Historic New England

Chest

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 47221

Accession Number: 1965.195

Constructed from marbelized paper sides and a painted velvet lid, this octagonal box once held the watch chain 1965.197C. The top and bottom of the box are crimped with embossed gold-colored metal strips. The lid is faded, green/brown velvet with a stenciled design of two rose blossoms surrounded by...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47222

Accession Number: 1965.197AB

Sunbonnet

Brown and cream cotton plaid print (printed to imitate [ ] print); self ruffle; brim has horizontal boning; long neck ruffle; drawstring missing at base of crown; self ribbon ties at neck and crown with bow at top of crown; brim lined with same fabric.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, machine-made, printing (process), rolling up

GUSN: 47223

Accession Number: 1965.198

Pocket

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47224

Accession Number: 1965.199

Cradle Quilt

Body comprised of alternating rows of pieced four-patch diamonds of two types of calico; diamonds of blue, sprig calico with blue ground. Edges bound in pink calico.

Date: 1866-1870

Maker: Simmonds, Mary White (Maker)

Material: calico, quilting

GUSN: 47225

Accession Number: 1965.200

Coat

Cream; turnover, notched collar; single breasted with 4 large pearl buttons, 5 buttonholes; waistline with skirt - 1 breast pockets, 2 flap pockets; back pleat with "false" pocket plackets; self? cuffs and piping along collar, front, pockets and cuffs.

Date: 1850-1859

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material), piping (process)

GUSN: 47226

Accession Number: 1965.201

Pair of Mittens

Black knit mittens.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47227

Accession Number: 1965.202AB

Blanket

White, twilled weave, wool seamed with hemmed top and bottom with blue wool embroidery sawtooth and triangle border; sides selvage.

Date: 1801-1840

Maker: Simmonds, Mary Taylor (Maker)

Material: embroidering, hand weaving, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 47228

Accession Number: 1965.203

Fan

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47229

Accession Number: 1965.204

Folding Fan

Plain bone or ivory guards and sticks; paper leaf, ivory colored back paper and light brown front paper; tarnished silver top and bottom edging and stripe along top.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 47230

Accession Number: 1965.205

Folding Fan

Plain, uncarved ebonized wooden sticks and guards; white paper leaf with black grosgrain ribbon border; ivory thumb guards.

Date: ca. 1790

Maker: unknown

Material: staining, ebony (color), ivory (tooth component), paper (fiber product), silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 47231

Accession Number: 1965.206

Folding Fan

Plain uncarved bone sticks and guards; blue paper leaf with gold border.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 47232

Accession Number: 1965.207

Folding Fan

Narrow ivory sticks, inlaid with silver bands; tan silk leaf painted with delicate pink, blue and purple floral sprays; embroidered with silver metallic chain stitch, and silver spangles; border in red and gold c-scrolls; reverse painted with simple, crude red floral sprays.

Date: 1780-1789

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, inlay (process), ivory (tooth component), painting (coating), silk (textile), silver (metal), sequins (spangles)

GUSN: 47233

Accession Number: 1965.208

Folding Fan

Sandalwood sticks and guards, openwork carving, set with spangles; dark blue silk leaf cut to look like petals, with silver sequins; shell washer; carved brass ring; blue tassel and cord.

Date: ca. 1865

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), openwork, sandalwood (wood), sequins (spangles), silk (textile)

GUSN: 47234

Accession Number: 1965.209

Folding Fan

Short ivory sticks and guards, pierced and carved; leaf of coarse white and silver cotton gauze cut into petal shapes; silver sequins; marabou tips; shell washer; carved metal ring.

Date: 1855-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), cotton (textile), gauze, ivory (tooth component), feather (material), piercing, sequins (spangles)

GUSN: 47235

Accession Number: 1965.210

Brise' Feather Fan

Pierced ivory sticks and guards; blue feather leaf painted with exotic birds and flowers in blue, red, green and silver; tipped with marabou; mother of pearl washer.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), ivory (tooth component), painting (coating), piercing

GUSN: 47236

Accession Number: 1965.211

Brise' Fan

Carved ivory brise'; painted with flowers; gold flowers applied on one side on front and back; metal rivet; pink silk tape along top side; thin white silk ribbon.

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), painting (coating), silk (textile)

GUSN: 47237

Accession Number: 1965.212

Brise' Fan

Carved ivory brise' with rounded stick-ends; three large medallions (one shield-shaped) and eight smaller ones; white silk ribbon along top; wide white silk ribbon handle.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), silk (textile)

GUSN: 47238

Accession Number: 1965.213

Brise' Souvenir Fan

Carved bone brise' with three center medallions; hand painted orange and pink flowers on both sides; white silk ribbon; mother of pearl rivet.

Date: 1876-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), carving (processes), painting (image-making), hand-painted, silk (textile)

GUSN: 47239

Accession Number: 1965.214

Folding Fan

Carved ivory sticks and guard; leaf of pink paper with printed blue flowers and gold leaves around border of one side; reverse is ivory paper with printed tarnished golden circular garland with branch motif inside.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, ivory (tooth component), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 47240

Accession Number: 1965.215

Folding Fan

Long, narrow bamboo sticks and guards; black paper leaf painted with Oriental scene in blue, yellow, silver and gold; brass rivet and washer.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 47242

Accession Number: 1965.217

Fan

No description

Date: 1725-1750

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47243

Accession Number: 1965.218

Fan

Pierced and carved ivory sticks and guards; white satin leaf painted with scene of a woman knitting leaning up against a tree, with a hunter looking on; also present are geese and a dog; arched metal handle with pearl rivets.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Possibly Laurence, A. (Painter)

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

GUSN: 47244

Accession Number: 1965.219

Brise Feather Fan

Pierced ivory sticks and guards; guards have painted silver blocks; goose feathers dyed maroon, painted with exotic flowers in blue, green and silver; marabou tips on leaf; mother of pearl washer, thin pink and white ribbon.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), ivory (tooth component), painting (coating), piercing

GUSN: 47245

Accession Number: 1965.220

Folding Fan

Narrow ivory sticks with scalloped edges, painted with gray and black floral garland; paper leaf painted with gray and black scene of two figures (man and woman) in landscape with bridge or aquaduct in background; reverse painted with sketch hut and fence in Chinoiserie style.

Date: 1745-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), painting (coating), paper (fiber product), scalloping

GUSN: 47246

Accession Number: 1965.221

Folding Fan

Bone or ivory sticks, carved and pierced and painted with figures and landscape scenes; paper leaf, painted with landscape scene of pagoda with mounts, water and ships; reverse is painted with sprays of pink and blue flowers.

Date: 1750-1759

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), carving (processes), painting (coating), piercing

GUSN: 47247

Accession Number: 1965.222

Valance

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47249

Accession Number: 1965.225

Hat

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47263

Accession Number: 1965.385

Shoe

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47264

Accession Number: 1965.501

Bed

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47265

Accession Number: 1965.1453H

Wallet

Red leather embroidered with silver bullion thread; in gold in white; scalloped and pointed flap, with jagged inner flap; two pockets.

Date: 1732

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, leather

GUSN: 47266

Accession Number: 1966.1

Purse

Cotton drawstring purse with inkwork design and string handle.

Maker: Thaxter, Fanny L., 1791-1853 (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), ink

GUSN: 47267

Accession Number: 1966.2

Handbag

Cotton drawstring purse with inkwork design and string handle.

Maker: Wheeler, Mary Howe Thaxter, 1793-1874 (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), ink

GUSN: 47268

Accession Number: 1966.3

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Horizontal rectangle, natural linen ground. Black cross stitched border. Alphabets at top, verse below. Two flowers in lower right hand corner. Alphabets: #1-some letters repeated #2-missing J #3-complete Numbers: "1-9,0"

Date: 1801

Maker: Thaxter, Fanny L., 1791-1853 (Embroiderer)

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

GUSN: 47269

Accession Number: 1966.4

Alphabet Sampler

Alphabet Sampler. Horizontal rectangle, natural linen ground. Red cross stitched border on sides, green cross stitched border at top and bottom. Polychromatic. Alphabets: #1 complete, some letters repeated; #2 missing "J"; #3 incomplete; #4 complete; Numbers: "1-9".

Date: 1796

Maker: Thaxter, Sarah, 1786-1873 (Embroiderer)

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

GUSN: 47270

Accession Number: 1966.5

Handkerchief

Yellow cotton handkerchief printed with a geometric design in black, red, and green. "Henry Wheeler" is inscribed in one corner.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47271

Accession Number: 1966.6

Child's Apron

Cream sheer cotton; gathered to self waistband; self ties; two decorative shield-shaped patch pockets; printed with band of foliate garland, musical instruments, globes and nautical symbols across waistband and around edges; medallion of female figure with harp in foliate garland frame on pockets an...

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), hand-painted, stitching

GUSN: 47272

Accession Number: 1966.7

Cloth Fragment

Textile fragment from a skirt; shot silk taffeta, plain weave white ground; floral brocade in pink and shades of blue; paper handwritten tag reads "silk of a dress worn in the year 1680"; stitched tag "Wheeler / Worcester".

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), taffeta, brocading

GUSN: 47273

Accession Number: 1966.9

Decanter

Glass decanter with a stopper. Fluted body. Paper label.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), labels (identifying artifacts)

GUSN: 47274

Accession Number: 1966.10AB

Bandbox

Small oval pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with two layers of wallpaper. Bottom layer is visible at edge of rim and is light blue. Top layer has a geometric stripe patterns with stripes of diamond shapes alternating with stripes of random dots and stripes of twig-like lines and dots. Bloc...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 47276

Accession Number: 1966.14AB

Needlework Picture

This needlework picture depicts the story of Roman matron Cornelia. A standing woman, Cornelia, opens her arms to indicate her three children to a sitting woman with a necklace in her hands. Cornelia was allegedly asked to display her own treasures to compare with her visitor's fine jewelry. Corneli...

Date: 1804-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, paintings (visual works), silk (textile)

GUSN: 47277

Accession Number: 1966.15

Chair

Continuous-arm back; urn-shaped splat; sabre legs; upholstered slip seat.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46888

Accession Number: 1964.23E

Occasional Chair

Upholstered back, seat, and arms; 3-lobed, molded back frame; scrolled arms; cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet.

Date: 1905-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, upholstering, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 46889

Accession Number: 1964.25

Chair

Turned crest, vase stencil on solid rail, white rush seat

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), rush (material)

GUSN: 46890

Accession Number: 1964.26

Jars with Cover

Large glass footed jar with cover.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46891

Accession Number: 1964.28.1AB

Portrait of Mr. Boardman

Bust-length portrait of a man with blue eyes and auburn hair. Oval niche. A member of the Boardman family, possibly James Lafayette Boardman, son of Abijah Boardman. Said to have lived in the Scotch-Boardman House, Saugus, MA.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels

GUSN: 46892

Accession Number: 1964.29

Sewing Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 46893

Accession Number: 1964.31

Apron

Black ribbed silk, knee-length; shield-shaped; scalloped Battenburg lace trim on pocket and applied as pocket; no waistband or ties; one white button inside at left; fully lined with white silk.

Date: 1910-1914

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework), silk (textile)

GUSN: 46894

Accession Number: 1964.32