Historic New England

Chair

Chair. Maple or birch primary wood; oak or ash seat rails. Rush seat. Ribbon crest and slats; straight stretchers. Rests on Marlborough legs.

Date: 1770-1809

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), birch (wood), maple (wood), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 72425

Accession Number: 1969.617

Chair with yoke shaped crest rail and pronounced carved ears. Shaped stiles with chamfered backs enclosing modified owls-eye pierced splat, cut-out, not carved. Flag shaped seat with figured horsehair covered slip seat. Marlborough legs with outside egde chamfered on front. Four plain rectangula...

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), horsehair, maple (wood), oak (wood), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 72426

Accession Number: 1969.618

Slant-top Desk

Slant-top desk. Pine, mahogany, mahogany veneer, and possibly cherry. One drawer, two support slides. Hinged writing surface with shell-carved skirt with drops. Seven interior drawers: two hidden drawers with pilasters. Rests on cabriole legs with pad feet.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), cherry (wood), mahogany (wood), maple (wood), pine (wood), veneering

GUSN: 72427

Accession Number: 1969.619

Chest of Drawers

Chest of drawers. Mahogany primary wood with mahogany veneer, white pine secondary wood. Rectangular top, serpentine front; four conforming graduated drawers. Rests on bracket feet.

Date: 1785-1814

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood), veneering

GUSN: 72428

Accession Number: 1969.620

Candlestand

Candlestand. Mahogany primary wood with maple cleat. Cleat held serpentine top. Vase-turned pedestal. Rests on cabriole legs with pointy pad feet.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 72429

Accession Number: 1969.621

Tea Table

Tea table. Mahogany top, pedestal, and legs; birch swing rails and end rails; pine stationary rails and support blocks; iron brace. Rectangular top; two semi-circular leaves; turned baluster, tripod legs; married top and base.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), iron (metal), mahogany (wood), maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 72430

Accession Number: 1969.622

Corner Chair/Close Stool

Corner Chair. Oak, plywood, pressboard, fabric, enameled metal. Continuous arms; three turned supports; rectangular seat; modern pot, skirt, and baseboard. Reworked 1900-1924.

Date: 1760-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, maple (wood), oak (wood), plywood, pressboard, metal, textiles

GUSN: 72431

Accession Number: 1969.623

Great Chair

Great chair. Poplar front legs, maple arms, crest, splat, stay rail, ash side stretchers and probably rear stretchers, replaced pine front seat rail, ash side and rear seat rails. Yoke crest; vasiform splat; curled hand-holds; block-turned legs; ball and reel stretchers.

Date: 1740-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), maple (wood), rush (material), tulipwood (Brazilian, wood)

GUSN: 72432

Accession Number: 1969.624

Chest of Drawers

Chest of drawers. Mahogany primary wood, white pine secondary wood. Upper section has broken scroll pediment with carved florettes. Fluted pilasters. Carved fan motif at uppermost and lowermost central drawers. Cyma-curved skirt. Rests on cabriole legs with raised pad feet.

Date: 1770-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), mahogany (wood), Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 72433

Accession Number: 1969.625

Chest of Drawers

Rectangular, stepped top; Four graduated drawers; Fluted 1/4 columns; bracket feet

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), carving (processes), mahogany (wood), tulipwood (Brazilian, wood), Port Orford cedar (wood), yellow pine (wood, general)

GUSN: 72434

Accession Number: 1969.626

Wall Mirror

Wall miror with a gold broken scroll crest with feather cartouche.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: black walnut (wood), gesso, gilding, pine (wood), spruce (wood), veneering

GUSN: 72435

Accession Number: 1969.627

Chair

Chair with shaped crest with ears and pierced splat. Chair has slip seat in dubonnet corduroy and marlborough legs.

Date: 1775-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), maple (wood), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 72436

Accession Number: 1969.628

Formerly Corner Chair

Corner form; deep skirt; vase split; part cabriole leg; modern produced legs; slip seat

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: Attributed to Codman, Thomas Newbold, 1868-1963 (Maker)

Material: enameling, maple (wood), oak (wood), plywood, metal, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 72437

Accession Number: 1969.629

Table

Table. Yellow pine, white pine. Flat top has two-board construction; hinged triangular leaf; four straight legs; one hinged leg.

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), Norway spruce (wood), yellow pine (wood, general)

GUSN: 72438

Accession Number: 1969.630

Dressing Table

Rectangular top; wide top drawer, 3 small lower drawers; central fan; cabriole legs, claw and ball feet

Date: 1875-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), brass (alloy), carving (processes), mahogany (wood), plywood, tulipwood (Brazilian, wood), veneering

GUSN: 72439

Accession Number: 1969.631

Serving Table

Shaped white top; crook'd legs, pad feet; straight skirt

Date: 1740-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: inlay (process), mahogany (wood), marble (rock), oak (wood), veneering

GUSN: 72440

Accession Number: 1969.632

Serving Table

Flat rectangular top with mold. frnt, sides; Marlborough legs; "Chinese" bracket

Date: 1875-1924

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 72441

Accession Number: 1969.633

Chair

Chair. One of a set of five. Leather, pine. Serpentine (yoke) crest. Pierced splat with Gothic tracery; leaf motif crest. Rests on Marlborough legs.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), leather, mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 72442

Accession Number: 1969.634A

Chair

Chair. One of a set of five. Leather, pine. Serpentine (yoke) crest. Pierced splat with Gothic tracery; leaf motif crest. Rests on Marlborough legs.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), leather, mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 72443

Accession Number: 1969.634B

Chair

Chair. One of a set of five. Leather, pine. Serpentine (yoke) crest. Pierced splat with Gothic tracery; leaf motif crest. Rests on Marlborough legs.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), leather, mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 72444

Accession Number: 1969.634C

Chair

Chair. One of a set of five. Leather, pine. Serpentine (yoke) crest. Pierced splat with Gothic tracery; leaf motif crest. Rests on Marlborough legs.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), leather, mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 72445

Accession Number: 1969.634D

Chair

Chair. One of a set of five. Leather, pine. Serpentine (yoke) crest. Pierced splat with Gothic tracery; leaf motif crest. Rests on Marlborough legs.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), leather, mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 72446

Accession Number: 1969.634E

Chair

Chair. One of a set of five. Leather, pine. Serpentine (yoke) crest. Pierced splat with Gothic tracery; leaf motif crest. Rests on Marlborough legs.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), leather, mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 72447

Accession Number: 1969.634F

Chair

Side chair. Poplar posts; ash seat rails and stretchers; maple banisters, crest, and splat rail. Bannister back with columnar stiles surmounted by crest with s-scrolls and vegetal carving. Swelled and ring-and-ball-turned stiles with ball-and-knob-turned finials. Replaced rush seat. Block-and-b...

Date: 1710-1735

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), maple (wood), painting (coating), poplar (wood)

GUSN: 72448

Accession Number: 1969.635

Table

Gate Leg Table. Primary wood: Walnut top, maple legs, drawer front and endrail. Secondary wood: pine drawer upper, maple side rails. Oval top with two leaves. One drawer. Stretchers. Ring-and-baluster turned legs.

Date: 1730-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: black walnut (wood), maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 72449

Accession Number: 1969.636

Photographic Print

Turretted bldg behind sqaure with merchants stalls in front

Date: 1870-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 72249

Accession Number: 1969.1038

Photographic Print

Canal view; boats moored on sides; trees & row houses; people

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 72250

Accession Number: 1969.1039

Picture

Hen preparing to pluck caterpillar off of sleeping boy's bot

Date: 1922

Maker: Retan, George (Maker)

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 72251

Accession Number: 1969.1040

Print

Rust, gray; goose approaches naked boy lying on grass with hat face

Date: 1922

Maker: Reproduction of Retan, George (Artist) Lecaplain & Cie (Publisher)

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 72252

Accession Number: 1969.1041

Portrait of Theodore Chase (1832-1895)

Bust-length portrait of a man; brown hair, eyes, mustache; black coat, cravat; oval.

Date: 1860

Maker: Chase, J. Eastman (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels

GUSN: 72253

Accession Number: 1969.1042

Photographic Print

Gothic revival cottage surrounded by stone wall

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 72254

Accession Number: 1969.1043

Portrait of Ogden Codman

Black and white bust-length portrait of an older man; white beard, suit, glasses.

Date: 1900-1924

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 72255

Accession Number: 1969.1044

Photographic Print

Waist length view of wigged gentleman in dark suit

Date: 1885

Maker: Alpert, S. (Framer)

Material: gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 72256

Accession Number: 1969.1045

Landscape

Landscape with tomb and recumbent figure under arched tracery windows. Blue, green, beige.

Date: 1894

Maker: Codman, Alice "Ahla" Newbold, 1866-1923 (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 72257

Accession Number: 1969.1046

Postcard

Brn, blue, org; cliffs overlooking ocean

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: Costa, C. (Maker) Foster Brothers (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 72258

Accession Number: 1969.1047

Photographic Print

Exterior view, side entrance with garden; circular format

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: Attributed to Hawes, Josiah Johnson, 1808-1891 (Maker) Foster Brothers (Framer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 72259

Accession Number: 1969.1048

Postcard

Blue, brown, orange; woman in white, riding donkey into desert

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: Bossini (Maker) Foster Brothers (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels

GUSN: 72260

Accession Number: 1969.1049

Portrait of a Man

Seated half-length portrait of a man; rests arm on scroll-armed chair; sepia-toned.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels

GUSN: 72261

Accession Number: 1969.1052

Picture

Blue, green, beige, brown; rocks at the edge of the water; figure near water; distant town

Date: 1881

Maker: Jackson, V. de W. (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 72262

Accession Number: 1969.1053

Portrait of Theodore Chase (1832-1895)

Bust-length portrait of a man, turned three-quarters; has side burns; white collar, black stock.

Date: 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: charcoal (plant material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 72263

Accession Number: 1969.1054

Photographic Print

Bust lgth young male; black bow tie, coat; white vest

Date: 1855

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 72264

Accession Number: 1969.1055

Photographic Print

Bust lgth young woman; side braids, lace collar, brooch; chair

Date: 1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 72265

Accession Number: 1969.1056

Photographic Print

Bust length older male; glasses, moustache

Date: 1885

Maker: Porter, Benjamin Curtis, 1845-1902 (Maker) Doll & Richards (Framer)

Material: gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 72266

Accession Number: 1969.1057

Photographic Print

View down Beacon Street. after the Sears house; park to the left, buildings to the right

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: Foster Brothers (Framer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 72267

Accession Number: 1969.1058

Picture

Blue, green, brown; inner courtyard, moorish-like building; reflecting pool, tree

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: Carriguer, J. (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 72268

Accession Number: 1969.1059

Photographic Print

Panoramic view of coastline; castle right foreground; buildings overall

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 72269

Accession Number: 1969.1060

Photographic Print

Cliffs overlooking ocean

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 72270

Accession Number: 1969.1061

Picture

Black, green, brown; woman tending wounded soldier under tree

Date: 1880-1949

Maker: Arnoux, Guy (Maker) De Brihan, Marquis (Author)

Material: paper (fiber product), woodcut (process)

GUSN: 72271

Accession Number: 1969.1062

Photographic Print

Half length pprtrait of a man, white mat, oval surround

Date: 1885

Maker: unknown

Material: gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 72272

Accession Number: 1969.1063

Portrait of a Man

Half-length portrait of a man, with his right hand holding a book, left hand under chin, elbow on sofa.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: Edwards, Thomas, 1822-1856 (Artist) After Sully, Thomas (Maker) Annin, Smith & Co. (Lithographer) Annin, William B., 1820-1823 (Lithographer) Smith, George G., 1820-1823 (Lithographer)

Material: linoleum-block printing, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 72273

Accession Number: 1969.1064

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