Historic New England

Kapa

Pink sleeve-shaped kapa fragment from Hawaii, possibly a kahili wrapper. Fragment embossed with star-shaped watermarks. Kahili are poles topped with bundles of feathers and were a symbol of high status and royalty in Hawaii. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the inner bark of tr...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271103

Accession Number: 2006.44.3648

Kapa

Irregular L-shaped kapa fragment from Hawaii. Original white ground has turned brown with age. Front of fragment stamped with black wavy lines and rectangles. Fragment may have been part of a kapa moe, or layered bedding piece. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the inner bark of...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271104

Accession Number: 2006.44.3649

Kapa

Irregularly shaped kapa fragment from Hawaii. Fragment has a crisp texture. The brown ground is heavily embossed with criss-crossed lines. May have been part of a kapa moe, or layered sleeping cover. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the inner bark of trees and is widely used in...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271105

Accession Number: 2006.44.3650

Bandbox

Round cardboard bandbox with lid. Twentieth century box [A] and lid [B] covered with nineteenth century block-printed scenic figure wallpaper depicting outdoor dance scene. Scene includes men and women dancing and musicians playing instruments. Scene is surrounded by repeating green diaper patte...

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 271111

Accession Number: 2001.281.24AB

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

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

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

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

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

Hat Box

Brown hat box.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, tape (materials), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 268167

Accession Number: 2004.2.25AB

Hat Box

Square hat box; brown.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, tape (materials), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 268169

Accession Number: 2004.2.26AB

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Dark red transfer printed design, with a boy and girl clasping hands (perhaps dancing) and a hat lying on the ground between them. Over painted with green, blue, and yellow. Hand painted blue line around rim, and blue accent on handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 268300

Accession Number: 1970.1310.664

Wedding Gown

Ivory satin with lace neckline and short lace sleeve; flared skirt.

Date: 1925

Maker: unknown

Material: satin, lace (needlework), hand sewing

GUSN: 268497

Accession Number: 2004.38.1.1A

Wedding Gown Train

Ivory satin with lace in center and orange blossoms at proper right bottom.

Date: 1925

Maker: unknown

Material: satin, lace (needlework), hand sewing

GUSN: 268498

Accession Number: 2004.38.1.1B

Slip

Ivory underslip with tulle neckline and choulder straps; eye hooks and snaps to fasten back; four inches from the bottom there is a lighter material in a wave-like pattern; main material also a wave-like pattern; bodice has two layers on each side with eye hooks on each side.

Date: 1925

Maker: L.P. Hollander & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: silk (textile), hand sewing, tulle (meshed textile)

GUSN: 268503

Accession Number: 2004.38.1.2

Wedding Shoes

Ivory with orange blossoms and tulle attacjhed to front; ivory fabric leaf and vine pattern.

Date: 1925

Maker: Thayer McNeil Company (Manufacturer)

Material: leather, satin, machine sewing (technique), hand sewing

GUSN: 268505

Accession Number: 2004.38.1.4AB

Wedding Photograph

Black and white photograph of Nina Jarvie Fletcher Little on wedding day, June 5, 1925, most likely taken at father's house, 34 Philbrick Road, Brookline, Massachusetts; artistic printing process; face and one flower in clear focus, the rest fuzzy.

Date: 1925

Maker: Bachrach (Photographer)

Material: black-and-white photography, photographic printing techniques

GUSN: 268507

Accession Number: 2004.38.1.5

Wedding Photograph

Photograph of Nina Jarvie Fletcher Little in Brookline, Massachusetts; she is wearing her complete wedding outfit; full-length pose on stairs; most likely taken at her father's house at 34 Philbrick Road, Brookline, Massachusetts.

Date: 1925

Maker: Bachrach

Material: photographic printing techniques, black-and-white photography

GUSN: 268508

Accession Number: 2004.38.1.6

Wedding Photograph

Photograph of Nina Jarvie Fletcher Little and Bertrum Kimball Little and wedding party; most likely taken at Nina's father's house, 34 Philbrick Road, Brookline, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 268509

Accession Number: 2004.38.1.7

Wedding Photograph

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 268511

Accession Number: 2004.38.1.8

Pot Holder

Hot pad; linen or cotton fabric in tan-colored with pattern printed in blue; different shapes, such as cheery, stars, floral, geometric, and possibly oriental characters are printed; construction is a rectanble-shaped fabric, lined with cotton batting; folded over itself, sewn down (by machine) and ...

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), cotton (textile), weaving, printing (process)

GUSN: 268879

Accession Number: 1998.6202

Child's Gloves

Pair of white kid, hand sown men's gloves with stiffened cuffs, marked on inside "J.Q." Also "S M" Attached note reads: "Gloves worn by Col. Josiah Quincy who built this house, his third home in Quincy."

Date: 1770

Maker: unknown

Material: kidskin

GUSN: 268896

Accession Number: 1970.500

Mug

Large earthenware mug. Hand painted with baskets of flowers on each side. Flowers are brown and gold with blue dots at centers. Hand painted brown lines around inside of rim, outside of rim, and 3/4" from base. Brown inverted "V" pattern painted down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 269030

Accession Number: 1970.416

Mug

Large earthenware mug. Hand painted with a band of orange and brown leaves interspersed with grapevines around the top. Hand-painted black lines at top and bottom of decorative band, and at base of mug.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 269065

Accession Number: 1970.415

Mug

Earthenware mug. Blue glazed body, with identical molded and painted floral motifs on either side. Colors on floral decoration include pink, green, brown, and yellow. Concave sided with beaded line below rim and reeded base. Ear-shaped handle with molded foliate design.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 269071

Accession Number: 2012.110.1

Children's Cream Pitcher

Earthenware children's cream pitcher. Footed baluster body, scalloped rim, and flat-topped ear-shaped handle with molded leaf design. Black transfer printed idyllic landscape with inscription at center, "Present for Sewing Well." Hand painted red lines around rim and base.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 269194

Accession Number: 1939.609

Teacup

Porcelain teacup. Rounded handle with painted floral decoration and geometric border composed of thin red lines. Flowers are pink with green leaves.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 269202

Accession Number: 1958.137.1

Saucer

Porcelain saucer with painted floral decoration and geometric border composed of thin red lines. Flowers are pink with green leaves.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 269203

Accession Number: 1958.137.2

Teacup and saucer

Porcelain teacup and saucer set featuring children's nursery rhymes with illustrations: "Little Tom Tucker" and "Ride a Cock-Horse to Danbury Cross." Brown transfer print with gold lustre on rims. Illustrations in color.

Maker: Royal Doulton (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 269206

Accession Number: 1990.256

Teacup

Porcelain teacup with loop handle, part of a teacup and saucer set. Features the children's nursery rhyme "Little Tom Tucker" with an illustration on one side of a standing boy and two seated girls, and on the other side, one verse of the nursery rhyme.

Maker: Royal Doulton (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 269207

Accession Number: 1990.256.1

Saucer

Porcelain saucer, part of a teacup and saucer set. Features the children's nursery rhyme "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross" with an illustration of a boy riding a hobby horse in the foreground and a colorfully dressed figure on a white horse in the background. Includes one verse of the nursery ...

Maker: Royal Doulton (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 269208

Accession Number: 1990.256.2

Card Table

Federal style card table. Serpentined shape with conforming hinged top with rosewood veneer, banded edge of stylized leafy vine motif meeting in a cruciform in the center; conforming skirt with three panels of feathered birch veneer surrounded by black and white dash inlay, the whole with rose cross...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 269282

Accession Number: 1966.304

Set of Four Side Chairs

Four Federal style side chairs.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: Probably Boardman, Langley, 1774-1833 (Maker)

GUSN: 269283

Accession Number: 1966.281A-D

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