

Accession Number: 1920.825

Door

Six panels; recessed with applied moldings on one side and fielded panels on the other; grey/white paint.

Date: 1790-1815

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 1932

Accession Number: 1929.1848

Dado Cap

Trim, one end mitered and the other sawn with a notch of some sort; rabbet along one long edge and 5 cut nail holes.

Date: ca. 1846

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), varnishing, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 1934

Accession Number: 1959.107

Trim

Two small pieces of trim with one edge beveled.

Date: ca. 1891

Maker: Irving & Casson (Maker)

Material: beveling, oak (wood)

GUSN: 1936

Accession Number: 1973.75BC

Door Enframement

A door enframement with central recessed panels carved to depict a spiraling acanthus leaf around a central shaft. The side pieces have a plain plinth.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 1937

Accession Number: 1918.90.2-6

Architrave

Door casing with arched head, floral carving in the spandrels, polygonal pilasters. Berge - yellow highlighted with gold paint.

Date: ca. 1846

Maker: Davis, Alexander Jackson, Mr. (Architect)

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

GUSN: 1938

Accession Number: 1959.116B-E

Cornice

White; dentils; arched, unpainted section in center with brackets where window surround fitted over it; 2 iron brackets on either side of this section (purpose unknown).

Date: ca. 1774

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 1939

Accession Number: 1912.175

PANEL

Panel from the reveal of the window; painted; three fielded sections. One panel with sliding latch.

Date: ca. 1774

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 1940

Accession Number: 1912.149J-K

SHELF

Tapered edges; unfinished surface.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 1941

Accession Number: 1959.152

Door

2 raised field panels and 2 H-hinges.

Date: 1720-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: paneling, softwood

GUSN: 1942

Accession Number: 1920.827

Brick

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 1943

Accession Number: 1918.269

Brick

No description

Date: 1650-1700

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 1944

Accession Number: 1918.1031

Brick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 1945

Accession Number: 1921.138

Framing Member

Two small holes centrally, possibly for a casement window catch; outer edge is rabbeted.

Date: 1681

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 1554

Accession Number: 1986.1770

Plate

Scarf joint in a portion of a plate timber, splayed slot at each end for joists; three mortises for studs; carpenter's markings "II" and "III"

Date: ca. 1774

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 1555

Accession Number: 1912.209

RUSTICATION

Rusticated board with brown sand painting on it; bottom and top edges are bevelled so as to continue the rustication.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 1556

Accession Number: 1969.258

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