Historic New England

Umbrella

Green cotton cover with white and red stripe woven at bottom; wood shaft and ribs; pointed brass ferrule and rib tips; long brass slider with engraved rings; carved bone, brass and wood handle; brass ring closure on coton tie.

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), brass (alloy), carving (processes), cotton (textile), engraving (printing process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 49787

Accession Number: 1980.166

Chemise

White linen; plain; square neckline with drawstring at left; short, puffed sleeve with ruffled cuff.

Date: 1827-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 49788

Accession Number: 1980.167

Child's Dress

Silver-green child's dress; boned "V" front with beige upholstery trim-trim also on long pleated sleeves; bodice lined with glazed cotton; hood and eye closure at back and wrist; hem lined with brown cotton

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: satin, cotton (textile), hand sewing

GUSN: 49789

Accession Number: 1980.168

Photograph Portrait

Three quarter length standing portrait of a woman with a large dark hat and dress holding a white parasol.

Date: 1885-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 49790

Accession Number: 1980.169

Document

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49791

Accession Number: 1980.170

Invitation

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49792

Accession Number: 1980.171

Purse

Brown knit purse with silver-colored beading, rings, and tassels on one end.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49793

Accession Number: 1980.172

Bed Covering

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 49795

Accession Number: 1980.174

Coffeepot

Circular base supporting urn-shaped body.

Date: 1808-1842

Maker: Fletcher & Gardiner (Silversmith) Wilson, Robert & William (Silversmith) Thomson, P. (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal), plate (material)

GUSN: 49796

Accession Number: 1980.175.1

Brussels rug

Rectangular, pieced wool Brussels; dark "oriental" style; rectangular center panel with white, brown and black floral designs. Four banded border of floral designs in earth tones.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), weft loop weave, weaving, machine-made, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 49797

Accession Number: 1980.177

Carpet fragment

No description

Date: 1876-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), pile (textile component), jacquard, weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 49798

Accession Number: 1980.178

Shawl

Cream ground; blue border with irregular inner edge; inner border with floral and branch motifs in blue, brown and green; center has green and brown 3" stylized motifs; tied-on sparse silk thread fringe; "square"

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 49799

Accession Number: 1980.179

Coverlet

Blue, gold and tan wool with natural cotton; reversible; overall geometric gridwork pattern of bars and small blocks. All edges hemmed; sides and bottom with fringe.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, weaving, piecing, textiles, wool (textile)

GUSN: 49800

Accession Number: 1980.180

Bodice and belt

A=Bodice; B=Belt. Bodice (A) of pale green silk crepe; standing collar; filet crochet yoke; long sleeves full to elbow, fitted below. Blouson front; trimmed w/ narrow band of ruching around yoke; mid-bust, sleeves & cuffs in greek key; boned; hook & eye & snap closure; white cotton lining. Matchi...

Date: ca. 1905

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), crepe (textile), stitching, machine-made, silk (textile)

GUSN: 49801

Accession Number: 1980.186AB

Dress

Three-piece dress with bodice(a), skirt (b), and petticoat (c). Dark green and light green printed silk with vermicelli pattern with white crescents. Bodice (a) has a standing band collar; yoke and center front insert of lace with applique of crescent with pink moon/sun/star? echoing motif of fabric...

Date: ca. 1906

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), cotton (textile), stitching, machine-made, appliqué (technique)

GUSN: 49802

Accession Number: 1980.187A-C

Cloth fragment

L-shaped, selvage to selvage; cut-out glazed polychromatic printed cotton; repeating columns, daisy-like flowers; thorn-like lattice. Birds perched on lattice. Heavily glazed; tightly and fine woven cotton.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), chintz, cotton (textile), glazing (coating), textiles, tin (metal)

GUSN: 49803

Accession Number: 1980.188

Wallpaper

Wallpaper (A) and border (B) fragments from the hall of the Lakeman Johnson House, circa 1840. Wallpaper (A) is a landscape scenary paper with harbor scene and irise sky framed by Gothic cartouches entwined with red roses and blue morning glories, printed on white polished ground. Straight repeat. ...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 49804

Accession Number: 1980.201AB

Handkerchief

White handkerchief with rounded lace edges.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49806

Accession Number: 1981.209

Flatware Case

Flatware case with inlay and metal hardware.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49808

Accession Number: 1980.216.1

Flatware Case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49809

Accession Number: 1980.216.2

Tilt-top Table

Tilt-top table. Mahogany, maple cleats. Large oval top, urn-turned baluster pedestal; tripod base. Rests on brass feet and casters.

Date: 1825-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 49810

Accession Number: 1980.217

Landscape Photograph

Photograph, angled view of front and side of Lyman House with two men and a woman standing on front steps and gravel drive curving among trees into distance.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 49811

Accession Number: 1980.218

Photographic Print

Side view of the Vale (Lyman Estate) showing long expanse of porch and garden and drive at right.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: Possibly A. A. Childs & Co. (Framer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 49812

Accession Number: 1980.219

Spinning Wheel

This flax wheel is composed of oak and maple, with turned legs, spokes and finials, with a riven oak bench and wheel rim. The end of the bench is stamped with a maker's mark (see Inscriptions). The wheel is not complete; it is missing a treadle and is dis-assembled.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: Adams, Samuel (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material), oak (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 49815

Accession Number: 1980.223B

Table Scarf

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49816

Accession Number: 1980.228

Alphabet Sampler

"Boston Band" style sampler worked in silk on linen. This polychromatic sampler is a long rectancle with alphabetic lines separated by bands of decorative embroidery on the upper portion. Beneath these is a scene with a central leafy tree flanked by flower-filled baskets, birds and the inscription (...

Date: 1737

Maker: Hill, Sarah, 1725- (Embroiderer)

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

GUSN: 49937

Accession Number: 1981.10

Alphabet Sampler

Alphabet Sampler. Vertical rectangle, cream colored linen ground. Rows of alphabets alternated with rows of decorative needlework-hearts and undulating wave. Polychromatic. Alphabets: #1-complete; #2-"A-T"; #3-"A-V", missing "J" Numbers: "1-10"; cross stitch, satin stitch

Date: 1838

Maker: Steven, Elizabeth (Embroiderer)

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

GUSN: 49938

Accession Number: 1981.11

Shoe

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49939

Accession Number: 1981.13

Dessert Service

Gilt gold banded edge; border of gilt vermicule on pink ground; central image of elephant's head with snake entwined around trunk with green-gilt decoration (Appleton family crest). Urn-shaped on square base.

Date: 1804-1813

Maker: Barr Flight & Barr (Maker)

Material: gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 49940

Accession Number: 1981.15.1AB

Chair

Side chair. One of a set of six. Mahogany with maple loose seat frame. Pierced splat serpentine crest with molded ears. One-piece splat shoe and seat rails. Slip rush seat. Chamfered stretchers. Rests on Marlborough legs.

Date: 1760-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), rush (material), Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 49941

Accession Number: 1981.17

Portrait of Martha Mehitabel Bennett Stimson

Half-length portrait of a woman with lacy bonnet sitting in a red upholstered chair.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: Harding, Chester, 1792-1866 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 49942

Accession Number: 1981.42.1

Portrait of Mr. Stimson

Portrait of a man with gray hair, seated in a red upholstered chair.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: Harding, Chester, 1792-1866 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 49943

Accession Number: 1981.42.2

Mirror

Empire-style mahogany overmantel mirror.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49944

Accession Number: 1981.44

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Vertical rectangle, cream colored linen ground. Alphabets in top half, verse in bottom. Monochromatic-green and white. Geometric border. Alphabets: #1 missing "J"; #2 "A-G"; #3 complete; #4 "A-F,I"; #5 "A-X"; cross stitch, eyelet hole; framed, under glass.

Date: 1819

Maker: Stimson, Deborah Thaxter, 1812- (Embroiderer)

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

GUSN: 49945

Accession Number: 1981.47

Mirror

Gilt framed Federal-style mirror. Rectangular molded frame enclosing a rectangular glass with a set-in gilt wooden panel above. Decorated with an applied relieve carving of a compote with fruit (raspberries). Whole flanked by rope turned 3/4 split columns that terminate in upper and lower plinths. T...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49946

Accession Number: 1981.49

Mirror

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49947

Accession Number: 1981.54

Vase

Amythest-tinted blown glass vase with trumpet form terminating in a folded-over circular lip. Body surmounts applied short, bulbuous baluster stem on wide flat circular foot with polished pontil.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 49948

Accession Number: 1981.59

Comfort bag

Brown, yellow, and green plaid cotton square with two hemmed and two selveged edges. Traditionally from a comfort bag distributed by Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis II (Eliza Henderson Boardman Otis) to Union Soldiers during the Civil War to be used as a bandage if injured.

Date: ca. 1863

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 49949

Accession Number: 1981.62

Snuff Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 49950

Accession Number: 1981.66

Slate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 49951

Accession Number: 1981.75

Whole Cloth Quilt

Green, wool spread quilted in three-line diamond; "pumpkin seed", "flower" or "snowball" motifs within each diamond. Stitched line border.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tabby (textile), quilting, wool (textile)

GUSN: 49952

Accession Number: 1981.76A

Bedding Fragment

Panel, seamed; even light blue and white linen check of 1" square plain weave.

Date: 1770-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, hand weaving, linen (material), piecing, tabby (textile), textiles

GUSN: 49953

Accession Number: 1981.77.1

Quilt

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 49954

Accession Number: 1981.79

PETTICOAT

White cotton; self waistband w/ tape ties at back; placket bound w/ twill tape; hem embroidered in white w/ floral & geometric patterns; 3 ruffles above hem; white cord applied at top of each ruffle.

Date: 1820-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, stitching, machine-made

GUSN: 49955

Accession Number: 1981.80

Tablecloth

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 49956

Accession Number: 1981.81

Photograph

Three-quarter length seated portrait of three young women w/ hands folded at their waists looking straight ahead.

Date: 1855-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: tinting, tintypes (prints)

GUSN: 49957

Accession Number: 1981.83

Wallpaper

Unused sample from end of roll of floral damask. Undulating "ribbons" entwined by berried vine and framing flower vase with stylized tulips and foliate sprouting from center. Printed in two shades of pink on dark pink ground. Embossed.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: Jeffrey & Co. (Maker)

Material: block printing (relief printing process), floral patterns, flowers (plants), paper (fiber product), machine-made, embossing, tulipwood (Brazilian, wood)

GUSN: 49958

Accession Number: 1981.103