Historic New England

Table mat

Square. Satin-stitch Berlinwork. Concentric diamonds motifs; shades of green and red. Deep pile border of green stripes; circles in shades of red and grey. Brown glazed linen back over cardboard.

Date: ca. 1851

Maker: unknown

Material: Berlin woolwork, cardboard, glazing (coating), linen (material), wool (textile), tin (metal)

GUSN: 32267

Accession Number: 1928.755

Veil

Bright green piece of a veil.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: gauze, wool (textile)

GUSN: 32268

Accession Number: 1928.756

Purse

Tan knit purse with silver-colored rings and tassels.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32269

Accession Number: 1928.757

Potholder

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, stitching, padding (process), silk (textile), textiles

GUSN: 32270

Accession Number: 1928.758

Potholder

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, stitching, quilting, satin, silk (textile), textiles

GUSN: 32271

Accession Number: 1928.759

Potholder

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, fringe, plush, textiles, wool (textile)

GUSN: 32272

Accession Number: 1928.760

Pillbox

A cardboard pillbox with a paper cover.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 32273

Accession Number: 1928.762

Bread Platter

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 32276

Accession Number: 1928.772

Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 32277

Accession Number: 1928.773

Oval pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B). Box and lid are covered with wallpaper with large scale floral trail of stylized flowers and leaves. Block printed in aqua and orange on beige ground. Rim of box and lid hae been repaired with plaper with a gray pattern on a cream ground.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 32279

Accession Number: 1928.778AB

Bandbox

Oval bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with wallpaper. Wallpaper has a repeating geometric pattern of stylized quatrefoils inside diamond-shaped lozenges. Block printed in blue, brown and pink on a cream ground.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 32281

Accession Number: 1928.780AB

Bandbox

Oval pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered in wallpaper. Paper had large-scale all over stylized floral motifs printed in brown on beige ground. Interior of box and lid are lined with plain paper. Lid has long crack.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 32282

Accession Number: 1928.781AB

Bandbox

Oval pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B). Box and lid are covered in wallpaper with a foliage stripe pattern. Stripes are separated by a moire design and small v-shaped motifs. Roller printed in green, brown and white on beige ground. Interior of box is lined with plain off-white paper. Lid has an re...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 32283

Accession Number: 1928.782AB

Bandbox

Oval bandbox and lid. Bandbox (A) and lid (B) are covered with paper printed with blue vine and strapwork motifs on cream ground. Interior of bandbox and lid are lined with plain cream paper.

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 32284

Accession Number: 1928.783AB

Box

Oval box and lid. Exterior of box (A) and lid (B) are covered with pink paper. Interior of bandbox is lined with off-white paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 32285

Accession Number: 1928.786AB

Lantern

Lantern made by Archer & Pancoast Patented 1864.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 32286

Accession Number: 1928.796

Pie Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 32287

Accession Number: 1928.802

Pie Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 32288

Accession Number: 1928.803

Pie Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 32289

Accession Number: 1928.804

Knife

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 32290

Accession Number: 1928.806

Knife

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 32291

Accession Number: 1928.807

Knife

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 32292

Accession Number: 1928.809

Pitcher

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 32293

Accession Number: 1928.811

Parasol

Brown silk parasol with brown and tan fringe, ivory ring and accents, and a wooden handle.

Date: 1840-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), carving (processes), satin, silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 32295

Accession Number: 1928.817

Printing Block

A set of printing materials, including ink, stencil plates, and type, all related to the printing of calling cards.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 32297

Accession Number: 1928.828.1-.3

Netmaking Needle

Needle with white cord.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 32298

Accession Number: 1928.829

Hand towel

No description

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: Small, Sarah J. (Maker)

Material: fringe, fustian, hand weaving, tabby (textile), weaving, textiles

GUSN: 37380

Accession Number: 1934.2850

Tile

Square decorative ceramic tile; cream colored background; brown transfer print of the Old Meeting House in Hingham.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Mintons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 37382

Accession Number: 1934.2858

Girl's dress and jacket

Girl's dress [A] with matching jacket [B]. Brown and tan silk with small checked pattern. Trimmed with plain brown silk. Picked up by the donor at a Brookline rummage sale.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37383

Accession Number: 1934.2859AB

Child's dress

Child's dress, dark red silk with no sleeves. Front buttons missing. To be worn with a guimpe.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37385

Accession Number: 1934.2860

Plate

Large redware plate with looping lines of yellow slip and the word "Ninety." Red-brown glaze and impressed edge. Small asterisk -shaped figure near plate edge is formed by the absence of glaze. Possibly made using a wax resist technique.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, redware, slipware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 37386

Accession Number: 1934.2862

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 37387

Accession Number: 1934.2863

Cologne Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 37388

Accession Number: 1934.2870

Toilet Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 37389

Accession Number: 1934.2872

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37391

Accession Number: 1934.2883

Portrait Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: pencils (drawing and writing equipment), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 37392

Accession Number: 1934.2884

Photograph

View of plowed and planted field w/ house just visible in background; many men and a few women posed (not in work clothes) w/ hoes in middle ground.

Date: 1873

Maker: Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (Photographer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 37393

Accession Number: 1934.2885

Scale

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 37394

Accession Number: 1934.2886

Dress

Brown silk & wool crepe w/ tan satin stripe. A=Bodice - standing band collar of brown taffeta w/ light green satin ribbon lining & bow at back; same green satin along center front & waist. Tan silk mousseline along center front covering taffeta hook & eye closure; slightly pointed at waist front &...

Date: 1897-1898

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 37395

Accession Number: 1934.2887AB

Basket

Bowl-shaped wood splint basket with square base, expanding sides and round rim. Checker weave base of wide standards. Some of the standards are split to form narrower side standards, resulting in standards of differing widths. The sides are a checker weave. The rim is re-inforced with interior and...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 37396

Accession Number: 1934.2989

Side Chair

Side chair. Mahogany, maple. Back composed of four solid slats; stretchers: saddle seat. Rests on Marlborough legs with beaded front legs.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood), poplar (wood), textiles, upholstering

GUSN: 37397

Accession Number: 1934.2891

Side Chair

Chair. Cherry wood, upholstery. Ladder back form. Four pierced anthemion slats; upholstered seat; serpentine front rail; "H" and rear stretchers. Rests on molded tapered legs.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 37398

Accession Number: 1934.2892

Cradle

Cradle. Pine, paint, grain-paint. Three-pitch hood; shaped sides, front skirt and footboard; crotch mahogany grain-painting; blue interior.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 37400

Accession Number: 1934.2897

Mirror

Mahogany veneered looking glass

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37401

Accession Number: 1934.2898

Scale

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37405

Accession Number: 1934.2902

Shovel

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37408

Accession Number: 1934.2904

Pan

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37409

Accession Number: 1934.2905

Fireback

Fireback depicting a cow and a farmer. Above the farm scene is an ornate border and a gothic archway design.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37410

Accession Number: 1934.2906

Ingrain rug

Rectangular, seamed carpeting; green wool edge binding. Persian style with stripes of red, green and light blue; white details highlighting rows of alternating foliated hexagons; diamond centers with foliated octagons. Floral border.

Date: 1855-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, jacquard, weaving, machine-made, alteration (process and technique), wool (textile)

GUSN: 37411

Accession Number: 1934.2907.1

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 37413

Accession Number: 1934.2909

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