Historic New England

Bath towel

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

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 198338

Accession Number: 2006.44.2484

Redfaced brown patchwork quilt. The diamond shaped patches are an assortment of multi-colored fabrics sewn together. Some patches have polka-dots, stripes or plaids. Other patches have small flowers or parts of a larger design. The back of the quilt is red.

Maker: Probably Duncan, Caroline, 1800-1893 (Sewer (textile worker))

Material: silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave), satin

GUSN: 197860

Accession Number: 2006.44.484

Bottle

Glass bottle in the shape of a man with a hat. The head of the bottle is the mans head and the body of the bottle is his torso. Sticker label on the front with green printed letter and handwritten letters.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197861

Accession Number: 2006.44.1585

Bottle

Small rounded rectangular bottle made of clear glass. The top is rounded. There is a yellow label with balck writing around the entire bottle. The glass on the inside is slightly discolored.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197862

Accession Number: 2006.44.2427

Vanilla bottle

Small glass bottle with cork plug and sticker label. Label is white with black line detail, eagle detail and red lettering.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), cork (bark)

GUSN: 197863

Accession Number: 2006.44.1579A

Quilt

Gray silk quilt with a gray and white design on both sides. Knotted with red, blue and yellow yarn. The edges are bound in red. There is a fold line that runs across the center of the quilt.

Maker: Probably Duncan, Caroline, 1800-1893 (Sewer (textile worker))

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 197864

Accession Number: 2006.44.485

Wire brush

Long wire brush. The brush is black and forms to a point at the end. The handle is metal and twisted with a loop at the end to be able to hang up the brush.

Maker: unknown

Material: bristle, metal

GUSN: 197865

Accession Number: 2006.44.2524

Rug

Woven wool rug with a center panel with a blue ground and a repeating design of a large rosette with multi-colored diamond in the center flaked by orange beetles. In each corner of the design there is a large red palm. There are rows of multi-colored crosses that separate each repetition of the desi...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197867

Accession Number: 2006.44.486

Long wire brush

Long wire brush with wooden handle. The metal between the handle and the brsuh is twisted. The handle is black wood and there is a hook on the end so that it can be hung up. The brush is black and oval shaped all the way down.

Maker: unknown

Material: primary wood, metal, bristle

GUSN: 197868

Accession Number: 2006.44.2523

Vanilla bottle box

Small box for vanilla bottle. White box with black line detail and black print. Black box detail with white print, details of coins and an eagle. The box is included in a set of 3 along with the Bottle (a) and a coupon (c). Coupon in included in other file

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 197869

Accession Number: 2006.44.1579B

Tacks

Small wooden square with a yellow label on top with black writing. On the back of the wooden square is a 5x5 grid of copper tacks that are numbered 26-50 with 5 tacks missing.

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), primary wood

GUSN: 197870

Accession Number: 2006.44.2429

Rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel contains rows of red tulips on a dark brown ground. The stems of each tulip are connected to the tulip above and below. There are three small borders. The inner and outer borders are multi-colored squares and geometric key shapes. The middle border has ivory and red ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197871

Accession Number: 2006.44.487

Box

Small cardboard box with blue writing. The box is intricaly folded and each side of the box has an advertisement on it.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 197872

Accession Number: 2006.44.2513.2

Bergama rug

Woven wool Bergama rug. The center panel has three crescents going down the center. There are multi-colored tulips along the edges of the center panel. The center panel also has rosettes and several rosettes with hooks on each corner and a pitchfork shape coming out of the center. There are six bord...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197873

Accession Number: 2006.44.488

Tin

Box metal tin with handle and round cap. Sticker label on front. Red with gold trim and a white round center with blue lettering. Company seal of a lions and an eagle in gold.

Maker: S.S. Pierce Co.

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 197875

Accession Number: 2006.44.1583

Shiraz rug

Woven wool Shiraz rug. The center panel contains eight large diamonds. Each diamond contains two palms and various shaped rosettes. The field around the diamonds contains small rosettes, weeping willows, birds, and two large palms on each end. There are three borders. The inner and outer borders con...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197876

Accession Number: 2006.44.489

Box

Small cardboard box with blue writing. The box is intricaly folded and each side of the box has an advertisement on it.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 197877

Accession Number: 2006.44.2513.1

Box

Small cardboard box with blue writing. The box is intricaly folded and each side of the box has an advertisement on it.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 197878

Accession Number: 2006.44.2512

Rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel contains a seven sided medallion with a pink field. The design consists of diamonds and rosettes connected by leaf shapes or lines. There are three borders. The inner and the outer borders are blue with alternating rosettes and s-shapes. The middle border is ivory an...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197879

Accession Number: 2006.44.490

Yeast foam Box

Small cardboard white and red box with white and red lettering. Yellow oval in center with writing.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 197880

Accession Number: 2006.44.1574

Runner

Woven wool hall runner with the center panel containing sixty-seven rows of botehs alternating by a row of ten then a row of eleven on a red field. there are six borders. The first border on the outer edge and the fifth border have a red field with connecting green leaf shapes. The second and the fo...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197881

Accession Number: 2006.44.491

Vacuum

Metal vacuum cleaner that is red and copper and wood. The red paint is worn and scratched off in some areas. It is long and round with a square base.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, primary wood

GUSN: 197883

Accession Number: 2006.44.2428

Rug

Floral medallion woven wool rug. The center medallion is surrounded by rosettes and flowering vines. There are six borders separated by solid bands of maroon. The sixth, innermost border, is a blue latch-hook design on an ivory ground. The first and fifth borders are orange and red rosettes on a mea...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197884

Accession Number: 2006.44.492

Tray

White lobbed ceramic tray with decorative trim imprint

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 197885

Accession Number: 2006.44.1604

Kurdish rug

Woven wool Kurdish rug. The center panel has a yellow eight-pointed star in the center. The star is in the center of an aqua rosette. There is a yellow rosette at each corner of the star. There is a tree of life design at each end of the center panel. In each corner are diamond shapes with triangle ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197886

Accession Number: 2006.44.493

Wastebasket

Wicker wastebasket. The basket is brown with a few spots where the paint is wearing off and a few areas where the wicker is breaking and coming unweaved. The bottom of the basket is woven very tightly and then it is an open weave with a few cross overs forming pointed arches. The top goes back to th...

Maker: unknown

Material: wicker

GUSN: 197887

Accession Number: 2006.44.2521

Mold

Yellow ceramic gelatin mold. Shaped indents and corn shaped indent detail.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 197888

Accession Number: 2006.44.1605

Dust pan

A dark brown dust tray with two gold stripes at the top. In the middle of the two gold stripes is a yellow and red floral design that has swirling green leaves and vines. Forming the handle is an empty tube that can hold a brush to use with the dust pan. There is a lot of wear on the dut pan top and...

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 197889

Accession Number: 2006.44.2522.1

Egg carrier

Wooden egg carrier with thin metal handle. Three wood planks on both top and bottom. Black printed text on sides. Opens on hinges.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 197890

Accession Number: 2006.44.1606

Brush

Medium sized brush to go with a dust pan. It must have once been red at one point but most of the paint has been worn off. The bristles are tan on the outside and blakc on the inside. The brush itself is made out of wood.

Maker: unknown

Material: bristle, primary wood

GUSN: 197891

Accession Number: 2006.44.2522.2

Cabistan rug

Woven wool Cabistan rug. in the center panel is a pole medallion containing crosses, rosettes, windows, and y-shaped trees. The field outside the medallion has multi-colored botehs. There is a diamond and spiked T design going down both sides. There are four borders. Three borders are small latch-ho...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197893

Accession Number: 2006.44.508

Sweeper

Reddish brown sweeper made by Bissell. The handle is quite short and made of wood. The actual sweeper is metal and has gold scroll design on the sides with gold lettering on the top. There are three wheels on either side and a fabric tube bumber around the perimeter.

Maker: unknown

Material: primary wood, metal

GUSN: 197894

Accession Number: 2006.44.2519

Jar

Glass jar with small round handle. One half gallon. Red sicker label on front. Label is red with gold trim and a white circle in center with blue lettering. Company seal of an eagle and lions in gold.

Maker: S.S. Pierce Co.

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197895

Accession Number: 2006.44.1584

Ladder

Three step wooden ladder. Each of the treads has been worn over time and the stain is gone. The ladder is a dark brown wood with a few tan paint drops on it. The ladder folds out and the rungs are supported by dowels.

Maker: unknown

Material: primary wood

GUSN: 197896

Accession Number: 2006.44.2518

Rug

Woven wool rug with center panel of four connected rectangles. Within each rectangle is a large octagon. Two of them have eight-pointed stars, diamonds and little birds. The other two have a diamond made of rosettes and birds. The blue field of each rectangle has eight-pointed stars, rosettes, s-sha...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197897

Accession Number: 2006.44.509

Butter crock

White ceramic crock with blue decorative detail around outside. Blue lettering of "Butter"

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 197898

Accession Number: 2006.44.1607

Kirman ug

Woven wool Kirman rug with center panel containing four rows of large botehs, which alternate by a row of four then a row of five. There are four borders. Two small borders have a band of dark red rosettes on a dark blue field. One smaller border has a ivory field and a meandering vine of red and bl...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197900

Accession Number: 2006.44.510

Card table

Square wooden card table with four folding legs. There are four wide planks that make up the top of the table. There are small pieces of green felt left on the edges which it may have been covered in before. The table has metal hinges and is a dark brown stain.

Maker: unknown

Material: primary wood, metal

GUSN: 197901

Accession Number: 2006.44.2520

Kazak rug

Woven wool Kazak rug with center panel of a red field with two large medallion shapes in it, one green and one blue. Each medallion contains red and white s-shaped clouds and a black and red swastika in the center. The field outside the medallions contains birds, dogs, tarantulas, crabs, a scorpion...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197903

Accession Number: 2006.44.511

Dagestan rug

Wool Dagestan rug with large center panel containing six rows of five eight pointed stars enclosed and connected by a rams horn design. There are six rows of three palmettes alternating with two stylized tulips. At one time the background was a dark blue and contains a multi-colored figure eight des...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197904

Accession Number: 2006.44.519

Prayer rug

Prayer rug with mihrab arch. Center panel has nine rows of stylized tulips which alternate six in a row then five. At the base of the arch there is a row of three, then two, then one tulip at the point of the arch. The tulips are a variety of colors. The inner most border is of maroon spearheads on ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197906

Accession Number: 2006.44.520

Runner

Runner with center panel of fifteen multi-colored medallions going down the center. Each medallion is surrounded by eight curled serrated leaves and six small multi-colored rosettes. The center panel has a blue field. The inner and outer borders have red fields with multi-colored rosettes on a meand...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197908

Accession Number: 2006.44.521

Rug

Rug with no pile, it has a very rough feel. The center panel has a large diamond in the center. The field inside and outside the diamond is covered with large and small connected palmettes. There are three borders. The inner border has brown and white rosettes separated by pink blocks on the sides, ...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197909

Accession Number: 2006.44.512

Rug

Rug with center pole medallion-floral design. Has three medium sized borders separated by many tiny ones. The inner border has a cream field with rose colored rosettes on a meandering vine. The middle border has a dark blue field with alternating rosettes and palmettes. The outer border has a rose f...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197910

Accession Number: 2006.44.522

Rug

Rug with center panel of a large hexagon filled with eight rows of botehs. The field outside the hexagon is filled with diamonds rosettes leaves and other geometric shapes. There are four borders. The smallest border is the innermost and has a row of red and blue alternating diamonds on a yellow fie...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197911

Accession Number: 2006.44.513

Rug

Rug with eleven rows of various designs. The top and bottom rows have a white saw tooth design on an aqua field. There are two rows of aqua flowers on a fuchsia field. There are three rows of aqua leaves on a fuchsia field. There are two more rows of white saw teeth on a aqua field. The last two row...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197913

Accession Number: 2006.44.523

Ersari Beshir rug

Woven wool Ersari Beshir rug with center panel of thirteen diagonal rows of blue and red diamonds. There is one large border of diamonds alternating with flowering trees on a red field. There are two smaller borders of multi-colored bands separated by white dots. At either end is a woven cotton band...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197914

Accession Number: 2006.44.514

Stephen W. Phillips

Pastel bust length portrait of Stephen W. Phillips as an older man. He has white hair and is wearing a grey jacket and blue tie. Carved wooden frame has gilt highlights. Artist's initials are in the lower right corner.

Date: 1940-1955

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels, wood (plant material), glass (material)

GUSN: 197915

Accession Number: 2006.44.526

Kazak rug

Kazak rug with center panel of a red field with four latched diamonds going down the center. In the middle of each latched diamond is a small solid color of either a red or a white diamond. The inner border is of multi-colored triangles on a white field. The outer border is of red and blue interlock...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197916

Accession Number: 2006.44.524

Cabistan runner

Woven wool Cabistan runner with center panel of a red field with eleven medallions by a central pole. Every other medallion is surrounded by four rams horns. Interspersed between the medallions and rams horns are rosettes, diamonds, eight-pointed stars. The inner border consists of multi-colored hex...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197917

Accession Number: 2006.44.515

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