Historic New England

Nail Buffer in Holder

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 53850

Accession Number: 1944.682AB

Maulstick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 53851

Accession Number: 1944.685

Tile, Fireplace

Square, green glazed decorative ceramic tile; relief depicts profile of an old couple.

Date: 1881

Maker: J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 53852

Accession Number: 1944.686

Tile

Square, decorative ceramic tile; cream colored background with brown-black transfer print of four views of the Holmes House in Cambridge.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: Mintons (Maker)

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 53853

Accession Number: 1944.687

Firkin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 53854

Accession Number: 1944.691B

Hat

Olive twill gabardine hat with applied YMCA patch, round brim with rows of top-stitching, crown with self ribbon and bow; top made of four pieces; lined with black.

Date: 1918

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 53855

Accession Number: 1944.696

Olive twill gabardine uniform jacket with turned lapels, horn buttons, self-belted with large patch pockets. Insignia patches stitched to upper right and upper left shoulders and each center of the turned collar. Collar interior lined in light blue. Part of a uniform with matching skirt, hat, and co...

Date: c. 1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53856

Accession Number: 1944.697A

Skirt

Olive twill gabardine uniform skirt, part of a set with jacket, coordinated blouse, hat and collars. The skirt is pieced in four parts, A-line silhouette, with 2 shaped patch pockets stitched to front at hip line, 1 on each side of center front seam. Interior grosgrain waistband with hook and eye cl...

Date: c. 1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53857

Accession Number: 1944.697B

Shirt

Cream-colored wool crepe shirt with banded collar, center front button placket closure, mother-of-pearl buttons, with separate folded collars. Laundry marked with owner's name in black ink. Wrist slit with french cuff and two mother-of-pearl buttons.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53858

Accession Number: 1944.697C

Collar

One of a pair of separate collars meant to be buttoned to shirt and worn with tie. Part of a YMCA uniform. Stamped in ink with owner's name as a laundry mark.

Date: c. 1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53859

Accession Number: 1944.697E

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 53860

Accession Number: 1944.698

Medal

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53861

Accession Number: 1944.699

Tin Kitchen

Tin kitchen with spit

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 53862

Accession Number: 1944.703

Griddle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 53863

Accession Number: 1944.708

Hook

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 53864

Accession Number: 1944.722

Hook

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 53865

Accession Number: 1944.723

Landscape with Fields

Landscape with fields, brown and red trees to the left, brown building and pond right. Oil on canvas.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: Hinckley, Thomas Hewes, 1813-1896 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 53866

Accession Number: 1944.725

Paint Brush

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53867

Accession Number: 1944.727

Fire Bucket

A painted leather fire bucket with rings designed to hold a handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 53868

Accession Number: 1944.734

Ladle

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53869

Accession Number: 1944.735

Clothes Paddle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 53870

Accession Number: 1944.743

Barrel Cover

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 53872

Accession Number: 1944.745

Barrel Cover

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 53873

Accession Number: 1944.746

Barrel Cover

Wooden barrel cover with handel; painted green with black border; handle and lip

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 53874

Accession Number: 1944.747

Shovel

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 54846

Accession Number: 1948.114A

Portrait of James P. Mitchell

Full-length portrait of a four year old boy holding a whip and a watch (?), with his hat at his feet and his puppy gambolling behind him. A domed building sits on a river or bay in the background. Boats are grounded ashore in the near background behind the boy. Son of Lydia Haskell Mitchell (1948.11...

Date: 1832-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 54847

Accession Number: 1948.115

Portrait of Lydia Haskell Mitchell

Woman with short brown hair in red upholstered chair. Mother of James P. Mitchell (1948.115).

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 54848

Accession Number: 1948.116

Portrait of Lydia Haskell

Portrait of a seated woman holding book, white bonnet, on column base.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: Attributed to Penniman, John Ritto, 1782-1841 Foster Brothers (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 54850

Accession Number: 1948.120

Needlewok Picture

Floral embroidery in a circular gold frame.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 54851

Accession Number: 1948.121

Sofa

Sofa. Wood, brass. Serpentine carved crest with fruit basket motif, scrolled arms, carved seat rail. Rests on sabre legs with brass paw feet. Plaques above each leg have matching brass mounts featuring putti with floral garlands.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Possibly McIntire, Samuel, 1757-1811 (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy), mahogany (wood), textiles, upholstering

GUSN: 54852

Accession Number: 1948.139

Tilt-top Table

Tilt-top table. Birch; cherry; oak. Originally stained red. Refinished. Circular three-board top with molded edge has two cherry cleats. Top rests on a ring-turned urn pillar that terminates in plain cabriole legs and snake feet. Iron brace nailed beneath pillar and legs.

Date: 1755-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), black cherry (wood)

GUSN: 54853

Accession Number: 1948.703

Portrait of a Boy

Half-length portrait of a boy holding a book in his left hand. Plain wood frame.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: Possibly Hartwell, George H., 1815-1901 (Artist) After Prior-Hamblin (Maker)

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

GUSN: 54854

Accession Number: 1948.710

Wallpaper

Front hall wallpaper fragment from Lakeman-Johnson House. See 1971.210 for unused portion of same paper.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 54855

Accession Number: 1948.730

Ruler

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 54856

Accession Number: 1948.778

Ruler

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 54857

Accession Number: 1948.779

Tongs

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 54858

Accession Number: 1948.114B

Blanket

White, twilled weave ground with windowpane check design and three blue parallel lines intersecting; seamed; selvage side edges; hemmed top and bottom.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Philbrick, Clara, 1803-1886 (Maker)

Material: cross-stitching, hand weaving, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 54859

Accession Number: 1949.1

Blanket

White, twilled weave wool, seamed blanket with top and bottom edges hemmed with sides selvage.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Philbrick, Clara, 1803-1886 (Maker)

Material: cross-stitching, hand weaving, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 54860

Accession Number: 1949.2

Blanket

White, plain weave, lightly napped, seamed wool blanket with green zig-zag binding stitch across top and bottom; selvage edges, embroidered in two corners are stitched wool stars in green, rust, gold wool with rust circular border.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 54861

Accession Number: 1949.3

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 54862

Accession Number: 1949.3X

Blanket

White, plain weave, lightly napped, seamed wool blanket with green zig-zag stitch binding across top and bottom; selvage edge with decorative two-thread wide blue edge; embroidered polychromatic wool floral motifs in corners of one end; blue selvages.

Date: 1820-1880

Maker: Philbrick, Clara, 1803-1886 (Maker)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, hand weaving, piecing, tabby (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 54863

Accession Number: 1949.4

Blanket

White, plain weave wool, seamed blanket with hemmed top and bottom edges; selvage sides.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: cross-stitching, hand weaving, piecing, tabby (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 54864

Accession Number: 1949.5

Blanket

White, plain weave, wool seamed blanket with top and bottom edges hemmed with sides selvage.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Philbrick, Clara, 1803-1886 (Maker)

Material: cross-stitching, hand weaving, piecing, tabby (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 54865

Accession Number: 1949.6

Blanket

Twilled weave wool, seamed, check pattern blanket with selvage edges and hemmed ends. Yellow-gold ground with orange-tan, green, black and white intersecting stripes.

Date: 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: hand weaving, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 54866

Accession Number: 1949.8

Coverlet

Blue and white, reversible; overall geometric pattern of interlocking wheel and stars; wheels made of star variations. Applied woven border; fringe attached to body by leno twist drawn work at sides and bottom. Top edge bound.

Date: 1790-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), drawn thread work, fringe, gauze, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 54867

Accession Number: 1949.9

Coverlet

Rust, green (wool) and natural linen, reversible; one loom width. Overall geometric design of blocks; border of simple bars. Selvage edges; hemmed top and bottom.

Date: ca. 1798

Maker: Philbrick, Hannah Gove (Maker)

Material: wool (textile), textiles, weaving, linen (material)

GUSN: 54868

Accession Number: 1949.10

Coverlet

Red and green wool with white cotton, reversible; overall geometric pattern of red and green stripes of repeating uneven widths; broken by white blocks. Overlay of white diamond pattern. Applied border; double rows of leno twist. Rounded bottom corners; fringed edges. Top edge bound in green tape.

Date: 1790-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 54869

Accession Number: 1949.11

Whole Cloth Quilt

Dark blue; quilted central design of interlocking circles creating four abstract flower petals. Undulating quilted vine and leaves; alternating flowering and budding tulips facing out at sides and bottom. Edges of simple line and scallops design. Open spaces filled with quilted diagonal lines.

Date: 1790-1825

Maker: Possibly Philbrick, Clara, 1803-1886 (Maker)

Material: glazing (coating), wool (textile)

GUSN: 54870

Accession Number: 1949.12