Historic New England

Side chair

Queen Anne style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. Horseshoe shaped red leather covered slip seat with a serp...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189597

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.3

Side chair

Queen Anne style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood flor...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189598

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.4

Side chair

Queen Anne style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood flor...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189599

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.5

Side chair

Queen Anne style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood flor...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189601

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.6

Toy dressing table

Wooden dressing table painted aqua with attached sheet metal mirror.

Date: ca. 1945

Maker: unknown

Material: sheet metal, wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 189602

Accession Number: 2009.7.4.1

Toy bench

Aqua painted wooden bench with bent metal legs

Date: ca. 1945

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating), metal

GUSN: 189603

Accession Number: 2009.7.4.2

Portrait of Mary Wheelwright Codman (1792-1857)

Portrait of Mary Wheelwright Codman, pictured from the waist up, turned to the right. She is seated in a red-striped upholstered arm chair against a dark background, with a book open to a seascape on her lap. She wears a narrow gold wedding band on her left hand, and a scenic micromosaic brooch at h...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: Huntington, Daniel, 1806-1906 (Artist) Attributed to Doggett, John (American mirror manufacturer, active 1809) (Framer)

Material: oil painting (technique), canvas, gilding

GUSN: 189604

Accession Number: 2005.20.2

Side chair

Queen Anne style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood flor...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189605

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.7

Side chair

Queen Anne style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood flor...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189606

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.8

Side chair

Queen Anne style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood flor...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189607

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.9

Side chair

Queen Anne style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood flor...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189610

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.10

Side chair

Queen Anne style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood flor...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189611

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.11

Side chair

Queen Anne-style side chair with a solid vase shaped back splat featuring an inlaid wood design of an urn, scrolling foliage and an eagle, crowned male face at the center of the crest rail and scrolling vines of bellflowers along the stiles. S-shaped arms terminating in scrolls with inlaid wood flor...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189612

Accession Number: 2006.44.1468.12

Windsor Chair

Black painted Windsor chair with unpainted mahogany arms. Bamboo shaped spindles. Remnants of gold paint along crest rail. The original location for the chair was in the Breakfast Room at the Sarah Orne Jewett House in South Berwick, Maine.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189613

Accession Number: 2009.9.6.1

Windsor Chair

Black painted Windsor chair with unpainted mahogany arms. Bamboo shaped spindles. Remnants of gold paint along crest rail. The original location for the chair was in the Breakfast Room at the Sarah Orne Jewett House in South Berwick, Maine.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189614

Accession Number: 2009.9.6.2

Epergne

Porcelain epergne with three tiers of plates ascending in size each separated by a vase shaped stand, the highest terminates in a scrolled heart shaped cartouche finial. White glaze body with raspberry and gold banded edges and gold monogrammed "P"s on the foot and the two middle plate separators.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189616

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.333

Fur Coat

Men's raccoon fur coat, with large collar and cuffs. Doulbe breasted with four pairs large buttons down front, brown silk lining with "Jordan Marsh Company" label at top and blue, yellow, orange and green woolen plaid lower lining. Has interior pockets which are edge with tail (striped) fur. Has dou...

Date: 1927

Maker: Jordan Marsh Company

Material: fur, silk (textile)

GUSN: 189618

Accession Number: 2005.22

Epergne

Porcelain epergne with three tiers of plates ascending in size each separated by a vase shaped stand, the highest terminates in a scrolled heart shaped cartouche finial. White glaze body with raspberry and gold banded edges and gold monogrammed "P"s on the foot and the two middle plate separators.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189619

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.332

High Chest

High chest with five drawers. Pierced brass bat wing shaped drawer hardware. The two parts of the chest came from two different pieces of furniture in the Jewett House. The family split up the the two pieces and "married" the current top and bottom parts of the chest. The top section of the high che...

Date: ca. 1740

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189620

Accession Number: 2009.9.7.1

Low chest

Low chest, used as base for five drawer high chest. Low chest has four drawers and finished top. Cabriole legs with slipper feet. Two drop finials flank center arch of skirt. Brass batwing shaped drawer hardware. The two parts of the chest came from two different pieces of furniture in the Jewett Ho...

Date: ca. 1740

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189622

Accession Number: 2009.9.7.2

Square piano

Compass of FF to c3 (five octaves +). English double action without checks. Two pedals on legs for dampers and harmonic swell. Double strung throughout. Short soundboard. Case veneered with mahogany. Rosewood crossbanding and brass stringing. Three gilt cast-lead moldings around case and edge of lid...

Date: 1823

Maker: Babcock, Alpheus , 1785-1842

Material: veneer, mahogany (wood), rosewood (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 189623

Accession Number: 2005.23.1

Piano Stool

Piano stool with round swivel seat and green velvet upholstery; brass molding.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189624

Accession Number: 2005.23.2

Music Book

Book of music; cover is missing-only leather binding remains.

Date: 1840-1890

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 189625

Accession Number: 2005.23.3

Women's dress

Floral silk women's dress, ankle length with flowing, pointed elbow length sleeves. The dress has a square neckline with a pleated yoke. The pointed ends of the yoke have loops that can be attached to large buttons on the belt. The dress has a snap in the bodice panel and a three button and hook enc...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 189631

Accession Number: 2006.44.1232

Music Book

Book of music; cover is missing and binding is broken (pages are loose) although string remains; pages consist of music and explanations/instructions; pages are numbered one to forty.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 189641

Accession Number: 2005.23.4

Women's dress

Long plum colored women's dress with ivory trim at the neckline and wrists with purple and ivory geometric embroidery on the lower half of the sleeves and bodice. The dress has full length fitted sleeves with four snap button closures at the wrist. Along the side seam under the left arm is a four s...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 189664

Accession Number: 2006.44.1233

Evening gown

Violet colored evening gown with chiffon over layer with dark and light blue voided velvet floral designs. The dress has a silk and tulle attached slip. The gown has a v-shaped neckline and flowing elbow length sleeves. There is violet colored tulle at the neck and at the ends of the sleeves. There ...

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), chiffon, tulle (meshed textile), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 189665

Accession Number: 2006.44.1234

Dressing gown

Black wool dressing gown with cap sleeves. The dressing gown has ties at the neck and waist. The neckline and sleeves are decorated with black metallic thread sewn in a ripple pattern. Makers label attached at the neck, "Manahan Incorporated/280 Boylston Street, Boston." The back of the dress has a...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 189666

Accession Number: 2006.44.1235

Plate

Black lacquer plate

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189670

Accession Number: 2009.10.4.1

Plate

Black lacquer plate

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189671

Accession Number: 2009.10.4.2

Women's dress

Long brown crepe women's dress with orange trim and embroidery and attached belt. The dress has full length fitted sleeves. From elbow to wrist the sleeve is made of orange silk. The wrist has a five button and loop closure. The dress has a v-shaped neckline with decorative orange collar and yoke. ...

Maker: unknown

Material: crepe (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 189674

Accession Number: 2006.44.1236

Women's evening coat

Chocolate brown velvet women's evening coat with a fur collar, cuffs, and hem. The coat has a puce green silk lining and a maker's label attached inside the neck " Solov-Hinds Co Boston." The fur collar is 20cm wide and fits closely around the neck. The coat has two large ruffled buttons with loop c...

Maker: Solov-Hinds Company (Manufacturer)

Material: velvet (fabric weave), fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 189675

Accession Number: 2006.44.1237

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a white body and a raspberry and gold banded rim with a monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189683

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.207

Saucer

Red lacquer footed saucer

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189685

Accession Number: 2009.10.9.2

Music Sheet, "When the Stars Begin to Peep"

Four pages, double-sided; cover depicts man and woman embracing next to a tree and under the stars

Date: 1882

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 189687

Accession Number: 2005.23.5

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a white body and a raspberry and gold banded rim with a monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189688

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.202

Women's evening coat

Brown wool women's evening coat with a fur collar. The coat has full length sleeves with puffs just above the wrist. The fur trim starts at waist level on the left side of the coat, goes up around the collar, which converts to a hood, and down the entire right side of the coat to the hem. The fur i...

Maker: Manahan Incorporated (Manufacturer)

Material: wool (textile), fur, silk (textile)

GUSN: 189689

Accession Number: 2006.44.1238

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a white body and a raspberry and gold banded rim with a monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189693

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.198

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a white body and a raspberry and gold banded rim with a monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189697

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.203

Women's jacket

Short black velvet women's jacket with voided velvet floral patterns on gold cheeked silk. The jacket has short square cut velvet sleeves and a single button closure at the waist. The jacket falls to the hip. It has a simple stand up collar with square ends. The jacket has a seam at the waist so tha...

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 189699

Accession Number: 2006.44.1239

Spoon

Red lacquer serving spoon with Asian characters on the back of the handle.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189702

Accession Number: 2009.10.15.2

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a white body and a raspberry and gold banded rim with a monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189703

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.205

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a white body and a raspberry and gold banded rim with a monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189707

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.199

Plate

Clear glass plate.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 189708

Accession Number: 2009.10.16.3

Women's jacket

Black velvet women's evening jacket with cream colored satin lining. The jacket has a fitted bodice and a ruffled collar. The jacket has two jet buttons with loop closures at the waist. The sleeves are square cut cap sleeves lined with cream colored satin. Maker's label in neck states "Territet Held...

Maker: Territet Held Joeurs (Maker)

Material: velvet (fabric weave), satin

GUSN: 189710

Accession Number: 2006.44.1240

Women's evening coat

A calf length black velvet women's evening coat with an attached hood. The coat has a single button and loop closure at the neck and full length slightly flared sleeves. The entire coat is lined with cream colored satin. There is a makers label sewn in the right side seam. "NRA We do our part manufa...

Date: 1933-1935

Maker: United States. National Recovery Administration (Inspector)

Material: velvet (fabric weave), satin

GUSN: 189711

Accession Number: 2006.44.1241

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a white body and a raspberry and gold banded rim with a monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189712

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.200

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a white body and a raspberry and gold banded rim with a monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189713

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.201

Women's dress

Lavender women's dress with lace yoke, collar and cuffs. The dress is calf length with three-quarter length sleeves. The dress has shirring on each shoulder and a small patch of shirring on the skirt. There is a V-shape neckline with a single snap button closure. The lace overlay on the collar and ...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 189714

Accession Number: 2006.44.1244

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a white body and a raspberry and gold banded rim with a monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 189715

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.206

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