Historic New England

Tile

Dark bluish green border tile.

Date: 1883

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372288

Accession Number: 2025.28.214

A pair of metallic purple leather pumps with cutwork decoration in geometric patterns on toe box, vamp, and sides with multi-colored leather underneather and having an almond shaped toe and thick, low heels.

Date: ca. 1985

Maker: Margaret Jerrold (Manufacturer)

Material: leather, dye, cotton (textile), acrylic (plastic), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 372658

Accession Number: 2025.34.1AB

Sling-back Pumps

A pair of metallic yellow, orange , and pink leather sling-back pumps with cutwork decoration in geometric patterns on toe box, vamp, and sides with multi-colored leather underneather and appliqued on top and having an almond shaped toe and Louis style low heels.

Date: ca. 1985

Maker: Margaret Jerrold (Manufacturer)

Material: leather, dye, cotton (textile), wood (plant material), acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 372659

Accession Number: 2025.34.2AB

Ferragamo Boots

A pair of stretch suede knee-high Ferragamo boots in a medium brown with pattern of lighter brown squares made of "F" patterns and having a squoval toe, block heel, and brown, metal zipper closure on interior side of boots.

Date: ca. 1990

Maker: Ferragamo (Manufacturer)

Material: wood (plant material), suede, metal

GUSN: 372660

Accession Number: 2025.34.3AB

Comforter

A printed cotton blend comforter with a paisley and floral pattern in pastel shades of blue, pink, yellow, and green on a light tan or beige background.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: quilting, cotton (textile), cloth

GUSN: 372669

Accession Number: 2013.4.121

Comforter

A plain weave cotton blend comforter in a light yellow green color with cream piped edge.

Date: ca. 1965

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 372670

Accession Number: 2013.4.122

Knit Throw Pillow

A hand knit dark green throw pillow with Castle Tucker motif at center. Bottom embroidered in cream, "Castle Tucker 1807."

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 372671

Accession Number: 2013.4.123

Embroidered Throw Pillow

A rectangular, horizontally oriented, cotton crewel work polychrome embroidered throw pillow with floral motifs above a pink pelican on a dark cream background.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: crewelwork (technique), crewelwork (visual works), cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 372672

Accession Number: 2013.4.124

Needlework Rug

A Greek wool needlepoint rug with blue flower and tulip block motif with orange and green floral and leaf border.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: needlepoint (visual works), needlepoint (needleworking), wool (textile), muslin

GUSN: 372673

Accession Number: 2013.4.125

Hudson's Bay Company Four Point Blanket

Red and black wool Four Point Hudson's Bay blanket with original yellow and white silk label.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: Hudson's Bay Company Inc.

Material: wool (hair), wool (textile)

GUSN: 372674

Accession Number: 2013.4.126

Jacket

A heathered brown woman's blazer or jacket with round brass buttons reading "HEAD LIGHT."

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, brass (alloy)

GUSN: 372675

Accession Number: 2013.4.127

Jacket

A white cloth jacket with large square pockets and Mandarin collar.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth

GUSN: 372676

Accession Number: 2013.4.128

Plaid Wool Blanket

A thin plaid wool blanket in light shades of peach, yellow, green, and purple.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), wool (textile), plaids

GUSN: 372677

Accession Number: 2013.4.129

Plaid Wool Blanket

A thin plaid wool blanket in light shades of peach, yellow, green, and purple.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), wool (textile), plaids

GUSN: 372678

Accession Number: 2013.4.130

Skirt

A midi-skirt comprised of mutiple stripes of plain and patterned velevet with a thick green velvet waist band.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), voided velvet, solid velvet

GUSN: 372679

Accession Number: 2013.4.131AB

Sweater

A five button Fair Isle style knitted sweater in grey, pink, green (teal), and dark red (marroon).

Date: 1976-2000

Maker: Eddie Bauer

Material: knitting (process)

GUSN: 372680

Accession Number: 2013.4.132

Sweater

A dark blue wool knit collared three button sweater with two square front button close pockets and two button close cuffs.

Date: 1976-2000

Maker: Carroll Reed Ski Shops

Material: knitting (process), machine knitting, wool (hair), wool (textile)

GUSN: 372681

Accession Number: 2013.4.133

Turtleneck

A plain white cotton long sleeve turtleneck shirt with short vertical ruggle along neck opening and with zipper closure along the center back.

Date: 1976-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), zippers

GUSN: 372682

Accession Number: 2013.4.134

Robe

A plaid flannel robe in blue, green, white, and yellow with blue quilted lining, with waist tie.

Date: 1976-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: flannel, plaids, quilting

GUSN: 372683

Accession Number: 2013.4.135AB

Rug

Caucasian scatter rug with a field of dark navy decorated with small medallions and a primary border with a geometric floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 371647

Accession Number: 2016.188.1617

Chest

A walnut blanket chest, overhanging top, dovetailed case, molded base with a scalloped base.

Date: 1750-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: dovetail joints, walnut (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 371648

Accession Number: 2016.188.1448

Side Chair

Queen Anne rush seat side chair, carved and pierced crest, vase-shaped splat, rush slip seat, shaped skirt, block and ball turned legs, turned front stretcher, and trifed or Spanish feet. Probably walnut, with later black paint with gold stenciling. Probably Boston.

Date: 1730-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), turning (shaping process), rush (material), paint (coating), walnut (wood), gold (color), stenciling

GUSN: 371649

Accession Number: 2016.188.1449

Bed Warmer

A brass bed warmer with a pierced hinged lid and a bright cut sun design, with a turned and painted mottled handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: turning (shaping process), paint (coating), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 371650

Accession Number: 2016.188.1450

Bed Warmer

A brass bed warmer with a rooster design at the pierced lid and a turned maple handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: turning (shaping process), brass (alloy), maple (wood)

GUSN: 371651

Accession Number: 2016.188.1451

Wall Sconce

A nineteenth century etched shaped glass mirror sconce with a candle arm.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), turning (shaping process), etching (corroding)

GUSN: 371652

Accession Number: 2016.188.1452

Andirons

A pair of antique low belted brass andirons with steeple tops and penny feet.

Maker: unknown

Material: brasswork (objects), brass (alloy), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 371653

Accession Number: 2016.188.1453AB

Fireplace Shovel

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brasswork (objects), brass (alloy), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 371654

Accession Number: 2016.188.1454

Fireplace Tongs

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brasswork (objects), brass (alloy), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 371655

Accession Number: 2016.188.1455

Pair of Jamb Hooks

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brasswork (objects), brass (alloy), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 371656

Accession Number: 2016.188.1456.1-.2

Fireplace Fender

An antique wire and brass fire fender with rounded belted finials at the front.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), wire

GUSN: 371657

Accession Number: 2016.188.1457

Looking Glass

A small Queen Anne walnut looking glass with an arched crest, cutout, beveled glass mirror, maybe original.

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), glass (material), carving (processes)

GUSN: 371658

Accession Number: 2016.188.1458

Alphabet Sampler

A schoolgirl alphabet sampler by "Sarah Ann Waters," with green open diamond banding across lower half with stanza below worked in green, ivory and beige threads on ecru linen, with a bird's eye maple frame.

Date: 1834

Maker: unknown

Material: ecru (color), linen (material), maple (wood)

GUSN: 371659

Accession Number: 2016.188.1459

Document

A note signed by John Bowman, Jr, 1804, Justice of the Peace, to receive a body from a Wiscasset ship, in a bird's eye maple frame.

Date: 1804

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 371660

Accession Number: 2016.188.1460

Pastoral Needlepoint

An eighteenth century English needlepoint depicting a landscape, lambs, houses, and a shepherd, worked in rose, green, brown, blue, white, pink and ivory colors, in a dark brown frame with a gold inner liner, finely worked.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, needlepoint (needleworking), wood and wood products, gilding, gold (metal)

GUSN: 371661

Accession Number: 2016.188.1461

High Chest

Mahogany flat top Queen Anne high chest, deep waist molding, fan carving on center of lower drawer, elaborate shaped skirt, curved knee brackets, cabriole legs terminating in pad feet. Tag with accession number in upper drawer, lower case

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), carving (processes), mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 371662

Accession Number: 2016.188.1462

Pair of Vases

A pair of Rose Medallion vases with embossed gold handles at the side, decorated with alternating genre panels and gold embellishment, with narrow necks with flared rims, and an applied gold panther across the body.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), gold (metal), gilding

GUSN: 371663

Accession Number: 2016.188.1463.1-.2

Hatbox

An antique oval yellow wallpaper covered hat box with a roses and drape and swag design, a wooden base in the manner of Hannah Davis, lined with blue wallpaper with a tree design.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, paper (fiber product), string (fiber product)

GUSN: 371664

Accession Number: 2016.188.1464AB

Chest of Drawers

An Empire chest of drawers with deep upper drawer, mahogany and mahogany veneer, oval brass pulls, shaped skirt and bracket feet.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 371665

Accession Number: 2016.188.1465

Print

An early twentieth century monochromatic print of boats on a river, matted and framed.

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), printmaking

GUSN: 371667

Accession Number: 2016.188.1467

Photograph

An oval framed photographic portrait of a mother and children, Cyrus Pinkham's family provenance, in a wood and gesso frame with embossed fruit decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, wood and wood products, gesso, embossing

GUSN: 371668

Accession Number: 2016.188.1618

Photograph

A black and white vintage profile photograph of Margaret Smith with a mat and embossed frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, embossing

GUSN: 371669

Accession Number: 2016.188.1468

Photograph

A vintage photograph of Hattie Carnegie, signed "with all good wishes, Hattie", depicting a woman in profile wearing a pearl necklace and earrings.

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper

GUSN: 371670

Accession Number: 2016.188.1469

Lithograph

A nineteenth century lithograph showing a "View of the Christ Church, West-South-west, Gardiner, Maine", surrounded by lemon gold half round molding.

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood and wood products, gold (color)

GUSN: 371671

Accession Number: 2016.188.1470

Map

A nineteenth century map of Gardiner, Maine, matted and framed, showing wards, Kennebec County.

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood and wood products

GUSN: 371672

Accession Number: 2016.188.1471

Etching

A framed early twentieth century etching depicting boats along a river, pencil signed at right by Louis Prescott Canby, local provenance.

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood and wood products

GUSN: 371673

Accession Number: 2016.188.1472

Rug

A Turkish oriental scatter rug with two primitive medallions on a light coral field with an ivory border with a stylized floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 371674

Accession Number: 2016.188.1473

Painting

A twentieth century oil on canvas painting depicting a barren road,surrounded by a washed frame.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), oil painting (technique), canvas

GUSN: 371675

Accession Number: 2016.188.1474

Painting

An oil painting depicting a "Monastic Procession at Midnight", Church Ruins, Mexico, 1932, F. W. Scott, Colorado, in an embossed gold frame.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), oil painting (technique), wood and wood products, gilding, gold (metal), embossing

GUSN: 371676

Accession Number: 2016.188.1475

Chest

A twentieth century cedar chest with a rectangular top and bracket feet.

Maker: unknown

Material: cedar (wood)

GUSN: 371677

Accession Number: 2016.188.1619

Wicker Bed-Tray

A wrapped wicker bed-tray.

Maker: unknown

Material: wicker, glass (material), textiles

GUSN: 371678

Accession Number: 2016.188.1476

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