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Child's Sweater

Child's white wool sweater with blue embroidery. Sweater is silk lined and ties at the neck with two satin ribbons.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Best & Co. (New York, N.Y.) (Manufacturer)

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 271142

Accession Number: 2012.137.1

Bracelet

This bracelet is formed from asymmetrical interlocking hinged links decorated with peacock-colored glass frit "cookies" (raised cabochon domes). It closes with a thumb-ring clasp attached to the bracelet with a set of rectangular copper chain links. Two of the bracelet links [b and c] were removed b...

Date: 1955

Maker: Possibly Bazot, Andrée (Maker)

Material: copper (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 271320

Accession Number: 2012.138.1A-C

Ring in Original Box

This ivory ring is in its original box. The ring was carved from a single piece of ivory, with a rectangular plaque and a rounded shank. The plaque is engraved in script with the initials "SEG" which were filled in with red pigment. "SEG" were the initials of the donor's ancestor, Susan E. Gove. The...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 271321

Accession Number: 2012.138.2

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Spoon pin

Spoon pin with shield shaped crest topped by a helmeted head. Head faces left.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 271322

Accession Number: 2012.138.3

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Bracelet

Silver bangle bracelet with overlapping leaf motif.

Date: 1932-1950

Maker: S. Kirk & Son Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 271323

Accession Number: 2012.138.4

Infant Dress

Infant's dress made by Edwin Howard Hobb's mother.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 271324

Accession Number: 2012.138.5

Pair of Child's Gloves

Wear Right brand children's gloves worn by Halcyon Hobbs as a child.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 271325

Accession Number: 2012.138.6AB

Infant Dress

Infant dress with pink and blue flowers on white ground, Made by the donor's grandmother Minnie D. Smith.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 271326

Accession Number: 2012.138.7

Infant Dress

Infant dress, white with red polka dots. Made by the donor's grandmother, Minnie D. Smith.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 271327

Accession Number: 2012.138.8

Printed Shawl

Printed cotton shawl.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 271328

Accession Number: 2012.138.9

Wedding Gown

Wedding ensemble, dress with lace bolero jacket, juliet cap, and original newspaper announcement, Halcyon Cynthia Hobbs to Charles Frederick Springer, Kingston, NH, March 22, 1952.

Date: 1952

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 271329

Accession Number: 2012.138.10

Dress

Printed cotton dress. Made by "Ilene Ricky",

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 271330

Accession Number: 2012.138.11

Chair

Barrel back chair with upholstered seat and partial tufting around crest.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 271359

Accession Number: 1959.373

Empire Furniture Suite

Empire furniture suite: marble top table, six side chairs, sofa, card table, rocking chair, and a pair of footstools.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 271370

Accession Number: 1959.297

Rocking chair

Lincoln style rocking chair. Part of a suite of furniture.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 271380

Accession Number: 1959.367

Pair of Footstools

Pair of footstools. Part of a suite of furniture.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 271381

Accession Number: 1959.372

Child's signet ring in original box

Child's gold signet ring in original box.

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: Ostby & Barton Company (Manufacturer) Michaels Quality Jewelers (Retailer)

GUSN: 271655

Accession Number: 2012.195.1

Sweater

Gray wool knit sweater with red color work. Rhode Island, c. 1956.

Date: 1956

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), knitting (process)

GUSN: 271656

Accession Number: 2012.196.1

Tea gown

Tea gown made of green silk velour. Full length gown has bell sleeves trimmed with red-brown fur. Gown closes on left side with a rhinestone clasp.

Date: ca. 1903

Maker: Maison de Linge (Retailer)

Material: silk (textile), fur, rhinestone

GUSN: 271659

Accession Number: 2012.198.1

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Bookcase

Bookcase, three shelves [two removeable] with narrow drawer. Drawer has a pair of brass pulls stamped with scroll designs. Bottom shelf has been secured to the bookcase with five flat-head screws. Unfinished back is comprised of three boards.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 271660

Accession Number: 2012.199.1

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Sampler

Sampler with embroidered alphabet, verses, numbers, people and animals depicted in silk thread on a linen ground. Text is surrounded by flowers, flying birds and birds in trees. Bottom half of sampler shows a small house at left with faces peeking out of the first floor windows. To the right of the ...

Date: 1796

Maker: Smith, Anna Leonard, 1785- (Embroiderer)

Material: silk (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 271709

Accession Number: 2012.209.1

Fishbowl

Fishbowl with narrow top and wide base. Painted decoration around body of ships with black sails, ducks in a marsh, and birds flying overhead. Narrow top of fishbowl has gilt decoration of floral swags and ribbons. The inner glass globe has been cut away and the wooden base that contained the birdca...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, enamel paint, gilding

GUSN: 271715

Accession Number: 2012.211.1

Wedding Dress

Bodice, crinoline, overskirt, and detachable sash.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: organza, silk (fiber), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 271921

Accession Number: 2012.215.1A-D

Petticoat

Starched white plainweave petticoat with tape waistband. probably Massachusetts.

Date: 1860s

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), organza

GUSN: 271922

Accession Number: 2012.215.2

Pair of Boots

White satin boots with stacked leather heels, side lacing, probably Massachusetts.

Date: 1860s

Maker: unknown

Material: satin, leather

GUSN: 271923

Accession Number: 2012.215.3AB

Silk Slipper

White leather slipper with plainweave cotton sock lining, leather sole, probably Massachusetts.

Date: 1860s

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), cotton (textile), leather

GUSN: 271924

Accession Number: 2012.215.4

Pair of Gloves

Pair of white leather gloves with metal hook closure at underside of wrist. Inside left glove is "7 1/2" in blue ink, as well as blue ink pattern sizing. Inside right glove is "PREMIERE DAVIS GLOVE" in blue ink inside blue ink oval. Blue ink pattern sizing also present on inside of right glove.

Date: 1860s

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 271925

Accession Number: 2012.215.5AB

Single Glove

Single white leather "Evete" glove; left. Metal hook closure at underside of wrist.

Date: 1860s

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 271926

Accession Number: 2012.215.6

Set of Hoops

Cream colored cotton straps connect a wire horse-shoe shaped cage with solid cotton front panel.

Date: 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), metal

GUSN: 271927

Accession Number: 2012.215.7

Tulle Veil

White tulle veil in two pieces, hemmed.

Date: 1860s

Maker: unknown

Material: tulle (meshed textile)

GUSN: 271928

Accession Number: 2012.215.8AB

No image available

Pair of Architectural Columns

Pair of original columns from the Tea House at Moraine Farm, Designed by Peabody and Stearns, North Beverly, Massachusetts.

Date: 1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 271745

Accession Number: 2012.216.1.1-.2

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Bassinet

Bassinet on wheels with original cushion. Bassinet has white painted wicker sides and curved wicker top. Small handle attached to exterior of curved top. White painted wood frame base with four turned legs attached to an h-shaped frame. Four white painted wood wheels with rubber edges. Rectangular c...

Date: ca. 1959

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 271750

Accession Number: 2012.217.1AB

Bandbox

Pasteboard bandbox with lid. Box fragments (A) and (C) are covered with "Empire Garden Scene" wallpaper - a block-printed landscape with male and female figures surrounded by trees and flowers. The female figure holds her skirts while the male figure points upward. The scene is surrounded by a spi...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 271901

Accession Number: 2001.281.25A-C

Bandbox

Oval pasteboard bandbox with no lid. The box exterior is covered with multiple layers of wallpaper. The uppermost layer covering the sides of the box is a block-printed blue, yellow and green floral pattern outlined in black on white ground, dated 1845. The wallpaper layer below - first layer - is...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 271904

Accession Number: 2001.281.26

Bandbox

Wooden and pasteboard bandbox with lid. Box base (A) and lid (B) are wood approximately 1/4 inch thick. Sides of box (A) are pasteboard. Bandbox is covered with a block-printed yellow, blue, and orange floral pattern wallpaper on cream ground. The exterior base of the box (A) and interior of lid ...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 271905

Accession Number: 2001.281.27AB

Bandbox

Wooden bandbox with lid. Box (A) and lid (B) covered with two layers of deocorative paper. First layer is a multihued rainbow ground paper in green, orange and red with large block-printed, floral design. The second, or uppermost, paper layer is a lily and leaf pattern on grey ground. The second...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 271906

Accession Number: 2001.281.28AB

Bandbox

Pasteboard bandbox missing bottom and lid. Box is in unraveled condition. Box covered with two layers of wallpaper. First layer is a blue column pattern. The second layer of paper is block-printed with a sixteen sided medallion with floral center pattern, also blue meandering floral stripes and ...

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 271907

Accession Number: 2001.281.29

Bandbox

Pasteboard bandbox missing lid and base. Box in unraveled condition. Box covered with a block-printed strapwork pattern wallpaper consisting of eight sided rosette inside frame. Spiral and Egg and Dart pattern. Green and light green pattern on white ground.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 271908

Accession Number: 2001.281.30

Kapa

Irregularly shaped pink barkcloth from Hawaii embossed with tightly-spaced parallel lines and dotted circle and triangle shapes. Shapes were beaten into the cloth during production. Fragment of a kapa moe, or mutli-layered sleeping cover. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the in...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271909

Accession Number: 2006.44.3651

Kapa

White piece of Hawaiian kapa cloth. Irregular shape embossed with tightly spaced lines. Probably part of a kapa moe, or multi-layered sleeping cover. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the inner bark of trees and is widely used in the Pacific for clothing and bedding, as well as ...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271910

Accession Number: 2006.44.3652

Kapa

Fragment of Hawaiian kapa cloth, tan-colored ground with large blossom-shaped area made of brownish irregular wheel shapes partially covered with splotches of yellow. Cloth heavily embossed with small triangle shapes some of which appear to have been lightly rubbed with charcoal or some other gray/b...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271911

Accession Number: 2006.44.3653

No image available

Baseboard

Section of baseboard, ca. 1796, from Otis House.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 271914

Accession Number: 1967.218

No image available

Rim Lock

Rim lock.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 271915

Accession Number: 1967.219

No image available

Firkin with Cover

Wooden bucket with a cover.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 271917

Accession Number: 1993.703AB

Kapa

Large fragment of lavender colored kapa cloth heavily cross-hatched with embossed lines. Thin and translucent in some areas. Probably one layer of a kapa moe, or mutli-layered sleeping cover. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the inner bark of trees and is widely used in the Pac...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271919

Accession Number: 2006.44.3654

Kapa

Large fragment of pink Hawaiian kapa cloth. Very thin, soft and translucent. Probably one of the inner layers of a kapa moe, or multi-layered sleeping cover. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the inner bark of trees and is widely used in the Pacific for clothing and bedding, as ...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271929

Accession Number: 2006.44.3655

Kapa

Large fragment of blue kapa cloth from Hawaii. Very thin, soft and translucent. Heavily embossed using a incised and patterned kapa beater with star-shapes. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the inner bark of trees and is widely used in the Pacific for clothing and bedding, as w...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271931

Accession Number: 2006.44.3656

Kapa

Fragment of white kapa cloth from Hawaii. Creamy white color has been lightly rubbed with a light gray substance, possibly charcoal. Very thin but has a crinkley texture. The kapa is embossed with closely set circular shapes. Possibly a layer of a kapa moe, or multi-layered sleeping cover. Kapa (the...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271932

Accession Number: 2006.44.3657

No image available

Bookcase

Bookcase, glass doors, cabinet base. Carved egg and dart molding with decorative floral medallions. Three interior shelves.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Vose, Isaac, Sr., 1767-1823 Vose, Isaac, Jr., 1794-1872

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 271933

Accession Number: 1933.1262

Kapa

Large piece of white kapa cloth, probably part of a multi-layered kapa moe, or Hawaiian sleeping cover. Thin and very soft, the kapa is heavy and embossed with lines of different sized circles. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the inner bark of trees and is widely used in the P...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271934

Accession Number: 2006.44.3658