Historic New England

Bell

Brass bell with a wood handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197778

Accession Number: 2006.44.2489

Toilet bottle

Glass container with silver floral pattern engraved top. In the top there is a hole for dipping cotton swabs.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 197780

Accession Number: 2006.44.2446.3

Hairpin box

Hair pin box with red cover and ivory bottom. Three dividing sections within the small box. Front of box reads "Princess Hair Pins".

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 197781

Accession Number: 2006.44.2433

Toilet bottle

Glass bottle holding a white powder. The bottle has a metal top.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal

GUSN: 197783

Accession Number: 2006.44.2487AB

Djur-kiss tin

Olive green talc powder tin. Cylindrical in shape with a twist top with six small holes in it to dispence the talc powder.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 197785

Accession Number: 2006.44.2437

Cup

Small glass cup with step and round base. This is a bathroom glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197786

Accession Number: 2006.44.2479

Toothpick

Metal toothpick with small engraving at base of the handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 197788

Accession Number: 2006.44.2481

Manicure scissors

Small manicure scissors for personal use. Either metal or silver.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 197790

Accession Number: 2006.44.2478

Sash

Red silk sash with a printed black "H" in center.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 197799

Accession Number: 2006.44.2757

Wool rug with small multi-colored diamonds that are part of a larger overall diamond design fill the center panel. The largest boder consists of multi-colored boteh. At one end is a woven band with black, blue, and green lines running through it. The edges are bound in a red-rust color.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197801

Accession Number: 2006.44.456

Kashan rug

Wool woven rug. Center panel has a flowering vase design with birds and palmettes at the top corners. It has a herati border consisting of a band of continuous rosettes and palmettes liked by floral motifs. The ends are reduced and the edges are bound in blue.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197803

Accession Number: 2006.44.459

Rug

Woven wool rug. Center panel has a circle medallion in center and is surrounded by peach and pink colored flowers with blue stems. The inner border is a solid blue strip with white dots. The outermost border is a dark blue and the fringe on both ends is very short.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197806

Accession Number: 2006.44.465

Hamadan rug

Woven wool rug. In the center is a pole medallion surrounded by various types of flowers. The parterns on the rug are symmetrical. Three fourths of the edges are bound in navy blue and the remaning fourth is bound in light blue. At either end is a woven cotton strip, one with a fringe and the other ...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197808

Accession Number: 2006.44.466

Rug

Woven wool rug. Center panel has diagonal rows of tarantulas with rosettes at the center of each. The inner border consists of white connected latch-hooks and the middle border consists of multi-colored eight pointed stars. The outermost border consists of a brown latch-hook design and a rams-horn d...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197809

Accession Number: 2006.44.467

Rug

Woven wool rug with a simple design consisting of a brown field with nothing in the center. It has a simple border of rosettes and leaves and each corner has been blocked off so that the center of the rug has a diamond shape. The edges are bound in brown and at one end of the center panel there are ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197811

Accession Number: 2006.44.468

Fereghan runner

Woven wool rug. Center panel has a repeating rosette enclosed in a medallion design. There are three borders, two are narrow and consist of various colored rosettes on a vine and one wide border with various types of flowers. The fringe at both ends is worn and very short. The edges are bound in a b...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197813

Accession Number: 2006.44.469

Rug

Woven wool rug. Center panel contains a toothed diamond on a red field. The rest of the center panel contains various geometric designs. The largest border has two rows of many colored flower shapes. The outermost border has a wave design. The edges are bound in brown.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197814

Accession Number: 2006.44.470

Runner

Woven wool runner. Center panel has row of twelve guls on a marroon ground. The edges are unbound, but have a maroon tape over them.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197816

Accession Number: 2006.44.471

Ghiordes rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel contains a medallion with a toothed diamond at its center. The largest border contains toothed triangles with various colored rosettes in them. The edges appear to be bound in various shades of green, which are now faded.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197817

Accession Number: 2006.44.472

Rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel consists of a single row or rosettes flanked on either side by stylized candlesticks. The outer borders are geometric in design. The sides are unbound. At each end on the revers there is a black canvas strip. The pile also runs across the rug.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197818

Accession Number: 2006.44.473

Rug

Woven wool rug with a blue ground with various objects woven in center panel. There are vases, lamps and baskets. The border consists of geometric designs alternating with flowers. The pile of the rug goes along it width and the fringe is along the edges and not the ends.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197821

Accession Number: 2006.44.474

Prayer rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel has a mihrab that as rosettes on it. To the right of the mihrab is a comb. The rest of the panel contains multi-colored hanging lamps. There are three borders. The inner and middle borders are very geometric in style. The outermost border is a band of multi-colored r...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197823

Accession Number: 2006.44.475

Runner

Woven wool runner. The center panel is a multi-colored repeating rosette design. The two borders consist of repeating geometric shpaes. Around the outer edge of the rug are eighteen eight pointed stars. The edges are bound in brown. The pile runs side to side and not lengthwise.

Maker: unknown

Material: camel hair (hair), wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197824

Accession Number: 2006.44.476

Tabriz rug

Woven wool rug with a center pole medallion in blue with red floral designs. Outer medallion is ivory with blue floral designs. The borders consist of a variety of geometric floral shapes and the edges are bound in ivory.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197826

Accession Number: 2006.44.477

Tablespoon

Set of four silver tablespoons with round upturned handles and pointed oval bowls.

Date: ca. 1760

Maker: Burt, Benjamin, 1729-1805 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 197827

Accession Number: 1937.741.1-.4

Rug

Woven wool rug . The center panel has three rows of ten multi-colored botehs in each row. The outer borders contain multi-colored diamonds, crosses, and large rosettes with diamonds in the center. The edges of the rug are bound in a variety of colors. On each end half of the fringe is brown and the ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197828

Accession Number: 2006.44.478

Brush

A long wooden handled brush with black painted bristles. The bristles are shaped into a rounded point at the end. The wooden handle is slightly scratched up by the bristles and has the details of a spindle. It is polished with a old string tied around the neck of the handle so that it can hang up on...

Maker: unknown

Material: primary wood, bristle

GUSN: 197838

Accession Number: 2006.44.2516

Milk bottle

Glass milk bottle. One pint. Words molded to the front of bottle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197839

Accession Number: 2006.44.1598

The Giralda Tower

A watercolor painting with a cream colored brick wall at front with potted flowers on top and an ornate tower in the background. Simple, narrow wood frame painted gold.

Date: 1907

Maker: Candela, F. (Painter)

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198281

Accession Number: 2006.44.559

Woman at the Well

A watercolor painting of an alleyway with a person dressed in dark colors carrying a red umbrella. A woman dressed in red and white sits at a well in the lower right corner. Flowers and trees grow on the buildings. The frame is dark brown wood with carved rectangles and leaves.

Date: ca. 1907

Maker: Candela, F. (Painter)

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198285

Accession Number: 2006.44.560

Hand towel

White cloth with fringe on two sides of it. There is a red monogrammed "P."

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198303

Accession Number: 2006.44.2497

Set of hand towels

Set of five cotton "A.P. Peabody" white cloth hand towels.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198304

Accession Number: 2006.44.2492

Hand towel

White cotton hand towel embroidered "AP Peabody."

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198305

Accession Number: 2006.44.2492.5

Hand towel

White cotton hand towel embroidered "AP Peabody."

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198306

Accession Number: 2006.44.2492.4

Hand towel

White cotton hand towel embroidered "AP Peabody."

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198307

Accession Number: 2006.44.2492.3

Hand towel

White cotton hand towel embroidered "AP Peabody."

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198308

Accession Number: 2006.44.2492.2

Hand towel

White cotton hand towel embroidered "AP Peabody."

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198309

Accession Number: 2006.44.2492.1

Bath towel

White bath towel with small fringe on two sides of it.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198310

Accession Number: 2006.44.2493

Bath towel

White bath twol with a thin sewn border.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198311

Accession Number: 2006.44.2491

Bath towel

Set of two white bath towels with floral weaves.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198314

Accession Number: 2006.44.2490

Bath towel

White cotton bath towel with floral weave.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198316

Accession Number: 2006.44.2490.1

Bath towel

White cotton bath towel with fringe and floral weave.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198320

Accession Number: 2006.44.2496

Bath towel set

Set of three white cotton bath towels with fringe and "P" monogram.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198326

Accession Number: 2006.44.2494

Bath towel

White cotton bath towel with fringe and "P" monogram.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198327

Accession Number: 2006.44.2494.2

Bath towel

White cotton bath towel with fringe and a "P" monogram.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198328

Accession Number: 2006.44.2494.1

Pitcher

White ceramic pitcher with rounded handle. Has some cracking on its sides and from the pouring spout into the intetrior of the piece.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198330

Accession Number: 2006.44.2485

Listerine bottle

Glass listerine bottle with glass topper.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 198334

Accession Number: 2006.44.2476

Bath towel

White bath towel with a light blue monogrammed "P".

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198338

Accession Number: 2006.44.2484

Toilet set

White ceramic toilet set consisting of a pitcher and a bowl with a blue trim.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198342

Accession Number: 2006.44.2483

Pitcher

White ceramic pitcher with a blue trim.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198345

Accession Number: 2006.44.2483.1

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