Historic New England

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, showing a main central stripe adorned with blue and gold peaks, surrounded by its sides by night blue stripes ornamented with gold curves and yellow vertical lines.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: linen (material), cotton (textile), printing (process), sewing (process)

GUSN: 323290

Accession Number: 2012.126.86

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with three attached paper labels representing an alternation of vertical stripes: yellow stripes and purple, yellow and green lines contained in other stripes, alternate with a wider stripe showing red flowers as if the view was blurred, on a cream background.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: linen (material), cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323291

Accession Number: 2012.126.87

Fragment, Textile

This is a glazed overall piece with two attached paper labels, representing big tulips and other pink flowers and small blue flowers, depicted in naturalistic colors and shapes, on a white background. The French title means Month of May.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323293

Accession Number: 2012.126.88

Fragment, Textile

These are three glazed overall pieces with two attached paper labels on each, representing some pheasants seating on the branches of an imaginary tree and looking up. This composition is seen in close-up. The tree's flowers and leaves are mostly blue, pink and brown. The background is very light blu...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), glaze, printing (process)

GUSN: 323294

Accession Number: 2012.126.89.1-.3

Fragment, Textile

This is a glazed overall piece with one attached paper label, representing three vertical stripes. They contains stylized flowers on brown stems. The flowers are red and purple and the leaves are green. The background in the stripes is cream, while the space between the stripes is uniformly brown. T...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), glaze, printing (process)

GUSN: 323295

Accession Number: 2012.126.90

Fragment, Textile

This is a glazed overall piece with three attached paper labels, representing small blue flowers regularly alternated vertically and horizontally, on a background of blue and white vertical stripes.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323297

Accession Number: 2012.126.91

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece in wool with two attached paper labels, presenting a sewed pattern of covering with brown lozenges. At the intersection of each line there is a small red dot.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: wool (textile), sewing (process)

GUSN: 323299

Accession Number: 2012.126.92

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with three attached paper labels, representing a geometric pattern of diagonal stripes in a gradation of grey (two greys and a black stripe in the middle). The fabric is satiny. The French title means Modern Stripe.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: rayon, silk (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323300

Accession Number: 2012.126.93

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, representing two scenes, one on the left, one on the right, both vertically repeated. The scene on the left shows an old man, a woman and a little boy in a garden, playing with a kind of saber than the woman holds. The man brandishes a net a...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323302

Accession Number: 2012.126.94

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, presenting plants, flowers, trees or animals (birds, elephants, dogs, game) and a hunter holding a bow, in curved shapes embedded the ones in the others. The shapes are red or blue. The dominant colors are red, blue and light yellow. It is dep...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323304

Accession Number: 2012.126.95

Fragment, Textile

This is a glazed overall piece with two attached paper labels, representing different types of red and pink flowers assembled in bouquets linked with a blue ribbon diagonally positioned. Several of these ribbons are represented. A ribbon is linked to another one thanks to a small garland of blue and...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323306

Accession Number: 2012.126.96

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, showing a lampas with orange and pink flowers, yellow stems, and cream volutes, on a wood green background.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: rayon, silk (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323307

Accession Number: 2012.126.97

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, in wool, which represented scene is viewed thanks to the sewing, in a monochrome green. Its represents a fisherman on his boat, in the middle of the reeds and the ferns, holding a round net. The French title means Fishing.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: wool (textile), sewing (process)

GUSN: 323308

Accession Number: 2012.126.98

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels and a post-it scotched on the label 1, presenting a central stripe which contours are in broken lines. This stripe contains and is surrounded by bouquets of flowers. These elements are in black and brown, while the background is blue.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process), rayon

GUSN: 323310

Accession Number: 2012.126.99

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, representing different kind of stylized flowers and coral in blue, yellow, green and pink, each one in its own curved or pointed shape. The shapes are imbricated the ones in the others, in a decorative composition.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323311

Accession Number: 2012.126.100

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, representing orangey and dark pink flowers which stems still have their roots. The flowers are dispatched in the sample and are linked by a purple ribbon and by a garland of pink flowers on a liana. The background is cream.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: linen (material), cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323312

Accession Number: 2012.126.101

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, representing an alternation of columns of flowers in naturalistic colors, and vertical stripes of decorative shapes highlighting medallions enclosing flowers. This composition is seen in close-up and the colors seem even more lively thanks to ...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323313

Accession Number: 2012.126.102

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, representing, in a pictorial way, branches of Chinese blossoms with pink flowers and some buds, on a white background.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323314

Accession Number: 2012.126.103

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, representing some bouquets of white and pink flowers positioned vertically as stripes but spaced the ones from the others, on a light green background animated by small green dots. The empty space is filled by some buds.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323315

Accession Number: 2012.126.104

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, representing bouquets of flowers on a small table separated by stripes adorned with geometric shapes. The flower vases and the table are depicted in a simple and decorative style. The dominant colors are orange, blue, grey and green, on a beig...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: linen (material), cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323317

Accession Number: 2012.126.105

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, representing a repeated scene (repeated the one under the others): a woman is seating astride on a camel which bridle is hold by a man showing a building in front of them with the stick he has in his hand. A palm tree adorn the background, as ...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323319

Accession Number: 2012.126.106

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, representing a column of pink, orange, beige and green leaves. On some small stems some birds are seating. Other bigger birds are flying around the leaves. The background is blue.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323320

Accession Number: 2012.126.107

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, representing a damask of stylized flowers symmetrically positioned, in a monochrome red. The French title means Mills.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), sewing (process)

GUSN: 323321

Accession Number: 2012.126.108

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece without any label or selvedge giving information on it. It represents green vine leaves on a lighter green background.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), sewing (process)

GUSN: 323322

Accession Number: 2012.126.109

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece without any label or selvedge. It represents lozenges which contours contains dots and circles with a cross inside. These lozenges contains a stylized pattern of two lily flowers facing each other. The patterns are alternatively red sewed on lighter red or red sewed on darke...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), silk (textile), sewing (process)

GUSN: 323323

Accession Number: 2012.126.110

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece without any label nor selvedge, representing a fuchsia damask of stylized and symmetrical floral patterns.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), sewing (process)

GUSN: 323324

Accession Number: 2012.126.111

Fragment, Textile

This is a glazed overall piece without any label or selvedge containing information. It represents thin blue stripes of beige and brown geometrical leaves, separating beige rinceaux of long flowers' stems, on a beige background animated by small brown dots. Bouquets of pink and light brown flowers a...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323325

Accession Number: 2012.126.112

Carpet Fragments

Three fragments from the carpet in Dorothy Codman's bedroom on the third floor of the main house on the Codman Estate (.1-.3). Small metal items including a ring with decorative string embellishment (.4), a pin (.5), a fragmented point (.6), and a needle (.7)

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 347321

Accession Number: 1969.19162.1-.6

Carpet Fragment

Purple-gray carpet fragment. The rug from which this fragment was taken was in storage in what had been Dorothy Codman's bedroom on the third floor of the main house on the Codman Estate. At some time after 1930 the room was used for storage by the family. The rug appears in a 1969 inventory photogr...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 347322

Accession Number: 1969.19163

Hooked Rug

Multi-colored concentric design of 35 rings (layout 5x7) in hit-or-miss on cream/green background, bound with continuous pink-colored tape, folded through three corners and cut at one corner. Previous binding visible was a tan-colored plain weave fabric.

Date: early 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), wool (textile), cotton (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347323

Accession Number: 1966.823.2

Hooked rug

Large red, brown and blue leaves on brown background. Machine stitched plain weave black binding around edges. (skips in stitches and changes of stitch lengths). Illegible twill tape tag and paper tag knotted with string to tag.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), wool (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347325

Accession Number: 1966.829

Hooked rug

Brown leaf on dark brown border with soft pink floral and red raised berry design. Center cartouche is cream and design is surrounded by brown border. Black binding around 4 sides - previous. No selvages on jute ground, all sides are cut.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), wool (textile), cotton (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347326

Accession Number: 1966.830

Hooked rug

Large brown leaves and multi-colored floral sprigs on beige background cartouche surrounded by brown border. Short sides are bound with twill tape.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), wool (textile), yarn, hooking

GUSN: 347327

Accession Number: 1966.831

Hooked rug

Large red and blue floral central design with green leaves on left and right sides on beige background. Narrow black border all around. Two sets of twill tape, one placed over the other, bind the rug. Fully lined with jute, obscuring the reverse pattern.

Date: early-mid 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), wool (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347328

Accession Number: 1966.834

Hooked rug

Blue, red, beige, and brown leafed wreath on beige ground. Black twill binding carried through corners. Possibly larger design originally as narrow black/brown hooked border is visible underneath binding and pattern is slightly off center. Rug is fully lined.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile), jute (fiber), hooking

GUSN: 347329

Accession Number: 1966.835

Hooked rug

Cottage scene (and text: "Home sweet home March 1933") in predominantly black/grey.

Date: 1933

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), cotton (textile), wool (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347330

Accession Number: 1966.836

Hooked rug

Multicolored checked design of 8x14 squares (small striped motif) resembling a basket weave pattern. Each individual square is outlined in black. No binding.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: rayon, jute (fiber), cotton (textile), wool (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347331

Accession Number: 1966.841

Hooked rug

Multi-colored central floral motif with large red roses in corners on beige or olive ground. Two-way symmetry. Background in cartouche is made with white/grey/olive colors. Bound with light tan (now grey) twill tape on all 4 sides (butted corners); fully lined with jute, obscuring the reverse.

Date: early twentieth century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), jute (fiber), yarn, hooking

GUSN: 347332

Accession Number: 1966.843

Hooked rug

Blue floral motif on cream background with green/pink and beige geometric border. Burlap ground was folded and sewn down at raw edges before hooked pattern was applied.

Date: mid twentieth centiry

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile), yarn, jute (fiber), hooking

GUSN: 347333

Accession Number: 1966.846

Hooked rug

Large central floral motif with striped corner scrolls on beige background. Straight line hooking to fill in pattern. Fully lined with jute and bound with twill tape (rose and tan in double layer).

Date: early twentieth century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), jute (fiber), hooking

GUSN: 347335

Accession Number: 1966.849

Hooked rug

Rearing horse in beige cartouche with horse shoe and scroll border on brown. Black (faded- double layer) twill binding with butted corners. Pile on horse's tail motif is sculpted.

Date: mid twentieth century

Maker: unknown

Material: yarn, jute (fiber), punchwork

GUSN: 347336

Accession Number: 1966.850

Hooked rug

Black and beige scroll medallions on olive field. (motifs not clearly discernible-perhaps Chinese influenced design) Black plain weave binding sewn around sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), wool (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347357

Accession Number: 1966.840

Hooked rug

Geometric, multicolored logcabin design (14x15 squares) with black outer design. Twill tape binding folded around the corners. Selvage seams of jute backing visible on back (34 ½ wide panels)

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), jute (fiber), hooking

GUSN: 347360

Accession Number: 1966.848

Hooked rug

Walking horse by stone wall with scenic background surrounded by black border. Fully lined with grey flannel fabric. Edges are not bound. Hit and miss hooking in border, except when repaired; repairs made in solid black (PR bottom corner).

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile), jute (fiber), hooking

GUSN: 347362

Accession Number: 1966.854

Rug

Commercial, machine made oval rug with yarn punched unclipped loops. Multi-strand wool floral center motif surrounded by similar flowers placed along edge. No binding. Ground fabric; plain weave, fiber content unknown

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: yarn, punching (surface marking technique), machine-made

GUSN: 347364

Accession Number: 1966.928

Hooked rug

Branch with red leaves (flowers) on white ground with red/brown border. Taupe colored twill tape (herringbone) surrounding edges, butted seams on all 4 sides. White leaf sections blend in with background, but pattern can be seen on backside. Rigid lines method of hooking to fill in pattern.

Date: 1930-1939

Maker: unknown

Material: jute (fiber), wool (textile), hooking

GUSN: 347365

Accession Number: 1966.800