Historic New England

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil with two tree branches in a 'V' shape on the proper left. The lower branch is attached to a smooth squiggle. Circle above the branches. On the proper right, there is an image of a growing stick tree. The tree is surrounded by an oval of smooth leaves. Mottled brown background wit...

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335799

Accession Number: 1941.1699.45

Moses Eaton Stencil

A: Moses Eaton stencil of the outline of three large leaves with jagged edges. Brown background with paint in the shape of another stencil. B: Moses Eaton stencil of three large ferns. Two symmetrical ferns on the sides of a slightly smaller central fern. Mottled brown background with red paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335800

Accession Number: 1941.1699.46AB

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a simple flower made of six equal sized petals. Mottled brown background.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 335801

Accession Number: 1941.1699.47

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil with a singular flower with four large petals and four small petals. Light brown background with red and green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335802

Accession Number: 1941.1699.48

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of two circles: an inner circle of four small crescent moons and an outer circle of small oval petals. Mottled brown background with pen drawings of loops, swirls, and words.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 335803

Accession Number: 1941.1699.49

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of two parallel rows of diamonds. Light brown background with green and yellow paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335804

Accession Number: 1941.1699.50

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencils of a flower with a circular center and four triangular petals with jagged tops. Each petal is accompanied by a leaf on either side. Brown background with green and black paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335806

Accession Number: 1941.1699.51

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a vase made up of vertical lines with two handles. A short horizontal line at the base and a row of triangles at the top. Brown background with black and some green and red paint. Triangular cut on the bottom proper left side.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335807

Accession Number: 1941.1699.52

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of four circles with jagged edges and a heart. Brown background with red and yellow paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335808

Accession Number: 1941.1699.53

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil with four curved puffy leaves and four smaller round flowers. Inverted 'V' squiggle underneath and a rounded stick on top. Series of circles getting larger as they go down on the proper left side. Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335809

Accession Number: 1941.1699.54

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of three jagged flower heads. Brown background with red paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335811

Accession Number: 1941.1699.55

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a curvy flower display. There are three jagged flower heads and three round flower heads and many leaves around them. Brown background with green and black paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335812

Accession Number: 1941.1699.56

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of a row of a repeating pattern. Two drooping rounded flowers turning outward with a small diamond in between. Brown background with green, pink, and black paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335813

Accession Number: 1941.1699.57

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of an alternating patter of a square flower made of six petals and a tilted rectangle consisting of four lines. The tilt of the rectangle alternates left to right. Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335814

Accession Number: 1941.1699.58

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil of jagged round leaves place around a sinusoidal stem. Brown background with green paint.

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335815

Accession Number: 1941.1699.59

Moses Eaton Stencil

Moses Eaton stencil with two large upward arcs. Two connected tassels with a series of horizontal lines and a small circle in the center. A square star and an oval on either side. Symmetrical except for a large oval on the proper left side. One row of dashed lines on the top and two rows of dashed l...

Date: 1825

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 335816

Accession Number: 1941.1699.60

Tablecloth

White linen tablecloth with hand-knotted fringe.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 335817

Accession Number: 1935.373

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made of a print in black ink on thin, translucent paper. Print depicts stalks of wheat or a similar plant and text along the bottom, "IT DIETH NOT." Interior bears handwritten inscriptions.

Maker: Feininger, T. Lux, 1910-2011 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 335835

Accession Number: 1984.496.22\n 1984.496.22

Cloth Sample

Plain cotton weave with green and red floral on tan ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 335838

Accession Number: 1919.58E

James Patent Stove Model Framed Instructions

"Directions For Using" the William T. James Patent Cooking Stove on handmade paper, framed under glass.

Date: c.1823

Maker: unknown

Material: framing (processes), paper by form, prints (visual works)

GUSN: 335840

Accession Number: 2019.14.1

Dollhouse

(A) Dollhouse with furnishings, used at the Four High Road Tea House. (B) with painted panel cover depicting exterior front of house and (c) glass panel

Date: 1940-1965

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335843

Accession Number: 2019.17.1A-C

Bustle Ruffle

Plainweave cotton ruffle with applied button band for attaching to petticoat.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 335853

Accession Number: 1969.5342

Bustle Ruffle

Plainweave cotton ruffle with applied button band for attaching to petticoat.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 335854

Accession Number: 1969.5343

Underskirt

Plainweave cotton underskirt. Closures in center front with single button.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 335855

Accession Number: 1969.5345

Bustle Ruffle

Plainweave cotton ruffle with applied button band for attaching to petticoat.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 335856

Accession Number: 1969.5347

Blouse

White cotton button-up blouse, wide two-button cuffs with embroidery at cuffs and collar, buttons, fine piping at shoulders.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 335857

Accession Number: 1969.5778

Pigment

Brick red pigment in a baby food jar. Pigment used by Moses Eaton (1796-1886)

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335871

Accession Number: 2019.19.1

Pigment

Ochre pigment in a glass jar with a flowered metal lid. Pigment used by Moses Eaton (1796-1886).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335872

Accession Number: 2019.19.2

Pigment

Green pigment in a baby food jar. Pigment used by Moses Eaton (1796-1886).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335873

Accession Number: 2019.19.3

Pigment

Yellow pigment in a baby food jar. Pigment used by Moses Eaton (1796-1886).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335874

Accession Number: 2019.19.4

Pigment

Magenta pigmen in a jam jar. Pigment used by Moses Eaton (1796-1886)

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335875

Accession Number: 2019.19.5

Pigment

Orange pigment in a Hershey's jar. Pigment used by Moses Eaton (1796-1886).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335876

Accession Number: 2019.19.6

Fry's Medium for Mixing, Painting, and Tinting

Small glass jar of liquid with a cork. Used by Moses Eaton (1796-1886).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335877

Accession Number: 2019.19.7

Pair of Window Curtains

Curtains with large red and green stripes. Trim on the bottom. Rings on the top.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335891

Accession Number: 1969.3466.13AB

Pair of Curtain Tiebacks

Pair of cream and green striped tiebacks.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335892

Accession Number: 1969.3466.14AB

Window Valance

Green and red striped window valance.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335893

Accession Number: 1969.3466.15

Pair of Curtains with Rods

Tan colored curtains with vibrant colored flowers all across the fabric. Flowers are orange, blue-green, purple, and green-tan. Curtains are fringed at the bottom. Rods are a a light, unstained wood.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335900

Accession Number: 1969.3666.1A-E

Pair of Curtains with Rods

Tan colored curtains with vibrant colored flowers all across the fabric. Flowers are orange, blue-green, purple, and green-tan. Curtains are fringed at the bottom. Rods are a a light, unstained wood.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335901

Accession Number: 1969.3666.2A-E

Pair of Curtains with Rods

Tan colored curtains with vibrant colored flowers all across the fabric. Flowers are orange, blue-green, purple, and green-tan. Curtains are fringed at the bottom. Rods are a a light, unstained wood.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335902

Accession Number: 1969.3666.3A-E

Purse

Cotton purse with red and white tassels, inkwork, and two newspaper clippings found inside regarding the reticule.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335915

Accession Number: 1943.106

Pair of Stockings

Cream stockings with a cheveron drop stitch pattern on the upper section of the sock. Starting mid shin down is a lacy pattern that goes to the toes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335928

Accession Number: 1925.354AB

MINISIS TEST RECORD

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 335940

Accession Number: MINISIS_TEST

Coffee Maker

Silex Electric Coffee Makerm, composed of two glass vessals connected by a metal neck with a metal handle. Topped with a black metal lid or attachable spout. Resting on a metal base or stand with electrical outlet. Detachable electric cord with plastic ends and switch.

Date: 1936-1937

Maker: unknown

Material: glass by composition or origin, metal

GUSN: 335944

Accession Number: 2019.20.1A-H

Doll

Female doll wearing a blue hat and a bracelet. The doll wears a multicolored dress made with a ribbon, patterned fabric, and embroidered cloth, and a brown petticoat and black shoes (one shoe is missing). The wooden doll face is painted with black eyes and red lips. The red hair is braided.

Date: 1900-1950(?)

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), textiles, pipe cleaners, yarn

GUSN: 335945

Accession Number: 2019.17.2

Doll

Brown-haired female rag doll wearing a floral patterned dress, an embroidered petticoat, and underwear. Brown shoes with floral pattern. Green hair ribbon tied in bow. Drawn face with black eyebrows, blue eyes, pink lips. Fabric stuffed body. Short and curly brown hair.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, thread, stuffing (upholstering technique)

GUSN: 335946

Accession Number: 2019.17.3