Historic New England

Apron

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49528

Accession Number: 1977.577

Dress

Blue and white checked; lace collar; epaulets w/ 4 pearl buttons; pearl buttons along center front placket; hook and eye closures missing; hem and placket edged w/ cotton tape.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 49529

Accession Number: 1977.578

Moccasins

Tan leather w/ vamp of beadwork in bands of blues, yellow w/ red flower; brown velvet cut w/ red trim; cambric lining.

Date: 1880-1889

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), cotton (textile), stitching, leather

GUSN: 49530

Accession Number: 1977.579AB

Purse

Black velvet purse with bright blue beading and blue tassels with black silk top.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49531

Accession Number: 1977.581

Textile Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49532

Accession Number: 1977.582

Table throw

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, weaving, machine-made, textiles

GUSN: 49533

Accession Number: 1977.583.1

Napkin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), cross-stitching, fringe, linen (material), weaving, textiles

GUSN: 49534

Accession Number: 1977.584.1

Pair of shoes

White shaped silk brocaded with sparse floral sprays; low 1" white kid covered heel.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brocade (textile), leather, silk (textile)

GUSN: 49536

Accession Number: 1977.591.1-.2

Mattress Cover

No description

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, hand weaving, linen (material), weaving, machine-made, piecing, tabby (textile), ticking, textiles

GUSN: 49537

Accession Number: 1977.592

Hawaiian Verse Sampler

Alphabet Sampler. Horizontal rectangle, cream colored linen ground. Two Hawaiian alphabets. Polychromatic. Alphabets: Two Hawaiian Alphabets: "AEIOUHKLMNPW"; cross stitch, satin stitch.

Date: 1844

Maker: [name unknown], Loka (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 49538

Accession Number: 1977.593

Hawaiian Verse Sampler

Square sampler worked in cross-stitch in red, green and purple silk on a bast fiber ground with two Hawaiian alphabets and an inscription.

Date: 1844

Maker: [name unknown], Hannah (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 49539

Accession Number: 1977.594

Slippers

Tan leather slipper with pointed and curved toe; embroidered at toe with silver thread, blue and pink silk pom-poms and spangles. Lined with pink wool; brown leather sole; no heel.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, silk (fiber), wool (textile), metal

GUSN: 49541

Accession Number: 1977.596AB

Painted white wooden sticks and guards with gilt design; thin paper leaf painted with seascape and green swags at bottom, and architectural design with peach and green flower design along top; metal handle (very thin).

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 49542

Accession Number: 1977.599

Folding Fan

Painted and shaped bamboo sticks and guards; paper leaf painted with whooping cranes in rushes, moutains behind, pink sky; chrysanthemums in corners over gilt; metal handle with tan cotton cord.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), painting (coating), paper (fiber product), rush (material)

GUSN: 49543

Accession Number: 1977.600

Folding Fan

Narrow painted bamboo sticks with brown, blue and gilt; one guard painted and set with mother pearl; paper leaf painted in brown with promenade scene with figures in 18th C. western dress; sedan chair; metal handle.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), inlay (process), mother of pearl, painting (coating), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 49544

Accession Number: 1977.601

Folding Fan

White painted bamboo sticks and guards with designs painted in silver and gold; very thin paper leaf painted with scene of pagodas and birds in blossiming cherry tree; very thin metal handle with white silk cord.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), painting (coating), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 49545

Accession Number: 1977.602

Folding Fan

Narrow ivory sticks painted with brown, red and blue flowers; guards carved, pierced and painted with bird and flowers; paper or kid leaf painted with scene of three figures with black birds; Chinese style; enclosed by pink and blue flowers on brown ground; reverse painted with figure in pink and ye...

Date: 1760-1769

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), kidskin, painting (coating), piercing

GUSN: 49546

Accession Number: 1977.603

Quilt

T-shaped, body divided by five columns of diamonds (four blocks of four pieces) of pieced calicos; divided by zig-zag striped brown and white borders. Edges bound in calico. Overall quilting in chevron pattern; overall color predominately browns.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: Tinkham, Mary E. Luscombe (Maker)

Material: chintz, cotton (textile), linen (material), piecing, quilting

GUSN: 49547

Accession Number: 1977.604

Portrait of Ella Lowell Lyman Lee (b. 1889)

Portrait of Ella Lowell Lyman Lee as an older woman with gray hair; Sitter is wearing a black dress with a square neckline and sheer sleeves; Strand of small white pearls around her neck; Gilt frame

Date: 1954

Maker: Gammell, R. H. Ives (American painter, 1893-1981) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 49550

Accession Number: 1978.3

Fancy Chair

Side chair with balloon back with volutes and a scrolled slat. Cane seat. Turned and splayed legs. Painted cream with gold striping and floral designs over a black base layer. Embroidered needlepoint seat cushion with floral designs.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: Lyman, Sally (Otis), 1825-1894 (Embroiderer)

Material: wood (plant material), caning, needlepoint (needleworking), painting (coating), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 49551

Accession Number: 1978.12

Sewing Table

Thin, tapered legs; stretcher; work basket; top rests open on slides; pin cushion hinged inside.

Date: 1890-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: inlay (process), mahogany (wood), oak (wood), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 49553

Accession Number: 1978.16

Chest of Drawers

Green painted pine chest of drawers with a shaped skirt; four drawers with locks; two drawer boxes; oval mirror in stand; applied split spindles; scroll painting on drawers.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 49556

Accession Number: 1978.21.4A

Chair

Spindle back; serpentine crest; caned seat; green with gold lines

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: Heywood Chair Mfg. Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 49558

Accession Number: 1978.21.5

Pitcher

Molded earthenware pitcher with blue transfer-print pattern "Priory." Flower and scroll border encircles rim and frames landscape scene on body. Scene is of a Gothic castle or priory with two figures in the foreground, one fishing.

Date: 1845-1862

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, molding (forming), ceramic glaze

GUSN: 49559

Accession Number: 1978.27.1

Winged Nike of Samothrace Sculpture

Plaster copy of the Winged Nike of Samothrace.

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 49560

Accession Number: 1978.28

Toile Fragment

Cotton toile fragment. Red and white views of peoples and environments of four continents.

Date: 1780-1795

Maker: After Huet, Jean Baptiste (Designer)

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), toile (textile material)

GUSN: 48707

Accession Number: 1972.7

Toile Fragment

Rectangular, blue on blue roller print cloth fragment. Depicts William Henry Harrison's campaign image - a log cabin and a barrell of hard cider. Large scale floral bunches and a portrait of Harrison within a wreath.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: chintz, cotton (textile), glazing (coating), printing (process), rolling up, textiles, tin (metal)

GUSN: 48708

Accession Number: 1972.8

Bed flounce, skirt or dust ruffle

Long, rectangular; repeating scenes of Gen. Zachary Taylor astride horse directing American soldiers at battle of Palo Alto, Mexico. Floral wreath-like surrounds; green/drab ground. Narrow hemmed bottom; narrow casing at top; drawstring; very gathered.

Date: 1848-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), glazing (coating)

GUSN: 48709

Accession Number: 1972.9

Bed Curtain Fragment

Rectangular; brown and white copperplate with repeated scene of British assault on walled city; British warships in river. In center foreground mounted officers face viewer; point sword toward action. Hemmed bottom; selvage sides; cut top.

Date: 1755-1765

Maker: unknown

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), toile (textile material), textiles, copper (metal)

GUSN: 48710

Accession Number: 1972.10

Dress

Long; white; neckline and yoke, cuffs and hem trimmed with tatting; dress gathered at yoke; long sleeves; three bands of narrow tucks at hem; drawstring closure at neckline.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, tatting (process)

GUSN: 48711

Accession Number: 1972.11

Finial

Broken wood dowel in base.

Date: 1838

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 48712

Accession Number: 1972.12

Pitcher

Blue and white sponged glaze over tall pitcher with slightly tapering body; diamond-and-flower pattern in relief.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), sponging, stoneware (pottery), tin (metal)

GUSN: 48713

Accession Number: 1972.17

Pitcher

Yellow-white glaze over tall pitcher w/ slightly tapering body; diamond-and-flower pattern (partially picked out in blue glaze) in relief.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery), tin (metal)

GUSN: 48714

Accession Number: 1972.18

Teapot

Blue transfer-printed earthenware teapot. Oval finial. Floral accents on handle, spout, and finial. Diamond lattice band surrounds the cover and rim. Nature scene adorns the body.

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: Booth's Ltd. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 48715

Accession Number: 1972.19AB

Needlework Picture

Oval, silk mourning picture. Two women on either side of a memorial with an urn on top. Large tree at right, several small trees and buildings at left. Weeping willow behind memorial. Sky, heads and arms are painted. stitches: satin stitch, french knot

Date: 1804

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, painting (coating), silk (textile)

GUSN: 48717

Accession Number: 1972.22

Thermometer

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 48718

Accession Number: 1972.25

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse sampler with bands of decorative needlework depicting an undulating wave, geometric and floral patterns. Alphabets: #1 missing "J"; #2 missing "J" and "U". Numbers: "1-8". Stitches used: satin stitch. Plain wood frame.

Date: 1770

Maker: Phillips, Hannah, 1757- (Embroiderer) J. F. Cabot & Brother (Framer)

Material: linen (material), silk (fiber), cross-stitching, embroidering

GUSN: 48719

Accession Number: 1972.28

Tray

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 48720

Accession Number: 1972.90A

Tray

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 48721

Accession Number: 1972.90B

Tray

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 48722

Accession Number: 1972.90C

Carpet fragment

Two square fragments of carpet in two frames hinged together. Frames backed with Gothic-style wallpapers. These were probably samples.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 48724

Accession Number: 1972.104

Fireboard

Fireboard covered with wallpaper depicting an outdoor scene of three early-nineteenth-century children (two boys and one girl) dressing a dog in bonnet and shawl. Attached border (1972.105b)

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 48725

Accession Number: 1972.105

Fireboard

Fireboard with wallpaper. Scene depicting two children playing outside with pet rabbits. Grays on blue ground. Attached border (1972.106b).

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 48726

Accession Number: 1972.106

Fireboard

Wallpaper from a fireboard, applied to canvas and stretched on a wooden frame. Paper depicts Napoleon on a white horse leading his army into war. Border is double wide with alternating Greek key and vine in yellow and red.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, paper (fiber product), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 48727

Accession Number: 1972.107

Painting

Bust-length, woman wearing turban style hat.

Date: 1889

Maker: Kimberly (Artist)

Material: charcoal (plant material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 48728

Accession Number: 1972.122

Nautical Scene

Nautical scene with three-masted ship at center, house at left. Two figures center. Said to be the Battle of Louisburg (which took place in 1758 on the coast of Nova Scotia, as part of teh Seven Years' War).

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 48729

Accession Number: 1972.123

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 48730

Accession Number: 1972.125

Crib Blanket

Rectangular panel of plain weave satinet (wool and cotton blend) of uneven two-tone blue stripes on an off-white ground; edges bound in a blue twill tape.

Date: 1780-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile), hand weaving, tabby (textile), twill, tape (materials)

GUSN: 48731

Accession Number: 1972.126

Crib Blanket

Rectangular panel of linsey-woolsey (linen and wool blend), plain weave woven in repeating uneven stripes of blue, gold and tan on natural ground; edges bound in a brown and white geometric calico.

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: calico, cotton (textile), hand weaving, linsey-woolsey

GUSN: 48732

Accession Number: 1972.127

Tablecloth

Rectangular, off white satin damask weave linen cloth woven in an overshot-like pattern of blocks and crosses; repeating swag side borders. Applied linen crochet lace. 1" wide around edges.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: crocheting, damask, hand weaving, lace (needlework), linen (material), textiles

GUSN: 48733

Accession Number: 1972.128

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