Historic New England

Wedding Dress?

White and beige changable taffeta dress. Neckline trimmed with net, sleeves trimmed with cream chenille fringe. Bodice is pointed and boned. Fifteen cream covered buttons down back and a hook and eye tab at waist. Lined with linen. Matching skirt with train has a hook and eye closure and a pocket on...

Date: 1867-1868

Maker: unknown

Material: taffeta, stitching, chenille (yarn), silk (textile)

GUSN: 45311

Accession Number: 1951.36

Wedding Dress

Cream two-piece dress with bodice and skirt made of China silk crepe. Elbow length sleeves with cream satin ribbon trim. 1 pink grosgrain ribbon at each elbow. Pleats at front and back. 10 self-covered buttons and buttonholes. Bodice boned and lined with glazed cotton. Skirt has button holes on...

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: crepe (textile), silk (textile), stitching

GUSN: 45312

Accession Number: 1951.39AB

Bellows

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45313

Accession Number: 1951.45

Oil Lamp

Oil lamp with a molded metal base on four feet and a glass globe. One of a pair.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45314

Accession Number: 1951.48

Waistcoat

Cream colored waistcoat with white lining and back; High collar; no lapels; single breasted with eight self covered buttons; two hook and eye; Two ties at back.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), wool (textile), worsted

GUSN: 45315

Accession Number: 1951.54

Needlework Picture

White patterns stitched on white cotton and linen ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 45316

Accession Number: 1951.58

Cloth fragment

No description

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flannel, weaving, machine-made, textiles

GUSN: 45317

Accession Number: 1951.60

Dress

Blue & gold checked iridescent taffeta; standing band collar; darts; piped straight waist. Bodice lined w/ brown cotton; 7 blue velvet covered buttons at back (one is missing); piped armscye; leg o' mutton sleeves w/ blue velvet band at wrist. Skirt is pleated at front w/ cartridge pleats at back;...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 45318

Accession Number: 1951.61

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45319

Accession Number: 1951.64

Paper Doll

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45320

Accession Number: 1951.68

Comb Box

Turquoise-colored, demi-lune shaped, lidded cardboard box with paper label for Alfred Willard, comb merchant, of Boston.

Date: 1826-1836

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45321

Accession Number: 1951.71

Kerchief

Brown checked kerchief; homespun; sewn on label says "Homespun Pocket Handkerchief, 1790, Portsmouth, N.H."

Date: 1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45322

Accession Number: 1951.72

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse sampler with lines letters divided by lines of cross stitch and half cross stitch. Polychromatic threads. Alphabets: #1 "A-Y", missing "J", "U"; #2 "A-Z", missing "J", "U". Stitches used: cross stitch, eyelet hole stitch, and star stitch.

Date: 1773

Maker: Sevey, Sarah (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 45323

Accession Number: 1951.73

Needlework Picture

Needlework picture worked on paper. Front of picture is a silk and wool embroidered weeping willow arching over a printed and appliqued silk urn inscribed "G.W. Born Feb. 22, 1732. Died at Mount Vernon, Dec. 14, 1799. Aged 68". The bottom of the plinth is inscribed "The just shall be had in everlast...

Date: 1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45324

Accession Number: 1951.74

Purse

A beaded reticule with three horizontal bands. Bottom with geographic motif in red, green, yellow, and light blue. Middle with large flowers in shades of yellow and blue, pink buds, and green leaves. Top row with geometric motif in red, blue, and white. Taupe silk added to the top of the purse as we...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, silk (textile), enamel (fused coating), beads (pierced objects), beadwork, beading (process), cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 45325

Accession Number: 1951.78

Purse

A glass beaded reticule with a landscape / town scene altered and extended on top with green silk and metal frame, clasp, and chain.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (process), beadwork, metal, silk (textile), silk (fiber), cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 45326

Accession Number: 1951.79

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: Harding, Newell, 1796-1862 (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 45327

Accession Number: 1951.86

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a spatulate handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Frobisher, B. C., 1792-1862 (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 45328

Accession Number: 1951.87

Teaspoon

One of a set of ten. Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1825-1842

Maker: Frobisher, B. C., 1792-1862 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 45329

Accession Number: 1951.91