Historic New England

Easy Chair

A green wool upholstered easy chair, Chippendale, shaped top with broad wings and outward curving arms, a cushion seat, mahogany marlboro legs and H-shaped stretcher.

Date: 1850-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 371642

Accession Number: 2016.188.1442

Barometer

An English Mahogany stick barometer with a mercury column at the front, three small finials above a pediment with molding, and a Summer/Winter paper dial.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), mercury, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 371643

Accession Number: 2016.188.1443

Tilt-top Table

A mahogany tilt top table with a round top, an urn and ring turned shaft, and a tripod base with snake feet.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), carving (processes), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 371644

Accession Number: 2016.188.1444

An eighteenth century English school-sampler on ecru linen depicting the alphabet and horses, with trees and birds below, by Patty Austin, Age 11, 1792, using rose, green, black and ivory threads, and a stylized geometric border, in a black and gold frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: ecru (color), linen (material), wood and wood products, paint (coating), gilding

GUSN: 371645

Accession Number: 2016.188.1445

Electric Lamp

A reproduction urn shaped table lamp with lions' head and ring pulls at the side, on a square base, with a shade.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), paper (fiber product), paint (coating), gold (color)

GUSN: 371646

Accession Number: 2016.188.1446

Rug

Caucasian scatter rug with a field of dark navy decorated with small medallions and a primary border with a geometric floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 371647

Accession Number: 2016.188.1617

Chest

A walnut blanket chest, overhanging top, dovetailed case, molded base with a scalloped base.

Date: 1750-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: dovetail joints, walnut (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 371648

Accession Number: 2016.188.1448

Side Chair

Queen Anne rush seat side chair, carved and pierced crest, vase-shaped splat, rush slip seat, shaped skirt, block and ball turned legs, turned front stretcher, and trifed or Spanish feet. Probably walnut, with later black paint with gold stenciling. Probably Boston.

Date: 1730-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), turning (shaping process), rush (material), paint (coating), walnut (wood), gold (color), stenciling

GUSN: 371649

Accession Number: 2016.188.1449

Bed Warmer

A brass bed warmer with a pierced hinged lid and a bright cut sun design, with a turned and painted mottled handle.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 371650

Accession Number: 2016.188.1450

Bed Warmer

A brass bed warmer with a rooster design at the pierced lid and a turned maple handle.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 371651

Accession Number: 2016.188.1451

Wall Sconce

A nineteenth century etched shaped glass mirror sconce with a candle arm.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), turning (shaping process), etching (corroding)

GUSN: 371652

Accession Number: 2016.188.1452

Andirons

A pair of antique low belted brass andirons with steeple tops and penny feet.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 371653

Accession Number: 2016.188.1453AB

Fireplace Shovel

No description

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 371654

Accession Number: 2016.188.1454

Fireplace Tongs

No description

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 371655

Accession Number: 2016.188.1455

Pair of Jamb Hooks

No description

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 371656

Accession Number: 2016.188.1456.1-.2

Fireplace Fender

An antique wire and brass fire fender with rounded belted finials at the front.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), wire

GUSN: 371657

Accession Number: 2016.188.1457

Looking Glass

A small Queen Anne walnut looking glass with an arched crest, cutout, beveled glass mirror, maybe original.

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), glass (material), carving (processes)

GUSN: 371658

Accession Number: 2016.188.1458

Alphabet Sampler

A schoolgirl alphabet sampler by "Sarah Ann Waters," with green open diamond banding across lower half with stanza below worked in green, ivory and beige threads on ecru linen, with a bird's eye maple frame.

Date: 1834

Maker: unknown

Material: ecru (color), linen (material), maple (wood)

GUSN: 371659

Accession Number: 2016.188.1459

Document

A note signed by John Bowman, Jr, 1804, Justice of the Peace, to receive a body from a Wiscasset ship, in a bird's eye maple frame.

Date: 1804

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 371660

Accession Number: 2016.188.1460

Pastoral Needlepoint

An eighteenth century English needlepoint depicting a landscape, lambs, houses, and a shepherd, worked in rose, green, brown, blue, white, pink and ivory colors, in a dark brown frame with a gold inner liner, finely worked.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, needlepoint (needleworking), wood and wood products, gilding, gold (metal)

GUSN: 371661

Accession Number: 2016.188.1461

High Chest

Mahogany flat top Queen Anne high chest, deep waist molding, fan carving on center of lower drawer, elaborate shaped skirt, curved knee brackets, cabriole legs terminating in pad feet. Tag with accession number in upper drawer, lower case

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), carving (processes), mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 371662

Accession Number: 2016.188.1462

Pair of Vases

A pair of Rose Medallion vases with embossed gold handles at the side, decorated with alternating genre panels and gold embellishment, with narrow necks with flared rims, and an applied gold panther across the body.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), gold (metal), gilding

GUSN: 371663

Accession Number: 2016.188.1463.1-.2

Hatbox

An antique oval yellow wallpaper covered hat box with a roses and drape and swag design, a wooden base in the manner of Hannah Davis, lined with blue wallpaper with a tree design.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 371664

Accession Number: 2016.188.1464AB

Chest of Drawers

An Empire chest of drawers with deep upper drawer, mahogany and mahogany veneer, oval brass pulls, shaped skirt and bracket feet.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 371665

Accession Number: 2016.188.1465

Print

An early twentieth century monochromatic print of boats on a river, matted and framed.

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), printmaking

GUSN: 371667

Accession Number: 2016.188.1467

Photograph

An oval framed photographic portrait of a mother and children, Cyrus Pinkham's family provenance, in a wood and gesso frame with embossed fruit decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, wood and wood products, gesso, embossing

GUSN: 371668

Accession Number: 2016.188.1618

Photograph

A black and white vintage profile photograph of Margaret Smith with a mat and embossed frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, embossing

GUSN: 371669

Accession Number: 2016.188.1468

Photograph

A vintage photograph of Hattie Carnegie, signed "with all good wishes, Hattie", depicting a woman in profile wearing a pearl necklace and earrings.

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper

GUSN: 371670

Accession Number: 2016.188.1469

Lithograph

A nineteenth century lithograph showing a "View of the Christ Church, West-South-west, Gardiner, Maine", surrounded by lemon gold half round molding.

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood and wood products, gold (color)

GUSN: 371671

Accession Number: 2016.188.1470

Trunk

A rectangular leather covered pine trunk with brass nail head decoration, "J P B" in an oval cartouche at the top, a plain interior, and metal handles at the side. Tag with accession number placed inside trunk on top of sweater in plastic bag.

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), brass (alloy), leather

GUSN: 371571

Accession Number: 2016.188.1369

Wall Sconces

Pair of brass sconces with etched glass hurricane shades and round brass back-plates.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 371572

Accession Number: 2016.188.1370.1-.2

Mirror

A mid eighteenth century English walnut veneer and parcel gilt Chippendale mirror with flanking vines of fruit and leaf decoration at sides, a beveled edge mirror, a broken arch top with acanthus leaf decoration, a gold inner liner, and applied gilded decoration centrally below.

Date: 1725-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), mahogany (wood), gilding, carving (processes)

GUSN: 371573

Accession Number: 2016.188.1371

Side Chairs

Four reproduction mahogany Queen Anne side chairs with vasiform splats, slip seats upholstered in black leather, with cabriole legs and heavy pad feet and turned stretchers.

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), carving (processes), leather

GUSN: 371574

Accession Number: 2016.188.1372.1-.4

Painting

A primitive painting depicting a steamboat and blazing sky and a naval battle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371575

Accession Number: 2016.188.1375

Sword and Scabbard

A nineteenth century Naval Officer's sword with a shagreen and wire grip, an ormolu brass hilt, Horstmann, Philadelphia, with bright cut engraving at a curved steel blade along with a scabbard with brass rings.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: shagreen (leather), wire, brass (alloy)

GUSN: 371576

Accession Number: 2016.188.1376AB

Sword

A nineteenth century Officer's sword with black and brass rope turnings on its animal horn grip, a brass hilt with an American shield, a straight blade, and a steel scabbard with brass mounts.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wire, brass (alloy), steel (alloy), horn (animal material)

GUSN: 371577

Accession Number: 2016.188.1377AB

Fur Blanket

A dark brown fur blanket.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 371578

Accession Number: 2016.188.1378

Fur Blanket

A light brown fur blanket with white markings.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 371579

Accession Number: 2016.188.1379

Barometer and Thermometer

A nineteenth century figured mahogany stick barometer and thermometer, with an applied lignum vitae urn at base, a glass dial, an ivory wheel, the text "Edinburgh, Scotland," and silver colored register plates. Attributed to Alexander Allen, Lothian Street.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), glass (material), ivory (tooth component), silver (color)

GUSN: 371580

Accession Number: 2016.188.1380

Dressing Table

A Queen Anne walnut dressing table with a shaped top with notched corners, a long narrow drawer above three small drawers with molding, a recessed arch at the central drawer, brass pulls and escutcheon, a shaped skirt, cabriole legs and pad feet, probably Massachusetts. Tag with accession number p...

Date: 1730-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 371581

Accession Number: 2016.188.1381

Mirror Fragment

A Queen Anne walnut veneer mirror fragment with an engraved thistle flower at the glass, probably England.

Date: 1710-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), glass (material), wood engraving (process)

GUSN: 371582

Accession Number: 2016.188.1382

Mezzotint

An eighteenth century mezzotint depicting a French woman with a pompadour, "The Singing Bird", published and sold by Carrington Bowles, London, 1781.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, mezzotint (process)

GUSN: 371583

Accession Number: 2016.188.1383

Rug

A Caucasian scatter rug with four geometric medallions with an ivory field with geometric small figures and an ivory primary border with a geometric floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 371584

Accession Number: 2016.188.1384

Chest

An eighteenth century walnut blanket chest with a rectangular top with molding, dovetailed construction, a brass escutcheon, interior till, and heavy bracket feet, possibly Pennsylvania.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy), dovetail joints, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 371585

Accession Number: 2016.188.1385

Basket

A round woven rye basket with handles at the side.

Maker: unknown

Material: grass (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 371586

Accession Number: 2016.188.1386

Arm Chair

Chippendale walnut or mahogany arm chair, scrolled crest, elongated pierced splat, scrolled arms and arm supports, slip seat with red and white checked fabric, scalloped front rail, short marlboro legs, and box stretcher.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), varnish, paint (coating), walnut (wood), mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 371587

Accession Number: 2016.188.1387

Side Chair

A maple Queen Anne rush seat side chair, carved shaped crest, vasiform splat, modern rush seat over turned stretcher and front legs, Spanish feet, probably Massachusetts.

Date: 1730-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), maple (wood), pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 371588

Accession Number: 2016.188.1388

Rug

A semi-antique Shirvan oriental scatter rug with a dark blue primary field with profuse diamond design, and a primary ivory border with geometric stars.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 371589

Accession Number: 2016.188.1389

Windsor Chair

A bow back Windsor arm chair with a green-black painted surface, nine spindles, bulbous turned arm supports, a saddle seat, and turned splayed legs and cross stretcher.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, paint (coating), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 371590

Accession Number: 2016.188.1390

Bedstead

An early nineteenth century mahogany bedstead, an old varnish finish, fluted columns at the front with a square lower post, and simple turned posts flanking the pine headboard. Reproduction red and white checked bed curtains.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood), varnish, turning (shaping process), carving (processes)

GUSN: 371591

Accession Number: 2016.188.1391

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