Historic New England

Evening Gown

Ivory chiffon evening gown with lace overlay, beaded fringed décolleté neckline, short puffed sleeves, and train.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: chiffon, lace (needlework)

GUSN: 103679

Accession Number: 2008.28.3

Pair of Shoes

Pair high heeled shoes covered in ivory satin with square rhinestone buckles.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Jones Peterson & Newhall Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: satin, rhinestone

GUSN: 103680

Accession Number: 2008.28.4.1AB

Pair of Shoe Trees

Pair of wooden shoe trees.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Jones Peterson & Newhall Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 103681

Accession Number: 2008.28.4.2AB

Tea Napkins

Twelve white silk tea napkins with hand painted floral sprays in center and silk fringe along sides.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 103682

Accession Number: 2008.28.5.1-12

Bowl

Yellow marble bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: marble (rock)

GUSN: 171397

Accession Number: 2006.44.2117

Pitcher

Carved black stone pitcher.

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 171398

Accession Number: 2006.44.1452

Display stand

Black wooden stand with four feet.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 171399

Accession Number: 2006.44.2120

Spinning top

Carved ivory spinning top with eleven black and red numbers.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171402

Accession Number: 2006.44.2119

Needlework picture

Embroidered silk with an elephant and people encased in a gold painted wood frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), wood (plant material), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 171403

Accession Number: 2006.44.1448

Case

Brown leather cylindric case with lid.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 171404

Accession Number: 2006.44.2118AB

Board made to imprint a pattern rubbed onto bark cloth. Likely from Samoa, Fiji or Tonga. Elongated triangle shape made by sewing coconut and bamboo strips onto pandanus leaves, creating a raised pattern. The barkcloth (siapo in Samoa, masi in Fiji and ngatu in Tonga) is rubbed over the form and co...

Maker: unknown

Material: leaf (plant material), coconut (fruit), coir

GUSN: 171405

Accession Number: 2006.44.1450

Fan

Painted peaock feather fan.

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171406

Accession Number: 2006.44.1449

Bowl with handle

Bowl with handle, carved out of a coconut. Probably from the Pacific Islands. The bowl is thin-walled and light, and has wavy lines along the edge of the bowl and both sides of the handle. The outer surface of the bowl and handle is highly polished and shiny. The inner surface is unfinished. Likely ...

Maker: unknown

Material: coconut (fruit)

GUSN: 171407

Accession Number: 2006.44.2116

Scrimshaw

Tooth with scrimshaw decoration depicting a horse and a floral basket.

Maker: unknown

Material: dentin

GUSN: 171409

Accession Number: 2006.44.1455

Basket

Small woven wire basket with a handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 171410

Accession Number: 2006.44.2114

Pendant

Ivory pendant from a Hawaiian "lei niho palaoa" necklace. Pendant usually suspended from multiple thin braids of human hair. Worn only by men and woment of the elite class - or ali'i - lei niho palaoa were potent symbols of status and sacred power.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171411

Accession Number: 2006.44.1454

Basket

Small Native American basket with a withe pearl stripe on the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: grass (plant material)

GUSN: 171412

Accession Number: 2006.44.2112

Comb

Decorated hair comb, or faa, from the Solomon Islands. The body and teeth are made from split sections of the tree fern, and the top and mid-section are intricately decorated with plaited black, natural and red plant fibers. A red resin covers portions of the comb. Faa are worn only by men.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), plant fiber, resin (organic material)

GUSN: 171413

Accession Number: 2006.44.1456

Textile

Round black embroidered textile.

Maker: unknown

Material: fiber

GUSN: 171418

Accession Number: 2006.44.1457

Figurine

Stone figure of a woman on wood stand.

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 171419

Accession Number: 2006.44.1458

Figurine

Plaster statue of classical female.

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 171420

Accession Number: 2006.44.1459

Reeds

Bundle of lontar (palmyra) palm, pierced near one end and tied together with a cord that is then wrapped around them, making a book. Each piece is covered with an incised fine handwriting, unidentified (most closely resembles Arabic or Indonesian?).

Maker: unknown

Material: reed (grass, material)

GUSN: 171421

Accession Number: 2006.44.1460

Box

Wood box with a carved lid of a house landscape.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 171422

Accession Number: 2006.44.1461AB

Box

Red carved box with a heron on the lid.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 171423

Accession Number: 2006.44.2113AB

Figurine

Stone figurine of a cherub.

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 171424

Accession Number: 2006.44.1462

Box

Gold paper box.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 171425

Accession Number: 2006.44.2115

Autobridge playing board

Autobridge playing board in a box with rules.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 171430

Accession Number: 2006.44.2093

Marble ramp

Wooden painted marble ramp toy with four levels and a round base to catch the marbles. Eight marbles are placed in sunken spots in the base.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 171431

Accession Number: 2006.44.2226AB

Framed photographic print

Oval framed photograph portrait of a lady and her baby.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, photographic paper

GUSN: 171432

Accession Number: 2006.44.2111

Halima board game

Wooden "Halma" box with sliding lid. Holds game pieces, board and a "Rules and Problems" brochure. There are thirteen red pieces, nineteen yellow pieces, thirteen green pieces, eighteen black pieces, and five odd miscellaneous objects. Cardboard game board.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 171434

Accession Number: 2006.44.2225A-D

Tall-case clock

Federal mahogany tall-case clock. Flower pattern on the screen. Brass finials.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 171436

Accession Number: 2006.44.2388

Garden seat

Chinese export porcelain blue and white barrel-form garden seat with flower pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 171438

Accession Number: 2006.44.2387

Dominoes

Set of ninety-one black wood dominoes, each features a lion carved on one side. All within a rectangular box.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 171439

Accession Number: 2006.44.2224

Serving Table

Dressing table-like form, on drawr over three, inlaid, cabriole legs on bad feet, reeded columns

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, pine (wood)

GUSN: 171441

Accession Number: 1955.269

China Cabinet

William and Mary style burlwood china cabinet with two glass doors and six feet. There are three drawers on the front side.

Maker: unknown

Material: burl veneer

GUSN: 171443

Accession Number: 2006.44.2393

Teddy Bear

Teddy bear with moveable arms and legs. Teddy wears a long sleeve white and red knit sweater.

Date: 1904-1907

Maker: Steiff (Manufacturer)

Material: yarn, mohair

GUSN: 171446

Accession Number: 2006.44.2227

DEACCESSIONED Chair, Lolling

DEACCESSIONED Turned banded front legs, serpentine arms, serpentine crest, modern yellow silk upholstery

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), upholstery

GUSN: 171447

Accession Number: 1954.181

Chest of drawers

Late Federal mahogany bow-front chest of drawers with wooden knob handles. Turned legs.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 171448

Accession Number: 2006.44.2391

Card Table

Circular top, tapered legs; string inlay, crossed branch inlay.

Date: 1790-1805

Maker: Forster, Jacob, 1764-1838 (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), inlay (process)

GUSN: 171449

Accession Number: 1954.194

Candlestick

Wrought iron candlestick in the shape of a snake and ornately designed.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 171450

Accession Number: 2006.44.2223

Candlestand

Federal birch tripod base candlestand.

Date: ca. 1805

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood)

GUSN: 171452

Accession Number: 2006.44.2185

Drop-leaf Table

Four lion's paw feet on casters; leay carved knees attached to turtle-shaped base; octagonal plinth supporting top with two rounded leaves.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 171453

Accession Number: 1954.190

Bookcase

Mahogany double door bookcase with an A-shaped gallery centered by a carved shell with bellflowers that sits atop a case of double sliding glass doors. The doors are flanked by reeded Ionic columns and topped with an egg-and-dart molding below dental modling that extends around the corners.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), glass (material)

GUSN: 171454

Accession Number: 2006.44.2186

Chest of Drawers

Turned legs, reeded columns with multiple rings at top, four drawers.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 171455

Accession Number: 1954.211

Portable desk

Japanese lacquer and inlaid wood lap desk with two handles. Geometrical pattern on the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), velvet (fabric weave), metal

GUSN: 171456

Accession Number: 2006.44.2389

Tilt-top Table

Three sweeping legs on ball feet; turned columns; rectangular top with rounded corners

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 171457

Accession Number: 1958.18A

Chest of Drawers

Turned legs; alternating colored veneers along base; 3 drawers flanked by veneered column under projecting fourth drawer. Upper case with six drawers and splash board.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, pine (wood)

GUSN: 171458

Accession Number: 1954.217