Historic New England

Shirt

White cotton infant shirt with lace trimmed sleeves.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 50447

Accession Number: 1985.475

Nightgown

Baby night shirt with cap sleeves edged in lace and with small embroidery. Visible repairs.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 50448

Accession Number: 1985.476

Yoke

Elaborate white linen yoke / collar with embroidered scalloped edge and detailed white work flora throughout.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 50450

Accession Number: 1985.478

Handkerchief

White linen handerchief with bound, scalloped edges, looping line ebroidery along border, ebroidered flowers in each corner.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 50451

Accession Number: 1985.479

Front

White cotton mull collar or dickie with five pleates on either side of six button closure and embroidered whitework leaves.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering

GUSN: 50452

Accession Number: 1985.480

Lavender taffeta (faded in front) self-ruching around top; laced center front and back closure (bronze silk lacing at front; missing other lacing); boned darts & seams. Sharply pointed; lined with white glazed linen; top hem backed with velvet.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material), machine-made, silk (textile)

GUSN: 50453

Accession Number: 1985.482

Cap

White cotton mull baby or child's cap with bound scalloped edges witha embroidered circle at each scallop. Cap is adorned with whitework embroidered tulips. Long cotton mull ties.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 50455

Accession Number: 1985.484

Pincushion

Octangonal pincushion made of white silk with cord trim and tassels; top has painted leaves that frame the inscription: "With/devout wishes/for the consumation/of thine"; beaded initials "L.C." and "T.M.(?)"; back has painted floral decoration around border.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 50456

Accession Number: 1985.485

Pincushion

Pincushion made of white cotton mull; ruffled border; top embroidered with yellow wool thread.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 50457

Accession Number: 1985.486

Nightgown

Infant nightshirt with short collar, long sleeves, ruffled cuff, and button hole.

Date: 1776-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 50458

Accession Number: 1985.487

Shirt

Long sleeve infant shirt with drawstring ties at the cuffs.

Date: 1776-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 50459

Accession Number: 1985.488

Side Chair

Fancy side chair with mahogany grain-painting and a rush seat.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, pine (wood), rush (material)

GUSN: 50523

Accession Number: 1985.712.1

Gate-leg Table

Dining table. Drop leaf form. Mahogany. Rectangular top with two rectangular drop-leaves and two square corners. Rectangular apron with four turned, spiral and leaf-carved legs; two swing legs. Rests on casters.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), mahogany (wood), maple (wood), Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 50524

Accession Number: 1985.713

Windsor Rocking Chair

Rocking chair. Windsor form. Pine, walnut arms. Yoke crest with stencilled fruit basket; seven-spindle back; shaped seat; scroll arms; turned front legs and stretcher; rockers appear original.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 50525

Accession Number: 1985.714

Desk

Four graduated drawers, bracket feet and central drop, Five desk drawers beneath pigeonholes.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 50530

Accession Number: 1985.716

Chest of Drawers

Chest of drawers. Ash. Bow-front facade with four drawers with string inlay and cock beading; bail handles; inlaid on case; applied beading. Rests on French feet.

Date: 1795-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: inlay (process), mahogany (wood), veneer, Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 50532

Accession Number: 1985.718

Chair

Side chair. Mahogany. Serpentine crest; ears of crest have beaded edges; slightly shaped stiles chamfered on rear edges; vasiform splat with stepped shoe; H-stretchers; turned rear stretcher. Rests on beaded square legs,

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 50533

Accession Number: 1985.720

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet and numbers/verse sampler; squarish, natural linen ground; silk or cotton thread; cross stitch, rococo, satin, fern stitch, stem, outline, lang and short satin stitch, whip stitch; alphabets at top; verse at bottom with two columns on either side; floral arc above and flowers and trees belo...

Date: 1818

Maker: Washburn, Amelia, 1807- (Embroiderer)

Material: silk (textile), cotton (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 50534

Accession Number: 1985.721

Chest of Drawers

Chest of drawers. Five graduated drawers. Rests on bracket feet.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 50535

Accession Number: 1985.723

Windsor Chair

Bow back, carved knuckles on arms, shallow seat, well-turned legs.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: Tracy, Ebenezer (Furniture worker) Tracy, Elijah (Maker)

Material: ash (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 50536

Accession Number: 1985.725

Chair

Side or reception chair. Fancy painted, stenciled, and grained. Wood, gold and black paint, rush seat. Splat consists of a rail in the form of two cornucopiae rich graining; scrolled crest with stenciled vegetal and floral decoration.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, rush (material), stenciling, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 50537

Accession Number: 1985.726.1

Mirror

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 50538

Accession Number: 1985.727

Gathering Basket

Wood splint gathering basket. Checker pattern weave with carved wood handle. Rim is reinforced with interior and exterior carved wood hoops bound to basket body with single binder splint.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), weaving, carving (processes)

GUSN: 50539

Accession Number: 1985.729

Flip Glass with lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 50540

Accession Number: 1985.730AB

Cup Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 50542

Accession Number: 1985.731.1

Cup Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 50543

Accession Number: 1985.731.2

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 50544

Accession Number: 1985.733

Vase

Clear glass vase with gold luster abstract bubble/splattered pattern. Wide circular mouth.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 50545

Accession Number: 1985.734

Vase

Glass vase with a squat body and flat shoulders with a small mouth. Gold luster decoration in a splattered pattern.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 50546

Accession Number: 1985.735

Teacup

Blue transfer-printed earthenware teacup. Interior floral border with alternating landscape medallions. Exterior alternating medallions depicting landscapes and floral sprays. Gold gild accents around the rim and on the handle.

Date: 1885-1905

Maker: William Ridgway, Son & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 50547

Accession Number: 1985.736.1

Teapot

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50548

Accession Number: 1985.737.1

Cup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50549

Accession Number: 1985.737.10

Cup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50550

Accession Number: 1985.737.11

Cup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50551

Accession Number: 1985.737.12

Cup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50552

Accession Number: 1985.737.13

Cup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50553

Accession Number: 1985.737.14

Cup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50554

Accession Number: 1985.737.15

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50555

Accession Number: 1985.737.16

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50556

Accession Number: 1985.737.17

Sugar Bowl with lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50557

Accession Number: 1985.737.2

Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50558

Accession Number: 1985.737.3

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50559

Accession Number: 1985.737.4

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50560

Accession Number: 1985.737.5

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50561

Accession Number: 1985.737.6

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50562

Accession Number: 1985.737.7

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50563

Accession Number: 1985.737.8

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50564

Accession Number: 1985.737.9

Platter

A blue transfer printed pearlware footed platter with grooves and a well. The center is adorned by a floral medallion surrounded by an inner floral border superimposed on a rounded diaper pattern and an outer foliate border.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 50565

Accession Number: 1985.738.1

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50566

Accession Number: 1985.738.30

Bed

Empire Bedstead, mahogany

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 50567

Accession Number: 1985.743A

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