Historic New England

Bench

Ashanti throne ottoman from West Africa. The seat curves upward on both sides. In the seat, on each side, are cut outs of shapes: arces and squares. The legs supporting it have triangles down their outer edges. The center column is hollow with cut out squares. The base is flat.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 222256

Accession Number: 2006.44.2612

Luggage rack

Folding luggage rack. Holding the top ends are two pieces of cloth that are blue, brown, and white. The legs swell in the areas that attatch to something else. There are two square stretchers.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 222261

Accession Number: 2006.44.2614

Coffee Jug

Gray glazed stoneware jug with loop handle and cork stopper. Stamped in blue on exterior: "ONE GALLON ORIENTAL CONDENSED COFFEE MANF'C BY OREINTAL TEA CO., BOSTON, MASS."

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery), glazing (coating)

GUSN: 222289

Accession Number: 2004.10

Boa

Black feather boa with black silk lining

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 222294

Accession Number: 2004.11.1

Box

Gray oval box with lid. 2004.11.2a-lid and 2004.112b-box.

Date: 1899-1905

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 222297

Accession Number: 2004.11.2AB

View of Boston

Oil painting on canvas; depicts hill in foreground that overlooks the harbor with Boston neck in the mid-ground with State House, church steeples and other building visible; several figures in foreground include three men and one woman on horseback (at PR), three shepherds and two sheep (at PL) and ...

Date: c. 1845

Maker: Attributed to De Grailly, Victor, 1804-1889 (Artist) Shreve, Crump & Low (Vendor)

Material: oil paint (paint), unprimed canvas

GUSN: 222303

Accession Number: 2004.12

Ash Tray in Original Box

Autumn leaf shaped ash receiver in original box- made by Chase Brass & Copper Company.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: Chase Brass & Copper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: chromium

GUSN: 222314

Accession Number: 2010.13.1

Coaster set in original box

Four piece coaster set in original box-Chase Brass & Copper Company.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: Chase Brass & Copper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: chromium

GUSN: 222315

Accession Number: 2010.13.2

Buffet warming oven

Electric buffet warming oven-Chase Brass & Copper Company. Chrome, cylindrical, with grooved wooden base and handles. Interior iron heating element/food warming plate.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: Chase Brass & Copper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: chrome steel, walnut (wood), cast iron

GUSN: 222316

Accession Number: 2010.13.3

Oak Armchair

Oak arm chair fastened with wooden pegs. Turned legs and stretchers with blocks. Matted seat. Back has three slats with circles and crosses. Crest circle with cross in center flanked by two ball capped finials. Made from oak timbers saved from the Hancock House (Razed 1863).

Date: 1877

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 222338

Accession Number: 2004.13

Teapot Sculpture

White unglazed plaster teapot, with ear molded into side.

Date: 2003

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 222339

Accession Number: 2004.15

Drying Rack

Wooden drying racks

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 222344

Accession Number: 2004.16

Chamber Pot

Creamware chamberpot

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware

GUSN: 222346

Accession Number: 2004.17

Easy Chair

Boston Chippendale mahogany easy chair with reproduction red wool damask upholstery; serpentine crest with shaped wings over outscrolled arms; carved cabriole front legs with claw and ball feet, joined by block and turned stretchers to maple chamfered raking rear legs. Reupholstered by SNPEA in 1993...

Date: ca. 1770

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), turning (shaping process), joining, upholstering, mahogany (wood), maple (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 222348

Accession Number: 2004.18

Wallpaper

Six fragments; flowers, dots and stripes forming a striped pattern block-printed in white on a blue ground on wove paper.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 222352

Accession Number: 2004.22.1

Wallpaper

Several fragments; swag pattern block-printed in black and white on a pink ground; bid paper.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 222353

Accession Number: 2004.22.2

Wallpaper

Four fragments; floral and leaf pattern block-printed in green and gray with black pin dots on white ground; laid paper.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 222354

Accession Number: 2004.22.3

Wallpaper

Fragment of border paper; scroll pattern block-printed in tan and white; white dot and orange stripe edge; light tan ground; continuous paper.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 222359

Accession Number: 2004.22.4

Luggage rack

Folding luggage rack. Holding the top ends are two pieces of cloth that are red, pink, and cream. The legs swell in the areas that attatch to something else. There are two square stretchers.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 222360

Accession Number: 2006.44.2615

Chest of drawers

Chippendale style maple tall chest of drawers. Features six drawers with flattened urn shaped brass pulls, central drop, and ball and claw feet.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222361

Accession Number: 2006.44.2578

Shield

Shield in a rounded-edged diamond shape, made of thick animal hide with a bamboo handle pole extending above and below the top and bottom edges of the shield. The bamboo pole runs down the center of the side that faces the body and is affixed to the inner side of the shield with strips of hide that ...

Maker: unknown

Material: hide (collagenous material), bamboo (material)

GUSN: 222362

Accession Number: 2006.44.2603

Teapot

White porcleain teapot with c-shaped handle applied spout and with hinged lid; with white embossed floral decoration with a peasant girl on the verso and an eagle with a shield on the recto. Blue line decoration overall.

Date: 1770-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 222363

Accession Number: 2004.1.17AB

Dressing table

Queen Anne style cherry dressing table featuring five drawers with brass pulls. Features carved shell, turned drop spindles, and cabriole legs with pad feet.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222366

Accession Number: 2006.44.2596

Painting

Painting on a piece of wood, stream in the middle, man fishing on right side and two woman in red and blue dresses, washing cloth on left side of stream.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 222369

Accession Number: 2004.1.18

Secretary

Federeal style secretary. The key holes are rounded escutcheon the drawers have brass pulls. The doors have rectangular panes. The midmolding has a lighter wood outlining the molding, all the way around. The secretary features a cylinder-fall desk. Underneath the cylinder-fall, are five pigeon holes...

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222370

Accession Number: 2006.44.2585

Photographic print

Photographic print of a Renaissance painting. The main character, a young boy standing to the platform, is presenting a winged animal to the person on the thrown. Behind the thrown are people looking out from a building and in the left proper background are more people looking out from a building.

Maker: Gardner, William H. (Framer)

Material: photographic materials, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 222092

Accession Number: 2006.44.926

Women Spinning and Weaving

Framed black and white print of eight female figures. Five in the foreground are spinning and weaving wool. In the background through an archway are three women looking at a tapestry.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 222093

Accession Number: 2006.44.923

Creation of Adam

Framed photographic print of Michelangelo's Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel. On the right side is a man wearing nothing and he is reaching out his left hand. On the left side is another man coming out of a cloak with figures holding him back. This second man's hand is reaching out towards Ada...

Maker: Reproduction of Buonarroti, Michelangelo, 1475-1564 (Painter)

Material: paper (fiber product), photographic materials

GUSN: 222094

Accession Number: 2006.44.927

Northeast View of the Several Halls of Harvard College

Framed black and white print of a view of the several halls of Harvard College. Trees and a dirt road in front of six buildings. On the road are four figures and two dogs, one of the figures is on horseback. Plain gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1823

Maker: Torrey, Charles C. (Engraver) Cummings, Hilliard (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 222095

Accession Number: 2006.44.924

Print

Framed print of a painting of a man sitting in a chariot being pulled by two horses. Surrounding the chariot are several women holding hands. All figures are headed towards a woman on the left side of the image. In the background, bellow the scene in the clouds, is the ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 222096

Accession Number: 2006.44.928

Hat Box

Circular hat box with lid. Black and white stripes with red border.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 222098

Accession Number: 2001.262.2AB-.3AB

Hat

Women's hat [.1] in original hat box [.2ab]. Hat: straw, pink, artificial flowers, circular. Fabric underneath to fasten under chin.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: straw (plant material), rubber (material)

GUSN: 222099

Accession Number: 2001.263.1

Ice Skate

Plain wooden soles; screw through heel; steel blades that curl up at the toe wtih acron tip; leather straps with metal rings at ankles; soles have cutouts for additional straps; inscription on underside of each sole.

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), steel (alloy), leather

GUSN: 222100

Accession Number: 1927.224AB

Ice Skates

Mahogany (possibly) soles with brass plates at toes and heels; screw through heel; steel blade; leather straps at ankles and ball of foot (missing on B) with buckles

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), steel (alloy), leather, brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222101

Accession Number: 1927.226AB

Ice Skates

Plain wooden soles; screw through heel; three smaller screws under ball of foot with 3/4 inch round metal plate in between screws; steel blades that curl at the toe; soles have four cutouts for straps; straps missing.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 222102

Accession Number: 1928.135AB

Ice Skates

Wooden skates with steel blades; one screw at heel and three at ball of foot to attach to shoes; sole has three cutouts for straps; blades curve up at front of skate and end at rounded tip.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), leather, steel (alloy)

GUSN: 222103

Accession Number: 1930.48AB

Ice Skates

Wood soles, painted red; steel blades that curl up at the toe; screw through heel; metal star design on top of sole at ball of foot; leather straps with buckles; sides of blades have a foliate design.

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating), steel (alloy), leather

GUSN: 222105

Accession Number: 1930.49AB

Ice Skates

Iron soles painted black; sole has cut-outs throughout (not solid metal); steel blade with moderate curl at toe; double o-rings on either side near heel for straps (missing), leather straps at toes.

Date: 1849

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), steel (alloy), paint (coating), leather

GUSN: 222106

Accession Number: 1930.50AB

Hood

Very dark brown, black/brown seal skin hood. Chocolate brown silk lining with a gold dash design on the diagonal. Hood has black satin ribbons and a black satin bow at base of hood on rear.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 222112

Accession Number: 1930.259