Historic New England

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

Plate

Red lacquer plate

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189627

Accession Number: 2009.10.1.1

Plate

Red lacquer plate

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189628

Accession Number: 2009.10.1.2

Bowl

Red and black lacquer shallow bowl with foot.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189629

Accession Number: 2009.10.2.1

Bowl

Red and black lacquer shallow bowl

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 189630

Accession Number: 2009.10.2.2

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

Red and black lacquer plate

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189667

Accession Number: 2009.10.3.1

Plate

Red and black lacquer plate with two worn off stickers.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189668

Accession Number: 2009.10.3.2

Plate

Red and black lacquer plate

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189669

Accession Number: 2009.10.3.3

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

Plate

Black lacquer plate

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189672

Accession Number: 2009.10.4.3

Bowl

Red lacquer footed bowl. The inside of the foot is black.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189673

Accession Number: 2009.10.5.1

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

Bowl

Red lacquer footed bowl. The inside of the foot is black.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189676

Accession Number: 2009.10.5.2

Bowl

Red lacquer footed bowl. The inside of the foot is black.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189677

Accession Number: 2009.10.5.3

Bowl

Red lacquer footed bowl. The inside of the foot is black.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189678

Accession Number: 2009.10.5.4

Bowl

Shallow black and red bowl with small foot.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189679

Accession Number: 2009.10.6.1

Bowl

Shallow red bowl with small foot.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189680

Accession Number: 2009.10.6.2

Plate

Red lacquer footed plate

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189681

Accession Number: 2009.10.8.1

Plate

Red lacquer footed plate.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189682

Accession Number: 2009.10.8.2

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: 189683

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.207

Saucer

Red lacquer footed saucer

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189684

Accession Number: 2009.10.9.1

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

Bowl

Green-black lacquer footed bowl

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189690

Accession Number: 2009.10.10.1

Bowl

Green-black lacquer footed bowl.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189691

Accession Number: 2009.10.10.2

Plate

Red and black plastic plate.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating)

GUSN: 189692

Accession Number: 2009.10.13.1

Sampler

Cross-stitch alphabet sampler; brown linen ground; framed; wool yarn; floral border; one complete alphabet; numbers 1-11; convertible car; full-rigged sailing ship and sailboat depicted; maker identified; dated.

Date: 1914

Maker: Little, Nina Fletcher, 1903-1993 (Maker)

Material: linen (material), yarn, wool (hair), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 187818

Accession Number: 2004.3.6

Asphalt Shingles

Faux grained asphalt shingles.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: asphalt (bituminous material)

GUSN: 187821

Accession Number: 2004.6.1-.4

"Star Wars" Wallpaper

Two rolls of wallpaper with spaceship motif in blue, red, gray and gold on white ground.

Date: 1980

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), machine-made, printing (process)

GUSN: 187822

Accession Number: 2004.7AB

"The Lamp between the Lights"

Painting of Historic New England's Rocky Hill Meeting House, view through window. Lamp hangs from ceiling inside.

Date: 2002

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), cold-pressed paper, gilding, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 187824

Accession Number: 2004.9

Drapery

One of two seven-sided curtain components; each is a mirror of the other; yellow silk with pink stylized flowers throughout; three inch border of yellow ground and pink flowers set in from bottom edges; bottom edges have one inch wide border of yellow ground and pink flowers; yellow and pink silk-wr...

Date: 1824

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 187830

Accession Number: 2005.14.5

Drapery

One of two seven-sided curatin components; each is a mirror of the other; yellow silk with pink stylized flowers throughout; three inch border of yellow ground and pink flowers set in from bottom edges; bottom edges have one inch wide border of yellow ground and pink flowers; yellow and pink silk-wr...

Date: 1824

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 187831

Accession Number: 2005.14.5.1

Drapery

One of two seven-sided curatin components; each is a mirror of the other; yellow silk with pink stylized flowers throughout; three inch border of yellow ground and pink flowers set in from bottom edges; bottom edges have one inch wide border of yellow ground and pink flowers; yellow and pink silk-wr...

Date: 1824

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 187832

Accession Number: 2005.14.5.2

Drapery

Large trapezoidal curtain swag; yellow silk ground with pink stylized flowers throughout; no fring on borders.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 187833

Accession Number: 2005.14.6

Drapery

Five-sided curtain component; yellow silk with pink stylized flowers; no fringe on border; remnant of a wide tape band at top; tack holes on top; lining has been removed.

Date: 1824

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 187834

Accession Number: 2005.14.7

Drapery Lining

Rectangular pieces of yellow silk curtain lining.

Date: 1824

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 187835

Accession Number: 2005.14.8

Drapery lining

One rectangular piece of yellow silk curtain lining

Date: 1824

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 187836

Accession Number: 2005.14.9

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