Historic New England

Carpet

Carpet with central panel of a repeating rosette pattern (mina khani design) in blue on a camel colored ground. Multiple geometric floral borders on blue ground. Red wool binding.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), camel hair (hair), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 323781

Accession Number: 2017.11.1

Carpet with central panel of a floral quatrefoil pattern in blue on a red ground. Carpet has two narrow foliate borders on a pale yellow ground and a wide border of palmettes on a blue ground. Red wool binding.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 323785

Accession Number: 2017.12.1

Rug

Rug, tree of life pattern in blue and pink on red ground, blue boss at bottom. Multiple floral borders. Red wool binding.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 323786

Accession Number: 2017.12.2

Painting "Twilight Landscape"

Landscape painting depicting a scene of birch trees, a small pond, and rolling green hills. Oil on canvas with original carved gilt aesthetic frame.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: Brown, John Appleton, 1844-1902 (Artist) Hastings & Davenport (Framer)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 323800

Accession Number: 2017.13.1

Table Lamp

Table lamp, vase shaped porcelain body with painted decoration of salmon colored flowers on blue ground with gilt accents. Lamp fixed to a circular wooden base. Brass lozenge shaped finial. Electrified. ...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 323971

Accession Number: 2014.160.294

Frame

Wood frame for still life painting 1987.310a. Frame is painted black with a gilt inner rim.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 324032

Accession Number: 1987.310B

Carpet

Carpet, central panel of botehs in blue, green, and beige on a red ground. Multiple floral and palmette borders. Red wool binding.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 324036

Accession Number: 2017.12.3

"Singing" Bowl

Musical "singing" bowl (.1) and leather covered striking mallet (.2) with turned wooden handle. This object is part of Historic New England's Service Collection, a group of objects acquired or reproduced for hands-on learning and interactive use.

Date: 2017

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 324072

Accession Number: 2017.23.1.1-.2

"Four Children at North Haven"

Painting depicts three young girls and a boy playing in a forested area near the ocean. Oil on canvas, carved gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1903

Maker: Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 324092

Accession Number: 1.2017

"Breakfast on the Piazza"

Painting depicts the artist's wife and children on the porch of their rented home on the island of New Castle, New Hampshire. From the left, they are Mercie (in profile), Edmund Jr., May (from the back), Emeline (the artist's wife), and Josephine (looking at the viewer). Oil on canvas, carved gilt F...

Date: 1902

Maker: Tarbell, Edmund Charles (American painter, 1862-1938) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 324095

Accession Number: 4.2017

Chuck Taylor All Stars

This pair of men's high-top sneakers is made from black cotton canvas with white rubber toe caps and soles. The brand label appears in a round applied patch on the inner ankle of each shoe, as well as on a black rubber patch at the center back of the heel and the insole heel [see Inscriptions]. The...

Date: ca. 2015

Maker: Converse, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: canvas, rubber (material), metal, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 324324

Accession Number: 2017.27.1

Baseball cap

This baseball cap is made of black polyester/cotton canvas with a curved, stiffened bill and a center back plastic strip adjustable snap closure. The cap has the logo of the Lowell Spinners ball clup embroidered on the center front in red, grey, and white thread. Maker's labels attached to sweatband...

Date: 2010-2015

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, polyester (fiber), cotton (textile), plastic by composition or origin, embroidering

GUSN: 324325

Accession Number: 2017.27.2

Doll

Doll with painted facial features and painted brown hair and, stockinette limbs, Hands are made of stockinette but painted in multiple layers to harden. Clothing consists of a green, blue, and white check silk dress tied to nexk with flocked paper ribbon, a white knitted cardigan, white cotton and l...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Chase, Martha

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 324326

Accession Number: 2017.28.1

Doll

Doll with painted facial features and painted blonde hair and, stockinette limbs, Hands are made of stockinette but painted in multiple layers to harden. Clothing consists of a green, blue, and white check silk dress tied to nexk with flocked paper ribbon, a white knitted cardigan, white cotton and ...

Maker: Chase, Martha

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 324327

Accession Number: 2017.28.2

Dress

Fitted formal mid-length women's dress made of pink lace laid over shot pink/greenish-blue taffeta. Three-quarter length sleeves and top portion of boat-neck are sheer lace. Self-fabric flat bow stitched to center front below bust line. Closure with center back zipper. Tag stitched to interior prope...

Date: 1955-1982

Maker: unknown

Material: machine lace, silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 324328

Accession Number: 2017.29.1

"Pussy" hat

Soft pink knit hat with corners that form cat's ear shape when worn, giving the hat its distinctive name. The hat was knit in a single piece end to end, with 2x2 ribbing at the hem and a stockinette stitch body, then seamed up the sides.

Date: 2017

Maker: Carlisle, Nancy, Ms. (Maker) Coyle, Kat (Designer) Green Mountain Spinnery (Maker)

Material: mohair, wool (hair)

GUSN: 325701

Accession Number: 2017.33.1

Yarn

Extra ball of pink yarn with label. "Pink Pink 8032" Mountain Mohair Worsted Weight. 100% North American Fiber. 30% Yearling Mohair, 70% Wool. Green Mountain Spinnery.

Maker: unknown

Material: mohair, wool (textile)

GUSN: 325702

Accession Number: 2017.33.2

Pattern

The Pussyhat Project Knit Pattern

Date: 2017

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 325703

Accession Number: 2017.33.3

Dress

Women's shirtwaist dress of blue and white striped polyester.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: unknown

Material: polyester (fiber)

GUSN: 325708

Accession Number: 1993.30

Dress with Belt

Blue floral nylon-jersey knit, cap-sleeve dress with a belt.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 325709

Accession Number: 1993.31AB

Dress with Belt

Lavender and green plaid cotton short-sleeve dress with a smocked front and a belt.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 325710

Accession Number: 1993.29AB

Dress with Belt

Bright floral pattern on black background, short-sleeve dress with lattice trim and a belt.

Date: ca. 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: polyester (fiber)

GUSN: 325711

Accession Number: 1993.33AB

Dress with Belt

Printed cotton dress with long-sleeves. Pattern of gray, pink, green, and yellow butterflies with a striped collar and placket and a matching belt.

Date: ca. 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 325712

Accession Number: 1993.28AB

Dress and Belt

Pink, blue, yellow, and white plaid seersucker dress with short-sleeves and a belt.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 325713

Accession Number: 1993.32AB

Dress

Tapestry inspired cotton dress with 3/4 length sleeves with lace cuffs and buttons down the front.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 325714

Accession Number: 1993.24

Brownie Uniform and Related Materials

Girl's Brownie uniform with a dress (.1), a cotton belt (.2), an elastic belt (.3), a headband (.4), a beanie hat (.5), a handkerchief (.6), and a pair of socks (.7AB). Worn by Karen Nylander in Massachusetts.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 325715

Accession Number: 2008.12.105.1-.7

Wentworth and Kimball Family Card Table

One of a pair of Portsmouth-made Federal card tables. Each table has a folding rectangular hinged top with tapered legs, one of which is a swing leg. There is an oval veneer panel on the apron and inlaid bell flowers trailing down the legs.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: Judkins and Senter (Maker)

GUSN: 327386

Accession Number: 2017.67.3

Small Snowshoe Chair

Folding chair with a woven rawhide seat and back. Back folds down. Arched crest, low rounded seat on semii circular leg supports. One of a pair.This one has brass label: Hand Made Sno-Shu Chairs, Vermont Tubbs Inc. Wallingford, VT. Used at a house in Newton, Massachusetts.

Date: 1960-1969

Maker: Vermont Tubbs, Inc. (Maker)

Material: maple (wood), rawhide

GUSN: 327387

Accession Number: 2017.66.2

Chair

Spanish-style armchair with turned stretchers, gold-painted flame finials, and elaborately curved arms. Yellow vinyl upholstery under trimmed red velvet covers with fringe.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 327388

Accession Number: 1978.86.1

Oil Lamp

Oil lamp with a molded metal base on four feet and a glass globe. One of a pair.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 327398

Accession Number: 1951.49

Pattern for an Alphabet Sampler

Framed paper pattern for an alphabet sampler. Label - Pattern of Gt. Gt. Aunt Hannah Gates Percival - Lenox, Mass. (B. 23 Sept. 1775 D. 27 May 1791).

Date: 1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 327629

Accession Number: 1947.41

Fragment

Fragment of Mollie Stark's wedding veil. Stitched to a paper label. In a two-piece cardboard box with an ink inscription.

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework)

GUSN: 327673

Accession Number: 2017.75.1

Pair of Girandole Candlesticks (wired)

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 327685

Accession Number: 1978.9AB

Alton Towers, Staffordshire, The Conservatory

Watercolor and pencil on paper. Tall trees in foreground, in center and left side. In the background is a glass enclosed green house. Signed 'J. Varley' lower right. Framed

Date: ca. 1835

Maker: Varley, John, 1778-1842 (Artist)

Material: watercolor (paint), graphite pencils, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 328462

Accession Number: 2017.88.1

Writing Table

Mahogany writing table with curved back and inset rear legs. Two pairs of narrow drawers flanking single longer central drawer with carved face. Carved tapering legs.

Date: 1890-1905

Maker: Davenport, Albert H., 1845-1906 (Maker) Bacon, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1856-1940 (Designer)

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 328466

Accession Number: 2017.89.1

Silk Taffeta Dress

This pale peach/ivory silk faille dress is made in a single piece with a fitted basque bodice that falls into a full skirt with train and applied box-pleated flounce at center back. The bodice is decorated with self-fabric ribbons forming a V-shape extending from the shoulders to the center front bu...

Date: ca. 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), faille, tulle (meshed textile)

GUSN: 328531

Accession Number: 2017.118.1

Print of Henry Ward Beecher

Signed by Henry Ward Beecher. Framed.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 328571

Accession Number: 2017.141.1

Wallpaper Roll

One roll of 1880s Aesthetic Movement wallpaper. Colors include blue, red, green, black, and copper. Various scenes and designs.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 328573

Accession Number: 2017.143.1

Sculpture of Benjamin Franklin

Full-length sculpture of Benjamin Franklin. Plaster painted to look like bronze.

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster, bronze paint

GUSN: 328642

Accession Number: 1932.1021

Oil Painting by Julian Scott

Framed oil on canvas landscape painting of a Native American Hopi woman, wearing the traditional clothing called Mantas, while attending sheep. Painting is signed Julian Scott on the lower right hand corner.

Date: 1892

Maker: unknown

Material: oil painting (technique), canvas

GUSN: 328736

Accession Number: 2017.147.1

Set of late-nineteenth century dinnerware

Paris porcelain partial dinner service all with unique hand-painted floral designs. Lacking factory marks. Set includes one tazza, eight shallow bowls, one covered sauce tureen, undertray and ladle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 328738

Accession Number: 2017.147.3

Portrait of James Otis (1725-1783)

(A) Half length portrait of James Otis wearing a white waistcoat, blue coat, white lace collar and powdered wig; painted against a dark ground in a painted trompe l'oeil oval frame. Signed and dated by the artist on the lower left of the oval. (B) Original gilt frame for the portrait of James Otis.

Date: 1755

Maker: Blackburn, Joseph, ca. 1730-ca. 1778 (Painter)

Material: oil painting (technique), canvas

GUSN: 328739

Accession Number: 2017.148.1AB

Portrait of Ruth Cunningham Otis (d. 1789)

(A) Half length portrait of Ruth Cunningham Otis wearing a white dress embellished with lace cuffs. She is wearing pearl beads and decorative cuff buttons with a blue shaw draped over her shoulder. The portrait is painted in a trompe l'oeil frame. Signed and dated by the artist on the lower left of ...

Date: 1755

Maker: Blackburn, Joseph, ca. 1730-ca. 1778 (Painter)

Material: oil painting (technique), canvas

GUSN: 328740

Accession Number: 2017.148.2AB