Historic New England

Wallpaper fragments

No description

Date: ca. 1955

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103779

Accession Number: 2007.11.15A-C

Bag of Hardware

Bag of hardware

Date: ca. 1955

Maker: Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103780

Accession Number: 2007.11.16

Kitchen window

Rectangular metal window with interior and exterior frame, storm windows and screens.

Date: 1955

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103781

Accession Number: 2007.11.17A-I

Storm door

Aluminum storm door

Date: ca. 1955

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103782

Accession Number: 2007.11.18AB

Kitchen door and frame

Wooden door with wooden frame

Date: ca. 1955

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103783

Accession Number: 2007.11.19AB

Linoleum flooring

Fragment of linoleum on plywood, design consists of squares of tan quatrefoils on white background.

Date: ca. 1955

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103784

Accession Number: 2007.11.20

Wallpaper sample book titled "No. 1-2 / S. Z. Goldberg / Boston, Mass. / 1919." Book is covered with heavy black paper textured to imitate leather and printed gold lettering on front. Book contains more than sixty sidewall and ceiling wallpapers, many with coordinating border papers.

Date: 1919

Maker: S.Z. Goldberg (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 103785

Accession Number: 1993.873

Sarah Elizabeth Bellows

Hollow cut silhouette set on black silk of a young girl, mounted in an oval brass frame with foliate and beaded borders.

Date: 1826

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103786

Accession Number: 1913.10

Silhouette

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over black silk of a young woman facing left wearing a hair comb and wide lace collar, mounted in a gilded molded wood frame.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103787

Accession Number: 1914.12

Miniature portrait of a young boy and girl

Miniature painting on ivory of a boy and girl child holding hands, set in round tortoiseshell snuff box cover with a inlaid gold and bone decoration.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), tortoise shell, gold (metal), bone (material)

GUSN: 103788

Accession Number: 1918.222

Miniature portrait of man and child

Oil painting on cardboard of a man sitting in an upholstered armchair and embracing a young girl with a blue dress.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103789

Accession Number: 1920.198

Cut paper picture

Silhouette from white paper and set on a black card of a bird perched on a stump and framed by tree limbs.

Date: 1768-1814

Maker: Cox, Susanna Hickling (Artist)

GUSN: 103790

Accession Number: 1921.63

Cut paper picture

Silhouette cut from white paper and set on a cream paper of a peacock and squirrel perched in a tree.

Date: 1768-1814

Maker: Cox, Susanna Hickling (Artist)

GUSN: 103791

Accession Number: 1921.64

Wax Relief Portrait

White wax relief portrait of a man set behind glass in a square hinged red leather covered case with red velvet lining and two metal eye and hook fasteners.

Date: 1841

Maker: Hughes, Robert Ball (Sculptor)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103792

Accession Number: 1921.290

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette set over black silk of a man facing left, folded over collar and ink details, mounted in a black wood frame with oval opening.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103793

Accession Number: 1925.621

Silhouette

Painted bust length silhouette on white paper of a woman facing left with a high white lace collar, mounted in a painted black frame.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103794

Accession Number: 1922.146

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette set over a black ground of a young boy facing left, mounted in a painted black molded wood frame.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103795

Accession Number: 1922.147

Silhouette

Hollow cut bust length silhouette set over a black ground of a man facing right with cut curlicues at bottom of portrait. Mounted in a brass spandrel frame with foliate and bead borders.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: Attributed to Howard, Everet (Artist)

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103796

Accession Number: 1922.149

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette bust length portrait set over black silk of a woman facing left wearing a bonnet, mounted in a black molded paper frame with scalloped edge and oval opening.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103797

Accession Number: 1922.150

Silhouette

This hollow cut, double cut (shoulder area cut separately from head) silhouette portrait of a man facing left is set over a black ground. The details for hair and waistcoat were drawn in with ink. It is mounted in an oval brass spandrel frame with reed and bead borders.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Possibly Chamberlain, William (Artist)

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103798

Accession Number: 1922.151

Silhouette portrait of Sybil Moseley Bingham

Hollow cut silhouette of a woman facing left. Curled tendrils of hair and frilled collar have been inked in. Mounted in a brass spandrel frame with foliate and bead borders and rosette decoration.

Date: 1819

Maker: Doyle, Margaret Byron, d. 1830 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), glass (material)

GUSN: 103799

Accession Number: 1924.496

Portrait Medallion of Benjamin Franklin

Round cast terracotta medallion with a relief portrait of Benjamin Franklin wearing a raccoon skin hat, set in a round wooden frame.

Date: 1777-1779

Maker: Nini, Jean Baptiste (Sculptor)

GUSN: 103800

Accession Number: 1924.769

Silhouette

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over black ground of a man facing left with high white collar and shirt, pencil drawn details for hair, mounted in a gilded wood frame.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Possibly Chamberlain, William (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103801

Accession Number: 1925.652

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette set on black ground of a man facing left, mounted in an oval brass spandrel frame with foliate and reed borders.

Date: 1803-1810

Maker: King, William (Artist)

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103802

Accession Number: 1925.619

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette set over black silk, mounted in an octagonal black painted wood frame.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103803

Accession Number: 1925.620

Silhouette

Painted bust length silhouette of a woman facing left, mounted in a brass spandrel frame with foliate and bead borders and verre eglomise matt with four rosettes at corners and oval opening.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103804

Accession Number: 1925.622

Pair of Silhouettes

A pair of hollow cut silhouettes set on black textile of a woman facing right and a man facing left, both mounted behind painted glass with gold borders and sprigs of foliate decoration, gilt wood frame with twisted rope border applied to the cove.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: Possibly Warner, Orson C. (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103805

Accession Number: 1925.623

Pair of Silhouettes

Pair of hollow cut bust length silhouette portraits set over black cloth of a woman facing right and a man facing left, mounted in a brass spandrel frame with foliate and bead borders.

Date: 1803-1810

Maker: King, William (Artist)

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103806

Accession Number: 1925.624

Silhouette

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over black ground of a woman facing right wearing a lace collar, india ink details for hair, mounted in a painted green wood frame with verre eglomise mat with octagonal opening and double curved bustline.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: Attributed to Letton, Ralph (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103807

Accession Number: 1925.625

Silhouette

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait over a black ground of a man facing left, drawn hair and painted coat details, mounted in a brass spandrel frame with foliate and bead borders and rosettes at corners.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: Bache, William (Artist)

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103808

Accession Number: 1925.627

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette portrait over black silk of a woman facing right, crudely painted body wearing green dress and holding a flower, mounted in a gilded wood frame. This artist is sometimes referred to as the "Puffy Sleeve" artist due to the naive but charming painted details that almost always in...

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103809

Accession Number: 1925.629

Silhouette

Hollow cut silhouette set over black ground of woman facing right, dress and hair details drawn in ink, mounted behind a verre eglomise mat with a gold border around opening, all in gilt wood frame.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103810

Accession Number: 1925.630

Silhouette

Hollow cut paper silhouette set over black glass of a woman facing right, mounted in a brass spandrel frame with a foliate border around a beaded border and four rosettes.

Date: 1803-1810

Maker: King, William (Artist)

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103811

Accession Number: 1925.631

Silhouette

Hollow cut paper silhouette set over black textile of a young boy facing right, set in a painted gold wood frame.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103812

Accession Number: 1925.632

Silhouette

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over black paper of a child facing right with drawn details for hair and dress, mounted in a round painted black wood frame with verre eglomise mat with oval opening.

Date: 1793-1822

Maker: Bache, William (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103813

Accession Number: 1925.633

Bread pan

Rectangular metal bread pan.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 170421

Accession Number: 2006.44.2280

Footstool

Empire style mahogony footstool with an embroidered vegetal pattern on the seat. Two C shaped legs joined by a stretcher.

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 170422

Accession Number: 2006.44.2050

Phillips House

Framed photographic print of a house, #34 Chestnut Street, Salem, Massachusetts. In front of the house is a large tree, and beside the house, on each side, is another house. There is a wood fence to the left and metal fence in front. The picture is taken from across the street.

Date: 1898-1912

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 170423

Accession Number: 2006.44.894

Wall lamp

Wall lamp with two arms and glass shades with etched design.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 170424

Accession Number: 2006.44.1201.2

Bookcase

Mahogany double door bookcase with an A-shaped gallery centered by a carved shell with bellflowers that sits atop a case of double sliding glass doors. The doors are flanked by reeded Ionic columns and topped with an egg-and-dart molding below dental moldings, which extend around the corners.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), glass (material)

GUSN: 170425

Accession Number: 2006.44.695

Hand mirror

Round Chinese bronze mirror. Concentric rings design with Chinese characters.

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 170426

Accession Number: 2006.44.951.1

Bowl

Medium-sized wooden bowl, or calabash, from Hawaii, called an umeke. The bowl has a smooth, polished exterior and unpolished interior. The top edge of the bowl curves inward. The thick walls of the bowl are cracked and have been repaired using a traditional technique of inserting hourglass-shaped pl...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 170427

Accession Number: 2006.44.2078

Sculpture

Bronze sculpture of a boy at a grinding wheel.

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 170428

Accession Number: 2006.44.1186

Mirror case

Square, teak wooden case with circular green fabric padding and lid.

Maker: unknown

Material: teak (wood)

GUSN: 170429

Accession Number: 2006.44.951.2AB

Bowl

Wood bowl, or umeke, with polished interior and exterior surfaces. From Hawaii, also referred to as "calabash." Two hourglass-shaped plugs have been inserted to hold together a cracked surface - a traditional method of repair. A small Hawaiian royal coat of arms has been affixed to the outer surface...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 170430

Accession Number: 2006.44.2077

Trinket box

Painted treen barrel-shaped trinket box with lid. Black and red painted plant design. Several cracks in box, one of which is mended.

Maker: unknown

Material: carving and carving techniques

GUSN: 170431

Accession Number: 2006.44.738AB

Kapa beater

Wooden four-sided kapa (barkcloth) beater, or i'e kuku, from Hawaii. Three sides have ribbed, parallel lines, each side's ribbing having a slightly different width. One side has a regular diamond and triangle design carved into the surface. Kapa, or Hawaiian barkcloth, comes in a variety of textur...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 170441

Accession Number: 2006.44.957

Sculpture

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

Date: ca. 19th century

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

Material: bronze (metal), patina (condition)

GUSN: 170442

Accession Number: 2006.44.1165

Bowl

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

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