Historic New England

Teacup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50379

Accession Number: 1983.147.6A

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50380

Accession Number: 1983.147.6B

Teacup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50381

Accession Number: 1983.147.7A

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50382

Accession Number: 1983.147.7B

Teacup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50383

Accession Number: 1983.147.8A

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50384

Accession Number: 1983.147.8B

Teacup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50385

Accession Number: 1983.147.9A

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50386

Accession Number: 1983.147.9B

Chair. Mahogany with cotton upholstery. Pierced crestrail with carved leafage at the center, projecting ears, conforming slats and molded front legs. Hollowed upholstered seat covered with yellow and black woven cotton in a shaped diamond and flowerhead diaper pattern.

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), mahogany (wood), molding (forming), piercing, upholstering

GUSN: 50387

Accession Number: 1983.148

Slant Top Desk

Slant top desk with fitted interior, serpentine four drawer case, molded base, and ball and claw feet. The interior consists of a central section with a fan carved door flanked by pilastered document drawers and four pigeonholes, as well as a tier of five drawers set below.

Date: 1915-1935

Maker: Mattox Table Co. (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), American tulipwood (wood)

GUSN: 50388

Accession Number: 1983.150

Footrest

A rectangular upholstered lift top with Renaissance style incised seat rails; which are enclosed by stepped molding over two "X" shaped leaf and floriform carved, pierced, incised, burled walnut veneered sides. They are joined by three square molded stretchers upholstered in an evenweave floral pat...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: incising, piercing, upholstering, veneering, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 50389

Accession Number: 1983.152

Upholstered Platform Rocker

It is upholstered in crushed red velvet, it has stiles incised with lines and patterns centering to the arms/frame/platform base, and casters at the front. There is a cotton floral print slipcover.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), incising, upholstering, velvet (fabric weave), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 50390

Accession Number: 1983.153

Chiffonier

It has a shaped top, four short drawers with a flanking door and a carved panel over four long drawers, a reeded columnar supports and paneled sides.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), brass (alloy), mahogany (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 50391

Accession Number: 1983.154

Chest of Drawers

Overhanging rectangular top w/ chamfered edge over 2 side by side short drawers and 2 long drawers. Each drawer facade w/ horizontal grooves. Circular copper-tone metal lock plate and two patterned cast shaped bail handles on double "arrowhead" shaped plates. The drawers are flanked by carved corner...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 50392

Accession Number: 1983.155.1

Bed

It has a double headboard with a molded cornice over a recessed frieze edged in rope molding. There is also three recessed panels with vertical "grooves" enclosed by molded edge stiles and vertically grooved end posts with vine carved corner blocks. The lower footboard conforms to the headboard and...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), molding (forming)

GUSN: 50393

Accession Number: 1983.156

Side chair

Side chairs: Rectangular crest w/ horizontal grooves enclosing 3 incised shaped panels and a drop w/ an incised repeated arch motif--over 3 turned spindles w/ knop ends extending through second slat. A third slat below. Grooved stiles; half arms over trapezoidal caned seat w/ a molded front and side...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 50394

Accession Number: 1983.157.1

Candlestick

Elongated ceramic chamber stick form with deep green glaze.

Date: 1900-1901

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), ceramic (material)

GUSN: 50395

Accession Number: 1983.159

Chaise Lounge

It has an asymetrical two tiered back and a shaped crest enclosing a spindle gallery. It has a shallow scallop carving and rounded side brackets and conforming head rest and rail. There are four turned legs with carved brackets, tufted blue and gold woven wool and cotton upholstery and it is on cast...

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), upholstery, veneering, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 50396

Accession Number: 1983.162

Pillow Sham

A rectangular piece of white sheeting candlewicked with white cotton yarn at the center with a spray of flowers and scrolling tendrils. The edges multiply by the border of candlewicked dots.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: candlewicking (embroidering), cotton (textile), embroidering, yarn

GUSN: 50397

Accession Number: 1983.164A

Slipcover

The fabric is printed red on white with many figural vignettes showing Don Quioxote, dancing girls, wild boars, fountains, fences and trees, and is formed to fit a square backed arm chair with a ruffle about the entire skirt. It is machine sewn, but homemade.

Maker: John M. Chandler & Co. (Maker)

Material: copper (metal), plate (material), cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 50398

Accession Number: 1983.166.1

Slipcover

A printed chintz of pale green background with sprays of large blossoms in shades of pink, blue, green, magenta and tan. The cover is for a rocking arm chair, with a straight seat rail and ruffled skirt.

Date: 1925-1950

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 50399

Accession Number: 1983.167.1

GLASS, WINDOW

Diamond panes.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 50400

Accession Number: 1983.170.1-51

Chair

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 50401

Accession Number: 1983.245

Garment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 50402

Accession Number: 1983.482

Gown

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 50403

Accession Number: 1983.486

Agricultural literature :proud heritage, future promise : a bicentennial symposium, September 24-26, 1975 /edited by Alan Fusonie, Leila Moran ; sponsored by the Agricultural History Society [and others].

371 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Date: Ã1977.

Creators: Fusonie, Alan M. Moran, Leila, 1924- Agricultural History Society.

GUSN: 361792

Call Number: Stacks S494.5.A39 A37

Farming in the new nation :interpreting American agriculture, 1790-1840 /edited by Darwin P. Kelsey.

ii, 239 pages ; 24 cm

Date: 1972.

Creators: Kelsey, Darwin P. Agricultural History Society.

GUSN: 361793

Call Number: Stacks S441.F26

The old farmer and his almanack :being some observations on life and manners in New England a hundred years ago, suggested by reading the earlier numbers of Mr. Robert. B. Thomas's Farmer's almanack, together with extracts curious, instructive, and entertaining, as well as a variety of miscellaneous matter /by George Lyman Kittredge.

xiv, 403 pages : frontispiece (portrait) illustrations, plates, map, facsimiles ; 23 cm, Being some observations on life and manners in Vew England a hundred years ago, suggested by reading the earlier numbers of Mr. Robert. B. Thomas's Farmer's almanack, together with extracts curious, instructive,...

Date: 1920. [c 1904]

Creators: Kittredge, George Lyman, 1860-1941.

GUSN: 361794

Call Number: Stacks F5.K62 1920

Nantucket,a camera impression,by Samuel Chamberlain.

73 pages frontispiece, illustrations 19 x 16 cm

Date: 1939.

Creators: Chamberlain, Samuel, 1895-1975.

GUSN: 361795

Call Number: Stacks F72.N2 C45 1939

Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada /American Association for State and Local History.

1358 pages ; 28 cm

Date: Ã2002.

Creators: American Association for State and Local History.

GUSN: 362295

Call Number: Ref E172.D5 2002

Records of Boston architecture in the architectural records of the Smithsonian Institution.

224 pages ; 27 cm

Date: 1969.

Creators: Mathieson, Moira B. Smithsonian Institution.

GUSN: 362297

Call Number: Ref NA735.B7 M43

Luigi Lucioni :modern light /edited by Katie Wood Kirchhoff ; essays by David Brody, Thomas Denenberg, Katie Wood Kirchhoff, Alexander Nemerov, Nancie Ravenel, and Richard Saunders ; in association with Shelburne Museum, Vermont.

159 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 28 x 25 cm

Creators: Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-1988, artist. Wood Kirchhoff, Katie, editor, writer of supplementary textual content. Brody, David Eric. writer of supplementary textual content. Denenberg, Thomas Andrew, 1967- writer of supplementary textual content. Nemerov, Alexander, writer of supplementary textual content. Ravenel, Nancie, writer of supplementary textual content. Saunders, Richard H., 1949- writer of supplementary textual content. Shelburne Museum,

GUSN: 362472

Call Number: Stacks ND237.L83 A4 2022

Indigenous continent :the epic contest for North America /Pekka Hämäläinen.

xiv, 571 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm, There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus "discovers" a strange continent and brings back tales of untold riches. The European empires rush over, eager to stake out as much of this astonishing "New World" as possibl...

Creators: Hämäläinen, Pekka, 1967- author.

GUSN: 362473

Call Number: Stacks E77.H197 2022

Here & everywhere else :small-town Maine and the world /Andrew Witmer.

xiii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm, "In 1822, settlers pushed north from Massachusetts and other parts of New England into Monson, Maine. On land taken from the Penobscot people, they established prosperous farms and businesses. Focusing on the microhistory of this village, Andrew Witmer ...

Creators: Witmer, Andrew, author.

GUSN: 362474

Call Number: Stacks F29.M8 W58 2022

The Maine lobster boat :history of an iconic fishing vessel /Daniel Sheldon Lee.

xxiii, 459 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, "Filled with colorful characters, old maritime tales, and fascinating details, this a definitive look at the origins and lore of Maine's most ubiquitous vessel"-- Provided by publisher.

Creators: Lee, Daniel Sheldon, 1966- author.

GUSN: 362475

Call Number: Stacks VM431 L44 2022

William Rimmer :champion of imagination in American art /Dorinda Evans.

x, 236 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Creators: Evans, Dorinda, author. Rimmer, William, 1816-1879.

GUSN: 362476

Call Number: Stacks N6537.R546 E83 2022

The art & times of Daniel Jocz /foreword by Susan Grant Lewin ; with essays by Wendy Steiner, Jeannine Falino, Patricia Harris, and David Lyon ; edited by Sarah Davis.

207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm

Creators: Jocz, Daniel. Lewin, Susan Grant, writer of added commentary. Steiner, Wendy, writer of added commentary. Falino, Jeannine J., writer of added commentary. Harris, Patricia, writer of added commentary. Lyon, David, writer of added commentary. Davis, Sarah, editor.

GUSN: 362477

Call Number: Coll NK7398.J63 A4 2022

Champlain Valley Fair /Stephen Mease.

127 pages : chiefly illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm.

Creators: Mease, Stephen Michael, 1955-

GUSN: 362478

Call Number: Stacks F59.E7 M43 2022

Design with nature on Cape Cod and the islands /Jack Ahern.

180 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 x 27 cm, "Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are special places known for their distinctive flora, including pine-oak forests, sandplain grasslands, and sand dunes peppered with bearberry shrubs. Unfortunately, this unique sense of ...

Creators: Ahern, Jack (John F.), author.

GUSN: 362479

Call Number: Stacks SB472.45 .A43 2022

Ghost towns of New England :twenty-six locations lost to time /Taryn Plumb.

viii, 241 pages ; 23 cm, "People are inexplicably drawn to abandoned places. Believe it or not, New England is home to numerous ghost towns long abandoned, but filled with mystery, unexpected beauty, and a sense that these locations are simply biding their time, waiting for people to return. Taryn ...

Creators: Plumb, Taryn, 1981- author.

GUSN: 362480

Call Number: Stacks F2.3 .P585 2022

Shaker fancy goods :shaker survival through sisterhood and craft /Catherine S. Goldring.

xxv, 165 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Creators: Goldring, Catherine S., author.

GUSN: 362481

Call Number: Stacks NK805.G65 2022

Lost on the Freedom Trail :the National Park Service and urban renewal in postwar Boston /Seth C. Bruggeman.

xvii, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm., "Boston National Historical Park is one of America's most popular heritage destinations, drawing in millions of visitors annually. Tourists flock there to see the site of the Boston Massacre, to relive Paul Revere's midnight ride, and to board Old Iron...

Creators: Bruggeman, Seth C., 1975- author.

GUSN: 362622

Call Number: Stacks F73.65 .B78 2022

The women of NOW :how feminists built an organization that transformed America /Katherine Turk.

434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, "The story of the National Organization for Women-its structures, trials, and revolutionary mission--told through the work of three extraordinary, little-known members"-- Provided by publisher., "In the summer of 1966, crammed into a ...

Creators: Turk, Katherine, author.

GUSN: 362623

Call Number: Stacks HQ1421.T87 2023

Life and letters of Henry Lee Higginson,by Bliss Perry ...

viii p., 2 l., 557 p. front., ports. 24 cm.

Date: [c1921]

Creators: Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919. Barry, Bliss, 1860- ed. Ralph Ellison Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 362624

Call Number: Stacks CT275.H5965 A3

The survivors of the Chancellor :diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger /by Jules Verne ; translated from the French by Ellen Frewer.

vii, 358 pages, [55] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

Date: 1876.

Creators: Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Martin Paz. Jules Verne Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 362625

Call Number: Rare PQ2469.C3 E54

The life and raigne of King Edward the Sixt /written by Sr. Iohn Hayward, kt., Dr. of Lawe.

[6], 179, [1] pages : portraits (engravings) ; 18 cm (4to)

Date: 1630.

Creators: Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627. Vaughan, Robert, active 17th century, engraver. Passe, Willem van de, 1598-approximately 1637, engraver. Partridge, John, -1649, bookseller. Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 362626

Call Number: Rare DA345.H38 1630

Following the Equator :a journey around the world /by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

712 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, Chronicles Mark Twain's 1895 round-the-world lecture tour where he wrote stories about the people and places he encountered along the way.

Creators: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, author. Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941, illustrator. Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928, illustrator. Clinedinst, B. West (Benjamin West), 1860-1931, illustrator. Dielman, Frederick, 1847-1935, illustrator. Newell, Peter, 1862-1924, illustrator. Senior, F. M., illustrator. Fogarty, Thomas, 1873-1938, illustrator. Warren, C. H. (Calvin H.), 1853-1914, illustrator. Reinhart, Albert Grantley, 1854-1926, illustrator. Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley), 1869-1931, illustrator. Gilbert, C. Allan, illustrator. Chase, Walter G., photographer.

GUSN: 362627

Call Number: Rare PS1310.A1 1897

Macmillan encyclopedia of architects /Adolf K. Placzek, editor in chief.

4 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm

Date: Ã1982.

Creators: Placzek, Adolf K.

GUSN: 362628

Call Number: Ref NA40.M25 1982

Garden clubs & spades,by Laurence McKinney; pictures by Helen E. Hokinson.

64 pages illustrations 20 cm

Date: 1941.

Creators: McKinney, Laurence, 1891- Hekinson, Helen Eina, illustrator.

GUSN: 362629

Call Number: Stacks PS3525.A2594 G3 1941

Gordon's print price annual, 1998 /supervising editor, Jodie L. Benson.

1996 pages ; 29 cm

Date: 1998.

Creators: Gordon's Art Reference, Inc.

GUSN: 362694

Call Number: Ref NE85.G67 1998

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