Historic New England

Brooch

This shield-shaped brooch is composed of stylized white gold vines tipped with scrolling yellow gold leaves which surround an oval green cabochon tourmaline. The brooch closes with a hinged pin and safety clasp on the back. Maker's mark stamped on rectangle soldered to back of bezel (see Inscription...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Hale, Frank Gardner, 1876-1945 (Jeweler)

Material: gold (metal), white gold, tourmaline

GUSN: 303477

Accession Number: 2014.70.1

Brooch

This rectangular bar brooch is compsed of a central pearl flanked by old mine cut diamonds. Clusters of six smaller mine cut diamonds form half-rosettes above and below the central pearl. Abstracted filigree ribbons set with alternating diamonds and pearls, all bezel-set, surround the central elemen...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Hale, Frank Gardner, 1876-1945 (Jeweler)

Material: white gold, diamond (mineral), pearl (animal material)

GUSN: 303478

Accession Number: 2014.70.2

Brooch

Abstracted form similar to a question mark with curled ends. The brooch attaches with a bar pin and safety clasp on the back. See "Inscriptions" for mark information.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: Danecraft Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 303482

Accession Number: 2014.71.2

"Olympic Games, Greek Celebrations"

Scenic wallpaper fragment, "Olympic Games, Greek Celebrations". A group of women lead a pair of harnessed leopards towards a chariot race. Groups of men and women stand in an open colonnade watching the race. Design by Joseph Dufour (1752-1827). Printed in grisaille. Fold lines and tack holes along...

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: Dufour, Joseph (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 303719

Accession Number: 2014.72.1

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper sample, aternating motif of floral bouquets and a statue on pedestal. "Les Ifs". Block printed in orange and blue on beige ground. "R.C. a Paris". Made in France.

Date: 1933-1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 303732

Accession Number: 2014.73.1

Hat Bathtub

Shallow, circular, green painted tin hat bathtub with seat and drain.

Date: 1840-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 303784

Accession Number: 1988.546

Fireback

Three piece cast iron fireback. Center section [.1] is decorated with a molded lion's head with a ring through its mouth. The lion is centered over a floral and ribbon wreath. The two side panels [.2, left and .3 right] have oval medallions in the center.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron alloy

GUSN: 303826

Accession Number: 1988.554.1-.3

Gate Fragment

Cast iron gate fragment. Gate has a column and arch pattern with floral elements.

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 303833

Accession Number: 1988.566

Hat Bathtub

Shallow, circular, dark gray painted tin hat bathtub with seat and drain.

Date: 1840-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 303842

Accession Number: 1988.547

Pair of Roller Skates

Pair of roller skates with leather straps and metal buckles.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 303881

Accession Number: 1998.6120AB

Fireback

Small cast iron fireback with arched top, footed bottom and eagle with spread wings carrying banner in its mouth.

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 303884

Accession Number: 1988.555

Fireplace surround with attached grate

Fireplace surround made up of metal panels and cast iron grate affixed with bolts. Surround imitates wood-carved surround with side columns, horizontal panel and shallow mantel. Cast iron molding in several patterns frames panel pieces and mantel.

Maker: unknown

Material: sheet metal, cast iron

GUSN: 303885

Accession Number: 1988.560

Fireback fragment

Fireback fragment with a scene that depicts a man with a sword.

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 303886

Accession Number: 1988.557

Fireplace surround with attached grate

Fireplace surround made up of metal panels, with a shallow mantel and cast iron grate affixed with bolts. Applied cast iron neoclassical design elements of stylized vases with flowers on jambs, stylized urns on corner blocks, and a rosette centered below mantel.

Maker: unknown

Material: sheet metal, cast iron, sheet metal screws

GUSN: 303887

Accession Number: 1988.563

Fireplace surround

Cast iron fireplace surround with foliate scroll design at inner corners of opening.

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 303890

Accession Number: 1988.562

Oven

Enclosed oven with two vented openings.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 303892

Accession Number: 1988.569

Stove

Cast iron heating stove with open front. Scroll and shield decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), casting (process)

GUSN: 303895

Accession Number: 1988.572

Fireback

Cast iron fireback with arabesque floral design flanking a central pedestal with a small bearded figure on top.

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 303896

Accession Number: 1988.556

Stove

Short cast iron heating stove with oval body. Body of stove is decorated with a foliate and chain molding design around the center of the stove. Anthemion and fretwork designs on the pierced stove top. The areas above the legs are decorated with flutes and rosettes. Leaf and bow decoration between f...

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), casting (process)

GUSN: 303897

Accession Number: 1988.575

Fireplace insert

Cast iron fireplace insert with a flat extended base and a vent on top. It has a molded design of pillars on either side of the opening and a horizontal floral design across the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 303900

Accession Number: 1988.558

Planter

Large urn shaped wood planter with square base. Planter has a turned stem and gadrooning at base of urn. Planter exterior is painted white.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 303901

Accession Number: 1988.565

Fireplace insert

Cast iron stove with a wide flat base. Molded columns flank the central opening, and ornate scrollwork design adorns the top. Brass medallion and round finials adorn the front corners. The central opening is protected by a large cast iron grate.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 303902

Accession Number: 1988.559

Stove

Tall stove with a wide flat base and four feet. The stove has a cylindrical body with a small door on the side. The door is decorated with a foliate pattern and has a lock-and-key mechanism to keep it shut. The feet are also decorated with a foliate design.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 303903

Accession Number: 1988.574

Stove

Cast iron stove with missing fireback. The sides have rectangular paneling with brass medallions and finials adorning the corners.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 303949

Accession Number: 1988.564

Stove

Rectangular stove with two cylindrical vents protruding from the top. The stove has a wide flat base and doors on either side. Gothic foliate design adorns the front stove panel. The stove feet are no longer attached.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 303950

Accession Number: 1988.568

Wallpaper

Six unused wallpaper rolls. All over white plaid design to imitate woven fabric.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302595

Accession Number: 1948.736A-F

Wallpaper

Four unused wallpaper rolls. Diaper pattern formed by reverse printed diamonds on a white field and a liquid mica ground.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302596

Accession Number: 1948.737A-D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Full repeat. Embossed and hand blocked floral stripe with bouquets and vases printed in green, tan, yellow, and metalic gold with light green stripes on green polished ground. Cut from Ellis paper 1981.135.

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer) A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Retailer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302597

Accession Number: 1961.356

Wallpaper

Fragments of landscape figure wallpaper. Repeating vignette of colonial figures: one male standing; one male seated at a table served drinks by a woman outdoors. Beneath the figures is a scene of a boy playing with a sailboat. Vignettes are flanked by entwined foliate vine.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302598

Accession Number: 1973.116

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. Branches with large, bright flowers and leaves printed in pink, red, green, tan, grey, and brown on black ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302599

Accession Number: 1978.215AB

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper. All-over floral design overlaid with pinstripes and crackle effect. Printed in green, pink, grey, brown, white, and metallic silver on yellow ground

Date: ca. 1930

Maker: Thomas Strahan Company (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302600

Accession Number: 1991.77

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper. All-over floral branch design of grey and blue leaves with clusters of small pink flowers. Printed in grey, black, white, green, blue, and two pinks on a white ground.

Date: ca. 1930

Maker: Thomas Strahan Company (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302601

Accession Number: 1991.78

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper. Oval and octagonal vignettes of bridges and classical buildings framed by floral swags. Background features floral urns and foliate and floral trails. Printed in grey, two greens, two blues, yellow, orange, brown, and two pinks on an ivory ground.

Date: ca. 1930

Maker: Thomas Strahan Company (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302602

Accession Number: 1991.79

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper. Diaper pattern overlaid with small floral sprays, alternating with vignettes containing larger floral sprays. Machine printed in white, metallic gold, pinks, greens, blue, purple, yellow, and grey on a tan ground.

Date: 1930

Maker: Probably Thomas Strahan Company (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302603

Accession Number: 1991.80

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper. All-over foliate scroll design in grey, metallic gold, metallic copper, metallic silver, and metallic green on an ivory ground

Date: ca. 1930

Maker: Thomas Strahan Company (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302604

Accession Number: 1991.81

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper. Trellis pattern enclosing squares; each of four corners is a large circular flowerhead alternating with square and leaf motif. Background of flowers. Block printed in red, light yellow, green, brown, and peach on light beige ground.

Date: ca. 1881

Maker: Howell & Brothers (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302605

Accession Number: 1997.98

Bookend paper

Rolled sheet of bookend paper printed in red on ungrounded paper with a small lattice pattern with six petal flowers in openwork.Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 302606

Accession Number: 2001.281.1259

Bookend paper

Rolled sheet of bookend paper printed with a small lattice pattern with lion and fluer de lis figures in the openwork. Printed in green on ungrounded paper. "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 302607

Accession Number: 2001.281.1260

Bookend paper

Three rolled sheets of bookend paper printed with a small leaf and flower stripe pattern. Printed in green and brown on ungrounded paper. "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 302608

Accession Number: 2001.281.1261.1-.3

Bookend paper

Rolled sheet of bookend paper printed with small diaper pattern with circle and flower figures in openwork. Printed in green and black on ungrounded paper.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 302609

Accession Number: 2001.281.1262

Bookend paper

Two rolled sheets of bookend paper printed with a ogee pattern with two lovebirds in the openwork. Printed in green on ungrounded paper. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 302610

Accession Number: 2001.281.1263.1-.2

Teabox paper

Three sheets of tea or tea box paper. Thin, tissue-like paper covered with silver foil printed in white with a pattern of stylized flowers on interlocking fretwork.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 302611

Accession Number: 2001.281.1264.1-.3

Teabox paper

Two sheets of tea or tea box paper. Thin, tissue-like paper covered with gold metallic foil printed in white with a pattern of stylized flowers on interlocking fretwork.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 302614

Accession Number: 2001.281.1266.1-.2

Teabox paper

Three sheets of tea or tea box paper. Thin, tissue-like paper covered with gold foil printed in red with a pattern of stylized flowers on interlocking fretwork.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 302615

Accession Number: 2001.281.1267.1-.3

Windsor Rocking Chair

Rocking chair. "PINE / SOUVENIR / N.E. HURRICANE / SEPT. 21, 1938". "Nichols and Stone, Gardner, MA"

Date: 1938

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 302619

Accession Number: 2008.12.147

Doll High Chair

Small highchair made of wood with wicker back and hinged bar. Painted yellow.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, wicker

GUSN: 302620

Accession Number: 2008.12.154

Windsor Armchair

Windsor armchair with seven spindles from the Governor Brooks House.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 302754

Accession Number: 2000.2197

"Parlor at Vine Hill"

Framed watercolor painting of a parlor interior. Large oriental rug in foreground with carved wooden sideboard at left and scroll back sofa with red upholstery at right. Parlor decorated with sculpture, ceramics, prints, paintings, and a guitar. Window hangings are a deep red with gold trim, one win...

Date: 1878

Maker: Beach, Frances Antoinette, 1852- (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 302823

Accession Number: 2014.62.1

"Fireplace at Vine Hill"

Framed watercolor painting depicting a fireplace, spinning wheel, bookshelf, log carrier, prints, and Chinese fans. Oriental rug in foreground. Painting framed with a gold mat, plain wood frame.

Date: 1878

Maker: Beach, Frances Antoinette, 1852- (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 302824

Accession Number: 2014.62.2

"Reading Nook at Vine Hill"

Watercolor painting of a room interior. Painting depicts a tall case clock, embroidered fire screen, rocking chair with green seat cushion and a small footstool with red upholstery. Table at side of room is covered with a pink and green striped cloth and is set with a brass chamberstick, teacups, si...

Date: 1878

Maker: Beach, Frances Antoinette, 1852- (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 302825

Accession Number: 2014.62.3

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