Historic New England

Shawl

Long rectangular shaped black silk crepe shawl with stenciled silver floral designs at each end. There are three small flowers stenciled evenly in the center of the shawl. The silver paint bled through the thin crepe so both sides of the shawl are identical.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), paint (coating)

GUSN: 191366

Accession Number: 2006.44.1364

Shawl

Rectangular black lace shawl with two printed and embroidered paisley panels in the center. The black lace has a floral and leaf design. The paisley panels have a multi-colored printed background with portions of the printed sections embellished with multicolored embroidery. Because of the embroider...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 191369

Accession Number: 2006.44.1365

Petticoat

Cream muslin petticoat with drawstring waist and scalloped embroidered hem. The upper portion of the petticoat is plain with no decoration. The lower section of the petticoat has a ruffled under-layer and tiny embroidered flowers along the scalloped edge of the top layer. The back of the petticoat h...

Maker: Madeira House (Manufacturer)

Material: muslin

GUSN: 191373

Accession Number: 2006.44.1366

Women's hat

Women's black velvet tri-corn hat. The hat has a rounded crown and soft brim that is attached on both sides and in the back giving it the tri corn style. On the left side there is a decorative element made from black cording. There is a silver dollar sized circle that is open with velvet in the cent...

Date: 1910-1940

Maker: Lamson and Hubbard Company (Manufacturer)

Material: velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 191374

Accession Number: 2006.44.1382

Nightgown

Peach silk sleeveless nightgown. The nightgown reaches just below knees with a-line shape. The body of the gown is a lighter shade of peach, while there are details in darker shiny peach silk. There are two bands of silk running vertically from the straps down to just below the waist, ending in a pa...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191376

Accession Number: 2006.44.1367.1

Women's hat

Women's black felt hat. The hat has a medium-high crown that is circular and creased two thirds of the way around the top. Around the front half of the side of the crow, the felt has diagonal decorative ribbing. On the left side of the crown the material extends back in a gathered decorative wing. T...

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile)

GUSN: 191379

Accession Number: 2006.44.1383

Bed jacket

Dark peach silk bed jacket. The bed jacket is short sleeves and is short in length. The front is open and has a long silk tie attached to either side in the middle for closure. The ties are of uneven length. Around all the edges of the jacket there is a border of lighter peach silk with cording deta...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191382

Accession Number: 2006.44.1367.2

Women's hat

Small brown women's hat. The hat is made of an unidentifiable scratchy brown material with an open weave. The hat is a beanie style. There is a wide band of the same brown material encircling the hat that has vertical, evenly spaced ribbing extending three-fourths of the way down the band. This band...

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), clay, netting (process), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 191383

Accession Number: 2006.44.1388

Women's hat

Womens purple straw hat. The hat has a shallow crown with a rounded top and a brim that runs two thirds of the way around the hat. Around the brim there is a border attached to the sides of the crown. The border is made up of velvet violets in various shades of purple with yellow and green plastic ...

Women's straw bonnet with buckram liner and two detached straw brims. The back piece of the bonnet has finely woven straw. This head piece has a flat circular back and the front is shaped to a square. The underside has a curve cut out to accommodate the neck. There is a narrow straw border attached ...

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: straw (plant material), buckram

GUSN: 191393

Accession Number: 2006.44.1393

Bodice

Ornate black taffeta bodice. The neckline is very high and has a wrap around taffeta piece that extends down to the center of the bodice into a crepe insert. The insert ends at a taffeta, pleated v-shaped belt that attaches to the left side with three hook and eye enclosures. The wrap around neck pi...

Maker: unknown

Material: taffeta, silk (textile), crepe (textile), lace (needlework), rope

GUSN: 191394

Accession Number: 2006.44.1394

Sheet Music, "No, I will sign no more"

Single-sheet folded in half (two pages); title and music with lyrics on first page; music and lyrics on second page; stamps at bottom of first page.

Date: 1830-1939

Maker: Donizetti, Gaetano (Composer) Blake, G. E. (Publisher) Hewitt & Co. (Vendor)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 191398

Accession Number: 2005.23.17

Women's bonnet

Women's white cotton bonnet. The main part of the bonnet is made from a thin white cotton fabric with a repeating pattern of large squares with smaller squares inside of them. There is a seam that starts from the front and runs down the middle and back of the head and to the neckline. There is a bor...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 191399

Accession Number: 2006.44.1391

Women's hat

Black womens hat. The hat has a tall crown with a circular top. The top and part of the sides of the crown are black felt while the bottom half of the crown and the wide circular brim are black velvet. The velvet around the crown is slightly gathered horizontally. The brim gets narrower and curls u...

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: L.P. Hollander & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: velvet (fabric weave), felt (textile), feather (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 191400

Accession Number: 2006.44.1386

Women's bonnet

Women's knit bonnet. The bonnet is knit with peach and turquoise wool yarn with stripes alternating horizontally and vertically. It has a long flap from the chin to the neck or shoulder area. The back of the bonnet gathers together in the back and at the center of the gather there is a blue silk bow...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), yarn, silk (fiber), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 191402

Accession Number: 2006.44.1392

Bodice

Ornate black lace bodice with silk lining. The bodice has a high lace neck that extends down into a deep V in the front. The lace was lined with a sheer black crepe. The floral lace of the V is bordered by two rows of crocheted black needlework. The main body of the bodice is made of black netting w...

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework), silk (textile), crepe (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 191403

Accession Number: 2006.44.1395

Bodice

Black high-necked bodice with long flowing sleeves. The bodice is made primarily of alternating vertical bands of black lace and black pleated sheer material. The body of the bodice is lined with olive green silk, while the sleeves are unlined. The collar is high and wraps around to attach in the ba...

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework), silk (fiber), crepe (textile), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 191407

Accession Number: 2006.44.1396

Women's hat

Dark brown velvet women's hat. The hat has a high crown with a circular flat top. The velvet on the top of the crown is loose. The brim is circular. Toward the back of the hat the brim narrows in width. There is a wire sewn into the outer edge of the brim to help keep its shape. There are taupe ostr...

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: Helen Crosby (Manufacturer)

Material: velvet (fabric weave), silk (textile), feather (material)

GUSN: 191409

Accession Number: 2006.44.1387.1

Sheet Music, "Bells Upon the Wind"

Two pages, double-sided; first page consists of title and music; title in very fancy lettering in several different fonts, other pages consist of music with lyrics.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: Addison, H. R. (Lyricist) Lee, Alexander (Composer) Bradlee, Charles, 1790 or 91-1861 (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 191416

Accession Number: 2005.23.18

Fireplace Tile

Square, blue and white glazed tile depicting two men breaking bread over a table in a forest enclosed by double circular border with four abstract floral designs on corners.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic (material), tin glaze

GUSN: 191424

Accession Number: 1918.1273

On the Coast of Holland at Scheveningen

Painting of a Dutch woman standing along the shore watching the arrival of a ship. The woman is in the foreground; the ship is in the background. There are silhouettes of figures at the stern of the ship. On the right there are six figures scattered around. Beyond the right of the main ship there ar...

Date: 1898

Maker: Harvey, George Wainwright, 1855-1930 (Painter)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202739

Accession Number: 2006.44.680

The Club of Odd Volumes

Black and white print of a building. There are three trees in the foreground. On the top of the building there is an American flag. In the lower right corner of the print there is a woman walking with a child. The frame is separate from the print due to conservation. It has a black wood frame with s...

Date: 1925

Maker: Sturges, Dwight Case, 1874-1940 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 202740

Accession Number: 2006.44.681

Bowl

Porcelain bowl with flat bottom and straight sides. Printed blue decoration around center and inner rim of arches, diamonds, and scrolls.

Maker: Choisy Le Roi (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202741

Accession Number: 2006.44.1701

Stephen Clarendon Phillips

Bust portrait drawing in black crayon of Stephen Clarendon Phillips. The frame is oval, wood, with a gold toned window mat.

Date: 1840-1857

Maker: Probably Black & Case (Boston, Mass.) (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), Conté crayon (TM)

GUSN: 202742

Accession Number: 2006.44.682

Spotted or Canada Grouse

Colored engraving of four birds framed in a simple black painted wood frame.

Date: 1833

Maker: After Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Havell, Robert, Jr., 1793-1878 (Engraver)

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

GUSN: 202745

Accession Number: 2006.44.659

Gateway

A pen and ink drawing of a gateway. The gateway is a high relief stone carving of multiple columns, four of which are large and two of which are small. The door in the is made of wood. Above the door is a smaller carving of an arch with a statue of the Madonna and Child. Overall, drawing is very lin...

Maker: Walker, Ambrose (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202746

Accession Number: 2006.44.693

Photograph

Framed photographic print of a man with a moustache. He is seated and turned to the left. His hair is parted down the middle and he has a mustache. He is wearing a white turned down collar button up shirt with a dark tie, suit jacket, and a vest with a pocket watch chain.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202749

Accession Number: 2006.44.700

Photograph

Framed photographic print of a man wearing a top hat. He is standing and wearing a black top had and has a well groomed mustache and beard. He is wearing a turned down dollar button up white shirt with a dark tie and a jacket that has two buttons across. The man is outside of a building in front of ...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202750

Accession Number: 2006.44.701

Photograph

Framed photograph of three men. Two of the men are in seated in charis in front, the other is standing in between. The man seated on the left is older with white hair and a mustache, white shirt, dark tie, and holds a hat. The man on the right is wearing a gray suit with a white shirt and dark tie, ...

Maker: Notman Photo Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Photographer) Richard Nichols & Son (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202827

Accession Number: 2006.44.702

Polar Hare

Color print of a polar hare.

Maker: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Trembly, R (Engraver) J.T. Bowen (Printer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202828

Accession Number: 2006.44.703

Gray Fox

Color print of a gray fox.

Maker: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Nagel & Weingaertner (Printer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202831

Accession Number: 2006.44.704

Painting

Watercolor painting of a tree-lined path. Some of the trees have changing leaves. The trees lining the left side are birch trees.

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202833

Accession Number: 2006.44.705

Painting

Watercolor painting of an old barn covered in vines. The painting is unfinished. The barn is painted gray wiht a large red-brown door. The green vines are climbing up the side of the barn and around the chimney. The bottom quarter of the paper is blank.

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202834

Accession Number: 2006.44.706

Pendant with miniature portrait of Captain Stephen Phillips

Oval gold pendant set with a miniature painting on ivory of a bust portrait of Captain Stephen Phillips. Captain Phillips is wearing a black coat, a high white collar and a bow tie. He is middle aged and has longer hair in the back and a lock of hair over one eye. Glass back frames locks of dark bro...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), ivory (tooth component), paint (coating)

GUSN: 202835

Accession Number: 2006.44.745

Stephen Willard Phillips

Black and white photograph of Stephen Willard Phillips as a young man. He is seated in a chair and is wearing a pin-stripe suit coat and matching pants.

Date: 1905

Maker: Chickering (Photographic studio)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202836

Accession Number: 2006.44.746

Commemorative plate

Circular ceramic plate with printed blue and white image of the Whittier birthplace in Haverhill, Massachusetts. House is surrounded by trees and low brick walls. Blue and white floral and clover border.

Maker: Bedford Potteries (Manufacturer) John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead (Agency responsible for reproduction)

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 203169

Accession Number: 2006.44.1699

Tray

Oval tray with handles. Cream painted wicker sides and handles with glass tray surface. Under the glass is a blue and white fabric with chinese scene of a temple, flowering trees, and people on stone bridges. Felt bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: wicker, glass (material), printed textile materials, felt (textile)

GUSN: 203233

Accession Number: 2006.44.1704

Teacup and saucer

Opaque glass teacup and saucer with slightly ribbed sides. "Fire-King"

Maker: Fire-King (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 203248

Accession Number: 2006.44.1698

Teacup

Opaque molded glass teacup with slightly ribbed sides and loop handle. "Fire-King"

Date: 1940-1949

Maker: Fire-King (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 203255

Accession Number: 2006.44.1698.1

Square blue and white glazed earthenware ceramic tile depicting woman in a garden with house on left.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 203312

Accession Number: 1933.508.5

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