Historic New England

Fabric

Brown fabric with printed red lilies and small blue flowers.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 362054

Accession Number: 2001.281.1288

Curtains

Glazed cotton curtain with tan backing fabric. Brown background with repeating red and green floral design with two large birds.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), glazing (coating)

GUSN: 362055

Accession Number: 2001.281.1289

Valance

Red curtain accessory. Front panel features a hunting scene pattern, the back panel is red with greenery and a cenrtal image of two figures and possibly a wolf. Stickers indicate number 1891.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362056

Accession Number: 2001.281.1290

Textile Remnant

White printed cotton with green lily design.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 362064

Accession Number: 2001.281.1291

Textile Remnant

White printed cotton, brown dotted background with large red flowers and medallion design, selvage edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 362065

Accession Number: 2001.281.1292

Textile Remnant

Linen fragment. White with large blue flowers and an image of a lion killing a zebra.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 362066

Accession Number: 2001.281.1293

Textile Remnant

Printed white fabric with black scrolling design. Paper safety pinned to it that reads, "Modern material - sent to me by daughter of Bill Rooney".

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362067

Accession Number: 2001.281.1294

Small fabric fragment, appears to be painted with flocking. Scene of a river with a house and/or mill with a water wheel. Sticker on the back reads, "Mrs. Carl C. Forsaith The Tollgate Auburn, New Hampshire".

Maker: unknown

Material: flocking, cloth

GUSN: 362068

Accession Number: 2001.281.1295

Textile Remnant

Blue fabric with large printed red, white, green, and blue floral design.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362069

Accession Number: 2001.281.1296

Textile Remnant

Printed cotton, slightly padded. Red background with blue and white foliage and bird design.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 362070

Accession Number: 2001.281.1297

Curtains

Brown glazed cotton curtains with metal rings. Tan dotted background with vined leaf design.

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 362071

Accession Number: 2001.281.1298

Textile Remnant

Printed cotton sample. Brown, pink, and white stripes with pink floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: printed textile materials

GUSN: 362072

Accession Number: 2001.281.1299

Textile Remnant

Boris Kroll Fabrics, Inc. sample. Blue and white rayon/linen threads adhered to a card.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), rayon, sample cards

GUSN: 362073

Accession Number: 2001.281.1300

Linebrook Parish Room

When Country Life magazine invited Henry Davis Sleeper to illustrate a dozen of his rooms, he arranged to have them painted by William Ranken, a portraitist introduced to Boston society by John Singer Sargent. This painting features the Linebrook Parish Room at Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House.

Date: 1928

Maker: Ranken, William Bruce Ellis (British painter, 1881-1941)

Material: watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 362326

Accession Number: 2023.48.1

Book Tower Room

When Country Life magazine invited Henry Davis Sleeper to illustrate a dozen of his rooms, he arranged to have them painted by William Ranken, a portraitist introduced to Boston society by John Singer Sargent. This painting features the Book Tower Room at Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House.

Date: 1928

Maker: Ranken, William Bruce Ellis (British painter, 1881-1941)

GUSN: 362327

Accession Number: 2023.48.2

Nail

Iron nail removed from the Old South Meeting House in Boston (1729).

Date: 1720-1730

Maker: unknown

Material: iron alloy, blacksmithing

GUSN: 362568

Accession Number: 2023.62.1

Box with Sewing Machine Tools

Small wooden box that unfolds into four attached quadrants, lined with velvet. Inside are numerous steel sewing machine attachments, each with an incised number.

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: Singer Manufacturing Company

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 362569

Accession Number: 2023.62.2A-S

Framed Cartoon

Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text. A long pine line pen and ink c...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: pens (drawing and writing), ink, paper (fiber product), paper by composition or origin, caricatures, drawing and drawing techniques

GUSN: 362603

Accession Number: 1953.431

Yarn

20 spools of wool yarn in various colors (brown, black, gray, mustard, orange, dark orange, bright green). Packaged in two plastic bags that read " Edward Fields Incorporated"

Maker: unknown

Material: yarn

GUSN: 362617

Accession Number: 2021.31.3A-V

Print

Silk Screen print, rectangular in shape, of an abstract composition. Beige and aqua background with abstract figures in primary colors. Dominant black outlines and patches. Dry mounted on masonite with lattice molding strips nailed horizontally on back for hanging. Unframed.

Date: ca. 1951

Maker: Reproduction of Miro, Juan, 1893 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), Masonite (TM), wood and wood products, screen prints

GUSN: 362619

Accession Number: 1984.273

Print

Unframed reproduction silk screen print of mural by Juan Miro for UNESCO building in Paris.

Date: c. 1952

Maker: Reproduction of Miro, Juan, 1893 (Artist)

GUSN: 362620

Accession Number: 1984.274

Dropleaf Table

dropleaf table, Marlborough legs, rectangular top and leaves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362621

Accession Number: 1968.183

Earrings

A pair of clip earrings made of a white, plated metal, with cream colored enamel, and rhinestones.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 362656

Accession Number: 2023.63.1AB

Earrings

Circular clip earrings made of a plated metal with a large, faux pearl cabochon surrounded by clear rhinestones. Metal clip closure is padded with rubber pieces.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 362657

Accession Number: 2023.63.2AB

Purse

Rectangular woven rattan purse with printed cream and brown cotton lining, small metal feet, a faux tortoiseshell acrylic handle and center. Closure composed of metal, acrylic, and black leather.

Date: ca. 1955

Maker: unknown

Material: rattan

GUSN: 362658

Accession Number: 2023.63.3

Wallpaper border sample\n

A wallpaper border sample with various and differently sized horiztonal bands of shades and hues of gray.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 369537

Accession Number: 2025.11.6

Reproduction wallpaper border sample

A reproduction wallpaper border sample with various and differently sized horiztonal bands of shades and hues of gray.

Date: 20th century

Maker: Trustworth Studio

GUSN: 369538

Accession Number: 2025.11.7

Reproduction wallpaper border sample

A reproduction wallpaper border sample with various and differently sized horiztonal bands of shades and hues of gray.

Date: 20th century

Maker: Trustworth Studio

GUSN: 369539

Accession Number: 2025.11.8

Cannonball

Cannonball with base.

Date: 1770-1779

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 369568

Accession Number: 2025.12.1

Model of Brattle Square Church, unknown maker, Boston, 1800s

Wooden model of the Brattle Square Church.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 369569

Accession Number: 2025.12.2

Pilaster Capital

Carved pilaster capitalCorinthian; applied pilaster; white paint over yellow; foliate. From the John Hancock House.

Date: 1733-1746

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 369570

Accession Number: 2025.12.3

Modillion

Carved modillion from the John Hancock House, unknown maker. Foliate, painted white, ogee trim.

Date: 1737-1746

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 369571

Accession Number: 2025.12.4

Pilaster Capital

Stone pilaster capital from the Governor Hutchinson House.

Date: 1689-1692

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), stone (rock)

GUSN: 369572

Accession Number: 2025.12.5

Modillion Block

Modillion block, Governor Hutchinson House, unknown maker, Boston, 1760s

Date: 1737

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 369573

Accession Number: 2025.12.6

Roller Skates

A pair of white leather roller skates, with wood and leather soles and leather traveling case

Date: 1952-1956

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, wood (plant material), metal, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 369837

Accession Number: 2025.13.1A-C

FOUND IN COLLECTION: Bonnet

FOUND IN COLLECTION:Green bonnet with pink trim and green ribbons. 3/18/2025 - SLC. Badly faded throughout, ribbons are fraying, strings are coming out on side. Found inside dark blue box of doll hats.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370201

Accession Number: FIC2025.1.77

Tea Table

A Queen Anne mahogany tea table with a rectangular top with molded edge and carved corners, a scalloped skirt, cabriole legs and pad feet, and candle slides at both ends. Probably Boston.

Date: 1745-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 370309

Accession Number: 2016.188.1

Hedgehog Doorstop

Molded concrete hedgehog-shaped doorstop. Pointed nose with rounded tip, round inset eyes, a smiling inset mouth, large ears, and two front paws with four toes each.

Maker: unknown

Material: concrete

GUSN: 370310

Accession Number: 2016.188.2

Delft Tile

Blue and white ceramic tile depicting a bird flying toward a plant on the ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic tile, hand-painted

GUSN: 370311

Accession Number: 2016.188.3

Pair of Candlesticks

A pair of English antique brass Queen Anne candlesticks with petal detailed bases.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 370312

Accession Number: 2016.188.5.1-.2

Pair of Candlesticks

Pair of brass candlesticks with turned columns and square bases. Flat square base has depressed circle around the column that reaches out to the four sides of the square.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 370313

Accession Number: 2016.188.6.1-.2

Pair of Candlesticks

A pair of Queen Anne brass candlesticks with a scalloped base, a simple candle cup, and repaired push-ups.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 370314

Accession Number: 2016.188.7.1-.2

Pair of Candlesticks with Glass Peg Lamps

A pair of brass Queen Anne candlesticks with a scalloped bobeche and petal base along with clear blown glass peg lamps with burners.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material)

GUSN: 370315

Accession Number: 2016.188.8.1-.2

Pair of Glass Oil Lamps

A pair of clear glass hand blown oil lamps with round bases, burners and wicks.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 370316

Accession Number: 2016.188.9.1-.2

Delft Tile

A Delft tile with mulberry angel decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic tile

GUSN: 370317

Accession Number: 2016.188.10

Delft Tile

A Delft tile with a mulberry genre scene.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic tile

GUSN: 370318

Accession Number: 2016.188.11

Delft Tile

A Delft tile with mulberry bird decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic tile

GUSN: 370319

Accession Number: 2016.188.12

Silhouette of F. L. Bixby

Black paper silhouette profile of a head facing left, offset slightly from a similarly cut white paper silhouette, against a white paper background. "F. L. Bixby" is written in blue ink in tiny cursive writing below the neck of the silhouette. "surgeon" is printed in the same blue ink just below the...

Date: 1967

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 370320

Accession Number: 2016.188.13

Silhouette of F. L. Bixby

Black paper silhouette profile of a female head and shoulders, facing right against a white paper background. In a round wooden, painted black frame. There is a white rectangular sticker at the center of the backing cardboard with "F L Bixby 1917 San Francisco Fair" hand printed on it in blue ink.

Date: 1917

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 370321

Accession Number: 2016.188.14

Bucket

A continental pewter bucket with a rolled rim, tapered body, round base, and a wide swing handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 370322

Accession Number: 2016.188.15

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