Historic New England

Base

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 50127

Accession Number: 1982.156

Silk Mourning Picture. A man and boy lean on either side of a memorial with urn on top. A little girl sits at the left. A garland of roses is draped around the urn. The sky and the peoples' hands and faces are painted. There is a large weeping willow behind the memorial. stitches: satin stitch

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: Kuhn, Anne, 1797-1880 (Embroiderer) Johnston, John, 1753-1818 (Artist)

Material: embroidering, paintings (visual works), silk (textile), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 50128

Accession Number: 1982.157

Splashboard

3 drawers, 2 smaller upper drawers; round corners; casters; splashboard; heavy wooden knobs

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: veneer, pine (wood), black cherry (wood), tulipwood (Brazilian, wood)

GUSN: 50129

Accession Number: 1982.158B

Washstand

Washstand. Middle shelf and drawer with inlaid front, upper frame for basin with shaped skirt. Rests on splayed feet with shaped stretcher.

Date: 1805-1820

Maker: Possibly Seymour, John (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), eastern white pine (wood), inlay (process), veneer, cherry (wood)

GUSN: 50130

Accession Number: 1982.161

Coal Bucket

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 50131

Accession Number: 1982.162

Electrified Lamp with Shade

Electrified oil lamp. Green ribbed font on brass stem with hexagonal paper shade.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 50133

Accession Number: 1982.164AB

Electrified Oil Lamp with Shade

Electrified oil lamp with pressed colorless glass font, marble base and hexagonal paper shade.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 50134

Accession Number: 1982.165AB

Lamp

Electrified oil lamp (a) with pressed colorless glass body molded in bull's eye pattern. White marble base, paper shade (b). [Paper shade is missing].

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), marble (rock), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 50136

Accession Number: 1982.166AB

Liquor Box Containing Four Decanters

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 50138

Accession Number: 1982.167

Pair of Oil Lamps

Pair of brass oil lamps with dished saucer bases and dolphin shaped handle.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 50139

Accession Number: 1982.168.1

Pair of Oil Lamps

No description

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 50140

Accession Number: 1982.168.2

Stand

Carved legs, claw and ball feet, pierced fretwork skirt, white marble top

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: teak (wood), marble (rock)

GUSN: 50141

Accession Number: 1982.170

Lantern

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 50142

Accession Number: 1982.171

Lantern

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 50143

Accession Number: 1982.172

Lantern

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 50144

Accession Number: 1982.173

Teapot

Cast iron teapot.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 50145

Accession Number: 1982.174AB

Ship

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 50147

Accession Number: 1982.175

Urn

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 50148

Accession Number: 1982.178A-C

Umbrella Stand

Blue and white painted umbrella stand. Floral border surrounds landscape scenes featuring birds and trees.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 50149

Accession Number: 1982.179

Petticoat

White cotton; flounce edged with linen lace; tucks above flounce; buttoned waist; short.

Date: 1914-1922

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework), linen (material)

GUSN: 53231

Accession Number: 1942.935

Chemise

Cotton; store-bought trimming.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 53232

Accession Number: 1942.948

Chemise

Cotton; tilted-up sleeves.

Date: 1890-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 53233

Accession Number: 1942.952

Petticoat

White linen gathered to waistband with covered button; three sets of tucks at hem; trimmed with tatting; short.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), tatting (lace)

GUSN: 53234

Accession Number: 1942.953

Petticoat

White linen gathered to waistband with two covered buttons; short; tucked hem with eyelet embroidery; edged with linen lace.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, lace (needlework), linen (material)

GUSN: 53235

Accession Number: 1942.957

Blouse

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53236

Accession Number: 1942.958

Nightgown

White cotton nightgown, hand-made lace trim, buttons all way down front with tucking on each side.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53237

Accession Number: 1942.961

Chemise

White linen; gathered to yoke; short sleeves; braided trim on yoke.

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 53238

Accession Number: 1942.962

Bureau scarf

Ivory linen embroidered in red silk; outdoor scene of boy and girl seated on bench fishing. Hemmed sides. Three bands of red. Threaded openwork top and bottom ending with knotted fringe.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material), openwork, silk (textile), textiles

GUSN: 53239

Accession Number: 1942.965

Table runner

Roughly square; ivory plain weave linen. Embroidered at ends with cup and saucer and abstract floral in red and brown cotton. Self-fringe all around.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, fringe, linen (material), tabby (textile), textiles

GUSN: 53240

Accession Number: 1942.966

Table runner

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material), tabby (textile), silk (textile), textiles

GUSN: 53241

Accession Number: 1942.967

Bureau Scarf

Beige linen rectangle. Red cotton embroidery at center showing six book-reading owls sitting on a branch. Geometric weave inner border framed in openwork. Knotted self fringe all around.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, lining (process), openwork, weaving, textiles

GUSN: 53242

Accession Number: 1942.968

Petticoat

White linen gathered to buttoned waistband; button covered with linen embroidered scalloped cotton flounce headed by two sections of tucks with insertion of embroidered cotton; short.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, linen (material), scalloping

GUSN: 53243

Accession Number: 1942.971

Petticoat

White linen gathered to waistband wirh covered button; short tucked flounce edged with tatting headed by two sets of tucks with insertion of tatting.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), tatting (process)

GUSN: 53244

Accession Number: 1942.972

Men's Shirt

White; high collar (4 3/4") with two thread covered buttons; open front; shoulders reinforced; gathered and gusseted sleeves, cartridge pleats at cuffs; cuffs are narrow, french cuffs; topstitching on collar and cuffs.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 53245

Accession Number: 1942.977

Chemise

White cotton chemise with store-bought eyelet trimming.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 53246

Accession Number: 1942.981

Chemise

Cotton; puffed sleeves; knitted lace.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), knitting (process), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 53247

Accession Number: 1942.983

Log Cabin Quilt

Six rows of six blocks, each block comprised of various plain and figured silk "logs" with black velvet square center. Two part border; inside border of black, outside border of strips of silk pieced perpendicular to body. Lace added to edge.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: Rowe, Eliza Morrison (Maker)

Material: brocade (textile), damask, lace (needlework), moiré, piecing, quilting, satin, silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 53248

Accession Number: 1942.990

Sieve

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 53249

Accession Number: 1942.994

Padlock

Half-heart painted black; key inserts in right side; decorative raised band on face.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 53254

Accession Number: 1942.1003

Child's Dress

White; embroidered "V" panel with central ogogee medallion with net insert and scrolled and hanging branches above; same medallion at bottom of front panel (four medallions at hem); capped sleeves with turned over and embroidered cuff, with pointed and scalloped trim; neckline and hem has same scall...

Date: ca. 1844

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 53255

Accession Number: 1942.1005

Infant's Shirt

White with beige lace neckline and sleeves; bodice gathered onto neckline front and back; one pearl button at neck.

Date: 1845-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 53256

Accession Number: 1942.1007

Child's Pantaloons

White; five buttonholes at waistband; open sides; one tuck near waist, one deep tuck at legs; reinforced crotch; drawnwork; scalloped eyelet edge.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 53257

Accession Number: 1942.1013

Handkerchief

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53258

Accession Number: 1942.1015

Pincushion

A: inner cushion; B: outer cover; white cotton with ruffled edges; pin design "Innocence/We wait thy call/1844".

Date: ca. 1844

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 53259

Accession Number: 1942.1017AB

Pair of Suspenders

Cream linen and silk; not matched set; buttonholes at both pointed ends; metal buckles; body of checked and chevron weave; plain ends.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), metal, silk (textile)

GUSN: 53260

Accession Number: 1942.1019AB

Quilt

Squares on point; two prints used repeatedly: a red and white copperplate Asian scene and a flowering vine on brown ground. Down one side brown ground print with flowers and column. Linen backing; quilting in herringbone pattern.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: chintz, linen (material), piecing, quilting, toile (textile material)

GUSN: 53261

Accession Number: 1942.1026

Set of Six Political buttons for the 1940 Presidential Election

Card containing six campaign buttons for the 1940 Presidential election. Four of the buttons are red, white, and blue; one button is green and white; and one button is yellow and green.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 53263

Accession Number: 1942.1043.1-.6

Set of Six Political Buttons

Card containing six campaign buttons for support of Republican candidate Wendell Willkie. Two of the buttons are blue and white; three buttons are red, white and blue; and one button is blue and orange.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 53264

Accession Number: 1942.1044.1-.6