Historic New England

Painting

Framed oil on canvas painting of the barn on the Cuthbertson family farm, Revere, Massachusetts, by Nathaniel Rudd, 1886. The painting depicts the Greek Revival house on the right and barn on the left from the road with cows, workers, and two individuals riding bicycles. Signed and dated lower left ...

Maker: Rudd, Nathaniel

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, gilding

GUSN: 359985

Accession Number: 2022.1.2

Wallpaper Sample Book

W.H.S.Lloyd sample book of "Japanese Grass Cloths for Wall Coverings"

Date: undated

Maker: unknown

Material: grass (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 360040

Accession Number: 2022.99.1

"Green Worm" Wallpaper

Vermiculated light green pattern on darker green ground.

Date: ca. 1808

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360042

Accession Number: 1971.2180

Webelos Scouts of America uniform

Blue long sleeve uniform shirt with blue buttons, Webelos scout decorated with patches, ribbons, and pins.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360460

Accession Number: 2023.3.1

Screened Cake Stand

Screened cake stand. Stands on four legs with hinged door. One door in front. Solid wood back and wire screen at each end and at each side of the door. Shelf has a half-circle cut out in front.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, wire

GUSN: 360537

Accession Number: 1938.1384

Trunk

Large wooden trunk. Interior lined with London newspaper.

Date: 17th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360538

Accession Number: 1945.447

Table

Rectangular table with turned legs and no drawer

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 360681

Accession Number: 2006.44.3740

Dropleaf Table

Drop Leaf Table with spiral-turned legs

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 360682

Accession Number: 2006.44.3741

Mattress

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360684

Accession Number: 2006.44.3742.2AB

Box Spring

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360685

Accession Number: 2006.44.3742.3

Fabric Fragment

Eight pieces of fabric, printed cotton; white with dark blue flowers

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360905

Accession Number: 1984.1271.1-.8

Fabric Fragment

Printed cotton fragments; white with abstract black and brown design

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360906

Accession Number: 1984.1272

Fabric Fragment

White fabric, creased, discolored along edges and folds.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360907

Accession Number: 1984.1274

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments original to Corey House (c. 1777) in Westport, Massachusetts - shapes of grey, white, and black.

Date: ca. 1777

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 361365

Accession Number: 2023.15.1A-F

Reproduction Wallpaper

Reproduction of wallpaper (see 2023.15.1A-F) with grey background, white and black laurel leaves and light pink diamonds with black dots with radiating white lines.

Date: 2023

Maker: Adelphi Paper Hangings, LLC

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 361366

Accession Number: 2023.15.2

Platter\n

Large platter with tan and gilt border and floral motif in center, original to the Eustis Estate.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 361367

Accession Number: 2023.16.1

Poncho

Black leather poncho embriodered in repeating palm and scroll pattern in light pink, orange, and dark pink. Neck, edges, and cener bound with black leather and botton edges adorned with bundles of leather fringe.

Date: 1970-1979

Maker: Roberts, Samuel

Material: leather, embroidering, fringe

GUSN: 361368

Accession Number: 2023.17.1

Wallpaper Fragment

A faux birch bark wallpaper fragment.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368304

Accession Number: 2023.21.1

Bells

Wooden board having three house-jingle bells attached

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361414

Accession Number: 1942.437

Side chair

Side chair Prince of Wales, oval shaped back splat, containing four blue plumes, gathered at bottom with carved and painted blue ribbon. Crest decorated with delicately painted roses and greenery. Similar decoration also present on front and outer surfaces of front legs. Red and gold decoration. Squ...

Date: c. 1892-1900

Maker: A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Maker)

GUSN: 361554

Accession Number: 2023.36.1

Doily

Hand-made crocheted flax doily, made by Sarah Moore Towne.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361559

Accession Number: 2023.37.2

Mirror\n

Looking glass in an oval shape with carved wooden frame. Frame is carved with decorative fruits, including blueberries and strawberries. Frame is painted black with gilt trim along interior edge.

Date: 1900-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 361569

Accession Number: 2023.40.1

Straw

Small hank of braided straw for bonnet making

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361623

Accession Number: 1927.766

Sheet

White flat sheet

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361624

Accession Number: 1993.789

Chair

One from a pair of side chairs with caned seats, turned stiles and legs, four turned posts between the crest rail and splat rail

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361661

Accession Number: 1942.4736

Chair

One of a pair of side chairs with caned seats, turned stiles and legs, four turned posts between the crest rail and splat rail

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361662

Accession Number: 1942.4737

Pair of Doorknobs

Pair of decorative glass door knobs from the veranda of the Jonathan and Mary L. Stone residence (built 1875-1876), 26 High Street, Revere, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 361666

Accession Number: 2022.1.3AB

Bible

Large leather bound copy of the Bible, Philadelphia, Printed and published by M. Carey, No. 121 Chesnut St. 1816.

Date: 1816

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), leather

GUSN: 361707

Accession Number: 1977.189

Bed warmer

Brass bed warming pan.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 361723

Accession Number: 1918.1481

Plate

Pewter plate, SE in Crown.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 361736

Accession Number: 1958.69

Print

Print of George Washington in Aesthetic Movement carved and gilded frame. Frame is painted black and gilded interior features decorative flowers and gadrooning.

Date: 1893-1943

Maker: Foster Brothers

Material: wood (plant material), gilding, gadrooning, prints (visual works)

GUSN: 361759

Accession Number: 2023.44.1

Silhouette

Framed oval silhouette of George Washington

Date: 1893-1943

Maker: Foster Brothers

Material: paper (fiber product), silhouettes

GUSN: 361760

Accession Number: 2023.44.2

Silhouette

Framed oval silhouette of Martha Washington

Date: 1893-1943

Maker: Foster Brothers

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), silhouettes

GUSN: 361761

Accession Number: 2023.44.3

Bandbox

Bandbox with fitted cover and covered by wallpaper with design of green and white flowers separated by green and white decorative borders. Interior is lined with an October 1825 edition of the Newport Mercury. Name "Caroline Holley" written inside.

Date: 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, newspapers

GUSN: 361764

Accession Number: 2023.45.1AB

Candlesticks

Stepped square base, vasiform shaft with ring turnings and square bobeche

Date: 18th-19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), molding (forming)

GUSN: 361841

Accession Number: 1959.614.1-.2

Mat, table

Square woven silk damask mat with fringe, open work panel. "Cake" inserted in center panel.

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), damask

GUSN: 361842

Accession Number: 1959.746

Chair

Federal-style shield back side chair

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361932

Accession Number: 1990.575

Chair

Federal-style side chair w/ Prince of Wales feather motif

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361933

Accession Number: 1990.294

Arm chair

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361934

Accession Number: 1942.1358

Bedspread

White cotton tufted candlewick and couched cording bedspread with cental medallion motif featuring a cornucopia with flowers in a circle placed in a square filled in with a scalloped pattern. Radiating out from the center motif are five borders of entwined circles, swags, bowknots, grape clusters, ...

Date: 1823

Maker: Barrett, Urania, 1796-1880 (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), candlewicking (embroidering)

GUSN: 361966

Accession Number: 2023.47.1

Fabric

Printed cotton fabric, tan with printed brown branches, green spiked needles, and yellow pines cones. Edged with checkered pattern tape.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 362051

Accession Number: 2001.281.1285

Fabric Sample

Rectangular red, Jumieyes Silk Velvet fabric sample with pinked edges.

Date: 1970s-1980s

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: textile materials

GUSN: 363139

Accession Number: 2011.116.13

Fabric Sample

Rectangular cotton upholstry fabric sample with woven florla motif in greens, yellows, brown, and red, on a dark blue background, with pinked edges.

Date: 1970s-1980s

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: weaving

GUSN: 363148

Accession Number: 2011.116.22

Fabric Sample

Square glazed cotton chintz fabric sample with white background and small, dense, stippled swirling motif in blue, with visible white selvadge on one side, and pinked edges.

Date: 1970s-1980s

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 363149

Accession Number: 2011.116.23

Fabric Sample

Square glazed cotton chintz fabric sample with light green speckled background and repeating motif of a pair of a cross green and pink leaves, with pinked edges.

Date: 1970s-1980s

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: glazing (coating), printed textile materials

GUSN: 363151

Accession Number: 2011.116.25

Fabric Sample Yardage

Screen printed "Wellington House" cotten fabric. White fabric with pink background in art nouveau with hops, scrolling leaves, and daffodils.

Date: 1970s-1980s

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 363168

Accession Number: 2011.116.42

Canton Shawl

A Chinese silk shawl comprised of cream silk with cream silk floss embroidery along the edges in a repeating floral motif. Edges of the shawl are adorned with long white silk fringe.

Date: c.1820

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), embroidering

GUSN: 363218

Accession Number: 2024.4.1

Canton Shawl

A Chinese silk shawl comprised of cream silk with multicolored silk floss embroidery all over with a central motif and repeating floral border. Central repeating floral motif features a bird / phoenix. Edges of the shawl are adorned with long cream silk fringe.

Date: c. 1920

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), embroidering

GUSN: 363219

Accession Number: 2024.4.2

Collar and Cuffs

A woman's collar with matching cuffs adorned with three horizontal and three vertical lines (on the collar) and two horizontal and two vertical lines (on the cuffs) crossing at each end.

Date: c. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 363281

Accession Number: 2024.5.2A-C

Collar and Cuffs

A woman's collar with matching cuffs adorned with embroidered and open work flowers and vines in white.

Date: c. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 363284

Accession Number: 2024.5.3A-C

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