Celluloid hinged hair comb with a crescent top.
Date: 1870-1890
Maker: unknown
GUSN: 103112
Accession Number: 1937.958
Celluloid hairpin imitating tortoiseshell with square top with rounded corners, two teeth.
GUSN: 103113
Accession Number: 1937.963
Tortoiseshell hair pin with a pierced scroll design top, two shaped teeth.
Date: 1880-1890
Material: tortoise shell
GUSN: 103114
Accession Number: 1938.18
Black vulcanite or hard rubber back comb with a crescent shaped top with molded bumps, twelve teeth.
Date: 1851
Maker: I.R. Comb Co. (Manufacturer)
Material: vulcanite, rubber (material), molding (forming)
GUSN: 103115
Accession Number: 1938.940
Tortoiseshell hairpin with a round top and two shaped teeth.
Date: 1850-1900
GUSN: 103116
Accession Number: 1938.1161
Package of laminated steel hairpins wrapped in pink paper printed with the official seal of the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the company trademark for Kirby, Beard & Co.. One pin secures paper.
Maker: Kirby, Beard & Co. (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103117
Accession Number: 1939.651
Steel hairpins in original yellow paper packaging, manufacturing label on front.
Maker: D.F. Tayler & Cos. (Manufacturer)
Material: steel (alloy)
GUSN: 103118
Accession Number: 1939.652
Tortoiseshell back comb with a folded over round top and pierced and carved border of scrolled foliage, five teeth.
Date: 1825-1860
GUSN: 103119
Accession Number: 1940.206
Dyed horn back comb with a folded over round top and pierced and carved border of scrolled foliage, seven teeth.
Date: 1835-1860
Material: horn (animal material)
GUSN: 103120
Accession Number: 1940.207
Silver back comb with an openwork filigree swirled cone design, six teeth.
Date: 1850-1880
Maker: J.L. Bates & A.S. Jordan's (Manufacturer)
Material: silver (metal)
GUSN: 103121
Accession Number: 1940.455a
Six sided hair comb box with a paper label on front and blue paper sides with gold stars.
GUSN: 103122
Accession Number: 1940.455bc
Tortoiseshell rectangle barrette with pierced and carved abstract foliate scroll design, hinged pin and hook on reverse.
Date: 1860-1880
GUSN: 103123
Accession Number: 1940.586
Tortoiseshell v-shaped barrette with a carved and pierced scroll design, hinged pin and hook on reverse.
GUSN: 103124
Accession Number: 1940.587
Yellow celluloid back comb with a pierced brass mounting and three faceted round purple glass stones, twenty-four teeth (three missing).
Date: 1880-1910
Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)
GUSN: 103125
Accession Number: 1942.1138
Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain molded folded over top, seven teeth.
Date: 1825-1870
GUSN: 103126
Accession Number: 1943.373
Tortoiseshell back comb with molded folded over top, half circles carved along inside edge, six teeth.
GUSN: 103127
Accession Number: 1943.374
Dyed horn hairpin with a pierced and carved round top featuring a single acorn, two teeth.
GUSN: 103128
Accession Number: 1943.375
Tortoiseshell hairpin with a carved and pierced endless knot top with a beaded edge, two teeth.
Material: tortoise shell, cellulosic
GUSN: 103129
Accession Number: 1944.174
Double sided wood hair comb.
Date: 1800-1899
GUSN: 103130
Accession Number: 1944.798
Pair of plain wood side combs that interlock together.
GUSN: 103131
Accession Number: 1944.799ab
Tortoiseshell back comb with a pierced and carved top featuring grape bunches and leaves, ten teeth (one missing). In green shaped paper box.
Date: 1825-1850
GUSN: 103132
Accession Number: 1945.162ab
Tortoiseshell hairpin with round open top, two teeth.
GUSN: 103133
Accession Number: 2008.4.7
Shaped red paper hair comb box with gold border.
Date: 1860-1875
Maker: Wm. E. Abbott & Co. (Maker)
GUSN: 103134
Accession Number: 1955.108ab
Tortoiseshell back comb set with nine graduated ivory balls, eight teeth.
GUSN: 103135
Accession Number: 1955.109
Tortoiseshell back comb with folded over top with alternating points and pierced roundels, eight teeth.
GUSN: 103136
Accession Number: 1964.189
Horn back comb with silver filigree hinged top featuring seven graduated filigree balls, seven teeth.
Material: silver (metal), horn (animal material)
GUSN: 103137
Accession Number: 1969.506
Tortoiseshell two sided hair comb with multiple small teeth.
Date: 1840-1880
GUSN: 103138
Accession Number: 1969.507
Three tortoiseshell hairpins, two plain, one with endless knot top, all have two teeth.
Date: 1860-1900
GUSN: 103139
Accession Number: 1969.508.1-.3
Pair of tortoiseshell side combs in the form of twisted serpents, each have six teeth, one is slightly smaller than the other.
GUSN: 103140
Accession Number: 1969.509.1-.2
Ivory double sided hair comb with multiple fine teeth.
Date: 1820-1870
GUSN: 103141
Accession Number: 1940.1008
Celluloid back comb in advanced stage of deterioration. Evidence of pierced trellis top.
GUSN: 103142
Accession Number: 1943.653
Celluloid hairpin with dark ball top, two teeth.
Date: 1860-1890
GUSN: 103143
Accession Number: 2008.4.1
Tortoiseshell hairpin in the shape of an ivy leaf with ball center, one twisted tooth.
GUSN: 103144
Accession Number: 2008.4.2
Horn back comb with anvil shaped top and seven teeth.
Date: 1840-1890
GUSN: 103145
Accession Number: 2008.4.3
Tortoiseshell hairpin with flat square top, two wide teeth.
GUSN: 103146
Accession Number: 2008.4.4
Green translucent celluloid tiara set with four horizontal rows of faceted round colorless glass stones.
Material: cellulosic, rhinestone
GUSN: 103147
Accession Number: 2008.4.8
Imitation tortoiseshell celluloid tiara with a row of four open points.
GUSN: 103148
Accession Number: 2008.4.9
Gilt brass tiara attachment for a large back comb with two rows of small faux seed pearls below a scroll trellis and a row of larger faux pearls.
Date: ca. 1885
Material: brass (alloy)
GUSN: 103149
Accession Number: 1931.88.2
Gilt metal tiara with a row faceted cut steel beads of leaves and berries coming to a point at front, center set with a flower.
Date: ca. 1860
GUSN: 103150
Accession Number: 1925.593
Loose leaf notebook containing fourteen wallpaper fragments of varying sizes. All fragments from the second Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston.
Date: 1970-1980
Material: wallpapers
GUSN: 103304
Accession Number: 2005.2.14
Paper carpet liner with cotton back. Blue patterned paper with scrolling floral design. Rectangular sections stitched together with white thread.
Maker: John H. Pray & Sons Company (Manufacturer)
Material: paper (fiber product), batting
GUSN: 103305
Accession Number: 2005.2.15
Wool carpet fragment, Brussels weave in a green, gold and black foliate scroll design.
Maker: Lowell Carpet Company (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103306
Accession Number: 2005.2.16
Wool carpet fragments, Wilton weave in a blue and tan scroll pattern on a light tan ground.
Date: 1900-1910
Maker: M.J. Whittall Carpet Company (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103307
Accession Number: 2005.2.17AB
Wool carpet fragments, Wilton weave in a stylized scrolling floral design in red and pink on a deep red ground.
GUSN: 103308
Accession Number: 2005.2.18AB
Wool carpet fragments, Brussels weave in rows of pink and rose swirls on a deep red ground.
Date: 1900-1920
GUSN: 103309
Accession Number: 2005.2.19
Wool carpet fragment, Wilton weave with bent line pattern in lavender on a brown ground.
Maker: Bigelow Carpet Company (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103310
Accession Number: 2005.2.20
Four wool carpet fragments, Brussels weave with red floral and scroll design on a deep red ground.
GUSN: 103311
Accession Number: 2005.2.21A-D
Wool carpet sample, ingrain weave of green, gold, and blue floral and scroll design.
GUSN: 103312
Accession Number: 2005.2.22
Rectangular wood door lock with iron fittings and mechanism, remnants of white paint.
Date: ca. 1800
GUSN: 103313
Accession Number: 2005.2.23
Roll of wallpaper with pattern of two vertical panels of abstract fern leaves in brown, beige and gold, separated by two vertical strips of bellflower chains on crimson ground.
Date: 1945-1950
Maker: J.C. Eisenhart Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 103314
Accession Number: 2006.30.1