Historic New England

Kazak rug

Woven wool Kazak rug with center panel of a red field with two large medallion shapes in it, one green and one blue. Each medallion contains red and white s-shaped clouds and a black and red swastika in the center. The field outside the medallions contains birds, dogs, tarantulas, crabs, a scorpion...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197903

Accession Number: 2006.44.511

Dagestan rug

Wool Dagestan rug with large center panel containing six rows of five eight pointed stars enclosed and connected by a rams horn design. There are six rows of three palmettes alternating with two stylized tulips. At one time the background was a dark blue and contains a multi-colored figure eight des...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197904

Accession Number: 2006.44.519

Prayer rug

Prayer rug with mihrab arch. Center panel has nine rows of stylized tulips which alternate six in a row then five. At the base of the arch there is a row of three, then two, then one tulip at the point of the arch. The tulips are a variety of colors. The inner most border is of maroon spearheads on ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197906

Accession Number: 2006.44.520

Runner

Runner with center panel of fifteen multi-colored medallions going down the center. Each medallion is surrounded by eight curled serrated leaves and six small multi-colored rosettes. The center panel has a blue field. The inner and outer borders have red fields with multi-colored rosettes on a meand...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197908

Accession Number: 2006.44.521

Rug

Rug with no pile, it has a very rough feel. The center panel has a large diamond in the center. The field inside and outside the diamond is covered with large and small connected palmettes. There are three borders. The inner border has brown and white rosettes separated by pink blocks on the sides, ...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197909

Accession Number: 2006.44.512

Rug

Rug with center pole medallion-floral design. Has three medium sized borders separated by many tiny ones. The inner border has a cream field with rose colored rosettes on a meandering vine. The middle border has a dark blue field with alternating rosettes and palmettes. The outer border has a rose f...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197910

Accession Number: 2006.44.522

Rug

Rug with center panel of a large hexagon filled with eight rows of botehs. The field outside the hexagon is filled with diamonds rosettes leaves and other geometric shapes. There are four borders. The smallest border is the innermost and has a row of red and blue alternating diamonds on a yellow fie...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197911

Accession Number: 2006.44.513

Rug

Rug with eleven rows of various designs. The top and bottom rows have a white saw tooth design on an aqua field. There are two rows of aqua flowers on a fuchsia field. There are three rows of aqua leaves on a fuchsia field. There are two more rows of white saw teeth on a aqua field. The last two row...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197913

Accession Number: 2006.44.523

Ersari Beshir rug

Woven wool Ersari Beshir rug with center panel of thirteen diagonal rows of blue and red diamonds. There is one large border of diamonds alternating with flowering trees on a red field. There are two smaller borders of multi-colored bands separated by white dots. At either end is a woven cotton band...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197914

Accession Number: 2006.44.514

Stephen W. Phillips

Pastel bust length portrait of Stephen W. Phillips as an older man. He has white hair and is wearing a grey jacket and blue tie. Carved wooden frame has gilt highlights. Artist's initials are in the lower right corner.

Date: 1940-1955

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels, wood (plant material), glass (material)

GUSN: 197915

Accession Number: 2006.44.526

Kazak rug

Kazak rug with center panel of a red field with four latched diamonds going down the center. In the middle of each latched diamond is a small solid color of either a red or a white diamond. The inner border is of multi-colored triangles on a white field. The outer border is of red and blue interlock...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197916

Accession Number: 2006.44.524

Cabistan runner

Woven wool Cabistan runner with center panel of a red field with eleven medallions by a central pole. Every other medallion is surrounded by four rams horns. Interspersed between the medallions and rams horns are rosettes, diamonds, eight-pointed stars. The inner border consists of multi-colored hex...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197917

Accession Number: 2006.44.515

Prayer rug

Prayer rug with a slightly rippled arch. There is a mosque hanging lamp placed in the point of the arch. There are two gold columns on either side of the panel with palmettes sitting atop them. Going up the inner sides in the arch are small stemmed flowers with four petals. The inner and outer borde...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 197918

Accession Number: 2006.44.525

Agriculture, a Classical Procession

Gouache painting of Classical figures and agricultural references. The central figure is female and is riding a chariot pulled by oxen. The procession is framed by a Neoclassical border in an architectural style. The mat is gold cut with curved arched top. The frame is dark wood carved with a raised...

Date: 1891

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gouache (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197920

Accession Number: 2006.44.527

Rug

A rag carpet that is woven together. The center panel has twenty-four squares with alternating flowers and x-shapes. The border is just a solid gray band that may have been a navy blue at one time. It has no fringe and no pound edges. All of the colors are very faded and dingy.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197922

Accession Number: 2006.44.516

Cabistan rug

Cabistan rug with center panel of three small latched diamonds centered in larger geometric shapes. The outer diamonds are in toothed hexagons, the center diamond is in an eight pointed star. The inner border is a band of multi-colored rosettes, the middle border is a band of multi-colored eight-poi...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197923

Accession Number: 2006.44.518

Rug

Rug with center medallion of a rosette within an eight-pointed star surrounded by eight palmettes. The field around the medallion has a meandering vine that connects a variety of serrated leaves, rosettes and palmettes. The inner and outer borders have pale pink rosettes on a meandering vine. The mi...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 197924

Accession Number: 2006.44.517

At the Loring Farm, Salem

Watercolor landscape painting of a dirt vehicle track through a rolling landscape. Trees fill the background, yellow flowers in a meadow in the foreground, and a rocky outcrop to the right. Glossy painted black frame with beading on the inside and outside borders.

Date: 1900-1907

Maker: Brooks, Mary Mason, 1860-1915 (Painter)

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197925

Accession Number: 2006.44.528

Harbor View

A black and white etching of a harbor with a moored boat in the lower right and a city coastline at the top. Cream paper and black ink. Matted and framed in a thin black painted wooden frame. Initials and copyright of printer in lower left corner.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Plowman, George Taylor, 1869-1932 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197941

Accession Number: 2006.44.530

Virgil

A watercolored print with two Classical figures under a tree. "Virgil" under the scene with text in script on either side of the title. Framed is a black painted wood frame with raised border on inside.

Maker: Kauffman, Angelica, 1741-1807 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197942

Accession Number: 2006.44.531

Cathedral Interiors

Black and white etching of a cathedral interior with figures along the bottom of the picture. The frame is gold with a raised outer border. The artist's mark and signature is at the bottom right corner.

Date: 1910

Maker: Haig, Axel Herman, 1835-1921 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197944

Accession Number: 2006.44.532

Cathedral Interiors

Black and white etching of a cathedral interior with a patterned floor and robed figures kneeling at the bottom right. The upper right corner is dark and contrasts with the light left side, which features figures near an altar. The frame is painted gold with a raised outer border. The artist's mark ...

Date: 1904

Maker: Haig, Axel Herman, 1835-1921 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197945

Accession Number: 2006.44.533

Harbor View

Oil painting of a harbor with a developed coastline on the left side. There are boats and a small beach on the right and two buildings with flags in the middle. The frame is painted gold with high outside edge reliefing towards the inner edge with shorter levels.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: Jordan and Harberg (Framer) House of Russell & Co. (Importer)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197946

Accession Number: 2006.44.535

Harbor View

Oil painting of a harbor scene with eight ships along the bottom and an island in the middle with a pagoda. The frame is painted gold with high outside edge reliefing towards the inner edge with shorter levels.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: Jordan and Harberg (Framer) House of Russell & Co. (Importer)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197949

Accession Number: 2006.44.536

Harbor View

Oil painting of a harbor with various boats along the bottom of the picture. There are large buildings along the coast in the middle of the scene and three flag poles across the middle with an American flag in the center. The frame is painted gold with high outside edge reliefing towards the inner e...

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: Jordan and Harberg (Framer) House of Russell & Co. (Importer)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197951

Accession Number: 2006.44.537

Harbor View

Oil painting with various ships in the foreground and islands behind. There is a white building on the island near the right side. The frame is painted gold with high outside edge reliefing towards the inner edge with shorter levels.

Maker: Jordan and Harberg (Framer) House of Russell & Co. (Importer)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197955

Accession Number: 2006.44.538

St. Stephen's Ordination and His Distribution of Alms

Color print with figures in robes and halos on left side. A gray column in the middle separates the figures without halos on the right. There is a building with columns in the back left and various buildings and foliage in the back right of the scene. The print is round at top with a flat bottom. Th...

Date: 1883-1897

Maker: Reproduction of Angelico, Fra, ca. 1400-1455 (Artist) Kaiser, Eduard, 1820-1895 (Artist) Frick, Fritz (Lithographer) Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art (Publisher) Doll & Richards (Dealer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197967

Accession Number: 2006.44.539

"Ann Maria" of Salem

Watercolor of a masted ship with an American flag flying behind it. The ship is in the center of the scene with a church and other buildings on the coast near the right side. There is a smaller boat on the left side. The frame is painted black with a slightly raised outer edge and a beaded border ar...

Date: 1903

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197985

Accession Number: 2006.44.540

Roof Tops on a Country Road

Watercolor painting of a country road with various roof tops among the trees. A mountain stands behind the houses. The frame is painted gold with a raised outer edge.

Date: 1906

Maker: Kimball, Sarah S. (Painter) Doll & Richards (Dealer)

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197996

Accession Number: 2006.44.542

Tile

Decorative tile with yellow glaze. Floral design in relief on front.

Date: 1881-1883

Maker: J. & J.G. Low (Firm) (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 198021

Accession Number: 1959.521A

Tile

Decorative tile with olive-green glaze. Foliate and scroll relief design on front. Same design as 1959.521F, different colorway.

Date: 1881-1883

Maker: J. & J.G. Low (Firm) (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 198045

Accession Number: 1959.521C

Tapestry

Tapestry with a solid green velvet border over a panel with a repeating design of a row of blue peacocks, brown lions, and spotted leopards. All the animals are separated by large flowers and curved green and gold leaves. The edges are bound in a braided rope of green, pink and cream. The backing is...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), velvet (fabric weave), silk (textile)

GUSN: 198070

Accession Number: 2006.44.544

Tapestry

Tapestry with a solid green velvet border over a panel with a repeating design of a row of blue peacocks, brown lions, and spotted leopards. All the animals are separated by large flowers and curved green and gold leaves. The edges are bound in a braided rope of green, pink and cream. The backing is...

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), silk (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198091

Accession Number: 2006.44.545

"A View from the Willows"

Watercolor painting of two boats in the water between two land masses. The first boat is among water weeds in the bottom right and the second boat with a single mast is in the middle right. There are trees in the distance on the left side of the farthest land mass. The artist's signature is in the l...

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: Turner, Ross Sterling, 1847-1915 (Painter) Oliver & Co. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198103

Accession Number: 2006.44.547

Five Ducks Swimming

Black ink lithograph on brown paper of a scene of five ducks swimming from upper right to the bottom left of the picture.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951 (Artist) A.W. Elson & Co. (Printer) Guild of Boston Artists (Dealer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198116

Accession Number: 2006.44.548

Fishing by the River

Oil painting with trees on the left, blue sky on the right, and river and figure fishing in the bottom right. Deepset painted gold wood frame with a beaded back outer edge. Ornate reliefed design sloping towards a simpler area, one layer is beaded.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: Brown, John Appleton, 1844-1902 (Painter) Probably Doll & Richards (Framer)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198152

Accession Number: 2006.44.549

Dartmoor Prison

A color lithograph of the Dartmoor Prison. A large circular wall surrounds buildings of the prison. Inmates are scattered around between the buildings. The guards are dressed in red and there is a reservoir below the wall filled with blue water. A field surrounds the prison and there are fences at t...

Date: 1853

Maker: Reproduction of Broughton, Glover, 1796-1869 (Artist) Tappan & Bradfords (Printer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material), color lithography

GUSN: 198177

Accession Number: 2006.44.551

Print

A brown and white print of a hay harvest. A horse drawn wagon is in the center. Farmers and women are pitching hay around the wagon. The frame is brown wood with an inside border of a vine with flowers.

Date: 1889

Maker: Dupre, Julien, 1851-1910 (Artist) X.H. Shaw & Son (Retailer)

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

GUSN: 198223

Accession Number: 2006.44.553

Birds Eye View of Salem, Mass

An aerial view of Salem, Massachusetts including the coastline. The town buildings, churches, schools are numbered and there is a key on the bottom of the print.

Date: 1883

Maker: D. Mason & Co. (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198228

Accession Number: 2006.44.554

Portrait of Mary Willis Duncan (1805-1888)

Oil portrait of Mary Willis Duncan. She is wearing a cap and a dark navy blue shawl secured with a brooch. Oval gilt frame.

Date: 1850-1888

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198253

Accession Number: 2006.44.555

Duncan Coat of Arms

A colored print of the Ducan coat of arms consisting of a red shield with gold and silver decoration. Two blue blue banners have Latin inscriptions. There is an armor helmet surmounting the shield with a masted ship above the helmet. Vines and flowers surround the shield. The frame is brown wood wit...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 198260

Accession Number: 2006.44.556

The Giralda Tower

A watercolor painting of a cream colored building with terracotta tiles and a tower. There are various plants growing in the foreground on the left and right corners. The frame is painted gold and is narrow and simple.

Date: 1907

Maker: Candela, F. (Painter)

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198264

Accession Number: 2006.44.557

Protestant Reformation: Latimer preaching before Edward VI at St. Paul's Cross, A.D. 1548

A color print depicting a royal court with people dressed in fancy costume. A figure in a gold robe sits on a throne in the upper right corner while a girl in a black and white dress brings a book into the room on a gold pillow. There is a bearded man in the upper left corner who is pointing to the ...

Maker: Reproduction of Board, Ernest, 1877-1934 (Painter) Foster Brothers (Framer)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198468

Accession Number: 2006.44.571

Williams' shaving stick tube

Tall Williams' shaving stick tube that is made of aluminum and cyclindrical in shape. Engraved at the top an base of the tube.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198477

Accession Number: 2006.44.2457

Print

Framed print depicting a scene in a royal room. A man in a black robe is kneeling and giving children a illuminated manuscript in front of a crowd of people. Behind the figures is a window through which we can see water and a masted ship. At the bottom center of the pictures is a chained monkey. The...

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, wood (plant material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 198485

Accession Number: 2006.44.572

Pill bottle

Small brown medicine glass bottle with cotton in the top and white "pills" inside of it.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 198487

Accession Number: 2006.44.2438

Lodex box

Lodex box that is beige and olive green. Covered on all sides with instructions and product information.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198488

Accession Number: 2006.44.2442

Print

An engraving of a painting that depicts a victory of the British over the French on April 12, 1782. There are many ships engaged in battle across the middle. Life boats and people are along the bottom near sinking ships. Under the scene to the left is the painter's name and a numbered list of Englis...

Date: May 1, 1783

Maker: Reproduction of Paton, Richard, 1717-1791 (Painter) Fittler, James, 1758-1835 (Engraver) Boydell, John (English engraver, print publisher, 1719-1804) (Publisher) Reeves, John H., Mr. (Framer)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198491

Accession Number: 2006.44.573

Vasaline Analgic box

Orange box with black trim and black writing. Enclosed in the long and small rectangular box is Vaseline Analgic.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198505

Accession Number: 2006.44.2460

Pileated Woodpecker

An engraving done by Robert Havell, Jr. from an original drawing by John James Audubon of four woodpeckers sitting on branches. The birds are numbered according to their sex and age and the key is at the center under the title. The frame is painted black with a gold painted inside edge.

Maker: Reproduction of Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Havell, Robert, Jr., 1793-1878 (Engraver) R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (Printer) Foster Brothers (Dealer)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198510

Accession Number: 2006.44.574

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