Historic New England

"Burst" Pumps

A pair of "Burst" sling-back pumps with silver leather covered heel and strap, gold leather insole, and clear mesh, almond shaped toe box adorned with a "burst" of lines of clear rhinestones on strips of silver leather.

Date: ca. 1983

Maker: Stuart Weitzman for Mr. Seymour Shoes

Material: mesh, leather, acrylic (plastic), rhinestone

GUSN: 368426

Accession Number: 2025.1.97AB

Pumps

A pair of light pink crepe pumps with block heel and rounded square toe. Shoes are adorned with "floating" bow in same fabric with a matrix of rhinestones at center attached to two clear vinyl straps located above the vamp and on the instep.

Date: ca. 1955-1964

Maker: Mr. Seymour Shoes

Material: crepe (textile), textiles, leather, rhinestone, cotton (textile), acrylic (plastic), wood and wood products

GUSN: 368427

Accession Number: 2025.1.98AB

"Ride the Wave" Pumps

A pair of "Ride the Wave" red peep-toe pumps with cutouts throughout the body, shaped topline, and comprised of plain leather, faux fish skin, and faux snakeskin.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: Stuart Weitzman for Mr. Seymour Shoes

Material: leather, acrylic (plastic), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 368428

Accession Number: 2025.1.99AB

"Western Style" Pumps

A pair of black suede "Western Style" pumps with high-cut rounded top line vamp, squared toe with line of silver colored metal just above the sole, flange heel, and adorned with silver colored beads along sides of counter and stamped silver colored metal on counter, just above the heel.

Date: ca. 1995

Maker: Stuart Weitzman

Material: suede, leather, metal, acrylic (plastic), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 368429

Accession Number: 2025.1.100AB

Wallpaper Border Sample

A wallpaper border sample with art nouveau style flower and leaves in tan and blue in front of a cream background and blue outlined fence or wall featuring adorned pillars. In the deep background is a outlined forest in a deeper tan color. Along the bottom of the paper is a line of stylized grass wi...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 365319

Accession Number: 2020.62.8

Wallpaper Sample

A wallpaper sample with foiled copper colored background and densely repeating Moroccan or Islamic inspired arabesque motif in cream and light blue

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 365320

Accession Number: 2020.62.9

Wallpaper Border Sample

A thin wallpaper border sample with speckled tan background and horizontal lines of gold foil-like stripe, repeating red dots, light green, and medium green. Bottom half of the border is the same as above but in reverse.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 365323

Accession Number: 2020.62.12

Wallpaper Sample

A wallpaper sample with a dark tan background adorned with undulating lace ribbon patterns in a light tan and naturalistic floral bouquets of yellow roses and small white flowers with green leaves shaded in red and brown.

Date: 19th / 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 365324

Accession Number: 2020.62.13

Wallpaper Sample

A wallpaper sample cut down to the border having a visible woven texture below a tan / cream background with horizontal bands of gold below a red band with leaves and flowers in crean and light brown. Major motif of stylized sprays of flowers in gold, light brown, and red.

Date: ca. 1913

Maker: W. Campbell & Co.

GUSN: 365325

Accession Number: 2020.62.14

Wallpaper Sample

A wallpaper sample with ochre or dark yellow background ornamented with alternating square blocks of stylized tulip poplar or magnolia flowers and leaves and woven rectangle bands outlined in red and adorned with a white laurel leaf pattern.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 365326

Accession Number: 2020.62.15

Wallpaper Sample

An aesthetic movement style wallpaper with a light green background and adorned with interlocking and overlapping asymmetrical detailed geometric motifs and various types of stylized flowers in dark green, red, yellow, and black.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 365327

Accession Number: 2020.62.16

Wallpaper Sample

A wallpaper sample inspired by William Morris's "Thistle" wallpaper with a light grey background with a white and cream scrolling foliate pattern outlined in metallic gold.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 365328

Accession Number: 2020.62.17

"Saracen" wallpaper

Handscreen printed 'Saracen" wallpaper with cream background and figures, floral, and buildings in gold, red, purple, and tan.

Date: 1970-1974

Maker: Clarence House (Retailer)

Material: screen printing

GUSN: 366232

Accession Number: 2016.93.8AB

Child's Dance Costume\n

A child's red knit leotard.

Date: 1960-1965

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 366234

Accession Number: 2024.17.9

Child's Dance Costume\n

A child's dance costume in three pieces. Worn with a red leotard (2024.17.9), this costume consists of a satin covered round headpiece with sheer, red veil, a red satin collar with a row of silver sequins along the bottom, and a red satin skirt of many rectangular panels outlined in silver sequins a...

Date: 1960-1965

Maker: unknown

Material: satin, net (textile), chiffon, sequins (spangles), jingle bells

GUSN: 366235

Accession Number: 2024.17.10A-C

Child's Dance Costume

A child's dance costume in three pieces. Worn with a red leotard (2024.17.9), this costume consists of a satin covered headband, square red satin collar with a "v" of blue sequins at center, and a short, red satin skirt adorned with blue sequin "v"s.

Date: 1960-1965

Maker: unknown

Material: satin, paper by composition or origin, sequins (spangles)

GUSN: 366236

Accession Number: 2024.17.11A-C

Child's Dance Costume

A child's dance costume headband made of punched silver color metal with a small, faux paper flower.

Date: 1960-1965

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 366237

Accession Number: 2024.17.12

Wallpaper Sample

A wallpaper sample with a light yellow gloss background with light grey dots and adorned with vertical lines of stylized tulipes in red and grey with bright green stems and leaves.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 366350

Accession Number: 2023.21.2

Wallpaper

A wallpaper with a light red or pink background and a dense maze-like linear motif in red.

Date: 1923-1958

Maker: United Wall Paper Crafters of North America (1923-1958)

GUSN: 366351

Accession Number: 2023.21.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with a white background and light pink diaper pattern of a dotted medallion witha flower at the center and bow at the top.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 366352

Accession Number: 2023.21.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with visible texture having a cream background and dot and line abstracted plaid motif in blue and red with black accent lines.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 366353

Accession Number: 2023.21.5

Wallpaper

Cream wallpaper with repeating linear motif of thin stripes and dots.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 366354

Accession Number: 2023.21.6

Wallpaper

A floral patterned wallpaper with white background and large pattern of yellow chrysanthemums and red morning glories or trumpt flowers among other orange and yellow flowers with green leaves.

Date: ca. 1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 366355

Accession Number: 2023.21.7

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with a cream background featuring a repating map pattern with ships and nautical motifs in gold, red, blue, blck, and tan.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 366356

Accession Number: 2023.21.8

Wallpaper

A faux moire patterned wallpaper in cream.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 366357

Accession Number: 2023.21.9

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with white background and watercolor inspired pattern of blue branches with yellow glowers and birds.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 366358

Accession Number: 2023.21.10

Wallpaper Fragment

A wallpaper fragment with gloss finish and stripes of cream and think lines of blue and tan alternating with faux brush stroked lines of light blue, green, and tan.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 366359

Accession Number: 2023.21.11

Portrait of Margaret Dart \n 1895) by Sydney Richmond Burleigh, 1911

Watercolor portrait of Margaret Dart (b. 1895) featuring a young woman wearing a white dress with a blue neckerchief and a large blue bow in her hair.

Date: 1911

Maker: Burleigh, Sidney R., 1853-

Material: watercolor (paint), portraits

GUSN: 366821

Accession Number: 2024.52.1

Wallpaper sample, Japan; SM acc # 87.2875; 49 of 68

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368018

Accession Number: 2024.55.49

Wallpaper sample, Japan?; SM acc # 87.2878; 52 of 68

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368021

Accession Number: 2024.55.52

Wallpaper sample, Japan?; SM acc # 87.2879; 53 of 68

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368022

Accession Number: 2024.55.53

Wallpaper sample, Japan?; SM acc # 87.2880; 54 of 68

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368023

Accession Number: 2024.55.54

Wallpaper sample, Japan?; SM acc # 87.2881; 55 of 68

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368024

Accession Number: 2024.55.55

Wallpaper sample, Japan; SM acc # 87.2882; 56 of 68

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368025

Accession Number: 2024.55.56

Wallpaper sample, Japan?; SM acc # 87.2883; 57 of 68

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368026

Accession Number: 2024.55.57

Wallpaper sample, Japan?; SM acc # 87.2885; 59 of 68

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368028

Accession Number: 2024.55.59

Wallpaper sample, Japan?; SM acc # 87.2886; 60 of 68

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368029

Accession Number: 2024.55.60

Wallpaper sample, Japan?; SM acc # 87.2887; 61 of 68

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368030

Accession Number: 2024.55.61

Wallpaper sample, Japan?; SM acc # 87.2888; 62 of 68

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368031

Accession Number: 2024.55.62

Wallpaper sample, Japan?; SM acc # 87.2889; 63 of 68

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368032

Accession Number: 2024.55.63

Wallpaper sample, Scalamandre Wallpaper Corp., New York, NY; SM acc # 87.4947; 67 of 68

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368036

Accession Number: 2024.55.67

Bathing Suit

Two-piece bathing suit made of green polished cotton with abstract floral motif in pink and purple and purple piping. Top has a metal hook closure and surf style bottoms have a metal zipper close at center back.

Date: ca. 1967

Maker: Lanz of Salzburg

Material: cotton (textile), metal

GUSN: 367174

Accession Number: 2024.56.1AB

Basket

Indigenous-made (likely Diné or Hopituh Shi-nu-mu) polychrome tourist trade basket.

Date: ca. 1925

Maker: unknown

Material: dye by composition or origin, natural fiber, plant fiber

GUSN: 367255

Accession Number: 2024.59.1

Casey Farm

Watercolor of Casey Farm in Saunderstown, Rhode Island. A: watercolor, B: frame

Date: 1974

Maker: Webb, June L. , 1920-2012

Material: watercolor (paint), watercolor paper

GUSN: 367320

Accession Number: 2024.61.1AB

Basket\n

Indigenous-made (likely Diné or Hopituh Shi-nu-mu) polychrome tourist trade basket.

Date: ca. 1925

Maker: unknown

Material: dye by composition or origin, natural fiber, plant fiber

GUSN: 367432

Accession Number: 2024.59.2

Boy's Dress and Jacket\n

A boy's ensemble comprised of a dress and jacket in brown and cream check and dark velvet trim. (A) Dress has square neck, ruffled cap sleeved trimmed with velvet, front closure with seven velvet covered buttons and short skirt. (B) Jacket with full sleeves terminating with buttoned cuffs, slight pe...

Date: 1853-1857

Maker: David Thompson Antiques & Art (Vendor)

Material: solid velvet, cotton (textile), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 367435

Accession Number: 2024.67.1AB

Uniform Cap

An Almeida Bus Uniform Cap with dark blue cotton upper, woven leather band with brass trimming band over a short, black, plastic brim. The cap is adorned with the Almeida logo in brass at center front with small "safe driver" award pins on either side (left of which reads "10 years"). Below, on the ...

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), brass (alloy), enameling, acrylic (plastic), leather

GUSN: 367598

Accession Number: 2024.92.1

Uniform Badge

A uniform badge for the Almeida Bus Company. Silver colored shield with an enameled Almeida bus on top.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, enameling

GUSN: 367599

Accession Number: 2024.92.2

Box

An oval un-painted Shaker style box with carved or incised with five different geometric / circular motifs owned by Nina Fletcher Little. Mrs. Little's family adapted the circular decoration on the box lid for use on her headstone which is in Walnut Hills Cemetery in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), nails, wood and wood products

GUSN: 367603

Accession Number: 2024.93.1AB

"Christ with Children"

A print of a portrait of Jesus Christ with children, titled "Christ with Children" originally by artist Frances Hook. Purchased at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Salette in Attleboro, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1970

Maker: Desroches, Stephen K. (Donor)

GUSN: 367619

Accession Number: 2024.98.1

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