Historic New England

Window Curtain

Sheer white with small white dots; rectangular with straight edges; appears they are unfinished.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth

GUSN: 266274

Accession Number: 2003.25.2AB

Each part consists of two vertical rectangular panels sewn together at center of valance; off-white sheer with white dots in horizontal rows; green and white checkered valance with scalloped edge; green and white checkered trim on inner and lower edges and one vertical checkered band a few inches in...

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 266364

Accession Number: 2003.25.3AB

Window Curtain

AB: Ivory sheer rectangular panels with white squares and dots throughtout; ruffle at header; threee horizontal bands of ruffles below which is a wider panel; ruffles along all edges; CD: two ruffled tiebacks of same fabric.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: G. Fox & Co. (Retailer)

GUSN: 266366

Accession Number: 2003.25.4A-D

Window Curtain

Sheer ivory rectangular with rows of embroidered ivory dots and ovals; straight edges.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 266367

Accession Number: 2003.25.5AB

Window Curtain

Off-white lace; rectangular in shape; slightly scalloped edges; floral and leaf design throughout.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 266368

Accession Number: 2003.25.6AB

Window Curtain

Two rectangular panels stitched together at header; sheer white with horizontal bands of embroidered double helix design; straight edges.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 266369

Accession Number: 2003.25.7

Window Curtain

Off-white lace rectangular panel; diamond pattern; straight edges.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 266370

Accession Number: 2003.25.8

Window Curtain

Off-white lace rectangular panel; ruffled header; floral design at edges.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 266371

Accession Number: 2003.25.9

Window Curtain

White sheer rectangular panels with white 4-dot clusters throughout; simple straight edges.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 266372

Accession Number: 2003.25.10AB

Window Curtain

AB: Ivory sheer rectangular panels with white dots; ruffled edges except inner edge; CD: ruffled looped tiebacks of same fabric.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 266374

Accession Number: 2003.25.11A-D

Window Curtain

Two off-white rectangular panels; crocheted lace with floral border along outer and top edges; wider border along bottom edge has open-circles in horizontal bands.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

Material: crocheting

GUSN: 266376

Accession Number: 2003.25.12AB

Window Curtain

All sheer ivory with embroidered alternating bands of white dots and yellow and green holly and angels; AB: ruggles of same fabric along edges; CD: straight edges, no ruffles; EF: ruffled tiebacks.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering

GUSN: 266377

Accession Number: 2003.25.13A-F

Window Curtain

AB: Sheer ivory with tan dots and border on outer and lower edges of green half-circles; flowers and dots; C: tieback matching green border; ruffled.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 266378

Accession Number: 2003.25.14A-C

Window Curtain

AB: Two sheer white panels each with white dots, stitched overlapping together at the top; green and white checkered ruffle border at top and side edges (no border at bottom edge); C-F: Sheer white with white dots; straight edges with green and white checkered border at outer and lower edges; G-I: t...

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 266379

Accession Number: 2003.25.15A-I

Window Curtain

Off-white sheer with off-white dots; AB: ruffled edge with green trim; solid ruffle at the top with off-white background and large yellow and green flowers; border at bottom edge of same; CD: solid border (top edge) (not ruffled) of same off-white fabric with yellow and green flowers.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 266380

Accession Number: 2003.25.16A-D

Window Curtain

Beige background; red flowers, smaller yellos flowers and green leaves; all outlined in navy blue; small red fringe along lower edge.

Date: 1936-1952

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 266381

Accession Number: 2003.25.17AB

Beaufat

Pine corner cupboard; carved arch surrounding three shelves with scalloped edges atop a panelled door cabinet; rounded backside.

Date: ca. 1725

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 266401

Accession Number: 2003.27.2

Windlass Patent Bedstead

Windlass Patent Bedstead, Adam's Patent. Headboard [a] and footboard [b] have ball finials, turned posts and legs, and ball feet. Rail connecting head and footboard pots is unfinished and has eight wooden knobs to string mattress support. Center section of head and footboard is a tubular shape that ...

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 266534

Accession Number: 2012.70.1

Portrait of William Bowen (1763-1837)

Portrait of William Bowen (1763-1837), three quarter length portrait of a man wearing a blue jacket with yellow waiscoat and white collared shirt. Plain wooden frame.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 266535

Accession Number: 2012.71.1

Portrait of Mary Chandler Bowen (1760-1837)

Portrait of Mary Chandler Bowen (1760-1837), three quarter length portrait of a woman wearing a blue scoop necked dress with sheer lace fichu. Plain wooden frame.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 266536

Accession Number: 2012.71.2

Child's Dress

Child's flower girl dress of peach silk with lace overlay.

Date: 1944

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 266620

Accession Number: 2012.72.1

Comic Books

Set of eight juvenile comic books, all in multi-colored bound cardboard covers with titles and character drawings; titles: .1) "Invisible Scarlet O'Neil"; .2) "Tarzan Lord of the Jungle"; .3) "Dick Tracy and the Mad Killer"; .4) "Flash Gordon"; .5) "Buck Rogers"; .6) "donald Duck"; .7) "Mickey Mouse...

Date: 1940s

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, cardboard, printing (process), mechanical binding (process)

GUSN: 265661

Accession Number: 2002.48.5.1-8

"The School World" and "Elcelsior Classics"

Set of five booklets, four entitled "The School World" and one (.5) entitled "Excelsior Classics"; .1, .2, .4: light green covers with green ink and leaf border; .5: tan cover with brown ink and leaf border; .3: dark green cover with black ink and leaf border; titles: .1) "Lincoln's Speeches"; .2) "...

Date: 1904-1914

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 265662

Accession Number: 2002.48.6.1-5

Dessert Plate

Porcelain Dessert plate with wide acid-etched gilded interior rim with an Italianate contentionalized leaf and scroll pattern centering ivory interior.

Date: 1906-1927

Maker: Haviland & Co.

Material: porcelain, gold (metal), etching (corroding), gilding

GUSN: 265766

Accession Number: 2002.49.1

Dinner Plate

Factory-designed porcelain dinner plate; plate is white in center with cream-colored band around rim; wide scalloped acid-etched gilded rim with gold stylized triangular pots of flowers, enhanced with interior acid-etched band of chrysanthemum and geometric detail centering the white interior.

Date: 1915-1925

Maker: Heinrich & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain, gold (metal), etching (corroding), gilding

GUSN: 265767

Accession Number: 2002.49.2

Soup Plate

Shallow porcelain soup plate, entirely gilded; wide interior rim etched with a two-part intricate band incorporating two facing birds in an overall foliate motif surrounding smooth shallow high karat gold burnished interior; smooth gold exterior.

Date: 1906-1927

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain, gold (metal), etching (corroding), gilding

GUSN: 265768

Accession Number: 2002.49.3

Boullion Cup and Saucer

Ivory-colored porcelain boullion cup, saucer and cover with burnished gold bands and accents; A (cup): wide-mouthed, tapering ribbed bowl with gold band and shaped handles on either side, with applied gold cross hatching accenting ribbing around sides; B (cover) ruffled, gold-banded edge, gold folia...

Date: 1906-1927

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gold (metal), etching (corroding), burnishing (polishing)

GUSN: 265769

Accession Number: 2002.49.4A-C

Serving Bowl

Wide mouth, straight rim on shallow form; entirely high-karat gold finish, except for bottom; interior etched with overall leaf and vine motif in evenly-spaced sections; corresponding outer band with smooth gold band below.

Date: 1906-1927

Maker: Haviland & Co.

Material: porcelain, gold (metal), etching (corroding), gilding

GUSN: 265770

Accession Number: 2002.49.5

Dinner Plate

White porcelain plate; wide turquoise rim divided into five oval sections by gilded foliate borders centering white interior.

Date: 1906-1927

Maker: Haviland & Co.

Material: porcelain, gold (metal), etching (corroding), gilding

GUSN: 265771

Accession Number: 2002.49.6

Dinner Plate

White porcelain dinner plate with wide gold acid-etched interior rim with a stylized pot of flowers and scroll and flower border centering white interior.

Date: 1906-1927

Maker: Haviland & Co.

Material: porcelain, gold (metal), etching (corroding), gilding

GUSN: 265772

Accession Number: 2002.49.7

Serving plate

White porcelain round serving platter with acid-etched gold rim with uneven scroll foliate design centering ivory-colored interior with two pinstripe gold lines.

Date: 1906-1927

Maker: Haviland & Co.

Material: porcelain, gold (metal), etching (corroding), gilding

GUSN: 265773

Accession Number: 2002.49.8

Tea Set

Burnished gold painted porcelain tea set "blanks" consisting of tall teapot, saucer, creamer, and 6 teacups with saucers; ear-shaped handles; smooth gold surface (no decoration); white interiors.

Date: 1906-1927

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain, gold (metal), burnishing (polishing)

GUSN: 265774

Accession Number: 2002.49.9.1-.9

Tea Service

Pale blue porcelain tea set consisting of teapot, creamer, sugar, five cups and four saucers; .1-.3: fluted cylindrical shape with subtle lobes flaring towards base; ruffled edges. All pieces: edges of saucers and upper portions and loop handles are burnished gold with a band of raised floral medall...

Date: 1906-1927

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gold (metal), burnishing (polishing)

GUSN: 265775

Accession Number: 2002.49.10.1-.8

Bridesmaid's Dress and Scarf

Pink silk-chiffon dress and scarf; dress in floor length with short sleeves and rhinestones in an inverted triangle pattern around the neckline.

Date: ca. 1932

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), chiffon, rhinestone

GUSN: 265836

Accession Number: 2002.50.1AB

Bridesmaid's Hat

Brown velvet hat with brown netting along the front and sides and a brown velvet chin strap with snaps and hook.

Date: ca. 1932

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), netting (process)

GUSN: 265837

Accession Number: 2002.50.2

Bridesmaid's Shoes

Pair of shoes, box and lid; brown velvet and satin heels with gold trim; open at the sides and openings on the outer top half; ankle straps that fasten with gold and jewel buttons; heels are covered in satin; leather interior and sole; pink box; lid has black edges; top of lid has blue, pink, green,...

Date: ca. 1932

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), satin, leather

GUSN: 265838

Accession Number: 2002.50.3A-D

Wedding Veil

Ivory cathedral-length veil with a lace headpiece that covers the entire head and has a piece of lace with scalloped edging that frames the face and comes to a point in the front at the top of the head; the train is made of plain netting and attaches to the back of the headpiece at the nape of the n...

Date: ca. 1932

Maker: unknown

Material: netting (process), lace (needlework), hand sewing

GUSN: 265839

Accession Number: 2002.50.4

Tea Dress

Handsewn wool challis tea dress with black velvet ribbon trim down the front, around the neck and cuffs and in two horizontal bands on the front of the skirt above the pleating; wool challis is beige with a red, orange, green and gray floral pattern; long sleeves with pleated cuffs; button-down fron...

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), velvet (fabric weave), hand sewing

GUSN: 265843

Accession Number: 2002.51

Mantel

Stined wooden mantel (possibly mahogany); carved fan pattern at front center; spiral and foliate carvings at upper corners and sides; brass rings to hold fireplace tools at either side.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Richardson, John (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), brass (alloy), carving (processes)

GUSN: 265845

Accession Number: 2002.52.1

Overmantel

Carved overmantel; possibly mahogany; three panels joined together; large griffins on either side, facing outward; central design features dolphins, shell, foliage and angels.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Richardson, John (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 265846

Accession Number: 2002.52.2

Pocket Knife

Blacksmith-made metal knife with a hinge allowing the blade to fold down into the handle. The handle has carved bone decoration nailed to either side.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, bone (material)

GUSN: 265850

Accession Number: 2002.53.2

Wheildon Whistle

Ceramic (stoneware) whistle with light green and dark green speckled glaze; shaped like a bird; tail of bird is the whistle's blowhole; no glaze on the bottom.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery), glazing (coating), firing (technique)

GUSN: 265851

Accession Number: 2002.53.3

Hall Table

Large rectangular hall table. Skirt is carved with a flower motif, the trestle ends are heavily carved with the busts of women and a crest, the feet are carved animal paws, the stretcher has a carved face.

Date: 1880-1889

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 265854

Accession Number: 2012.58.1

Table

Round hall table, carved flower and vine motif with lion head legs and paw feet. The table stands on three legs that are attached together in a triangle shape at the bottom by pieces of decorative wood. Those pieces feature a fleur de lis motif. The legs feature lion heads that support the table top...

Date: 1880-1889

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 265855

Accession Number: 2012.58.2

Table

Round parlor table has a carved skirt with four ball and vase turned legs. The X-shaped stretchers are also ball and vase turned and meets in the center with a ball finial.

Date: 1880-1889

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 265856

Accession Number: 2012.58.3

Display Case

Display case, glass front upper section with cabinet below. Upper section has two wooden shelves. The pulls in the center of each door are carved heads. The front feet are animal paws and the overall heavy carving includes faces, fans, scrolls and the flower motif.

Date: 1880-1889

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 265860

Accession Number: 2012.58.4.1

Display Case

Display case, glass front upper section with cabinet below. Upper section has two wooden shelves. The pulls in the center of each door are carved heads. The front feet are animal paws and the overall heavy carving includes faces, fans, scrolls and the flower motif.

Date: 1880-1889

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products

GUSN: 265861

Accession Number: 2012.58.4.2

Bed

Double size bed with carved headboard [a] and footboard [b], plain rails [c-d]. Two glass tiles are inset into the top of the headboard. A row of small spools adorns the top rail of both the head and foot boards. There are small round finials on all four posts. Part of an eight-piece bedroom set: Be...

Date: 1880-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), glass (material)

GUSN: 265862

Accession Number: 2012.58.5.1A-D

Side Table

Small rectangular table with single drawer. Square legs curve slightly toward the floor and are connected with a narrow, plain stretcher. Part of an eight-piece bedroom set: Bed, side table, commode, rocking chair, pair of side chairs, three drawer dresser with looking glass, and washstand.

Date: 1880-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), glass (material)

GUSN: 265863

Accession Number: 2012.58.5.2

Commode

Commode with drawer. Glass tiles inset in top. Center section has a gallery with small spool design on three sides. Cabinet with a door at bottom. Part of an eight-piece bedroom set: Bed, side table, commode, rocking chair, pair of side chairs, three drawer dresser with looking glass, and washstand.

Date: 1880-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), glass (material)

GUSN: 265864

Accession Number: 2012.58.5.3

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