Historic New England

Chest on chest

Chippendale carved mahogany scroll-top oxbow chest on chest. Top section has molded swan's neck crest with carved terminals and three flame-carved and urn-turned finials. Three small drawers, one carved with fan design, and four full drawers. Bottom section has four drawers. Ogee bracket feet, origi...

Date: ca. 1770

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 180315

Accession Number: 2009.26.1

Desk and Bookcase

Desk and bookcase of mahogany, inlaid with wavy birch and bird's eye maple. Top bookcase section has two glass doors with wooden tracery. Brass eagle and urn finials. Bottom desk section has top drawer with fall front. Drawer interior has hidden interior drawers and divided compartments. Desk drawer...

Date: 1829

Maker: Murphy, Joseph, 1796-1872 (Cabinetmaker)

Material: mahogany (wood), bird's-eye maple, ivory (tooth component), brass (alloy), veneering, inlay (process), glass (material)

GUSN: 180316

Accession Number: 2009.26.2

Hand towel

Three hand towels (2006.4.1.1-.3); Aristex, made in Austria. Monogrammed "HSD"; yellow and gold.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 180318

Accession Number: 2006.4.1

Child's Chair

Dark stained wood; Chippendale-style back with splat pierced so as to form five conjoined bannisters that taper in center and become bulbous at splat shoe; crest rail and stiles are unornamented except for beading; straight chamferred legs (rear legs flare slightly out); arms curve outward and have ...

Date: 1776-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 180324

Accession Number: 2006.5

Dental Powder

Clear glass bottle with metal stopper. Filled 3/4 of the way with off-white 'Dental Powder.' Bottle has a paper label.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: mold-blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 180326

Accession Number: 2006.11

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180335

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.21

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180336

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.19

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180337

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.20

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180339

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.16

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180341

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.17

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180342

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.18

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180343

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.14

Wine glass

Wine glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a flared bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180344

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.15

Cordial glass

Cordial glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a bell shaped bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180346

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.9

Cordial glass

Cordial glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a bell shaped bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180348

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.7

Cordial glass

Cordial glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a bell shaped bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180351

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.12

Cordial glass

Cordial glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a bell shaped bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180352

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.11

Cordial glass

Cordial glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a bell shaped bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180353

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.8

Cordial glass

Cordial glass with a painted gold Rococo scroll and floral pattern around a bell shaped bowl, a faceted stem with knob terminating in a round foot with a cut star design.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180354

Accession Number: 2006.44.1947.10

Tea Table

A black walnut top with a distinctive grain sits on a frame composed of a simple shaped skirt, also of walnut, and four distinctly fashioned cabriole legs in birch that end in pad feet. The table has been published several times and is attributed to the York cabinetmaker Samuel Sewell.

Date: 1740-1760

Maker: Sewell, Samuel, 1724-1814 (Cabinetmaker)

Material: black walnut (wood), birch (wood), joints by material joined, varnishing

GUSN: 180355

Accession Number: 2006.12

Candy dish

Glass basket shaped dish with handle and flared sides. Gold paint decoration of scrolling vines with flowers, leaves and berries.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180357

Accession Number: 2006.44.1948

Compote

Small class compote with scalloped rim, short stem and a round foot. Gold painted floral decoration on plate and gold paint around rim and foot.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180358

Accession Number: 2006.44.1949

Water glass

Cylindrical water glass with thinly painted gold horizontal stripes and gold along rim and base.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180359

Accession Number: 2006.44.1956

Water glass

Water glass with flared rim and cylindrical body. Long vertical cuts along body. Painted gold scrolls and vines of green leaves and flowers with blue centers and a wide gold stripe along rim.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180361

Accession Number: 2006.44.1955

Goblet

Handblown glass footed goblet of green and gold iridescent vertical stripes. Applied textured knobs along body and a clear glass handle in the form of a dragon.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180362

Accession Number: 2006.44.1946.2

Muff

Dark brown fur muff- barrel shaped. Dark/chocolate brown silk lining. Has a black satin (?) ribbon threaded through center and tied via knot/bow, but is otherwise unattached to muff. Short smooth, silky fur.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (textile), sewing (process)

GUSN: 180363

Accession Number: 2006.13

Goblet

Handblown glass footed goblet of green and gold iridescent vertical stripes. Applied textured knobs along body and a clear glass handle in the form of a dragon.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180365

Accession Number: 2006.44.1946.1

"The Artist's Studio-Sunflower Castle"

Watercolor on paper, "The Artist's Studio-Sunflower Castle". Signed lower right: "Gertrude Beals Bourne". Interior scene of a room with beamed ceiling. Large open fireplace with metal hood in center of room. Hanging lamp, glass globes, and porcelain pitchers hang from ceiling beams. Green windsor ch...

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: Bourne, Gertrude Beals, 1868-1962 (Artist)

GUSN: 180370

Accession Number: 2009.29.1

Muff

.1- Tan mink muff with strips with brown- medium to long furs- dark brown silk lining, has a brown car/loop attached at one end.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: skin (collagenous material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 180371

Accession Number: 2006.14.1

Muff Box

.2- Green box

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 180372

Accession Number: 2006.14.2

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Single sheet of early 20th-c. reproduction paper. Continuous leafy vine alternating with diaper patterned stripe. Printed in white on blue/grey paper.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179115

Accession Number: 1990.618

Wallpaper

Fragment. Petite-scale pillar and arch design. Fluted columns with decorative keystone arches framing floral bouquest in an urn. Printed in black and white on grey ground.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179116

Accession Number: 1990.609

Wallpaper

Fragment. Geometric tile pattern of circular floral medallions within octagons alternating with squares enclosing stylized foliate medallions. Printed in black and white on grey ground.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179117

Accession Number: 1990.614

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped design. Field of four white dots (in clusters) alternating with vertical strip of black, horizontal bars flanking narrow, white, horizontal stripes on a blue ground.

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179118

Accession Number: 1990.595

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Reproduction landscape figures. Vignette of a boy and girls with a dog beneath a tree, alternating with a basket filled with fruit and flowers. Printed in three greens, ivory on pink ground.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Caillard, Robert (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179119

Accession Number: 1990.613

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow paper. Repeating floral medallions radiating plumes of feathers, wheat and fan-like blossoms. Printed in blended yellow, green and red on a buff colored ground.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179120

Accession Number: 1990.603AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Landscape figure. Girl laying a wreath before a statue of Cupid. View of a garden with trellises and fountain in background. Printed in green, grey, black and white on a yellow ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179121

Accession Number: 1990.612

Wallpaper

Fragment. Guilloche pattern formed by black and white feathery leaves framing a circle of small, black pin dots. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179122

Accession Number: 1990.610

Wallpaper

Fragment. Entwined ribbons creating a guilloche design and enclosing a stylized 6-petaled flower. Printed in black and white.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179123

Accession Number: 1990.615

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern formed by husk elements with 6-petaled flowers at the intersections. Printed in white on a blue ground.

Date: 1808-1810

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179124

Accession Number: 1990.620.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Continuous green, leafy vine with purple blossoms and yellow centers. Bordered above and below by yellow bands. Printed on a black ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179125

Accession Number: 1990.616B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Entwined floral and berried vines. Blossoms in white and berries in yellow on green vines.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179126

Accession Number: 1990.616A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Sprig and stripe design with a small, flowering vine flanked by black and white stripes and white, continuous flowers alternating with wide stripe of blue and black sprigs. Printed on ochre ground.

Date: 1805-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179127

Accession Number: 1990.620.2A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small repeating medallions composed of stylized foliage framing palmettes. Printed in indigo blue on a blue ground.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179128

Accession Number: 1990.593

Wallpaper

Fragment. Ashlar block pattern outlined in green and framing grey, neoclassical arabesques. Printed on a white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179129

Accession Number: 1990.594

Wallpaper

Fragment. Three-dimensional losenges formed by black and white parallel lines and framing bisected black and blue diamonds. Printed on burnt sienna ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179130

Accession Number: 1990.596

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small repeating sprigs of stylized flowers in pink, yellow, rose, lavender and green on a field of black dots on white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179131

Accession Number: 1990.598

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large diaper pattern formed by orange, stylized foliate elements framing white, stiff-leaf wreaths which enclose white shell motifs. Straight match.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179132

Accession Number: 1990.599