Historic New England

Chinese Laquered Settee

Settee with four-section back; Chinese laquered; eight legs; turned front legs; tapered back legs; casters; cushion seat.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), upholstery, textile materials

GUSN: 248679

Accession Number: 1949.334

Hat

Black ribbon fabric, felt hat with a leather hat band and a black elastic chinstrap.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248680

Accession Number: 1984.970

Poncho

Black and white wool, houndstooth poncho with leather trim and metal buckles.

Date: 1900-1983

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248681

Accession Number: 1984.971

Breakfront Bookcase

Three-section, breakfront bookcase; glass Chippendale doors above; drawers with two knob pulls; solid cabinet doors below.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), glass (material), metal

GUSN: 248682

Accession Number: 1949.335

Coat

Orange brocode coat with satin lining, nehru collar, and fabric-covered buttons on the front.

Date: 1930-1983

Maker: unknown

Material: satin

GUSN: 248683

Accession Number: 1984.972

Evening Coat

Black, wool coat with buttons and double lapel.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248687

Accession Number: 1984.974

Photographic Print of Painted Portrait

Photographic reproduction of portrait; depicts woman in ruffled cap and ruffled collar; framed.

Maker: unknown

Material: photography, photography and photographic processes and techniques

GUSN: 248688

Accession Number: 1949.363

Pair of Brass Candlesticks

Pair of brass candlesticks; sqauare base; trumpet-shaped stem with double knop; flutted at top; concave bobeche.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), copper alloy

GUSN: 248690

Accession Number: 1949.397.1-2

Candlesticks, Pair

Pair of Britannia ware candlesticks; round base; vase-like stem; bobeche emerges from stem.

Maker: unknown

Material: britannia metal

GUSN: 248691

Accession Number: 1949.413.1-2

Garden Urn

Elaborately molded pottery; two protruding handles on either side at top; footed; convex lip at top.

Maker: unknown

Material: pottery (object genre)

GUSN: 248692

Accession Number: 1949.414

Electrified Kerosene Lamp

Electric lamp made from kerosene lamp; sqaure base made of opaque blue-white glass; balloon-shaped glass font; pierced paper shade

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal, paper (fiber product), electric lamps (lighting device forms)

GUSN: 248693

Accession Number: 1949.418

Jacket

Brown and white faux fur jacket.

Date: 1900-1983

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248695

Accession Number: 1984.975

Evening Cape

Black, wool evening cape with velvet lapels and buttons. Edging is fringed.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 248696

Accession Number: 1984.976

Jacket

Faux fur gray and white jacket.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248697

Accession Number: 1984.977

Ladies Coat

Long, white, mohair coat.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248698

Accession Number: 1984.978

Coat Hanger

Metal and wooden coat hanger with a support rod.

Date: 1930-1983

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 248699

Accession Number: 1984.979.1

Coat Hanger

Metal and wooden coat hanger with a support rod.

Date: 1930-1983

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248700

Accession Number: 1984.979.2

Coat Hanger

Metal and wooden coat hanger with support rod.

Date: 1930-1983

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248701

Accession Number: 1984.979.3

Beaded Table Mat

Table mat; beaded floral pattern; floral border on two edges

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, beads (pierced objects), embroidery (visual works), needlework (visual works)

GUSN: 248702

Accession Number: 1949.419

Coat hanger

Wood and metal coat hanger that has been painted black

Date: 1960-1983

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 248714

Accession Number: 1984.980

Shelf

Glass and metal shelf

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248717

Accession Number: 1984.983.1

Shelf

Glass and metal shelf

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248718

Accession Number: 1984.983.2

Catalog

Red and blue catalog for the exhibition of Adolph Gottlieb's work at the Hayden Gallery at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Date: 1966

Maker: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

GUSN: 248721

Accession Number: 1984.986

Fireplace screen

Pair of wire mesh fire place screens that pull closed with two metal handles.

Date: 1937

Maker: unknown

Material: base metal

GUSN: 248725

Accession Number: 1984.989

Vase

Cylindrical, brown, "amber glass" glass vase with thick bubbled glass.

Date: 1937-1983

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248726

Accession Number: 1984.990

Acorn

Acorn without cap.

Maker: unknown

Material: organic

GUSN: 248743

Accession Number: 1984.1005

Candlestand

Candlstand with three legs; round tip-top; turned stem; paint decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating), paint by composition or origin

GUSN: 248783

Accession Number: 1949.423

Reverse Painting on Glass

Rectangular reverse painting on glass; depicts pastoral; ancient ruins and statuary; trees and other foliage; with five figures in 18th century attire.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248784

Accession Number: 1949.424

Print of Daniel Joseph Hamilton

Print of a man's portrait; matted; framed; depicts Daniel Joseph Hamilton (1784-1878).

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248786

Accession Number: 1949.425

Coat of Arms of the Hamilton Family

Coat of arms; matted; framed;

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248787

Accession Number: 1949.426

Wall Mirror

Empire-style; rectangular vertical wall mirror; gold frame with spool turnings and four decorative squares at each corner.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248788

Accession Number: 1949.429

Mug

Ceramic; mochaware mug; basket-weave pattern in alternating cream and blue colors.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248790

Accession Number: 1949.430

Print Engraving of Indian Chief "Edmund Kean Esq."

Engraving depicts Indian chief with right arm raised; ceremonial attire; landscape setting; matted with inscription; framed.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248792

Accession Number: 1949.431

Three-drawer sewing table; three pairs of turned wooden knobs on drawers; oval-shaped cylindical cabinet; slender groved and turned legs with ball feet; groved, column-like decoration on either side of the drawers supporting a rectangular top; half-circle cabinets swing open on sides.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 248793

Accession Number: 1949.435

Candlestand

Standing double branch candle holder. Turned candle armature adjusts on dowel shaft by removal of wedge. Base of shaft is octagonal, dowels through 2 piece crossed with arched feet. Painted black, evidence of red undercoat.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 256476

Accession Number: 1999.585

Anti-macassar

Crocheted white thread approximately square form with zig-zag border. Circular central design of 3 cherubs.

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 256503

Accession Number: 1999.586

Book

Titled "Effie Gray and Other Stories", illustrated by A.C. Warren, published by Nichols and Noyes, printed by H.O. Houghton and Co., Cambridge. Published for the Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). Textured brown binding with gilt tooled spine.

Date: 1866

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cloth

GUSN: 256504

Accession Number: 1999.587

Seat mat

Hooked rectangular with rear corners rounded to fit seat. Green border surrounding rose blossoms and foliage on tan ground. Backed with grey corduroy.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), burlap, corduroy

GUSN: 256505

Accession Number: 1999.588

Book

Titled "English Society". Contains a volume of captioned drawings by George Du Maurier, published by Harper and Brothers, New York, 1897. Blue hardcover binding with gilt decoration on cover.

Date: 1897

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cloth

GUSN: 256506

Accession Number: 1999.589

Phonograph Record

"PERGOLESI/ Stabat Mater"; square cover for 33 1/3 RPM long playing record; ; title and singers listed in green; white background; lavender border with black outlined design of musical instruments, one of which has female head on top; inscriptions on front, back, and on record; record inside cover; ...

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: vinyl, cardboard

GUSN: 256820

Accession Number: 1998.19

Phonograph Record

"ELLY/ AMELING/ SINGT/ MOZAR/ LIEDER"; square cover with blue background and white inscription; at left is bust length photo of female singer with short brown hair, sparkly earrings and white fur around neck; inscriptions on front and back covers and on record; record inside paper cover that in with...

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: vinyl, cardboard

GUSN: 256821

Accession Number: 1998.21

Phonograph Record

"Haydn/ Quartet in D major, Op. 64, No. 5 ("Lark"0 Quartet in B flat major, Op. 76, No. 4 ("Sunrise")"; Square cover for 33 1/3 RPM long playing record; white background and three irregular orange rectangles alternating on front; drawing of Haydn in one shape, ionstrumentalists in another, logo in ...

Date: 1949

Maker: Columbia Records Inc.

Material: vinyl, cardboard

GUSN: 256822

Accession Number: 1998.23

Phonograph Record

"CONCERTINO NOS 1 to 6. SONATA IN STILE DI CONCERTO. SINFONIA PER VIOLONCELLO E BASSO CONTINVO"; square black record case for two 33 1/3 RPM long playing records; case is like a box with cover and bottom; two records inside, each with separate paper sleeves; pamphlet inside; front cover with blue gr...

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: Angel Records

Material: vinyl, cardboard

GUSN: 256828

Accession Number: 1998.26

Phonograph Record

"BRANDENBIRG CONCERTOS/ No. 1 in F Major . No. 5 in D Major"; square cover for 33 1/3 RPM long playing record; front cover in blue, purple and black; image of male and female classical figures (male blowing horn); figures in front of pediment with Ionic columns; pediment is crumbling in image at top...

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: London

Material: vinyl, cardboard

GUSN: 256833

Accession Number: 1998.28

Phonograph Record

"CONCERTO IN D MAJOR FOR BASSOON STRING ORCHESTRA AND HARPSICHORD/ CONCERTO IN C MINOR FOR OBOE AND STRING ORCHESTRA"; squre cover for 33 1/3 RPM long playing record (cover and record smaller than usual size; front cover with blue, magenta, and black; composers names surrounded by black and white s...

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: London

Material: vinyl, cardboard

GUSN: 256836

Accession Number: 1998.30

Phonograph Record

"J.S. BACH, Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord; square cover for long playing record; front cover and teal and orange design with splotchy dots in background; contemporary drawing of gentleman in uniform playing flute with man in tailcoat playing piano; issued by the Haydn Society; recorded in Copenh...

Date: 1953

Maker: The Hayden Society, Inc.

Material: vinyl, cardboard

GUSN: 256958

Accession Number: 1998.32

Phonograph Record

VIVALDI: CONCERTO IN A MINOR FOR TWO VIOLINS/ BACH; VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 IN A MINOR AND VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 2 IN E MAJOR; front cover gold, pink, copper, and white; lettering in black and white; photo image across center depicts a conductor right and two violinist left and center; across bottom of ...

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: Columbia Records Inc.

Material: vinyl, cardboard, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 256962

Accession Number: 1998.33

Phonograph Record

ANTONIO VIVALDI, four concerti; white cover with black and white image of five people; man with violin beside a woman sitting with another leaning on her lap over a book at center; two boys left side , one with flute, one on rocking horse; large vase top left; sky and trees to right; lettering in bl...

Date: 1981

Maker: unknown

Material: vinyl, cardboard, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 256963

Accession Number: 1998.34

Phonograph Record

JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL and PIERRE PIERLOT interpret ANTONIO VIVALDI; square cover for 33 1/3 RPM record; front cover with white background and square printed image in center ; in foreground right are four nude figures with draped coverings and wreaths on heads, one is holding a lyre. in left background ...

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: vinyl, cardboard, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 256965

Accession Number: 1998.35

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Dark yellow glaze band around body. Black transfer-printed designs, a rabbit on one side and a dog with a barrel on the other. Black floral pattern printed around inside of rim and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 256966

Accession Number: 1942.1042

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