Historic New England

"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

Women's dress

Two-piece eyelet women's dress with three-quarter length sleeves and an ankle length skirt. The bodice is constructed of a cream colored eyelet fabric with floral designs over a silk lining. The bodice also has a lace yoke collar. The bodice has eleven hook and loop closure in the front. The sleeves...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), tulle (meshed textile), silk (textile), lace (needlework), eyelets (components)

GUSN: 189751

Accession Number: 2006.44.1250AB

Salad plate

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: 189752

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.145

Salad plate

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: 189756

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.144

Salad plate

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: 189759

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.143

Salad plate

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: 189762

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.146

Salad plate

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

Knife

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish knife with a mother of pearl handle and a foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189570

Accession Number: 2009.5.24.1

Knife

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish knife with a mother of pearl handle and a foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189571

Accession Number: 2009.5.24.2

Knife

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish knife with a mother of pearl handle and a foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189572

Accession Number: 2009.5.24.3

Knife

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish knife with a mother of pearl handle and a foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189573

Accession Number: 2009.5.24.4

Knife

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish knife with a mother of pearl handle and a foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189574

Accession Number: 2009.5.24.5

Knife

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish knife with a mother of pearl handle and a foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189575

Accession Number: 2009.5.24.6

Knife

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish knife with a mother of pearl handle and a foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189576

Accession Number: 2009.5.24.7

Knife

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish knife with a mother of pearl handle and a foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189577

Accession Number: 2009.5.24.8

Knife

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish knife with a mother of pearl handle and a foliate design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189578

Accession Number: 2009.5.24.9

Knife

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish knife with a mother of pearl handle and a foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189579

Accession Number: 2009.5.24.10

Knife

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish knife with a mother of pearl handle and a foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189580

Accession Number: 2009.5.24.11

Knife

Small knife with mother-of-pearl handle and "Q" monogram.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189581

Accession Number: 2009.5.24.12

Set of dining chairs

Set of twelve Queen Anne style dining chairs including two armchairs and ten side chairs all featuring floral marquetry decoration, carved claw-and-ball feet and red leather covered slip seats.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: marquetry, wood (plant material), leather

GUSN: 189582

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468

Saltcellar

A pair of silver saltcellars with an octagonal shape, a single large foot, and dual caryatid handles. Bowl has a broad scalloped lip with a beaded edge.

Date: 1900

Maker: Black, Starr & Frost (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 189583

Accession Number: 2009.5.25.1

Saltcellar

A pair of silver saltcellars with an octagonal shape, a single large foot, and dual caryatid handles. Bowl has a broad scalloped lip with a beaded edge.

Date: 1900

Maker: Black, Starr & Frost (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 189584

Accession Number: 2009.5.25.2

Salt Spoon

Silver salt spoon with a caryatid handle and a flat rounded bowl.

Date: 1885

Maker: Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 189585

Accession Number: 2009.5.26.1

Salt Spoon

Silver salt spoon with caryatid handle.

Date: 1885

Maker: Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 189586

Accession Number: 2009.5.26.2

Klismos chairs

Klismos chair with brass inlay and caned seat. Exact match to 1972.53A-C.

Date: ca. 1805

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 189587

Accession Number: 2009.5.34.1

Klismos chairs

Klismos chair with brass inlay and caned seat. Exact match to 1972.53A-C.

Date: ca. 1805

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 189588

Accession Number: 2009.5.34.2

Armchair

Queen Anne style armchair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood floral...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189589

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.1

Crib

Walnut Gothic-Revival style crib; solid headboard and footboard with carved flattened trefoil "finials" at either side extending down to squared legs and stepped feet; casters; tops of headboard and footboard are rounded (extension of trefoil); solid sideboards; side rails with turned spindles and c...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), carving (processes), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 189590

Accession Number: 2005.18

Portrait of Reverend John Codman

Waist length portrait of Rev. John Codman (1782-1847), quarter turned to left. Dark background with view out window of a Church tower. Seated on a red upholstered chair with some wood visible at arm. He is later in years (middle age) with gray hair, white collar and black robe. In his right hand, he...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: Huntington, Daniel (Artist) Attributed to Doggett, John (American mirror manufacturer, active 1809) (Framer)

Material: oil painting (technique), canvas, gilding

GUSN: 189592

Accession Number: 2005.20.1

Armchair

Queen Anne style armchair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood floral...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189595

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.2

Side chair

Queen Anne style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. Horseshoe shaped red leather covered slip seat with a serp...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189597

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.3

Side chair

Queen Anne style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood flor...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189598

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.4

Side chair

Queen Anne style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood flor...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189599

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.5

Side chair

Queen Anne style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood flor...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189601

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.6

Toy dressing table

Wooden dressing table painted aqua with attached sheet metal mirror.

Date: ca. 1945

Maker: unknown

Material: sheet metal, wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 189602

Accession Number: 2009.7.4.1

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