Historic New England

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

Hooked rug

Large red, brown and blue leaves on brown background. Machine stitched plain weave black binding around edges. (skips in stitches and changes of stitch lengths). Illegible twill tape tag and paper tag knotted with string to tag.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 347325

Accession Number: 1966.829

Hooked rug

Brown leaf on dark brown border with soft pink floral and red raised berry design. Center cartouche is cream and design is surrounded by brown border. Black binding around 4 sides - previous. No selvages on jute ground, all sides are cut.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 347326

Accession Number: 1966.830

Hooked rug

Large brown leaves and multi-colored floral sprigs on beige background cartouche surrounded by brown border. Short sides are bound with twill tape.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 347327

Accession Number: 1966.831

Hooked rug

Large red and blue floral central design with green leaves on left and right sides on beige background. Narrow black border all around. Two sets of twill tape, one placed over the other, bind the rug. Fully lined with jute, obscuring the reverse pattern.

Date: early-mid 20th century

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 347328

Accession Number: 1966.834

Hooked rug

Blue, red, beige, and brown leafed wreath on beige ground. Black twill binding carried through corners. Possibly larger design originally as narrow black/brown hooked border is visible underneath binding and pattern is slightly off center. Rug is fully lined.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 347329

Accession Number: 1966.835

Hooked rug

Cottage scene (and text: "Home sweet home March 1933") in predominantly black/grey.

Date: 1933

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 347330

Accession Number: 1966.836

Hooked rug

Multicolored checked design of 8x14 squares (small striped motif) resembling a basket weave pattern. Each individual square is outlined in black. No binding.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 347331

Accession Number: 1966.841

Hooked rug

Multi-colored central floral motif with large red roses in corners on beige or olive ground. Two-way symmetry. Background in cartouche is made with white/grey/olive colors. Bound with light tan (now grey) twill tape on all 4 sides (butted corners); fully lined with jute, obscuring the reverse.

Date: early twentieth century

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 347332

Accession Number: 1966.843

Hooked rug

Blue floral motif on cream background with green/pink and beige geometric border. Burlap ground was folded and sewn down at raw edges before hooked pattern was applied.

Date: mid twentieth centiry

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 347333

Accession Number: 1966.846

Hooked rug

Large central floral motif with striped corner scrolls on beige background. Straight line hooking to fill in pattern. Fully lined with jute and bound with twill tape (rose and tan in double layer).

Date: early twentieth century

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 347335

Accession Number: 1966.849

Hooked rug

Rearing horse in beige cartouche with horse shoe and scroll border on brown. Black (faded- double layer) twill binding with butted corners. Pile on horse's tail motif is sculpted.

Date: mid twentieth century

Maker: unknown

Material: yarn, jute (fiber), punchwork

GUSN: 347336

Accession Number: 1966.850

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

Painting, "Fruit and Wine Bottle"

Still life depicting fruit scattered across a tablecloth, including melons, peaches and grapes. Wine bottle and plate. Foliage.

Date: 1881

Maker: Turner, Ross Sterling, 1847-1915 (Painter)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 353534

Accession Number: 2019.109.1

Bag

Brown and tan patterned drawstring bag.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353535

Accession Number: 1938.1259

Bowl

Redware bowl with tan glaze bornder and cursive writing which reads "Temperance Health Wealth".

Date: 2001

Maker: unknown

Material: redware

GUSN: 353538

Accession Number: 2019.36.2.1

Bowl

Redware bowl with simple cream colored slip glaze, reading "America" with dash decoration above and below text.

Date: 2001

Maker: unknown

Material: redware, slipware

GUSN: 353539

Accession Number: 2019.36.2.2

Shaker Box

Small, round red Shaker box (A) with matching lid (B).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353542

Accession Number: 2019.36.3.1AB

Shaker Box

Small, round, green Shaker box (A) with matching lid (B).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353543

Accession Number: 2019.36.3.2AB

Shaker Box

Round blue shaker box with matching lid.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353544

Accession Number: 2019.36.3.3AB

Shaker Box

Round yellow shaker box (A) with matching lid (B).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353545

Accession Number: 2019.36.3.4AB

Shaker Box

Large, round black Shaker box (A) with matching lid (B).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353546

Accession Number: 2019.36.3.5AB

Collar

White lace collar with floral applique.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353558

Accession Number: 1929.1112

Throw Pillows

Pair of throw pillows, round with red and white covers.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353566

Accession Number: 1996.143.869.1-.2

Pillow

Throw pillow with blue and green stripes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353567

Accession Number: 1996.143.871

Pillow

Throw pillow with yellow floral stripes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353568

Accession Number: 1996.143.872

Lamp

Floor lamp consisting of a brass column [A] and white fabric shade with ornamental border [B].

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353569

Accession Number: 1996.143.873AB

Wall Ornaments

Pair of plastic cartouche-like wall ornaments, showing two seasons, Winter [.1] and Spring [.2].

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353570

Accession Number: 1996.143.874.1-.2

Print

Framed reproduction print of woods and cottage by Louis Soybold.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353571

Accession Number: 1996.143.875

Stool

Piano stool with rope turned legs and pedestal.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353572

Accession Number: 1996.143.881

Vase

Celadon green ceramic vase.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353573

Accession Number: 1996.143.882.1

Rug

Small red area rug with floral design.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353574

Accession Number: 1996.143.885

Rug

Blue oriental style rug.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353575

Accession Number: 1996.143.886

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