Historic New England

Pen

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 32458

Accession Number: 1928.1280

Sealing Wax

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wax

GUSN: 32459

Accession Number: 1928.1281

Wallet

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 32460

Accession Number: 1928.1283

Picture

Silk and paper picture.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32461

Accession Number: 1928.1291

Corner Chair

Corner chair with three turned back supports; two vase splats; round "X" stretchers; and scroll feet. The seat is upholstered with leather.

Date: 1740-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 32464

Accession Number: 1928.1305

Drop-leaf table. Mahogany; beech hinge rails; white pine side rails. Rectangular molded top and leaves. Top and leaves each composed of one board. Frame secured to top by six screws. No support blocks. Apron has squared skirt. Rests on serpentine molded Marlborough legs.

Date: 1785-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: beech (wood), mahogany (wood), Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 32465

Accession Number: 1928.1307

Chair

Side chair. Mahogany, paint, flag seat. Turned legs and stiles, pierced splat, serpentine crest rail with ears; flag seat; turned front stretcher; two side stretchers; one plain dowel stretcher. Painted back with gold radiator paint on rings of turnings and circles on stretchers.

Date: 1790-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 32466

Accession Number: 1928.1309

Banister-back Side Chair

Bannister back side chair with a scalloped crest rail with incised edges, three bannisters with painted floral decoration at the tops, round legs and stretchers, turned stiles, and round finials.

Date: 1760-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 32467

Accession Number: 1928.1311

Windsor Chair

Chair. Windsor form. Painted wood. One of a set of three. Bow back; sponge-painted saddle seat; bamboo-turned legs, stiles, and central stretcher. Branded inscription at seat bottom reads "W. Seaver."

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: Seaver, William, 1796 F-1798 (Furniture worker)

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

GUSN: 32468

Accession Number: 1928.1383.1

Spinning Wheel

Wool spinning wheel with a wooden axle. The legs are riven, but all of the other parts are turned.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 32470

Accession Number: 1928.1386AB

Piano Stool

Turned pillar; 4-leg base; panels and incised ornament; tablets with roundels and line.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), graining, iron (metal)

GUSN: 32471

Accession Number: 1928.1387

Violoncello

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 32472

Accession Number: 1928.1388

Wallpaper Roller

Stencil roller with floral decoration for wallpaper border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32473

Accession Number: 1928.1389.1

Wallpaper Roller

Stencil roller with floral decoration for wallpaper border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32474

Accession Number: 1928.1389.2

Painting of the Bates Homestead

Landscape depicting the Bates Homestead of Pembroke, MA, with figure in boat on river, bridge beyond, mountain in distance.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: Bates, W. G. (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 32476

Accession Number: 1928.1393

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32477

Accession Number: 1928.1396

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32478

Accession Number: 1928.1397

Map

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32479

Accession Number: 1928.1398

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32480

Accession Number: 1928.1399

Cloth Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 32110

Accession Number: 1928.427R

Cloth Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 32111

Accession Number: 1928.427S

Cloth Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 32112

Accession Number: 1928.427V

Cloth Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 32113

Accession Number: 1928.427Y

Bookmark

An embroidered bookmark made from faded green silk.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32114

Accession Number: 1928.428

Lampshade

Small paper lampshade in two pieces. Four paper panels, held together with metal pins. Images of ferns and leaves.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 32115

Accession Number: 1928.431

SHOES

Black kid slippers; bound with black grosgrain; rounded square toe; square throat; flat - no heel; narrow waist; lined with white leather & linen; narrow elastic ties are original.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, elasticity, stitching, leather, linen (material), silk (textile), twill

GUSN: 32116

Accession Number: 1928.433AB

Pair of Shoes

Bronze kid with narrow brown grosgrain ties; rounded square toe; flat - no heel; white leather & linen lining; narrow waist; square throat.

Date: 1847-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, leather, linen (material), silk (textile), twill

GUSN: 32117

Accession Number: 1928.434AB

Quill

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material)

GUSN: 32119

Accession Number: 1928.438

Thimble

Metal thimble.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 32120

Accession Number: 1928.441C

Sewing Kit

Green sewing case with needles and an empty spot for scissors.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32121

Accession Number: 1928.441B

Thread Winder

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 32122

Accession Number: 1928.441A

Calling Card Case

Cardboard calling card case with a lift top. Covered in leather with an intricate scroll design.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, leather

GUSN: 32123

Accession Number: 1928.442

Shoes

White leather shoes bound with cream cotton tape and accented with a bow. The shoes have elastic ties, rounded square toes, linen lining, and low one inch heels.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, leather, linen (material)

GUSN: 32124

Accession Number: 1928.443AB

Christening Dress

White with three bands of embroidery on bodice front; same embroidered bands on puffed capped sleeves and waistband; scalloped hem embroidered with flower and leaf motif with net insert; drawstring neckline.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 32125

Accession Number: 1928.445

Infant's Cap

White; fine white work embroidery--scrolling vine with stylized flowers and leaves with net, around face; and smaller flowers at back; round net panel at back; two sets of drawstrings.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, stitching

GUSN: 32126

Accession Number: 1928.447

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 32127

Accession Number: 1928.448

Stereoscope

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 32128

Accession Number: 1928.449

Underskirt or Petticoat

Yellow silk taffeta; hip yoke quilted in diamond pattern, body densely quilted with scrolling branch pattern; cotton waistband; side plackets; blue & white checked linen lining.

Date: 1750-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), taffeta, quilting, silk (textile)

GUSN: 32129

Accession Number: 1928.452

Figurine

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 32130

Accession Number: 1928.453

Apron

White linen, full-length; two whitework sections below knee in embroidered scalloped frames; same whitework and embroidered scalloping at hem; white cotton waistband with long cotton tape ties.

Date: 1849

Maker: Litchfield, Anna Cushing (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, linen (material), whitework

GUSN: 32131

Accession Number: 1928.458