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
Metal electric floor lamp with an hexagonal lampshade with birds.
Material: brass (alloy), paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 170446
Accession Number: 2006.44.2081
Chinese porcelain hexagonal jardiniere on stand with blue and white flower scenes.
Material: porcelain
GUSN: 170447
Accession Number: 2006.44.1187
Round, Chinese export famille-rose porcelain vase with applied gilt dragon. Cream colored with Oriental scene with butterfly, bird, and floral design.
GUSN: 170448
Accession Number: 2006.44.736
Brass curtain tieback in the form of a dolphin.
Material: brass (alloy)
GUSN: 170449
Accession Number: 2006.44.2079.1
Federal mahagony bow-front sideboard. Three drawers and three doors. Brass handles with wheat design. Six spade shaped feet.
Date: ca. 1800
Material: mahogany (wood)
GUSN: 170450
Accession Number: 2006.44.727
Throw pillow with embroidered flowers.
Material: embroidery (visual works)
GUSN: 170451
Accession Number: 2006.44.1197
GUSN: 170452
Accession Number: 2006.44.2079.2
Mahogany Chippendale-style pierced ladder-back side chair with a maroon upholstered seat.
Date: 1780-1800
GUSN: 170453
Accession Number: 2006.44.712.3
Metal black vertical telephone with a handset. Cables are included.
Date: 1913
Maker: Western Electric (Manufacturer)
Material: metal
GUSN: 170454
Accession Number: 2006.44.2080
Dutch Colonial carved hardwood open armchair. Cabriole legs with H stretchers. Slip seat with yellow patterned upholstery and padded arms. Lion's paw carving on armrest ends.
Material: hardwood
GUSN: 170458
Accession Number: 2006.44.726
Mahogany bookcase with two glass doors and on caster feet.
Material: mahogany (wood), glass (material)
GUSN: 170461
Accession Number: 2006.44.2060
Brass figurine in the form of a dragon.
GUSN: 170462
Accession Number: 2006.44.966
Empire style mahogany sewing table with pedestal base and metal feet. Two drawers each with two handles and textile under the lower drawer.
Material: furnishing textile materials, brass (alloy), mahogany (wood)
GUSN: 170463
Accession Number: 2006.44.2061
Tirangular jade ashtray with flower and vine carving.
Material: jade (rock), carving and carving techniques
GUSN: 170464
Accession Number: 2006.44.968
Mahogany, Chippendale candlestand with octagonal surface top and three legs with claw-and-ball feet.
Date: ca. 1775
GUSN: 170465
Accession Number: 2006.44.725
Sheraton style inlaid mahogany settee upholstered with a green textile. Four front cylindric feet and two rectangular rear feet. Flower pattern on the base rail and cornucopia on the crest rail.
GUSN: 170466
Accession Number: 2006.44.2063
Wooden throwing club or i Ula drisia from Fiji. Round head with large natural indentations and short handle with zigzag patterns incised into bottom half of handle. I Ula (throwing clubs) were worn alone or in pairs with the handles thrust throught the waistband of the warrior's loincloth. In battl...
Material: wood (plant material), carving and carving techniques
GUSN: 170467
Accession Number: 2006.44.959
Wooden throwing club or 'i Ula drisia from Fiji. Round head with large natural indentations and a slightly pointed top. Short handle with zigzag patterns incised into bottom half of handle. 'I Ula (throwing clubs) were worn alone or in pairs with the handles thrust throught the waistband of the war...
GUSN: 170468
Accession Number: 2006.44.958
Queen Anne style mahogany rush-seat side chair. Sculpted crest rail.
Material: mahogany (wood), rush (material)
GUSN: 170469
Accession Number: 2006.44.2053.2
Mahogany Empire card table with a folding table top, and turned stretchers.
GUSN: 170470
Accession Number: 2006.44.723
Queen Anne style mahogany rush-seat armchair with sculpted crest rail.
GUSN: 170471
Accession Number: 2006.44.2053.1
Mahogany Louis XV style carved open armchair with carved floral crest. Rose colored flower patterned upholstery with trim. Padded arms with scrolled handholds. Carved floral design on knee and front seat rail.
GUSN: 170472
Accession Number: 2006.44.724
Metal painted green and gold trash can with applied sticker representing butterflies.
GUSN: 170473
Accession Number: 2006.44.2082
Painted child's Hitchcock side chair with caned seat. Red painting on splat.
Material: wood (plant material), caning
GUSN: 170474
Accession Number: 2006.44.720
GUSN: 170475
Accession Number: 2006.44.712.1
Mahogany carved sewing table. Marble top with painted scene of Venice. Carved spiral legs and turned stretcher. Lion's paw feet with castors.
Material: mahogany (wood), marble (rock)
GUSN: 170476
Accession Number: 2006.44.721
Small wood bowl with fitted cover, from Hawaii. Both the bowl and cover have a shiny polished exterior but are unfinished on the inside. The bowl was likely made as a souvenir item.
Material: wood (plant material)
GUSN: 170477
Accession Number: 2006.44.2083AB
GUSN: 170480
Accession Number: 2006.44.2053.3
Carved mahogany Victorian sewing stand. Marble top with painted scene of Florence. Turned stretchers and carved spiral legs. Lion's paw feet with castors.
GUSN: 170481
Accession Number: 2006.44.722
GUSN: 170482
Accession Number: 2006.44.2053.4
Chinese export celadon-ground polychrome decorated porcelain vase with flower, tree, butterfly, bird and bug pattern.
Material: porcelain, celadon (glaze)
GUSN: 170483
Accession Number: 2006.44.2062
GUSN: 170485
Accession Number: 2006.44.712.2
Wooden bellows with brass end. Painted flowers in a basket scene, red canvas with upholstery tacks.
GUSN: 170486
Accession Number: 2006.44.719.1
Brown leather rectangular ink blotter with a thin gold border.
Material: leather, blotters (writing equipment)
GUSN: 170487
Accession Number: 2006.44.2087
Painted bust length silhouette portrait of man facing right, set on an album page.
Date: 1780-1803
Maker: Attributed to Doyle, William M.S., 1769-1828 (Artist)
GUSN: 103972
Accession Number: 1935.408
Pastel on paper. Half-length portrait of a man facing left, set on an album page.
Date: 1790-1810
GUSN: 103973
Accession Number: 1935.410
Miniature watercolor on ivory, bust length portrait of a man facing slightly right and wearing a naval uniform, set in a molded oval ormolu frame with pendant loop at top and mounted in an album page.
Date: 1814-1816
Material: watercolor (paint), ivory (tooth component), gilt bronze
GUSN: 103974
Accession Number: 1935.411
Round brass button with eagle holding a shield with an anchor surrounded by sixteen stars, set in a round gilded molded wood frame on a black ground, mounted in a album page.
Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)
GUSN: 103975
Accession Number: 1935.412
Photograph of three women and young boy, two sitting and two standing, mounted in molded wood frame with gilded inner border and white mat with oval opening.
Date: 1870-1876
GUSN: 103976
Accession Number: 1993.500
Painted black silhouette portrait of a woman facing left with lace collar; Mounted in an oval brass frame with reed and bead borders.
Date: 1780-1795
Material: paper (fiber product), glass (material), brass (alloy)
GUSN: 103977
Accession Number: 1951.149
Watercolor on ivory miniature bust length portrait of a woman facing slightly left wearing a white dress with a white lace shawl and a white lace cap, mounted behind an ormolu mat with oval opening in a hinged leather case with embossed floral decoration and a red velvet lining.
Date: 1848
Maker: Brown, Henry I., 1822-ca. 1880 (Miniaturist)
GUSN: 103979
Accession Number: 1993.12
Full length silhouette cut from black paper of a woman facing left and holding a fan, mounted in a veneered wood frame.
Date: 1930-1940
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 103980
Accession Number: 1947.114
Bust length silhouette portrait of a woman facing right with flowers in her hair, mounted in a wood frame with shaped corners with a molded gilt metal inner border and a green floral mat with an oval opening.
Maker: Bache, William (Artist)
GUSN: 103981
Accession Number: 1947.105
Hollow cut and painted half length silhouette portrait over black ground of a woman facing right, painted hair and dress with blue ribbon around neck and waist, mounted in a brass spandrel frame with foliate and bead borders.
Date: 1825-1840
GUSN: 103982
Accession Number: 1925.647
Hollow cut bust length silhouette set over a black ground of a man facing left with painted details for shirt and hair, mounted in a veneered wood frame with black mat with oval opening and painted gold decoration around edge and corners.
Date: 1820-1830
GUSN: 103983
Accession Number: 1922.145
Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait over a black ground of a woman facing right with a high hairstyle and lace collar, mounted in a veneered and inlaid wood frame.
Date: 1800-1830
Maker: Possibly Rosenberg, Charles Christian
GUSN: 103984
Accession Number: 1947.120
White wax relief portrait of a man facing left wearing a military uniform, set on blue background and mounted in an oval painted black molded frame.
Date: 1796
Maker: Tassie, James (Sculptor)
GUSN: 103985
Accession Number: 1924.112
Double picture frame covered in pink velvet with large cream and brown flowers.
Date: 1880-1910
GUSN: 103986
Accession Number: 1942.5170
Double picture frame covered in peach silk with dark orange Chinese characters.
GUSN: 103987
Accession Number: 1942.5171