Historic New England

Quilt Square

Quilt square in a "crazy quilt" design, made of various pieces of silk and velvet stitched together; polychromatic; embroidered butterfly, fan, infinity symbol, bird in a jar, and flowers.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 332856

Accession Number: 1947.611B

Portrait of Flavel Coolidge, Jr.

Pastel portrait of young boy in profile with bright white collar. The portrait is on cut paper laid over blue.

Date: 1830

Maker: Bascom, Ruth Henshaw, 1772-1848 (Maker)

Material: pastels (crayons), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 332857

Accession Number: 1947.456

Painting: "The Living Room, The Marble Palace" (designed by McKim, Mead, and White in 1903) by Lawrence Tompkins (oil on canvas)

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 332904

Accession Number: 2018.32.2

Small red and green glass box with metal mounts

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 332914

Accession Number: 2018.32.8

Enameled ring

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 332930

Accession Number: 2018.32.24

Miniature pendant portrait of Edward Loring (1773-1802), artist unknown, watercolor on ivory, c. 1800

Oval portrait of a man facing right with white hair and a hooked nose. He is wearing a white ruffled shirt with a wide collard black coat and large buttons. The background is a painted dusty blue. Portrait is encircled by a brass border. The back contains braided brown hair with the letters "EL" int...

Date: c. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), watercolor (paint), glass by composition or origin, hair by composition or origin

GUSN: 332975

Accession Number: 2018.33.1

Miniature pendant portrait of Frances Greeley Loring Curtis (1777-1850), watercolor on ivory, artist unknown, c. 1800

Miniature portrait of a woman facing right. She is wearing a white turban and a ruffled white and black dress with a patterned red shawl. The background is a dusty blue-green. The portrait is encased in a case with a red velvet interior and leather exterior.

Date: c. 1804

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolors (paintings), ivory (tooth component), glass by composition or origin, velvet (fabric weave), leather

GUSN: 333011

Accession Number: 2018.33.2

Painting "Man Whittling"

Oil painting showing three quarter view of elderly man in white shirt and dark vest. The figure sits in front of a red, black, and gold geometric backdrop. Reproduction gilded frame.

Date: c. 1935

Maker: Fiske, Gertrude, 1879-1961 (Artist) Fiske, Gertrude, 1879-1961

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 333014

Accession Number: 2018.34.1

Woman Reading Under a Tree

Landscape painting, oil on canvas, with gold frame. The painting shows a woman, wearing a blue coat and red hat, reading a book under tree with a sun lit field field in the background. The loosely applied, broken color, is similiar to the impressionistic style.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: Bannister, Edward Mitchell (American painter, 1828-1901) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 333017

Accession Number: 2018.35.1

Painting, "Herder with Ewe and Lamb"

Painting by John Gardner Low (1835-1907), oil on artist board, 1859 Painting of a sheep herder tending to an ewe and her lamb. The herder has on a blue smock and black beret. Chicken and haywagon round out the barn scene.

Date: 1859

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), wood board

GUSN: 333019

Accession Number: 2018.36.1

Ring and pin game

This game has two pieces: one hand-carved wooden stick and a carved wooden ring. The ring is attached to the base of the stick with a length of colored twine. A dexterity game, the object is to loop the ring over the tip of the stick.

Date: 2018

Maker: Spears, Robin, Jr., 1962-, Narragansett Nation (Artist)

Material: wood (plant material), twine

GUSN: 333094

Accession Number: 2018.27.2

Bracelet

This bracelet is constructed from alternating cylinder-shaped and rounded wampum beads strung on an elastic cord.

Date: 2018

Maker: Fox, Swift, 1957-, Narragansett Nation (Artist)

Material: wampum, shell and shell material

GUSN: 333095

Accession Number: 2018.27.3

Pipe

This pipe is constructed from carved deer antler. The stem is wrapped with twine in alternating stripes of red and white flanking a section of tanned deerskin stitched in place around the stem. The bowl is decorated with a glass bead and bird feather.

Date: 2018

Maker: Spears, Robin, Jr., 1962-, Narragansett Nation (Artist)

Material: antler, deerskin, twine, feather (material), glass (material), beads (pierced objects)

GUSN: 333096

Accession Number: 2018.27.4

Quahog shell

One half of a quahog shell of the type used for wampum production. Interior is bicolored white and purple.

Date: 2018

Maker: unknown

Material: shell (animal material)

GUSN: 333097

Accession Number: 2018.27.5

Furniture Hardware Sample Board

Sample board showing furniture hardware. Examples of brass bail handles with and without back plates, drop pulls, and knobs on a heavy mahogany board marked "Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport"

Date: 1915-1925

Maker: Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 333101

Accession Number: 2018.38.1

Furniture Hardware Sample Board

Sample board showing furniture hardware. Examples of brass bail handles with and without back plates, drop pulls, knobs, and escutcheons on a heavy mahogany board.

Date: 1915-1925

Maker: Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 333102

Accession Number: 2018.38.2

Wallpaper

Sample of wallpaper from the interior of a trunk. Paper label "Harriot Elkins."

Date: ca. 1897

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 333103

Accession Number: 2018.39.1

Child's Dress

Child's dress of sheer cotton with lace.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 333104

Accession Number: 1993.184

Shawl

Black wool shawl with silk tambour work and jet bead embellished edges in a series of diaper pattern and foliated scrolls.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333105

Accession Number: 1969.5453

Bedspread

Chenille bedspread with brown stripes around pink roses with green leaves.

Maker: unknown

Material: chenille (yarn)

GUSN: 333116

Accession Number: 2008.12.111

Caramel corduroy coat and matching hat

Caramel corduroy doll jacket with fur trim around sleeves, hem, and collar. Matching hat.

Maker: unknown

Material: corduroy

GUSN: 333123

Accession Number: 2013.88.17.2

Pink and green print romper with matching hat

Floral doll romper with white lace trim at the waist and matching hat.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 333125

Accession Number: 2013.88.17.3

white socks and one striped legging

A pair of white socks and one rainbow striped legging.

Maker: unknown

Material: yarn

GUSN: 333126

Accession Number: 2013.88.17.5A-C

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph mounted on black card with inscriptions on small pieces of white paper. Photograph depicts aerial view of fields, trees, and architectural structures.

Date: 1953

Maker: Lenz, Robert (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333153

Accession Number: 1984.54.73

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