Historic New England

Desk and Bookcase

Desk and bookcase of mahogany, inlaid with wavy birch and bird's eye maple. Top bookcase section has two glass doors with wooden tracery. Brass eagle and urn finials. Bottom desk section has top drawer with fall front. Drawer interior has hidden interior drawers and divided compartments. Desk drawer...

Date: 1829

Maker: Murphy, Joseph, 1796-1872 (Cabinetmaker)

Material: mahogany (wood), bird's-eye maple, ivory (tooth component), brass (alloy), veneering, inlay (process), glass (material)

GUSN: 180316

Accession Number: 2009.26.2

Hand towel

Three hand towels (2006.4.1.1-.3); Aristex, made in Austria. Monogrammed "HSD"; yellow and gold.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), machine sewing (technique)

GUSN: 180318

Accession Number: 2006.4.1

Child's Chair

Dark stained wood; Chippendale-style back with splat pierced so as to form five conjoined bannisters that taper in center and become bulbous at splat shoe; crest rail and stiles are unornamented except for beading; straight chamferred legs (rear legs flare slightly out); arms curve outward and have ...

Date: 1776-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 180324

Accession Number: 2006.5

Dental Powder

Clear glass bottle with metal stopper. Filled 3/4 of the way with off-white 'Dental Powder.' Bottle has a paper label.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: mold-blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 180326

Accession Number: 2006.11

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180335

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.21

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180336

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.19

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180337

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.20

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180339

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.16

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180341

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.17

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180342

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.18

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180343

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.14

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180344

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.15

Cordial glass

Cordial glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a bell shaped bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180346

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.9

Cordial glass

Cordial glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a bell shaped bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180348

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.7

Cordial glass

Cordial glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a bell shaped bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180351

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.12

Cordial glass

Cordial glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a bell shaped bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180352

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.11

Cordial glass

Cordial glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a bell shaped bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180353

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.8

Cordial glass

Cordial glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a bell shaped bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180354

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.10

Tea Table

A black walnut top with a distinctive grain sits on a frame composed of a simple shaped skirt, also of walnut, and four distinctly fashioned cabriole legs in birch that end in pad feet. The table has been published several times and is attributed to the York cabinetmaker Samuel Sewell.

Date: 1740-1760

Maker: Sewell, Samuel, 1724-1814 (Cabinetmaker)

Material: black walnut (wood), birch (wood), joints by material joined, varnishing

GUSN: 180355

Accession Number: 2006.12

Candy dish

Glass basket shaped dish with handle and flared sides. Gold paint decoration of scrolling vines with flowers, leaves and berries.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180357

Accession Number: 2006.44.1948

Compote

Small class compote with scalloped rim, short stem and a round foot. Gold painted floral decoration on plate and gold paint around rim and foot.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180358

Accession Number: 2006.44.1949

Water glass

Cylindrical water glass with thinly painted gold horizontal stripes and gold along rim and base.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180359

Accession Number: 2006.44.1956

Water glass

Water glass with flared rim and cylindrical body. Long vertical cuts along body. Painted gold scrolls and vines of green leaves and flowers with blue centers and a wide gold stripe along rim.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180361

Accession Number: 2006.44.1955

Goblet

Handblown glass footed goblet of green and gold iridescent vertical stripes. Applied textured knobs along body and a clear glass handle in the form of a dragon.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180362

Accession Number: 2006.44.1946.2

Muff

Dark brown fur muff- barrel shaped. Dark/chocolate brown silk lining. Has a black satin (?) ribbon threaded through center and tied via knot/bow, but is otherwise unattached to muff. Short smooth, silky fur.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (textile), sewing (process)

GUSN: 180363

Accession Number: 2006.13

Goblet

Handblown glass footed goblet of green and gold iridescent vertical stripes. Applied textured knobs along body and a clear glass handle in the form of a dragon.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180365

Accession Number: 2006.44.1946.1

"The Artist's Studio-Sunflower Castle"

Watercolor on paper, "The Artist's Studio-Sunflower Castle". Signed lower right: "Gertrude Beals Bourne". Interior scene of a room with beamed ceiling. Large open fireplace with metal hood in center of room. Hanging lamp, glass globes, and porcelain pitchers hang from ceiling beams. Green windsor ch...

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: Bourne, Gertrude Beals, 1868-1962 (Artist)

GUSN: 180370

Accession Number: 2009.29.1

Muff

.1- Tan mink muff with strips with brown- medium to long furs- dark brown silk lining, has a brown car/loop attached at one end.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: skin (collagenous material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 180371

Accession Number: 2006.14.1

Muff Box

.2- Green box

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 180372

Accession Number: 2006.14.2

Muff Box Lid

.3- cover made of cardboard - inside rim of cover has a red edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 180373

Accession Number: 2006.14.3

Refrigerator

Monitor-top refrigerator; white enamel with chrome (?) trim, handle and hinges; one door; four short legs with pad-shaped feet; latch handle; interior iron rack; condenser coils on the top are visible (not enclosed); top is rounded on sides and flat on top.

Date: ca. 1935

Maker: General Electric Company (Manufacturer)

Material: enamel (fused coating), metal

GUSN: 180393

Accession Number: 2006.15

Norge Gas Stove

White enameled iron stove; box-like shape; four black "spoked" gas burners on PR top half; smooth surface to PL of burners; backsplash of rear of stove top, front of stove has four doors/drawers with chrome-plated horizontal iron handles that taper at the ends and are ribbed at the center; five whit...

Date: 1950s

Maker: Norge (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 180394

Accession Number: 2006.17

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180397

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.19

Wine glass

Stemmed wine glass with painted gold Rococo scrolls, shells and flowers and gold bands around the rim and foot.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180399

Accession Number: 2006.44.1957.17

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Narrow, two blues stripe on a wider beige stripe which alternates with a stripe of white, horizontal pin stripes. Straight match.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178967

Accession Number: 1980.237.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale diaper pattern. Raised coffer-like design in tan and white enclosing dark green field.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178968

Accession Number: 1971.47

Wallpaper

Fragments. Overall pattern not discernable. Raised design on black, textured ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178969

Accession Number: 1980.238

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grid of provencals in maroon and white with patera centers and white solid circles at the corners. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178970

Accession Number: 1971.46

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Small-scale purple flower with grisaille leaves framed by ogees edged on rootlets and reverse printed floral wreaths. Printed on polished white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178972

Accession Number: 1971.152

Wallpaper

Fragment. Neat vine and stripe. Continuous vertical stripe of foliate ellipses framing wheat. Printed in white on cinnamon ground.

Date: 1796-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178973

Accession Number: 1976.405

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale Renaissance strapwork entwined and pierced by a foliate vine. Printed in grey on a field of green and maroon on a polished white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178974

Accession Number: 1987.7

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Flowers in two blues printed over field of two gray flowers (roses) and leaves. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178975

Accession Number: 1987.3

Wallpaper

Sample. Pattern consists of the interior of a building highlighting its architecture. Probably Indian or Egyptian in style with pointed arches, peapod ornament, columns with lotus leaves. Printed in green, brown and white on an unground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178976

Accession Number: 1987.16A-D

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover C-scrolls and flowers in brown and two greys, accented by two rose blossoms in two pinks, crimson and brown and outlined by radiating pin dots. Straight match.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178977

Accession Number: 1987.6

Wallpaper

Cut sample of Rococo Revival style. Ungrounded paper with pin-dot patterning in brown. Scrolled foliage printed in yellow-gold and brown; roses printed in green and brown.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178978

Accession Number: 1987.9

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale, allover, stylized flowers in mauve/pink, on a green striped field on a polished white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178979

Accession Number: 1987.11

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper border sample. Maltese cross alternating with squares of Chinese lattice design and bordered top and bottom with smaller, repeated Maltese crosses. Printed in yellow, red, and maroon on a tan gound.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178980

Accession Number: 1987.12

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Vine and stripe design. Flowering vine, wisteria (?) printed in blue and light blue and alternating with vertical stripe of scrolls composed of narrow horizontal lines. Printed on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178981

Accession Number: 1987.14

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Large-scale mixed flower bouquet. Anemones, peonies, morning glories and others printed in four blues with grey shadows on polished white ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178982

Accession Number: 1987.2

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover flowers (roses?) and foliage. Printed in dark brown, brown and tan on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178983

Accession Number: 1987.4

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