Historic New England

Portrait of Ella and Susan Lyman

Portrait of Ella Lyman (Mrs. Richard Clarke Cabot 1866-1934) and Susan Lyman (1869-1878). Susan, the blond girl on the left, wears a light blue dress with apron, light blue slippers and tights. Blue hair ribbon and a pearl necklace. She holds a single yellow rose. Her sister, Ella, on the right has ...

Date: ca. 1873

Maker: Porter, Benjamin Curtis, 1845-1902 (Artist)

Material: oil painting (technique)

GUSN: 174404

Accession Number: 1997.45

Chair

Side chair in mahogany with scroll back and urn shaped center splat. Original floral upholstered seat.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), textile materials by weaving technique

GUSN: 174443

Accession Number: 2009.13.1

Shield back chair

Shield back chair with original webbing and horsehair upholstery. Arched brass nail pattern along seat edge.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 174444

Accession Number: 2009.13.2

Tall Case Clock

Mahogany grandfather clock embellished with flame finial on top. Broken scroll pediment. Elaborate carving throughout piece. Pilasters on both sides of top case. Case is hinged. Keyhole is covered with metal scrolling. Bottom half of case has carved reeding on both sides. Oval window with key hold c...

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: Tiffany & Co. (Clockmaker)

Material: mahogany (wood), gilding, metal

GUSN: 174448

Accession Number: 1997.61

Dress

White organdy dress with: bodice (a), skirt (b), underskirt (c), bustle (d). Belonged to Roxana Atwater Wentworth Bowen (1854-1935). In box [.2AB] marked "Mrs. C.W. Bowen Bald Hill Woodstock, Conn." "White muslin dress 1880."

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), machine lace

GUSN: 174450

Accession Number: 2009.14.1.1A-D

Shaving table

Marble topped mahogany shaving table with mirror and locking drawer and lion paw feet. Scrolled ormulu. Drawer contains key, acorn finial, nut and bolt for mirror, small piece of wool and a book binding cover entitled Stories, Essays and Poems. G.K. Chesterton, Everyman's Library.

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), marble (rock), glass (material)

GUSN: 174451

Accession Number: 1997.50

Settee

(a) Pale yellow settee with cane seat and back and arms. The arms have a carved rosette motif. There is a gilt trim across the front and the rosettes. (b) The seat cushion is a cream brocade with pink flowers. The pillows (c-d) are round salmon pink and gathered into the center with a rosette.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 174452

Accession Number: 1997.48

Chairs

Fancy chairs with open carvings of Prince of Wales feathers on backs. Both chairs are painted green with painted ivy on front legs and on the top of the chairs' rails and top half of both shoulders. Both have shield backs with ivy on back. Both seats are upholstered in same fabric of light green bro...

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), brocade (textile)

GUSN: 174455

Accession Number: 1997.49

Chair

Fancy chair with open carvings of Prince of Wales feathers on back. Both chairs are painted green with painted ivy on front legs and on the top of the chairs' rails and top half of both shoulders. Both have shield backs with ivy on back. Both seats are upholstered in same fabric of light green broca...

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), brocade (textile)

GUSN: 174456

Accession Number: 1997.49.1

Chair

Fancy chair with open carvings of Prince of Wales feathers on back. Both chairs are painted green with painted ivy on front legs and on the top of the chairs' rails and top half of both shoulders. Both have shield backs with ivy on back. Both seats are upholstered in same fabric of light green broca...

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), brocade (textile)

GUSN: 174457

Accession Number: 1997.49.2

Card Table

Mahogany pedestal card table with hinged leaf, on leaf-carved baluster on gadrooned-edged base, four reverse carved legs terminating in brass hairy paw feet on casters.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 174458

Accession Number: 1997.52

Sideboard

Curved front, Federal style sideboard with tapered legs, two doors and five drawers. Constructed of mahogany with pine (possibly) as secondary wood. Bellflower inlays of satin wood appear four front legs. Intricate chevron inlay is around top edge. Less elaborate stringing surrounds the drawers and...

Date: ca. 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), satinwood (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 174459

Accession Number: 1997.62

Singer Sewing Machine

Singer sewing machine in original oak cabinet, originally foot pedaled, electrified in the 1950s. Ornate oak cabinet with five drawers and cupboard for foot pedal.

Date: 1912

Maker: Singer (Manufacturer)

Material: oak (wood), metal, electric wiring

GUSN: 174460

Accession Number: 2009.15.1

Bowl

Shallow pressed glass bowls (set of four). Pressed comet-like decoration arround surround of bowl. Flower with diaper and circular petals in well. Rim with densely scalloped edge.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174464

Accession Number: 1993.587

Bowl

Shallow pressed glass bowls (set of four). Pressed comet-like decoration arround surround of bowl. Flower with diaper and circular petals in well. Rim with densely scalloped edge.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174465

Accession Number: 1993.587.1

Bowl

Shallow pressed glass bowls (set of four). Pressed comet-like decoration arround surround of bowl. Flower with diaper and circular petals in well. Rim with densely scalloped edge.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174466

Accession Number: 1993.587.2

Bowl

Shallow pressed glass bowls (set of four). Pressed comet-like decoration arround surround of bowl. Flower with diaper and circular petals in well. Rim with densely scalloped edge.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174467

Accession Number: 1993.587.3

Bowl

Shallow pressed glass bowls (set of four). Pressed comet-like decoration arround surround of bowl. Flower with diaper and circular petals in well. Rim with densely scalloped edge.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174468

Accession Number: 1993.587.4

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)

GUSN: 174472

Accession Number: 2009.16.4

Women's Pantaloons

Pair of pantaloons with ruffled hem and floral embroidery. Worn by Bessie Caragianes (b.1888).

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 174473

Accession Number: 2009.16.5

Women's Pantaloons

Pair of pantaloons with ruffled hems and lace inserts. Worn by Bessie Caragianes (b.1888).

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 174474

Accession Number: 2009.16.6

Santa Claus cookie cutter

Red plastic Santa Claus cookie cutter [a] in original cardboard packaging [b]

Date: 1940s-1950s

Maker: HRM (Designer) Educational Products Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: cardboard, plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 174475

Accession Number: 2009.17.1AB

Tavern Novelty Candle Box

Original Tavern Novelty duck candle box No. 751--4 Yellow Ducks containing: Two duck candles and two rabbit candles.

Date: 1930s-1940s

Maker: W & F Manufacturing (Manufacturer) Gurley, Franklin C., Mr. (Designer) Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc. (Commissioner)

Material: paraffin (wax), cardboard

GUSN: 174476

Accession Number: 2009.17.2

Muslin sheets

Pair of muslin sheets in original packaging.

Maker: Cannon Mills, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: muslin

GUSN: 174477

Accession Number: 2009.17.3

"Sears Bandana Perma-Prest Daperies"

Bandana patterned draperies, 'Flame Red Brilliant' color in original packaging.

Maker: Sears, Roebuck and Company (Manufacturer)

Material: polyester, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 174478

Accession Number: 2009.17.4

"Sears Bandana Perma-Prest Draperies"

Bandana patterened bedspread, "Flame Red Brilliant" color in original packaging.

Maker: Sears, Roebuck and Company (Manufacturer)

Material: polyester, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 174479

Accession Number: 2009.17.5

Circular paste brooch

Brooch, gold, brass, paste and silver, open ciruclar brooch wtih series of paste stones forming a circle. Clasp consists of a straight pin which fastens into a loop.

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), brass (alloy), paste (glass), silver (metal)

GUSN: 174487

Accession Number: 1997.59

Cameo brooch

Shell cameo brooch set in gold, classical scene. In brown leather case lined with silk and cork. Scene is of women/goddess on shell or wave with two goldfish and merman in water. Two cherubs.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Franz, Constantin Roeser (Jeweler)

Material: shell and shell material, gold (metal)

GUSN: 174492

Accession Number: 1997.58

Portrait of Grandma Hawthorne

Portrait of "Grandma Hawthorne": older woman shown in black, wearing a red shawl with white and black trim; white neckerchief; white bonnet with black trim; brown backdrop with simulated columns, subject is show from the chest up. Gilded gold wooden frame.

Date: 1786-1864

Maker: Frothingham, James, 1786-1864 (Artist) Attributed to Doggett, John (American mirror manufacturer, active 1809) (Framer)

GUSN: 174496

Accession Number: 1997.44

Portrait of Thomas Carlyle

Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, a brown haired man wearing a black coat and shirt with white neckerchief. Left side of painting has a dark red background, right side brown. The painting is a frame within a frame with white around painting. Mahogany frame on the outside.

Date: 1786-1864

Maker: Frothingham, James, 1786-1864 (Artist)

GUSN: 174499

Accession Number: 1997.47

Sugar and Creamer

Porcelain sugar bowl and creamer decorated with Worcester coat of arms. Decoration has a shield in quarters. Top left is white with a black border on right and bottom and black stripe in middle. Two black pears above stripe and one black pear below. Top right and lower left quarters are red. Bot...

Maker: Worcester Royal Porcelain Co., Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 174500

Accession Number: 2006.44.3024

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Anthemion framed by acanthus leaves, foliate scrolls and draped with bellflower swags. Printed in liquid mica and outlined in metallic gold on an embossed, beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176633

Accession Number: 1985.26.69

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rows of repeating foliated losenges against a field of metallic gold, diapered stripes and overprinted with black diagonal screen. Printed in Indian red, taupe, black and metallic gold on a blue ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176634

Accession Number: 1985.26.791

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Torches draped with swag and framed with stiff-leaf wreath below a lunette of bellflowers and above a row of rosettes and scrolls. Printed in pale yellow, yellow and outlined in metallic gold on a tan, liquid mica ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176635

Accession Number: 1985.26.805

Wallpaper

Cut sample of Egyptian Revival style border. Pattern consists of geometric shapes, including concentric circles, stylized fans, lotus leaf and dentils. Prints in yellows, reds, pink, blue, gold, dark red on light ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176636

Accession Number: 1985.26.854

Wallpaper

Border with bat (?), flowers, and tropical plant forms against a field of geometric and stylized floral patterns. Printed in brown, black, red, blue, taupe, and metallic gold. Paper embossed with short, perpendicular lines.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176637

Accession Number: 1985.26.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. Neat stripes and vines pattern. Vertical bands of stylized flowers printed in blue on a yellow ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176638

Accession Number: 1923.574AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral vine of chrysanthemums and roses with pin dot ribbon and bow knot. Printed in green, blue, two pinks, yellow and white on black ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176639

Accession Number: 1917.293

Fireboard

Fragments. Neoclassical wallpaper. Putti with birds, drapery swags and arabesque. Printed in red, black, yellow, white and pink.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176640

Accession Number: 1924.902

Wallpaper

Fragment. Overall geometric design of 12-pointed stars alternating diagonally with rosettes on a foliated field. Printed in yellow, blue and red on a tan-grey ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176641

Accession Number: 1917.1584.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample, bottom edge of roll intact. Vertical, landscape vignette - shepherdess and her suitor in pink, red, green and white dotted field with vertical stripe of pink scroll works on both edges.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176642

Accession Number: 1921.183

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment used to cover a pamphlet. The pattern is a large-scale floral spray, including carnation, stenciled in yellow, green, pink, blue and purple and block printed in varnish red and black on unground paper.

Date: 1750-1760

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176643

Accession Number: 1922.490

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border sample. Pink flower heads with white and black leaves bordered above by black cabling and below by alternating palmettes and tulips or bellflowers. Printed on a green ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176644

Accession Number: 1922.425

Wallpaper Border

Two unused border samples. Laurel leaf scaled rod in two greens entwined by yellow, ochre and burnt sienna roses and buds. Bordered above and below by cable and beading. Printed on mustard yellow ground.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 176645

Accession Number: 1922.424

Wallpaper

Fragment. Flowered vine printed in black against a field of narrow white and grey stripes on a grey ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: Ebenezer Clough (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176646

Accession Number: 1922.489.1

Wallpaper

Multiple large fragments of Gothic Revival stripe paper. Pattern consists of vertical stripes of Gothic architecture, complete with pointed arches, tracery, balustrades, quatrefoils and foliage. Printed in tan, three browns, and blue on a satin ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176647

Accession Number: 1920.474.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Overall repeat scenery paper. Swans, statue of Apollo with lyre in a lake-side garden. Printed in black and white on a blue ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: Appleton Prentiss (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176648

Accession Number: 1917.294

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment two of three. Fragment three of three. Pattern of vertical floral sprigs along edge, dotted background, and centralized landscape figure. Figure mostly missing. Printed in white, two shades of green, brown and blue on a periwinkle ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176649

Accession Number: 1924.893

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment one of three. Fragment three of three. Pattern of vertical floral sprigs along edge, dotted background, and centralized landscape figure. Figure mostly missing. Printed in white, two shades of green, brown and blue on a periwinkle ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176650

Accession Number: 1924.892

Fireboard

Fragment. Border. Festoon border with gimp tassles and swags, printed in black, white, red and pink.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176651

Accession Number: 1924.900

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