Historic New England

Clapboard

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

Date: 1695

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 285

Accession Number: 1959.145

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

Sheathing

No description

Date: 1720-1730

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), painting (coating), wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 320

Accession Number: 1965.174J

Baseboard

Beaded edge; notch out of one lower corner. White over green over brown paint.

Date: ca. 1728

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 321

Accession Number: 1960.22

Brick

Broken at both ends.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 322

Accession Number: 1959.187

Brick

A: Stretcher B: Complete layer of mortar on one side; much paint on the exposed end; header C: Many layers of paint on face; stretcher.

Date: ca. 1793

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 323

Accession Number: 1961.138A-C

Brick and Clay

Clay adhering.

Date: ca. 1707

Maker: unknown

Material: brick (clay product)

GUSN: 324

Accession Number: 1959.119

Shingle

Slim shingle, somewhat weathered. Tag says "Main house covered by later lean-to."

Date: 17th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood

GUSN: 325

Accession Number: 1917.353

Pediment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 326

Accession Number: 1933.1138

Shingle

Fragment of a shingle. Tag: "12 shingles from west end of Caleb Gardner House, Nantucket"

Date: ca. 1699

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 327

Accession Number: 1918.1081

Brick Wall

A wall of flemish bond; two rows; 9 bricks altogether; mortar is light grey. A: shows bonding; broken in two pieces. B: single brick with mortar attached; one corner broken.

Date: 1795-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 328

Accession Number: 1959.468AB

Lath

Riven; smoothed with a draw knife or plane on two faces; irregular width.

Date: ca. 1740

Maker: unknown

Material: splitting, softwood

GUSN: 329

Accession Number: 1959.140

Summer Beam

No description

Date: ca. 1668

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood

GUSN: 330

Accession Number: 1974.225AB

Muntin

A: traces of red paint B: some olive green paint

Date: 1756

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 227

Accession Number: 1959.168AC

Cornice

Painted white.

Date: ca. 1756

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 228

Accession Number: 1969.247

Trim

Wood molding. No apparent finish; no bevels. Mitered on one end.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 229

Accession Number: 1914.110A

Pipe

Small section of wood pipe from a well pump.

Date: 1734-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 230

Accession Number: 1911.64

Dresser

Dresser in numerous pieces: scalloped board across the top and sides (?); heavy paint, cream on top with accents of turquoise. One piece of board at back is 27" wide. Many hand-wrought nails, some cut also.

Date: ca. 1766

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 231

Accession Number: 1966.494

Mantel

Half-round edge around opening. Pilasters on either side break into molding strip above opening then again at cornice support for mantel shelf. Red paint.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 232

Accession Number: 1929.1717

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