Historic New England

Singer Portable Electric Sewing Machine in original case with accessories

Singer Portable Electric Sewing Machine 221-1 for Family Use. In original case with original accessories [machine feet, bobbins, tools, thread, etc] and instruction books.

Date: 1950

Maker: The Singer Manufacturing Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal, electric wiring, motors

GUSN: 224663

Accession Number: 2010.17.1

Singer buttonholer in original case

Singer buttonholer in original case with buttonhole templates, tools, and instruction book.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: Singer (Manufacturer)

Material: metal

GUSN: 224664

Accession Number: 2010.17.2

Oleg Cassini sheath dress

Orange silk twill and organza sheath dress with floral pattern in green, pink, and blue. Sequin accents on upper bodice. Oleg Cassini label.

Date: 1960-1962

Maker: Cassini, Oleg (American fashion designer, 1913-2006) (Designer)

Material: silk (textile), twill

GUSN: 224665

Accession Number: 2010.17.3

Wedding ensemble including: Wedding dress, Beaded crown?, floral beaded rings connected by satin ribbon, wedding favor box containing sugared almonds. Virginia Ramsdell married Vasilios Theodore Vasiliou on March 10, 1962

Date: 1962

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 224666

Accession Number: 2010.17.4

Yellow wool suit

Yellow wool two piece suit, jacket [a] and skirt [b]. Fitted jacket with oversized matching knotwork buttons, and long sleeves with yellow satin lining. The skirt is an A-line, with a right side hook-and-eye closure, plain waist, yellow satin lining, and slit pockets at hips. Worn by Virginia Ramsd...

Date: ca. 1962

Maker: Seymour Fox (Designer) Gertrude Singer Fashion Studio (Retailer)

Material: wool (textile), polyester

GUSN: 224667

Accession Number: 2010.17.5AB

Boy's Suit

Boy's green velvet suit with three- button jacket [a] and formal short pants [b], lined in green taffeta. Jacket has self-fabric buttons. Shorts close at side waist with hook-and-eye.

Date: ca. 1967

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 224668

Accession Number: 2010.17.6AB

Easy Spindrier washing machine

Easy Spindrier washing machine.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 224669

Accession Number: 2010.17.7

Waist Apron

White waist apron with navy blue grained pattern, purple roses, and white bias trim. One patch pocket on the front left side.

Date: ca. 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 224670

Accession Number: 2010.17.8

Waist Apron

Red, black, and white bandana patterned percale apron with white bias trim. Single patch pocket on front left side.

Date: ca. 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 224671

Accession Number: 2010.17.9

Waist Apron

Pink gauze waist apron with pink striped waistband, ties, hem band, and heart-shaped patch pocket. Pink bias trim.

Date: ca. 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), gauze

GUSN: 224672

Accession Number: 2010.17.10

Waist Apron

Waist apron in pink, rose patterned percale with yellow and green accents. Dark rose bias trim; single patch pocket on right side.

Date: ca. 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 224673

Accession Number: 2010.17.11

Waist Apron

Waist apron in pink, rose patterned percale with yellow and green accents, and dark rose bias trim. There is a single patch pocket on the right side of the apron.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: R.H. White Company (Retailer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 224674

Accession Number: 2010.17.12

Waist Apron

Waist apron in purple, green, and orange paisley pattern on a white ground. Scalloped hem, yellow bias trim, and yellow rickrack border. Single patch pocket on front left side.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 224675

Accession Number: 2010.17.13

Apron

Full-length percale apron, with yellow, blue, purple, and orange floral print on white ground. Yellow bias binding trim; single patch pocket on left side. Original retail tag: "R. H. White's / 1351 / S1 / BER / 2 / 1.00"

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: R.H. White Company (Retailer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 224676

Accession Number: 2010.17.14

Apron

Full size apron with farmyard scene of cows, apple trees, fences, and a barn, in various shades of blue, gray, and red, with red trim. Cotton ruffled white eyelet lace trim. Single patch pocket on left. Red bias binding edge.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 224677

Accession Number: 2010.17.15

Apron

Full size apron with green, yellow, and pink fruit print; pink bias binding, trim, and a single patch pocket on the left side.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 224678

Accession Number: 2010.17.16

Apron

Full size apron with arm straps. Apron features trellis pattern in white on tan ground, trellis is covered in blue and red flowers. Red bias binding trim; two patch pockets on skirt.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 224679

Accession Number: 2010.17.17

Apron

Full size apron with floral pattern, depicting blue roses, green daisies, and white butterflies. Blue bias binding trim. Heart-shaped patch pocket with blue trim on the left side of the apron.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 224680

Accession Number: 2010.17.18

Pair of potholders

Pair of pink and blue pot holders

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 224681

Accession Number: 2010.17.19

Pair of potholders

Pair of green and pink pot holders.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 224682

Accession Number: 2010.17.20

Four dish towels in original packaging

Four red and white kitchen towels in original packaging. "4 Kitchen Blotters Wonderfully Absorbent Martex Dish Towels" and "Gorin's"

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 224683

Accession Number: 2010.17.21

Three red and white dish towels with original labels

Three red and white dish towels. Original labels: "Irregular/New/Kendall/Dish Towel/Dries twice as Many Dishes/Dries Them Twice as Fast/Lintless/Soft-EAsy to Use/Jumbo Size 20" x 36"/Rayon-Cotton/The Kendall Company, Kendall Mills Division, Walpole, Mass./Makers of Curity Diapers/Made in U.S.A." and...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 224684

Accession Number: 2010.17.22

Linen dish towel

Linen blend dish towel printed with green and yellow flower basket design, green scrolls, and scattered yellow and green flowers.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 224685

Accession Number: 2010.17.23

White Lace Fabric

Length of machine woven, machine embroidered, white lace curtain fabric, with white, yellow, and green embroidered baskets.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: Powdrell and Alexander, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: machine lace, synthetic fiber, embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 224686

Accession Number: 2010.17.24

Aluminum splatter guard

Aluminum splatter guard. Consists of three rectangular panels connected by hinges as if they were a triptych. Each of the corners of each panel is rounded. The panels can fold out, so that the splatter guard can stand and surround a frying pan on three sides. Comes in original plastic package.

Date: ca. 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: aluminum (metal)

GUSN: 224687

Accession Number: 2010.17.25

Turquoise step chair

Turquoise-colored stepstool with four legs, and two stairs that fold out from below the seat. Atop each chair, there is a rubber step. The seat has a rounded rectangular shape, and it is lightly padded with foam. The seat back is also padded with foam. Both the seat and the back are covered over wit...

Date: ca. 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), rubber (material), foam (material form), bolts (fasteners), rivets, vinyl

GUSN: 224688

Accession Number: 2010.17.26

Toy Fire Station with four vehicles

Wooden Fire Station [.1a] with Fire Department sign [b], clock tower [c] and clock tower roof [d]. Includes Fire Truck [.2]; Fire Chief car [.3]; Ambulance [.4]; High Way Patrol Car [.5].

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 224689

Accession Number: 2010.17.27

Toy Rocket Radio

Toy Rocket radio in original box with original instructions.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 224690

Accession Number: 2010.17.28

Homemade Halloween party noisemaker

Toy Halloween noisemaker. Consists of an aluminum can mounted on a stick, and covered in oak tag and construction paper. The can is filled with small pebbles, or possibly beans, that make noise when the toy is shaken. The stick is an actual tree branch, complete with bark. The can is decorated to re...

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Probably Vasiliou, Theodore W., Mr. (Maker)

Material: aluminum cans, cardboard, construction paper, glue, wood (plant material), pebble (rock), bean

GUSN: 224691

Accession Number: 2010.17.29

Framed print

Lithograph of a shepherdess tending a flock of sheep, by an unidentified artist, possibly after Maxfield Parrish. The woman is standing in the doorway of a barn. She is wearing a white bonnet, green blouse, blue skirt, and a white apron. She is holding a staff in her left hand. Behind the flock of s...

Date: 1910-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: color lithographs, wood (plant material), gesso, glass (material), cotton (textile), hooks (fasteners)

GUSN: 224692

Accession Number: 2010.17.30

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment, used as a shelf liner. This piece is roughly square in shape, with a mosaic pattern in brown, eggshell, peach, and seafoam green colors. The back of the linoleum fragment is a variegated brown and black color.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: linoleum

GUSN: 224693

Accession Number: 2010.17.31

Linoleum

Two linoleum fragments with an identical tiled floral pattern; perhaps made to resemble an embroidered rug. Both fragments were used as shelf liners. The linoleum fragments are both roughly rectangular in shape. The patterned sides of these two fragments are in various shades of brown, yellow, orang...

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: linoleum

GUSN: 224694

Accession Number: 2010.17.32AB

Linoleum

(A-D) Four linoleum fragments, all with the same identical pattern - likely from the same original sheet of linoleum. The pattern consists of geometric shapes and designs in black, yellow, and gray, on an off-white ground with gray and salmon-colored spots. The back of each piece is reddish-brown in...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: linoleum

GUSN: 224695

Accession Number: 2010.17.33A-D

Fabric Remnant and Curtains

Unused cotton fabric remnant of Asian style design with purple flowers on black branches and green rectangular blocks with gold accents [.1]. Left over from curtains used at 71 Melrose Street, Arlington, Massachusetts. Also have three pairs of curtains made from fabric [.2.1A-.3B]

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 224696

Accession Number: 2010.17.34.1-.2.3B

Framed letter

Framed print of a letter written by Sir Walter Ralegh to Robert Dudley, governor of the United Provinces, in March 1586.

Date: 1586-03-29

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 224697

Accession Number: 2006.44.2568

Table

Rectangular table with one drawer with two knob handles. The four legs are turned and the feet are tapered. There is a fifth leg in the back right corner that is attached to a bar of wood that can be pulled out to aid in the extension of the table. At the back edge are halves of hinges.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 224698

Accession Number: 2006.44.1619

Needlework picture

Framed needlework of a flaming heart. The red heart is surrounded by a spined crown, and drops of blood run from a crack. On the top of the heart stands a brown cross in flames. The needlework is embroidered on a beige linen canvas. The frame is carved and gilded

Maker: unknown

Material: thread, linen (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 224699

Accession Number: 2006.44.2567

Loving Cup

Cup with opposing loop handles on stemmed foot.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal), tin alloy

GUSN: 224700

Accession Number: 2001.247

Pierced tray

Pierced brass tray with floral and vine decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 224702

Accession Number: 2006.44.2780

Plate

One of a set of three, round pewter plates with incised bands at rim.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: Bacon, George (Maker)

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal), tin alloy

GUSN: 224703

Accession Number: 2001.248

Framed letter

Letter signed by John G. Whittier. The letter is framed in a marie-louise and a plain black wooden frame.

Date: 1882

Maker: Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 (Signer)

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

GUSN: 224704

Accession Number: 2006.44.2565

Cast relief

A rectangular cast relief of a colonial man. The man has his left side to the viewer showing his profile. He is wearing a hat and his hands are out in front of him and there is a sword at his side. His coat stops at knee level. The back has a long wire that is attached in four places and a smaller l...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), plaster

GUSN: 224705

Accession Number: 2006.44.2554

Handkerchief box

Rectangular inlaid wood handkerchief box with green silk lining.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 224706

Accession Number: 2006.44.2775AB

Wool Blanket

Red woolen blanket with light pink satin edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 224707

Accession Number: 2010.17.35

Cap

Dark brown bearskin chaufeur's cap. Completely covered in fur with a black leather visor- underside of visor green, lining of hat black satin material.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), leather, bearskins

GUSN: 223612

Accession Number: 1947.346

Pitcher, "Thermopitcher'

Ivory-colored, molded plastic pitcher with lid; lower half is reeded; short triangular spout; lid has half circle lift tab.

Date: June 3, 1952 (patent)

Maker: Kirman, Alexander O. (Inventor) Thermoplex International Inc.

Material: plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 223614

Accession Number: 1949.1263

"Savoy Vase"

Green glass vase; asymmetrical free-form shape (form is wave-like/curved); flat bottom.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Aalto, Alvar (Finnish architect and designer, 1898-1976) (Designer)

Material: mold-blown glass

GUSN: 223618

Accession Number: 1949.1265

Set of Garden Furniture

Set of six cast iron garden chairs and two benches painted white; rectangular splat is painted green and is the pierced shape of a central ionic column with symmetrical wings, c-scrolls and foliage; arms terminate in scrolled hand holds, seat is series of horizontal rods; curule-shaped legs [curved ...

Date: 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 223619

Accession Number: 1949.1267

Garden Planter

Terracotta pot with four lion heads in relief surrounding exterior.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: terracotta (clay material)

GUSN: 223623

Accession Number: 1949.1268

Child's Ice Skates

Wooden skates with steel blades that curl at tip; blades have eight holes and are painted red; sides and bottom of wooden platform painted blue; leather strap screwed to wood on either side of ball of foot; leather wraps behind the heel with holes at sides of ankle to thread and tie strap in front t...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), leather, steel (alloy)

GUSN: 223625

Accession Number: 1950.64AB

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