Historic New England

Rocking Chair

Thumb-back; bamboo trned arms & supports; turned base. lt stain

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 57747

Accession Number: 1942.4498

Tall Case Clock

Arched head; 3 brass finials; painted dial; arched door.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: chestnut (wood), mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 57748

Accession Number: 1942.3085

Candlestand

Oval top with indented corners; turned shaft; tripod base.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), cherry (wood)

GUSN: 57749

Accession Number: 1942.4443

Secretary

Fall front desk with six interior drawers and one exterior drawer; four reeded legs.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: bird's-eye maple, pine (wood), tulipwood (Brazilian, wood)

GUSN: 57750

Accession Number: 1942.4466

Table

Square top; 1 drawer; turned legs; made from object fragments.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 57751

Accession Number: 1942.4479

Bed

4 turned & reeded posts with reeded cone finials; rolling pin hdbrd.

Date: 1830-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 57752

Accession Number: 1942.4452

Table

Rectangular top; 2 drawer; turned legs; made from object fragments.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 57753

Accession Number: 1942.4450

Sewing Table

Narrow rectangular top with undulating gallery; 2 drawers; 4 reeded legs.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 57754

Accession Number: 1942.4458

Wall Mirror

Scroll pediment; rectangular mirrored glass; scalloped skirt.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: H., T. A. (Maker)

GUSN: 57755

Accession Number: 1942.3082

Cradle

3 board hood; br/black with yellow & red; arched foot board; rockers.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: caning, pine (wood)

GUSN: 57756

Accession Number: 1942.3091

Chest of Drawers

Rectangular top; Four graduated drawers; Straight bracket feet; ogee edge

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 57757

Accession Number: 1942.3114

Wall Mirror

Gilded rectangular frame; eglomise panel of girl with bird; brass rosettes

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, pine (wood)

GUSN: 57758

Accession Number: 1942.3966

Easy Chair

Armchair with wings; serpentine crest; white cotton upholstery; removable cushion.

Date: 1800-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), mahogany (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 57759

Accession Number: 1942.3932

Bed

4 turned & carved posts with spiral ball finials.

Date: 1830-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 57760

Accession Number: 1942.3937

Chair

Arms; thumb-back stiles; fretwork slat; balloon st/floral uphl.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 57761

Accession Number: 1942.3931.1

Chair

Thumb-back stiles; fretwork slat; balloon st/floral uphl.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), upholstering

GUSN: 57762

Accession Number: 1942.3931.2

Chair

Thumb-back stiles; fretwork slat; balloon st/floral uphl.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), upholstering

GUSN: 57763

Accession Number: 1942.3931.3

Chair

Thumb-back stiles; fretwork slat; balloon st/floral uphl.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), upholstering

GUSN: 57764

Accession Number: 1942.3931.4

Chair

Thumb-back stiles; fretwork slat; balloon st/floral uphl.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), upholstering

GUSN: 57765

Accession Number: 1942.3931.5

Chair

Thumb-back stiles; fretwork slat; balloon st/floral uphl.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), upholstering

GUSN: 57766

Accession Number: 1942.3931.6

Wall Mirror

Eglomise panel of woman & potted plant above rectangular glass.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, pine (wood)

GUSN: 57767

Accession Number: 1942.3943

Stand

Rectangular top; 1 drawer; straight tapered legs; yellow with sponge dec.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: caning, pine (wood)

GUSN: 57768

Accession Number: 1942.3939

Chest of Drawers

Recessed 2 drawer upper tier; 4 lower drawers flnkd by column

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 57769

Accession Number: 1942.4407

Wall Mirror

Cornice; eglomise panel/rect. glass; carved pillasters; varnish.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 57770

Accession Number: 1942.4403

Chair

Red painted side chair with a baluster splat, urn and flattened ball finials, and a splint seat.

Date: 1770-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 57771

Accession Number: 1942.3066

Dining Table

Rectangular top; 4splayed legs; blue

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 57772

Accession Number: 1942.2032

Easy Chair

Chair with serpentine crest; carved arm supports; gadrooning; straight legs.

Date: 1760-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: beech (wood), mahogany (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 57773

Accession Number: 1942.3045

Chair

Chair [A] with serpentine crest; baluster splats; slip seat [B] with "crazy quilt" uphlostery.

Date: 1795-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 57774

Accession Number: 1942.3081AB

Chair

Serpentine crest; pierced splat; needlework seat; straight legs

Date: 1765-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: chestnut (wood), pine (wood), tulipwood (Brazilian, wood)

GUSN: 57775

Accession Number: 1942.3080A

Chair Seat

Large floral design in red and tan on brown ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: Berlin woolwork, textiles

GUSN: 57776

Accession Number: 1942.3080B

Easy Chair

Low back straight arms; tapered front legs; red & brown chintz.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 57777

Accession Number: 1942.4398

Campaign Desk

Fold out desk box; turned leg frame; red wool writing surface.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 57778

Accession Number: 1942.4408

Stand

Rectangular top with serpentine edges; 1 drawer.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 57779

Accession Number: 1942.2554

Chair

Sack back Windsor armchair with turned base. Saddle seat; Refinished a dark reddish brown with traces of the original black paint throughout.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 57780

Accession Number: 1942.4411

Mirror

Painted tablet with app. figure; rectangular mirr. glass; newspaper lining

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 57781

Accession Number: 1942.4416

Tea Table

Tea table. Maple. Legs each composed of a single piece of maple; not pieced. Rectangular top with canted corners. Rests on four straight tapered legs.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: Attributed to Poole, Frederick, 1900-1910 (Maker)

GUSN: 57782

Accession Number: 1942.1707B

Chair

Side chair with a shell in the crestrail, a pierced splat, cabriole legs, and a red and white chintz seat cover.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 57783

Accession Number: 1942.3036

Chair

Side chair with a shell in the crestrail, a pierced splat, cabriole legs, and a red and white chintz seat cover.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 57784

Accession Number: 1942.3035

Chair

Bannister back; splint seat; blue paint. armchair.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 57785

Accession Number: 1942.3038

Sculpture

Bronze and green patina sculpture by Auguste Nicolas Cain entitled: Lioness with her Catch, and Two Small Cubs.

Date: 19th century

Maker: Cain, Auguste Nicolas, 1822-1894 (Sculptor)

Material: bronze (metal), patina (condition)

GUSN: 170442

Accession Number: 2006.44.1165

Small wood bowl or calabash from Hawaii, known as an umeke. Polished with a shiny patina inside and out. There are a few spots of lighter wood as well as a crack. The crack has been repaired using a traditional method of inserting an hourglass-shaped plug. Umeke are highly esteemed and are frequentl...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 170443

Accession Number: 2006.44.2075

Throwing club

Wooden throwing club or 'i Ula tavatava, from Fiji. The round club head is deeply carved with flanges and grooves, and topped with a smaller, rounded knob. The short handle is decorated with incised triangle shapes along the bottom half and along the top with vertically-aligned rows of shallow pierc...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving and carving techniques

GUSN: 170444

Accession Number: 2006.44.956

Coconut bowl on stand

Large hollowed-out coconut bowl attached to a koa wood pedestal stand [a] with cover [b], from Hawaii. An accompanying note explains that the bowl is made from a very large coconut which was raised on the slopes of the Punch Bowl (in Honolulu), and presented to a member of the Phillips family by a ...

Maker: unknown

Material: coconut (fruit), koa (wood)

GUSN: 170445

Accession Number: 2006.44.735AB

Floor lamp

Metal electric floor lamp with an hexagonal lampshade with birds.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 170446

Accession Number: 2006.44.2081

Jardiniere

Chinese porcelain hexagonal jardiniere on stand with blue and white flower scenes.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 170447

Accession Number: 2006.44.1187

Vase

Round, Chinese export famille-rose porcelain vase with applied gilt dragon. Cream colored with Oriental scene with butterfly, bird, and floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 170448

Accession Number: 2006.44.736