Historic New England

Chintz Fragment

Rectangular fragment with raw edges. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272029

Accession Number: 1914.244O

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with one selvedge edge and one cut edge. Urn border pattern runs along cut edge. Floral rosette pattern in center on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272030

Accession Number: 1914.244S

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with one selvedge edge and one cut edge. Urn border pattern runs along cut edge. Floral rosette pattern in center on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272031

Accession Number: 1914.244T

Chintz Fragment

Roughly rectangular fragment with one longitudinal selvedge edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272032

Accession Number: 1914.244P

Chintz Fragment

Rectangular fragment seamed lengthwise up the center. Seam is formed by one selvedge edge and one cut edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272033

Accession Number: 1914.244G

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with floral rosette pattern and urn border pattern on blue ground. Fragment has unattached white cotton flannel backing. Selvedge edge at one side, cut edge along border edge.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272034

Accession Number: 1914.244H

Chintz Fragment

Rectangular fragment, border only. Urn pattern on blue ground, no floral rosettes. Selvedge along one side, opposite border with cut edge.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272035

Accession Number: 1914.244Y

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment, border only. Urn pattern on blue ground, no floral rosettes. Edges cut on both sides.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272036

Accession Number: 1914.244X

Chintz Fragment

Irregular rectangular fragment with raw edges. Urn border pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272037

Accession Number: 1914.244L

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with raw edges. Urn border and floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272038

Accession Number: 1914.244W

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with raw edges. Urn border on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272039

Accession Number: 1914.244Z.1

Chintz Fragment

Rectangular fragment, top selvedge edge. Urn border pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272040

Accession Number: 1914.244Z.2

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with raw edges. Urn border pattern on blue ground with tips of floral rosette pattern just visible along top edge.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272041

Accession Number: 1914.244Z.3

Chintz Fragment

Rectangular fragment with one selvedge edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272042

Accession Number: 1914.244Z.4

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with one selvedge edge opposite border. Urn border pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272043

Accession Number: 1914.244Z.5

Chintz Fragment

Irregular rectangular fragment with raw edges. Urn border pattern on blue ground. Short edges of rectangle are cut on a curve.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272044

Accession Number: 1914.244V

Chintz fragment

L-shaped fragment with one selvedge edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272045

Accession Number: 1914.244U

Irregular rectangular fragment with raw edges. Urn border pattern with partial floral rosette pattern along edge. Fragment is pieced together at one end with hand stitches in blue cotton thread. Narrow end has been trimmed to a curve, cutting across border pattern. The end opposite the vertical cut ...

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272046

Accession Number: 1914.244I

Chintz Fragment

Irregular rectangular fragment with raw edges. Urn border pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile), glaze, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 272048

Accession Number: 1914.244D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from the Lincoln Streeter House in Brimfield, Massachusetts. Floral pattern printed in brown, cream, white, blackand gray on gray ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272049

Accession Number: 1979.4.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from the Lincoln Streeter House in Brimfield, Massachusetts. Scrolling vine and sprig pattern printed in green, brown, white, gray, yellow and liquid mica on a pink ground.

Date: Early twentieth century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272051

Accession Number: 1979.4.3AB

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper framents found beneath the 1890s wallpaper in the parlor of Castle Tucker, Wiscasset, Maine

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272053

Accession Number: 1998.6399A-C

Kapa

Large piece of white kapa, or Hawaiian barkcloth. Embossed throughout with small circles and very lightly tinted with charcoal. The texture of the kapa is thin but crisp. Most likely a layer of a kapa moe, or mutli-layered sleeping cover. Tapa (or kapa in Hawaii) is cloth made from the inner bar...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 272054

Accession Number: 2006.44.3672

Kapa

Large piece of kapa, or Hawaiian barkcloth. Pink on one side with a decorative pattern of widely spaced bands and triangles made with black/gray spots.The kapa has a crisp, thick texture and is embossed throughout with small triangle shapes. Probably the top layer of a kapa moe, or multi-layered s...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 272055

Accession Number: 2006.44.3673

Bamboo Settee

Bamboo, rattan, and wicker settee with four rectangular cushions made of a woven plant material.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), wicker, rattan

GUSN: 272056

Accession Number: 1936.85

Bamboo armchair

Bamboo armchair.

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material)

GUSN: 272057

Accession Number: 1940.750A

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

Striped black beaded bag

A heavily beaded purse with undulating lines of black, clear / silver, and gold with gold metal frame closure, clasp, and short chain. Interior labeled "Made in Hong Kong."

Date: 1950s

Maker: unknown

Material: beads (pierced objects), beading (process), beadwork, metal

GUSN: 266621

Accession Number: 2012.72.2

Pedestal

Pedestal with pseudo venetian marbling in gray and white.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 266622

Accession Number: 1980.226

Bust of Arthur T. Lyman, Sr. (1832-1915)

White marble bust of Arthur T. Lyman as an older man. Slightly wavy hair is combed back from the forehead, side part. Bust has a rectangular base with straight cut sides.

Date: ca. 1892

Maker: Probably Duveneck, Frank (American painter and printmaker, 1848-1919) (Sculptor)

Material: marble (rock)

GUSN: 266623

Accession Number: 1966.115