Historic New England

Bowl

Five small white porcelain bowls with gold band around rim. Interior gold band surrounds a small gold circle at center.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 305586

Accession Number: 1988.585.1-.5

Saucer

Two white porcelain saucers with three gold bands on interior.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 305587

Accession Number: 1988.586.1-.2

Saucer

Three white porcelain saucers with wide gold band at rim. Narrow interior gold band surrounds a small gold circle at center.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 305588

Accession Number: 1988.587.1-.3

Chair

Yellow painted wood chair with floral and scroll decoration, serpentine crest rail, four turned splats, cane seat, and turned legs.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 305589

Accession Number: 2008.26.4.2

Chair

Yellow painted wood chair with floral and scroll decoration, serpentine crest rail, four turned splats, cane seat, and turned legs.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 305590

Accession Number: 2008.26.4.3

Saucer

Set of five white porcelain saucers with ridged bodies. Wide gold band on rim and two narrow gold bands at center.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 305591

Accession Number: 1988.588.7-.11

Saucer

Seven white porcelain saucers with wide gold band on rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 305592

Accession Number: 1988.589.1-.7

Coffee Cup

Set of six white porcelain coffee cups with ridged sides. Cups are decorated with a wide gold band on rim and two gold bands in center. Narrow gold accent on square handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 305593

Accession Number: 1988.588.1-.6

Queen Anne style high chest with brocken arch top and fan carvings on top and bottom section center drawers. There are eleven drawers in total with stamped brass escutcheons. Front and back cabriole legs with pad feet.

Date: 1690-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 305622

Accession Number: 1958.214

Electrified lamp and shade

Oil lamp of mold-blown colorless glass with thumb-print pattern on brass pedestal with spiral decoration. Square marble base. Lamp has been electrified and has a modern paper shade patterned with cut paper flowers

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, brass (alloy), marble by composition or origin, cut-paper work

GUSN: 305626

Accession Number: 1958.370

Wing chair

Upholstered wing chair with serpentine back, S-curved arms, cabriole legs, and claw-and-ball feet. Rear legs rectangular. Brown wool covering couched couched with black. In center of back is square needlepoint with flowers, fish, butterfly, bicycle, bee, horn and key on black background.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), wool (textile)

GUSN: 305634

Accession Number: 1958.371

Andiron

One of a pair of wrought iron and brass andirons with cast brass log stops having ball-topped turned posts and snake feet.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 305636

Accession Number: 1958.372.1

Andiron

One of a pair of wrought iron andirons with cast brass log stops having ball-topped turned posts and snake feet.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 305637

Accession Number: 1958.372.2

Jamb hook

One of a pair of brass jamb hooks with unadorned oval plates.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 305643

Accession Number: 1958.373.1

Coffee pot fragment

Coffeepot fragments; disc-shaped base with one drip hole, central post with mushroom-shaped cap and conforming filter.

Date: 1875-1924

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 332777

Accession Number: 1969.19142A-C

Needlework

White stitching on muslin.

Maker: unknown

Material: muslin

GUSN: 332821

Accession Number: 1964.171

Quilt Square

Quilt square in a "crazy quilt" design, made of various pieces of silk and velvet stitched together; polychromatic; embroidered butterfly, fan, infinity symbol, bird in a jar, and flowers.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 332856

Accession Number: 1947.611B

Portrait of Flavel Coolidge, Jr.

Pastel portrait of young boy in profile with bright white collar. The portrait is on cut paper laid over blue.

Date: 1830

Maker: Bascom, Ruth Henshaw, 1772-1848 (Maker)

Material: pastels (crayons), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 332857

Accession Number: 1947.456

Painting: "The Living Room, The Marble Palace" (designed by McKim, Mead, and White in 1903) by Lawrence Tompkins (oil on canvas)

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 332904

Accession Number: 2018.32.2

Small red and green glass box with metal mounts

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 332914

Accession Number: 2018.32.8

Enameled ring

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 332930

Accession Number: 2018.32.24

Miniature pendant portrait of Edward Loring (1773-1802), artist unknown, watercolor on ivory, c. 1800

Oval portrait of a man facing right with white hair and a hooked nose. He is wearing a white ruffled shirt with a wide collard black coat and large buttons. The background is a painted dusty blue. Portrait is encircled by a brass border. The back contains braided brown hair with the letters "EL" int...

Date: c. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), watercolor (paint), glass by composition or origin, hair by composition or origin

GUSN: 332975

Accession Number: 2018.33.1

Miniature pendant portrait of Frances Greeley Loring Curtis (1777-1850), watercolor on ivory, artist unknown, c. 1800

Miniature portrait of a woman facing right. She is wearing a white turban and a ruffled white and black dress with a patterned red shawl. The background is a dusty blue-green. The portrait is encased in a case with a red velvet interior and leather exterior.

Date: c. 1804

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolors (paintings), ivory (tooth component), glass by composition or origin, velvet (fabric weave), leather

GUSN: 333011

Accession Number: 2018.33.2

Painting "Man Whittling"

Oil painting showing three quarter view of elderly man in white shirt and dark vest. The figure sits in front of a red, black, and gold geometric backdrop. Reproduction gilded frame.

Date: c. 1935

Maker: Fiske, Gertrude, 1879-1961 (Artist) Fiske, Gertrude, 1879-1961

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 333014

Accession Number: 2018.34.1

Woman Reading Under a Tree

Landscape painting, oil on canvas, with gold frame. The painting shows a woman, wearing a blue coat and red hat, reading a book under tree with a sun lit field field in the background. The loosely applied, broken color, is similiar to the impressionistic style.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: Bannister, Edward Mitchell (American painter, 1828-1901) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 333017

Accession Number: 2018.35.1

Painting, "Herder with Ewe and Lamb"

Painting by John Gardner Low (1835-1907), oil on artist board, 1859 Painting of a sheep herder tending to an ewe and her lamb. The herder has on a blue smock and black beret. Chicken and haywagon round out the barn scene.

Date: 1859

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), wood board

GUSN: 333019

Accession Number: 2018.36.1

Ring and pin game

This game has two pieces: one hand-carved wooden stick and a carved wooden ring. The ring is attached to the base of the stick with a length of colored twine. A dexterity game, the object is to loop the ring over the tip of the stick.

Date: 2018

Maker: Spears, Robin, Jr., 1962-, Narragansett Nation (Artist)

Material: wood (plant material), twine

GUSN: 333094

Accession Number: 2018.27.2

Bracelet

This bracelet is constructed from alternating cylinder-shaped and rounded wampum beads strung on an elastic cord.

Date: 2018

Maker: Fox, Swift, 1957-, Narragansett Nation (Artist)

Material: wampum, shell and shell material

GUSN: 333095

Accession Number: 2018.27.3

Pipe

This pipe is constructed from carved deer antler. The stem is wrapped with twine in alternating stripes of red and white flanking a section of tanned deerskin stitched in place around the stem. The bowl is decorated with a glass bead and bird feather.

Date: 2018

Maker: Spears, Robin, Jr., 1962-, Narragansett Nation (Artist)

Material: antler, deerskin, twine, feather (material), glass (material), beads (pierced objects)

GUSN: 333096

Accession Number: 2018.27.4

Quahog shell

One half of a quahog shell of the type used for wampum production. Interior is bicolored white and purple.

Date: 2018

Maker: unknown

Material: shell (animal material)

GUSN: 333097

Accession Number: 2018.27.5

Furniture Hardware Sample Board

Sample board showing furniture hardware. Examples of brass bail handles with and without back plates, drop pulls, and knobs on a heavy mahogany board marked "Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport"

Date: 1915-1925

Maker: Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 333101

Accession Number: 2018.38.1

Furniture Hardware Sample Board

Sample board showing furniture hardware. Examples of brass bail handles with and without back plates, drop pulls, knobs, and escutcheons on a heavy mahogany board.

Date: 1915-1925

Maker: Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 333102

Accession Number: 2018.38.2

Wallpaper

Sample of wallpaper from the interior of a trunk. Paper label "Harriot Elkins."

Date: ca. 1897

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 333103

Accession Number: 2018.39.1

Child's Dress

Child's dress of sheer cotton with lace.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 333104

Accession Number: 1993.184

Shawl

Black wool shawl with silk tambour work and jet bead embellished edges in a series of diaper pattern and foliated scrolls.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333105

Accession Number: 1969.5453

Bedspread

Chenille bedspread with brown stripes around pink roses with green leaves.

Maker: unknown

Material: chenille (yarn)

GUSN: 333116

Accession Number: 2008.12.111

Caramel corduroy coat and matching hat

Caramel corduroy doll jacket with fur trim around sleeves, hem, and collar. Matching hat.

Maker: unknown

Material: corduroy

GUSN: 333123

Accession Number: 2013.88.17.2

Pink and green print romper with matching hat

Floral doll romper with white lace trim at the waist and matching hat.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 333125

Accession Number: 2013.88.17.3

white socks and one striped legging

A pair of white socks and one rainbow striped legging.

Maker: unknown

Material: yarn

GUSN: 333126

Accession Number: 2013.88.17.5A-C

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph mounted on black card with inscriptions on small pieces of white paper. Photograph depicts aerial view of fields, trees, and architectural structures.

Date: 1953

Maker: Lenz, Robert (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333153

Accession Number: 1984.54.73

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Ink and watercolor painting mounted on white card with handwritten inscription in lower left corner of painting. Painting depicts buildings, palm trees, and landscape in brown, green, red, blue, and yellow.

Date: 1953

Maker: Hauschild, Ellen (Artist)

Material: watercolor (paint), ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 333154

Accession Number: 1984.54.74

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph and architectural drawing set in a double mat with an inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Possibly Croger, Liam (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333155

Accession Number: 1984.54.84

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white image mounted on white card with inscription. Photographic print depicts various ceramics.

Date: 1953

Maker: Wildenhain, Marguerite, 1896-1985 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333156

Accession Number: 1984.54.83

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white image of painting (possibly) of nude woman brushing her hair before a mirror in an interior space. Inscriptions handwritten on mat below image.

Date: 1953

Maker: Scala, Franz, 1892-1975 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 333157

Accession Number: 1984.54.91

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of black and white photographs on black card; photographs depict a man carrying a child on his shoulders, table and chairs, store sign, and an unknown contraption. Green piece of paper affixed to lower right portion of card with handwritten inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: black-and-white photographs, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333158

Accession Number: 1984.54.92

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph, possibly of Radiology Institute of Osnabrück (Röntgeninstitut Osnabrück), mounted to white card with handwritten and stamped inscriptions.

Date: 1953

Maker: Lindner, Emanuel, 1905-1985 (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 333159

Accession Number: 1984.54.94

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Typed letter in German to Walter Gropius.

Date: 1953

Maker: Gust, George (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, prints (visual works)

GUSN: 333160

Accession Number: 1984.54.95

Suspenders

Multi-colored suspenders worn by Richard Nylander when he married Jane Giffen on July 8, 1972. Straps are woven in an elasticized looped pile. Straps are vertically striped in yellow, gold, orange, tan, and brown assembled left to right on a navy background. Crossed at the center back and stitched i...

Date: ca. 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (fiber), metal, elasticity

GUSN: 333180

Accession Number: 2018.40.1