Historic New England

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a double row of scrolling foliage, thirteen teeth.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103058

Accession Number: 1943.652

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring five abstract leaves, seven teeth.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material)

GUSN: 103059

Accession Number: 1943.654

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a curved continuous chain, eight teeth.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103060

Accession Number: 1944.175

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a three dimensional coil design, eleven teeth.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103061

Accession Number: 1945.29

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a plain round top and seven teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material)

GUSN: 103062

Accession Number: 2008.4.6

Hair Comb

Black vulcanite back comb with openwork top and jagged edge, eight teeth.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103063

Accession Number: 1946.491

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a row of pierced crescent moons at top, seven teeth.

Date: 1830-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103064

Accession Number: 1946.492

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of abstract foliage, twenty-five teeth.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103065

Accession Number: 1920.531

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring flowers within roundels and a row of diamonds, eighteen teeth.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), piercing, tortoise shell

GUSN: 103066

Accession Number: 1920.535

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of flowers and scrolling foliage, twenty-nine teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103067

Accession Number: 1928.938

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring scrolling flowers, foliage, and a lyre at center, forty-two teeth.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell, carving (processes), piercing

GUSN: 103068

Accession Number: 1924.177

Mother of pearl back comb featuring on the front an scene of Asian men having tea under the trees on the left and two men in a garden on the right. The center of the comb features a shield shape with the monogram "DLR." The reverse is decorated with a floral design.

Date: ca. 1807

Maker: unknown

Material: mother of pearl

GUSN: 103069

Accession Number: 1930.1656

Hair Comb

Horn side comb with molded scroll top and sixteen teeth with ball points.

Date: 1903-1930

Maker: Kingman, Edward B. (Inventor)

Material: horn (animal material)

GUSN: 103070

Accession Number: 1946.490

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a pierced top featuring a scrolling floral design, six teeth.

Date: 1870-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103071

Accession Number: 1955.32

Hair Comb

Black celluloid back comb with a pierced scroll and floral design at top set with faceted jet beads, five teeth.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103072

Accession Number: 1955.31

Hair Comb

Blonde celluloid back comb with a flared pierced top featuring scrolls and set with round faceted colorless glass stones, four teeth.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103073

Accession Number: 1946.843

Hair Comb

Celluloid back comb with a fan shaped pierced top set with round faceted glass stones, four teeth.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103074

Accession Number: 1993.372

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a curved top featuring carved relief cornucopia and grape bunches over a pierced star ground, and carved and pierced foliate edge, thirteen teeth (one missing).

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103075

Accession Number: 1973.2

Hair Comb

Horn comb in the form of a moth with a six tooth hinged comb on reverse.

Date: 1870

Maker: Brow, Elias (Inventor)

GUSN: 103076

Accession Number: 1917.192

Comb

Double sided bone comb with very fine teeth.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103077

Accession Number: 1917.945

Hair Comb

Brass back comb with rounded top and nine teeth.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103078

Accession Number: 1917.1288

Hair Comb

Curved tortoiseshell back comb with an abstract carved and pierced scrolled foliate design at top, multiple teeth (one missing).

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103080

Accession Number: 1920.538

Hair Comb

Curved horn side comb with straight square top and multiple teeth.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103081

Accession Number: 1920.539

Hair Comb

Small gilded metal side comb with three rosettes and a wavy border at top, fifteen teeth.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103082

Accession Number: 1920.540

Pocket Comb

Bone jack knife style pocket comb with a vulcanite case featuring a cornucopia, eagle with shield and spray of flowers in relief on one side, and a standing George Washington in relief on the other.

Date: 1850-1873

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103083

Accession Number: 1921.177

Pair of Side Combs

Pair of horn side combs with folded over tops featuring a pierced abstract shape and carved scroll line design, thirty-two teeth on comb A, thirty-three teeth on comb B (one missing).

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103084

Accession Number: 1925.563ab

Settee

Maple frame and cotton upholstery; slat back, four turned arm supports for each arm; rounded handholds; bulbous stiles; flat rectangular seat; four turned peg legs; four cushions with cotton upholstery of red ground, white, brown and blue foliate design and alternating medallions depicting a rooster...

Date: 1954

Maker: O'Hearn Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

Material: maple (wood), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 103285

Accession Number: 2006.29.1

Easy Chair

Maple frame and cotton upholstery; slat back; four turned arm supports for each arm; rounded handholds; bulbous stiles; flat square seat; four turned peg legs; two cushions with cotton covers of red ground, white, brown, and blue foliate design and alternating medallions depicting a rooster and a wo...

Date: 1954

Maker: O'Hearn Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103286

Accession Number: 2006.29.2

Ottoman

Flat rectangular maple top and four turned peg legs. Cotton upholstered cushion attached to top. Upholstery has red ground with brown, blue and white foliate design and alternating medallions depicting roosters and a woman churning butter. Matching dust ruffle.

Date: 1954

Maker: O'Hearn Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103287

Accession Number: 2006.29.3

Swivel Rocker

Maple frame and cotton upholstery; slat back; four turned arm supports for each arm; rounded handholds; bulbous stiles; flat square seat; wooden swivel mechanism supported by two shaped wooden rails ; two cushions with cotton covers of red ground, white, brown, and blue foliate design and alternatin...

Date: 1954

Maker: O'Hearn Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103288

Accession Number: 2006.29.4

Ingrain Carpet

Two fragments of wool ingrain carpet in red black and green with a repeating medallion and floral and foliate pattern.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103289

Accession Number: 2006.8AB

Slide Projector

Black and gray metal and plastic slide projector, set in a square case covered in black and gray mottled paper, gray plastic handle on top, metal clips at front and back, three gray plastic feet on bottom. Instruction booklet, service card, and empty projector lamp box loose inside of case.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Bell and Howell Company (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103290

Accession Number: 2007.18AB

Wall fragment with wallpaper

Wall fragment (in three pieces) with board, plaster, and wallpaper removed from the second Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston. Pieces B and C are horsehair plaster with paint (pale yellow on C, white on B) and wallpaper adhering. Wallpaper is a stylized floral medallion printed in gray and yellow on a...

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, fibrous plaster, plaster, horsehair, paint (coating), painting (coating), lath

GUSN: 103292

Accession Number: 2005.2.2A-C

Wall Covering

Fragments of embossed leather paper. Scrolling foliate design with exotic flowers, fruit, bird and dragon. Metallic green, yellow, and orange on bronze ground. Two fragments [.1 and .2] removed from behind wall sconces still retain original colors. Remaining fragments are in various stages of fading...

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: Possibly Scott, G. Gilbert (George Gilbert), 1839-1897 (Designer)

GUSN: 103297

Accession Number: 2005.2.7.1-.27

Wallpaper Fragments

Two wallpaper fragments. Birds on scrolling vine eating red berries. Metallic gold ground. Birds and flowers in pale green, yellow, pink. Back of both papers lined with metallic gold paper. Removed from Bow Room [Dining Room]. Similar design to embossed leather paper, 2005.2.7.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Scott, G. Gilbert (George Gilbert), 1839-1897 (Designer) Watts & Co (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103298

Accession Number: 2005.2.8AB

Wallpaper fragment

Wallpaper fragment (in two pieces) adhering to horsehair plaster substrate. Wallpaper is a floral and foliate pattern in blue pink, and yellow on a beige ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, plaster, horsehair

GUSN: 103299

Accession Number: 2005.2.9AB

Wallpaper on plaster

Wallpaper fragment (in two pieces) adhering to horesehair plaster substrate. Daisy and other floral pattern in green, red, and yellow on blue ground. Pattern is "Daisy" by William & Morris.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: William & Morris (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers, fibrous plaster, plaster, horsehair

GUSN: 103300

Accession Number: 2005.2.10AB

Wallpaper fragment

Two fragments of textured "oatmeal paper" wallpaper. No pigment. Small raised dots in organic pattern.

Date: 1890-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 103301

Accession Number: 2005.2.11

Wallpaper fragments

Wallpaper fragments, 11 large and several small. Gold flocked swirls and dots on beige and gray ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, flocking

GUSN: 103302

Accession Number: 2005.2.12

Notebook of wallpaper fragments

Loose leaf notebook containing fourteen wallpaper fragments of varying sizes. All fragments from the second Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 103304

Accession Number: 2005.2.14

Carpet Sample

Wool carpet fragment, Brussels weave in a green, gold and black foliate scroll design.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Lowell Carpet Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103306

Accession Number: 2005.2.16

Carpet Samples

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

Carpet Fragments

Wool carpet fragments, Wilton weave in a stylized scrolling floral design in red and pink on a deep red ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103308

Accession Number: 2005.2.18AB

Carpet Fragment

Wool carpet fragments, Brussels weave in rows of pink and rose swirls on a deep red ground.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103309

Accession Number: 2005.2.19

Carpet Fragment

Wool carpet fragment, Wilton weave with bent line pattern in lavender on a brown ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Bigelow Carpet Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103310

Accession Number: 2005.2.20

Carpet Fragments

Four wool carpet fragments, Brussels weave with red floral and scroll design on a deep red ground.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103311

Accession Number: 2005.2.21A-D

Carpet Sample

Wool carpet sample, ingrain weave of green, gold, and blue floral and scroll design.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103312

Accession Number: 2005.2.22

Box Lock

Rectangular wood door lock with iron fittings and mechanism, remnants of white paint.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103313

Accession Number: 2005.2.23

Wallpaper

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

Wallpaper Roll

Roll of wallpaper with tan diamonds on a cream ground, each diamond center has a floral spray outlined in tan and crimson, abstract chains of foliage in tan and crimson between diamonds.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: J.C. Eisenhart Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103315

Accession Number: 2006.30.2

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