Historic New England

Rug

Braided rug composed to two different braided colored textiles: two orange and one brown to yellow.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, braiding

GUSN: 336505

Accession Number: 2019.17.75

Unframed Pictures

(.1) A printed image of houses and (.2) a printed black and white photograph of 2 girls wearing white dresses

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 336506

Accession Number: 2019.17.76.1-.2

Bird Cage

Square birdcage with model bird inside. The bird is black with a red beak.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic by composition or origin, paint (coating), textiles

GUSN: 336507

Accession Number: 2019.17.77

Chandelier

Gold chandelier with white bulb and flower shaped ornament.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, wire

GUSN: 336508

Accession Number: 2019.17.78

Table

Rectangular wooden tripod table.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products

GUSN: 336509

Accession Number: 2019.17.79

Candlesticks

Three glass candlestick holders with pink candles. Two holders are turquoise with yellow and one is yellow and blue with a glass cap decorated with blue stripes.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: glass by composition or origin, wax, string (fiber product)

GUSN: 336510

Accession Number: 2019.17.80.1-.3

Bird Cage

Golden bridcage with a black-beaked red, green, and yellow bird inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, paint (coating), textiles

GUSN: 336511

Accession Number: 2019.17.81

Chandelier

Golden six-light chandelier with white bulbs and a pinecone shaped ornament below.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, wire, plastic by composition or origin

GUSN: 336512

Accession Number: 2019.17.82

Christmas Tree

Fir tree with green sparkles on the needles with a base that imitates snow.

Date: 1900-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic by composition or origin

GUSN: 336513

Accession Number: 2019.17.83

Seagull

White and gray gull with wings spread.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, plaster by composition or origin

GUSN: 336514

Accession Number: 2019.17.84

Fence

White picket wooden fence with climbing plant and pale purple flowers.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, paper (fiber product), textiles, wire

GUSN: 336515

Accession Number: 2019.17.85

Metal Implement

Silver implement with screws.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 336516

Accession Number: 2019.17.37

Pincushion

Circular embroidered pincushion; floral design; with a tan ribbon around the sides.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347263

Accession Number: 1927.1106

Pincushion

Small pincushion made of red velvet; set in wired basket.

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), wire

GUSN: 347276

Accession Number: 1939.152

Pincushion

Green fish shaped pincushion with many pins sticking out.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347277

Accession Number: 2008.14.19

Pincushion

Globe-shaped pincushion with purple velvet and metal caging.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347278

Accession Number: 2008.14.20

Pincushion

Circular pincushion with wooden panels; administration building at the World's Columbian Exchange, Chicago 1893; red velvet.

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 347279

Accession Number: 2008.14.21

Weaving Set

Weave-It kit.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347280

Accession Number: 2008.12.116.1

Weaving Kit

Weave-It kit including box, woven fabric sample, needle, and small Weave-It loom.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347281

Accession Number: 2008.12.116.2

Weaving Set

Handicraft loom weaving set.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347282

Accession Number: 2008.12.117

Three fragments from the carpet in Dorothy Codman's bedroom on the third floor of the main house on the Codman Estate (.1-.3). Small metal items including a ring with decorative string embellishment (.4), a pin (.5), a fragmented point (.6), and a needle (.7)

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 347321

Accession Number: 1969.19162.1-.6

Carpet Fragment

Purple-gray carpet fragment. The rug from which this fragment was taken was in storage in what had been Dorothy Codman's bedroom on the third floor of the main house on the Codman Estate. At some time after 1930 the room was used for storage by the family. The rug appears in a 1969 inventory photogr...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347322

Accession Number: 1969.19163

Hooked Rug

Multi-colored concentric design of 35 rings (layout 5x7) in hit-or-miss on cream/green background, bound with continuous pink-colored tape, folded through three corners and cut at one corner. Previous binding visible was a tan-colored plain weave fabric.

Date: early 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), wool (textile), cotton (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347323

Accession Number: 1966.823.2

Flowers

Silk flowers placed in white glass vase [1996.143.860].

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353394

Accession Number: 1996.143.861

Lamp

Brass lamp [A] with tan shade with black floral design [B].

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353396

Accession Number: 1996.143.862AB

Side Chair

Side chair with brown floral upholstered seat.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353398

Accession Number: 1996.143.866

Parlor Suite

Three piece parlor suite with cut-velvet upholstery, c. 1940, including a sofa [.1], an armchair with blue upholstery [.2], and an armchair with red upholstery [.3].

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353399

Accession Number: 1996.143.867.1-.3

Rush Seat Stool

Rush seat stool (part of set of ladderbacks from the Hoover House)

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353462

Accession Number: 2019.83.6

Child's Rocker

Rush seat child's rocker (part of set of ladderbacks from the Hoover House)

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353463

Accession Number: 2019.83.7

Pillows

Appliqued pillows depicting Hoover House

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353467

Accession Number: 2019.83.11.1-.2

Purse

Tan silk purse with a silk ribbon handle and polished wood clasp.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353491

Accession Number: 1938.563

Purse

Heavily beaded purse with lilac background and floral patterns; silk top and green ribbon ties.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353492

Accession Number: 1942.865

Purse

Tiny brown knitted reticule with white beads and tiny white beaded tassels.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353504

Accession Number: 1990.247

Hat

Hat with upturned rim, white straw/raffia-like material. Applied white flower blossoms and leaves.

Date: 1968

Maker: unknown

Material: straw (plant material), polyester (fiber), net (textile)

GUSN: 353519

Accession Number: 2019.106.1

Hat Box

Hexagonal brown cardboard box (A) with removable lid (B). Lid has "Read's / Trumbull and Bridgeport" in white on top. Inside is paper receipt (C) to Mr. Edward A. Currie of Trumbull, CT.

Date: 1968

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 353520

Accession Number: 2019.106.2A-C

Brooch

Gold "Duette" bow-shaped brooch. Blue rhinestones on outer edges and white rhinestones in center. Pin backing can be removed to separate brooch into two symmetrical clips.

Maker: Coro, Inc. (Maker)

Material: rhinestone, gold (color), metal by composition or origin

GUSN: 353521

Accession Number: 2019.106.3

Brooch

Lisner brooch in the shape of a yellow-green flower blossom. Pin backing has original Lisner $200 price tag attached with green thread.

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel (fused coating), metal by composition or origin

GUSN: 353522

Accession Number: 2019.106.4

Necklace and Box

.1) Iris floating opal pendant and chain necklace in (.2) original blue plush and white satin box. Teardrop form pendant, gold filled chain.

Maker: unknown

Material: gold alloy by composition or origin, opal

GUSN: 353523

Accession Number: 2019.106.5.1-.2

Earrings

Pair of Lisner clip-on earrings in the shape of yellow-green flower blossoms.

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel (fused coating), metal by composition or origin

GUSN: 353524

Accession Number: 2019.106.6

Painting, "Poverty Farm"

Painting. Autumn landscape painting depicting "Poverty Farm," a red bard and a white clapboard house.

Maker: Merrill, David, 1935- (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), boards (flat objects)

GUSN: 353525

Accession Number: 2019.106.7

Painting, "The Four Winds"

Village scene depicting a grey clapboard house with red trim and a red picket fence near a small yellow and larger grey building, signed lower left; simple frame.

Maker: Vermilye, Jocelyn Alice, 1916-1996 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), boards (flat objects)

GUSN: 353526

Accession Number: 2019.106.8

Painting

Landscape painting depiciting a barn with weathered grey siding and a cupola with a running horse weathervane. Grey sky, yellow and brown grass. Signed in lower right corner by David Merrill. Wooden frame with gilded interior.

Maker: Merrill, David, 1935-

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 353527

Accession Number: 2019.106.9

Small framed painting

Small, framed landscape painting depicting a small barn with two lower open bays, a stone foundation surrounded by trees without foliage. Signed in lower right corner by David Merrill. Simple wooden frame with gilded interior.

Maker: Merrill, David, 1935- (Artist)

Material: oil paintings (visual works), wood board

GUSN: 353528

Accession Number: 2019.106.10

Painting, The Scholar

Painted portrait of a man in nearly half-length. The subject is an older man with a beard, wearing glasses and a dark cap. He wears a coat over a white shirt and dark red tie. Part of a chair is seen in the background to his right.

Date: c. 1935

Maker: Fiske, Gertrude, 1879-1961 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 353529

Accession Number: 2019.107.1