Historic New England

Pair of Stockings

Off-white-yellow worsted wool stockings. Ribbed rim around calf. Extending from the ankle up is a design of triangles and diamonds. Seam up the back of the calf with the small line design.

Date: ca. 1827

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), knitting (process), worsted

GUSN: 190019

Accession Number: 2005.24.2.1-2

Pair of Socks

Beige cotton stockings. Ribbed rim at calf. Seam up back of calf.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 190020

Accession Number: 2005.24.3.1-2

A reddish brown linen apron with blue and white plaid. The apron is smock-like, with two holes for the arms and ties that extend from under the arms to the back. The bottom has a double hem. The neckline can be tightened or loosened with a blue and white string.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 190022

Accession Number: 2005.24.4

Apron

Blue and white linen plaid waist apron. Has a wide hem, on right side of hem in front, a five inch rectangle patch of matching fabric.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 190023

Accession Number: 2005.24.5

Towels

1) Beige linen towel woven in diamond pattern, lower left 'CP' embroidered in brown. Top middle a small loop sewn on. 2) Beige linen towel wove in diamond pattern, lower left 'CP' embroidered in dark brown loop at top middle. 3) Beige linen towel wove in diamond pattern, lower left 'CP' cross-stitch...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 190025

Accession Number: 2005.24.6.1-5

Fireplace shovel

Brass fireplace shovel with axe shaped head and ball-top handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 190029

Accession Number: 2006.44.1476.2

Fireplace tongs

Metal fireplace tongs with a brass ball-top handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 190030

Accession Number: 2006.44.1476.1

Women's dress

Two piece jet black net lace and silk women's dress with bead and sequin floral decoration. The bodice has elbow length puffed sleeves of net lace over a beige silk lining. The sleeves have ruffled lace cuffs with a wide band of black beads and sequins just above the ruffle. There is a twisted black...

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: Donovan, C., Mrs. (Maker)

Material: net (textile), silk (textile), satin, beads (pierced objects), sequins (spangles)

GUSN: 190055

Accession Number: 2006.44.1274AB

Women's dress

Pale peach faille two piece women's dress with ivory lace, crochet, crepe, and brown fur trimmings. The jacket style bodice has three-fourths length puffed sleeves with floral lace and crepe cuff trim and diamond-shaped smock stitch on the outside of each sleeve. The shoulder of the puff is split an...

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: R.A. McCormick (Maker)

Material: faille, lace (needlework), crepe (textile), crochet (needlework), fur

GUSN: 190058

Accession Number: 2006.44.1275AB

Evening dress

Two piece black velvet evening dress with lace and black feather collar. The bodice has a simple scoop neckline with gathered lace at the collar and over the sleeves. The short full puffed sleeves have lace trim at the cuffs and black ribbon decoration at the top of the shoulders. The front of the b...

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: Hentenaar (Maker)

Material: velvet (fabric weave), lace (needlework), feather (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 190061

Accession Number: 2006.44.1276AB

Women's dress

Blue and white floral pattern cotton women's dress with full length sleeves. The calf length dress has a v-shaped neck collar with lace trim. The bodice opens with three snap buttons along the right side of the collar. The fitted sleeves have two snap buttons at the waist. There is an attached belt ...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 190063

Accession Number: 2006.44.1277

Women's dress

Blue light weight cotton women's dress dotted with white threads. The calf length dress has three-fourths length flared sleeves. At the base of the flare is a white thread border that goes around the sleeve. At the top of the sleeve the border makes a step pattern upward. In the void created by the ...

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 190064

Accession Number: 2006.44.1278

Women's dress

Cream and navy floral patterned ankle length women's dress with matching belt and jacket. The material is a sheer cream colored silk with navy blue floral pattern. The neckline of the dress is bordered by an accordion pleat that lies flat. The collar ties at the front and has long ribbon ties. The s...

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 190065

Accession Number: 2006.44.1279A-C

Women's dress

Green calf length women's dress with three-fourths length sleeves and cream embroidered dot and net embroidery details. The v-shaped neckline is bordered by triangular shaped net inserts. The net is detailed with cream and green embroidered diamond and triangular shapes. There is a cotton modesty p...

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), net (textile), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 190066

Accession Number: 2006.44.1280

Women's dress

Blue and white leaf patterned calf-length women's dress with three-fourths length sleeves. The sleeves are adorned with a blue fin-shaped flap of pleated fabric and a stitched on tab of leaf patterned fabric along the edge of the fin-shaped flap. The shoulders have three darts on each side. The neck...

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 190067

Accession Number: 2006.44.1281

Towel

Off white towel with a diamond pattern woven in. Has a loop in middle top and fringe along the bottom. On upper left side is inscription Belle S. Philbrick- some brown, possibly rust, staining.

Date: 1840-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 190068

Accession Number: 2005.24.7

Women's dress

Blue and white daisy patterned ankle length women's dress with elbow length sleeves and lace trimmings. The sleeves are decorated with a thick border of ruffled lace and an embroidered banding. The shoulders have two darts that run to the chest. The v-shaped neckline is lined with a yolk-shaped lace...

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 190069

Accession Number: 2006.44.1282

Towels

Off-white linen towel. Woven in a diamond pattern, has a loop at top center, inscription top left, 'H.W. Stiles'. Tear in lower center, some tattering on edges.

Date: Mid-Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), weaving

GUSN: 190070

Accession Number: 2005.24.8

Women's dress

Ankle-length women's dress with elbow-length sleeves. Off-white lace trimmings on sleeves and neckline and blue background with white leaf pattern and red dots. The sleeves are trimmed by a wide border of off-white lace with two horizontal lace ruffles and a vertical lace ruffle running down the upp...

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 190071

Accession Number: 2006.44.1283

Women's dress

Beige ankle-length women's dress with flared three-fourth length sleeves and black yarn details on the neckline and sleeves. The sleeves are split on the backside and both the edge and split are trimmed with silk. On either side and at the point of the split is a decorative black yarn diamond motif....

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile), silk (textile), yarn

GUSN: 190072

Accession Number: 2006.44.1284

Towel

Cream/off-white linen towel, woven in a diamond pattern. Loop at center top.

Date: Early to Mid 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), textile weaving processes and techniques

GUSN: 190073

Accession Number: 2005.24.9

Towel

Off-white linen towel, woven in a diamond pattern. Loop at top and fringe at the bottom.

Maker: Philbrick, Hannah Gove (Maker)

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 190074

Accession Number: 2005.24.10

Women' s dress

Blue and white ankle-length women's dress with elbow-length sleeves and lace trimmings. The sleeves have a bulge in material sewn in for the elbows. They are trimmed in banded lace with ruffles on both edges and four iridescent beads on the outer edge. The v-shaped neckline has a variation of a lace...

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework), beads (pierced objects)

GUSN: 190075

Accession Number: 2006.44.1285

Shawl

Oblong cream knitted shawl. Center is a separate rounded square with a diamond-shaped leaf pattern. Around the outside are four separate strips sewn around the square and out from each corner is a continuous border with diamonds and triangles and a scalloped edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 190076

Accession Number: 2006.44.1286

Needlework picture showing a basket maker working in a lush landscape that includes a peacock on the left and bee hives on a hillside on the right..

Date: 1749

Maker: Fleet, Mary, 1729-1796 (Maker)

Material: wool (hair), silk (fiber), linen (material)

GUSN: 190773

Accession Number: 1927.436

"Pianist's Folio"

Booklet of sheet music; four pages, most double-sided, front is title page; other pages consist of music on pages numbered three to seven; title page has fancy lettering with foliate decoration; table of contents below title.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 189746

Accession Number: 2005.23.8

Women's dress

Ankle length cream colored eyelet women's dress with elbow length sleeves. The dress has a yoke collar and a front button and hook closure. The dress is gathered at the waist and then falls into a two tiered skirt. The back of the dress has two vertical eyelet seams that run from the shoulders to th...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), netting (process)

GUSN: 189747

Accession Number: 2006.44.1251

Salad plate

Porcelain salad plate with a white body, a raspberry and gold banded rim, and a gold monogrammed "P" in the center.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189749

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.142

Porcelain salad plate with a white body, a raspberry and gold banded rim, and a monogrammed "P" in the center.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189763

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.141

Boy's Jacket

Boy's black velvet jacket. Worn by boys in Caragianes family, Nicholas (b.1919), James (1921-1993), Angelo (b.1924).

Date: 1920s

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), cotton (textile), mother of pearl

GUSN: 189764

Accession Number: 2009.16.3.1

Boy's Vest

Boy's white cotton vest. Worn by boys in Caragianes family, Nicholas (b.1919), James (1921-1993), Angelo (b.1924).

Date: 1920s

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 189765

Accession Number: 2009.16.3.2

Boy's Knickers

Boy's black velvet knickers. Worn by boys in Caragianes family, Nicholas (b.1919), James (1921-1993), Angelo (b.1924).

Date: 1920s

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), cotton (textile), mother of pearl

GUSN: 189766

Accession Number: 2009.16.3.3

"Piano Music"

Single sheet, folded; table of contents for sheet music; two pages have leaf and berry border inside of which are three columns listing, titles, and authors of music for various dances instruments.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 189771

Accession Number: 2005.23.10

Tavern Novelty Candle Box

Original Tavern Novelty Duck Candle box No. 751--4 Yellow Ducks

Date: 1930s-1940s

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 189772

Accession Number: 2009.17.2.1ab

Duck candle

Duck novelty candle

Date: 1930s-1940s

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189775

Accession Number: 2009.17.2.2

Duck candle

Date: 1930s-1940s

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189776

Accession Number: 2009.17.2.3

Rabbit candle

Date: 1930s-1940s

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189777

Accession Number: 2009.17.2.4

Rabbit candle

Date: 1930s-1940s

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189778

Accession Number: 2009.17.2.5

"The Shadow'd Heart"

Two sheets; title page has very ornate lettering surrounded by scrolls and foliage; three pages of music.

Date: 1857

Maker: unknown

Material: printing (process), ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 189780

Accession Number: 2005.23.11

Sheet Music, "Diavolo"

Single sheet title page; discolored/stained/edges torn; lettering in several different fonts; two stamps at bottom; handwritten inscription at upper corner; music on verso.

Date: 1832

Maker: Hewitt & Co. (Vendor) J. Edgar (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 189783

Accession Number: 2005.23.12

Gown

This gown was originally made as an open robe--meant to be worn with a petticoat--most likely in the 1770s. It was re-made into a round gown--the skirt was closed across the front--sometime in the mid to late 1780s. The gown is constructed from plainweave linen plate-printed in indigo with a repeati...

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), printed textile materials

GUSN: 189811

Accession Number: 1998.5875

Cossack Firing from Atop his Horse

Bronze sculpture with a brown patina of a Cossack standing on a saddled horse and firing a rifle.

Date: 1870-1884

Maker: Lansere, Yevgeny, 1848-1886 (Sculptor) F. Chopin (Caster)

Material: bronze (metal), patina (condition)

GUSN: 189812

Accession Number: 2006.44.1463

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