Historic New England

Embroidery Pattern

Embroidery pattern; leaf and scroll pattern; possible border; black residue on front; needle marks throughout; staining on left side.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 264933

Accession Number: 2002.32.197

Embroidery Pattern

Embroidery pattern; abstracted scroll pattern; front of pattern is outlined in pencil; possible border; needle marks throughout.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 264934

Accession Number: 2002.32.198

Embroidery Pattern

Embroidery pattern; scroll and leaf pattern; possible border; light pencil outline on front; needle marks throughout.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 264935

Accession Number: 2002.32.199

Embroidery Pattern

Embroidery pattern; abstracted scroll and circle pattern; right front side is outlined in pencil; needle marks throughout.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 264936

Accession Number: 2002.32.192

Pillowcase

Cotton ticking pillowcase, blue and cream stripes.

Date: 1937-1983

Maker: unknown

Material: ticking, cotton (textile), machine sewing (technique), machine knitting

GUSN: 264954

Accession Number: 1984.1262

Ribbon

Twelve inch red satin ribbon in original plastic box.

Date: 1937-1983

Maker: unknown

Material: satin, rayon, cellulose acetate, machine knitting

GUSN: 264960

Accession Number: 1984.1306

Inflatable raft

Plastic inflatable raft, animal print (black, beige and gold topside); gold underside.

Date: 1937-1983

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), machine-made

GUSN: 264962

Accession Number: 1984.1310

Small overnight bag and liner

Small overnight bag with plastic liner. Plastic with metal zipper and closures; light brown with darker brown trim.

Date: 1937-1983

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), metal, machine-made

GUSN: 264963

Accession Number: 1984.1336

Picture hanger

Picture hanger comprised of plastic, metal, and string.

Date: 1937-1983

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), metal, string (fiber product), machine-made

GUSN: 264964

Accession Number: 1984.1390

Duster

Wood handle, painted black (much of paint has chipped off). Wool head. Metal piece attaching head to shaft.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, primary wood, wool (textile)

GUSN: 264974

Accession Number: 1984.1330

Earthenware children's mug. Brown transfer printed design with a child on the right, a child handing a flower to a smaller child on the left, and in the center the words "A Present for my Neice." Hand painted blue lines around base and rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 264978

Accession Number: 1970.1310.255

Hand mirror

Hand mirror. Small, one-sided rectangular mirror. Found inside purse (1984.1347) along with comb (1984.1539)

Maker: unknown

Material: looking glasses

GUSN: 264981

Accession Number: 1984.1540

Basket

Woven basket with handle, made with twigs and plastic tying straps.

Maker: Possibly Stekionis, Jacob (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material), plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 264986

Accession Number: 1996.143.554

Engraving "Head of a Deerhound"

Engraving, black and white print of the head of a deerhound. Charles George Lewis (1808-1880) after Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873).

Date: 1878

Maker: Lewis, Charles George (English printmaker and painter, 1808-1880) (Printmaker) Reproduction of Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873 (Painter) D. Appleton and Company (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264995

Accession Number: 2012.37.1

"Dignity and Impudence"

Print, "Dignity and Impudence", Large hound and small white terrier in a doghouse [A]; Printed paper with story of two dogs [B].

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: Reproduction of Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873 (Painter)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 264996

Accession Number: 2012.37.2AB

Empire clock

French Empire clock with original glass bill.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 265051

Accession Number: 1956.129

Pocket disk pincushion

Disc-shaped pincushion; brown leather kid sides; perimeter made of brown ribbon; pins inserted in perimeter.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: unknown

Material: kidskin, ribbon (material)

GUSN: 265087

Accession Number: 1942.151

Portrait of Clementina Beach (1774-1855)

Portrait of Clementina Beach (1774-1855), a student of Gilbert Stuart and the co-founder for Saunder and Beach school in Dorchester, an elite boarding school for girls. Sitter is wearing a white dress with tiered lace collar; paisley shawl draped over her right shoulder. Brown curly hair pinned up w...

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: Stuart, Gilbert (American painter, 1755-1828) (Artist)

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

GUSN: 265096

Accession Number: 2012.39.1

Embroidery Pattern

Embroidery pattern; shamrock and leaf pattern; possible border; pattern is outlined in pencil on the front; needle marks throughout; slight foxing on front left side and on back right side.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 265179

Accession Number: 2002.32.200

Embroidery Pattern

Embroidery pattern; partial abstracted scroll pattern; black residue on front; needle marks throughout.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 265180

Accession Number: 2002.32.201

Embroidery Pattern

Embroidery pattern; scroll and leaf pattern; possible border; pattern is oulined in pencil on the front; needle marks throughout; black residue on back.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 265181

Accession Number: 2002.32.202

Embroidery Pattern

Embroidery pattern; single scroll pattern; pattern is outlined in pencil on the front; needle marks throughout.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 265182

Accession Number: 2002.32.203

Embroidery Pattern

Embroidery pattern; single scroll and leaf pattern; black residue front and back; needle marks throughout.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 265183

Accession Number: 2002.32.204

Embroidery Pattern

Embroidery pattern; wavy line; scroll, and ribbon pattern; paper is triangle-shaped with vertical pencil lines on front; needle marks throughout.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 265184

Accession Number: 2002.32.205

Embroidery Pattern

Embroidery pattern; single wavy line and scroll pattern; balck residue front and back; needle marks throughout.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite (mineral)

GUSN: 265185

Accession Number: 2002.32.206

Potrait of Mr. Thomas Greene (1705-1763)

Portrait of Mr. Thomas Greene. Copy of the original by J.S. Copley. Gentleman in a white wig is seated in a chair. His right elbow is resting on a small table atop some letters. The sitter is holding some correspondence in his right hand.

Date: 1909

Maker: Ipsen, Ernest L. (American painter, 1869-1951) (Artist) Reproduction of Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815 (Artist)

GUSN: 259606

Accession Number: 1971.367

Pincushion

Rectangle pincushion with shaped corners; tasseled corners and white satin; one side has pin design of oak leaves, acorns, and birds with text in banner "Welcome/little/Stranger" above; other side has scalloped edge circle around date "1838".

Date: 1838

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 259610

Accession Number: 1941.870

Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Greene (1706-1784)

Portrait of Martha (Coit) Hubbard Greene. Copy of the original by J.S. Copley. Woman is seated and resting her left arm on a table. Her dress has wide fancy lace cuffs.

Date: 1909

Maker: Ipsen, Ernest L. (American painter, 1869-1951) (Artist) Reproduction of Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815 (Artist)

GUSN: 259612

Accession Number: 1971.368

Looking Glass

Large rectangular gilt mirror.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 259614

Accession Number: 1968.108

High Chest

Painted pine and maple high chest.. Two short drawers over three on top of frame with drawer. S scroll legs, shaped front and side stretchers, bun feet.

Date: 1703-1723

Maker: Titcomb, Edmund, 1682-1723

GUSN: 259616

Accession Number: 2.2011

Portrait of Mrs. Spofford

Portrait of a woman, traditionally believed to be Mrs. Spofford of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Sitter has dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is wearing a black dress with white lace frill collar with scalloped edges. A gold chain with square pendant is draped over the top edge of the lace collar. The...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 259619

Accession Number: 1919.252

Portrait of Mrs. Amelia White Peabody

Portrait of Mrs. W.B.O. Peabody (Amelia White Peabody) of Springfield, Massachsuetts. Sitter has light brown hair and is wearing a black dress with white fichu and red shawl. Daughter of Major Moses White. Copied from the original by Chester Harding. Oval frame.

Maker: Harding, Chester, 1792-1866 (Artist)

GUSN: 259620

Accession Number: 1964.149

Sideboard

Empire sideboard with carved splashboard.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, pine (wood), ash (wood)

GUSN: 259621

Accession Number: 1991.31

Bookcase

Mahogany bookcase

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 259625

Accession Number: 1991.32

Plot plan, Waltham, Mass.

Framed plot plan of the Lyman property, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 259626

Accession Number: 1991.33

Table lamp

Empire table lamp with metal shade.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 259630

Accession Number: 1951.190

Porcelain fish bowl and carved stand

Porcelain fish bowl with underglaze of blue flowers and insects [.1]; Carved wooden stand [.2].

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 259632

Accession Number: 1981.37

Porcelain fish bowl

Porcelain fish bowl with underglaze of blue naturalistic flowers and insects.

Date: ca. 1780

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 259634

Accession Number: 1981.37.1

Porcelain fish bowl and carved stand

Porcelain fish bowl with blue chrysanthemum pattern and carved wooden stand.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 259636

Accession Number: 1981.38

Porcelain fish bowl

Porcelain fish bowl with blue chrysanthemum pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 259637

Accession Number: 1981.38.1

Stand

Carved wooden five-legged stand for large fish bowl.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 259638

Accession Number: 1981.38.2

Pair of joint stools

Pair of joint stools.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 259639

Accession Number: 1978.89

Joint stool

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 259640

Accession Number: 1978.89.1

Joint stool

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 259641

Accession Number: 1978.89.2

Grand Piano

Grand piano.

Maker: Henry F. Miller Piano Forte Establishment (Maker)

GUSN: 259642

Accession Number: 1978.112

Chinese Chippendale-style cabinet

Chinese Chippendale-style cabinet. Pair of glass doors with octagon shaped fretwork; three moveable interior wooden shelves, salmon colored fabric tacked to back. Thin legs with oval cut outs and strapwork designs; Carved wooden pagoda-like roof with flat top and scalloped edges.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 259645

Accession Number: 1977.72

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; two sprigs forming a circle.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper

GUSN: 259650

Accession Number: 2002.32.23B

Stencil

Paper stencil for decorating furniture and walls; two springs criss-crossed.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencils (tools), stencil paper

GUSN: 259651

Accession Number: 2002.32.23C

Envelope

Paper envelope; black paint on front with gold stenciled emblem.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 259652

Accession Number: 2002.32.24A

Stencil

Paper stencil; three-part emblem.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stencil paper, stencils (tools)

GUSN: 259653

Accession Number: 2002.32.24B

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