Historic New England

Playskool Pullman "Sleep-Dolly-Sleep" toy

Metal Playskool Pullman Sleep-Dolly-Sleep toy with leather and rivet clasp and remains of a leather handle. Includes two porcelain dolls in orange pants and white shirts with embroidered orange bows, two porcelain dogs painted yellow with red dots and with white fabric "leashes," felt and fabric sea...

Date: 1938

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361574

Accession Number: 2023.41.5

Cup\n

Silver cup with engraving on front, double banded rolled foot, top with chased line and rolled top, and gilt interior.

Date: 1830-1844

Maker: unknown

Material: coin silver

GUSN: 361575

Accession Number: 2023.41.6

Meerschaum pipe\n

Meerschaum pipe bowl with engraved silver cap and top. Given in commemoration to Oscar Hall by Stephen Badlam.

Maker: unknown

Material: meerschaum

GUSN: 361576

Accession Number: 2023.41.7

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

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

Child's Stay

Child's linen stays a with reinforced central busk and channels along the front, sides, and rear.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), cotton (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 361689

Accession Number: 2023.43.1

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: ca. 1800

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

Tan and red toile fabric fragments, scene with merchants, a carriage, and a family on a swing.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 362052

Accession Number: 2001.281.1286A-D

Fabric

Nine fabric swaths, white linen with geometric red and blue flowers in the body, ends of the fabric feature a pattern with floral arrangements in vases, stripes and medallion pattern in blue, green, purple and yellow.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 362053

Accession Number: 2001.281.1287A-H

Fabric

Brown fabric with printed red lilies and small blue flowers.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 362054

Accession Number: 2001.281.1288

Curtains

Glazed cotton curtain with tan backing fabric. Brown background with repeating red and green floral design with two large birds.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), glazing (coating)

GUSN: 362055

Accession Number: 2001.281.1289

Valance

Red curtain accessory. Front panel features a hunting scene pattern, the back panel is red with greenery and a cenrtal image of two figures and possibly a wolf. Stickers indicate number 1891.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362056

Accession Number: 2001.281.1290

Textile Remnant

White printed cotton with green lily design.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 362064

Accession Number: 2001.281.1291

Textile Remnant

White printed cotton, brown dotted background with large red flowers and medallion design, selvage edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 362065

Accession Number: 2001.281.1292

Textile Remnant

Linen fragment. White with large blue flowers and an image of a lion killing a zebra.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 362066

Accession Number: 2001.281.1293

Textile Remnant

Printed white fabric with black scrolling design. Paper safety pinned to it that reads, "Modern material - sent to me by daughter of Bill Rooney".

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362067

Accession Number: 2001.281.1294

Textile Remnant

Small fabric fragment, appears to be painted with flocking. Scene of a river with a house and/or mill with a water wheel. Sticker on the back reads, "Mrs. Carl C. Forsaith The Tollgate Auburn, New Hampshire".

Maker: unknown

Material: flocking, cloth

GUSN: 362068

Accession Number: 2001.281.1295

Textile Remnant

Blue fabric with large printed red, white, green, and blue floral design.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362069

Accession Number: 2001.281.1296

Textile Remnant

Printed cotton, slightly padded. Red background with blue and white foliage and bird design.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 362070

Accession Number: 2001.281.1297

Curtains

Brown glazed cotton curtains with metal rings. Tan dotted background with vined leaf design.

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 362071

Accession Number: 2001.281.1298

Textile Remnant

Printed cotton sample. Brown, pink, and white stripes with pink floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: printed textile materials

GUSN: 362072

Accession Number: 2001.281.1299

Textile Remnant

Boris Kroll Fabrics, Inc. sample. Blue and white rayon/linen threads adhered to a card.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), rayon, sample cards

GUSN: 362073

Accession Number: 2001.281.1300

Linebrook Parish Room

When Country Life magazine invited Henry Davis Sleeper to illustrate a dozen of his rooms, he arranged to have them painted by William Ranken, a portraitist introduced to Boston society by John Singer Sargent. This painting features the Linebrook Parish Room at Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House.

Date: 1928

Maker: Ranken, William Bruce Ellis (British painter, 1881-1941)

Material: watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 362326

Accession Number: 2023.48.1

Book Tower Room

When Country Life magazine invited Henry Davis Sleeper to illustrate a dozen of his rooms, he arranged to have them painted by William Ranken, a portraitist introduced to Boston society by John Singer Sargent. This painting features the Book Tower Room at Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House.

Date: 1928

Maker: Ranken, William Bruce Ellis (British painter, 1881-1941)

GUSN: 362327

Accession Number: 2023.48.2

Nail

Iron nail removed from the Old South Meeting House in Boston (1729).

Date: 1720-1730

Maker: unknown

Material: iron alloy, blacksmithing

GUSN: 362568

Accession Number: 2023.62.1

Pants

Red pants. Cinched at waist and ankle with a wider fit throughout the leg. Decorative gold trim on either hip.. Part of an assembled "Turkish" children's costume in nine pieces.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 358026

Accession Number: 2021.40.4

Fez Cap

Red fez cap with a purple tassel. Part of an assembled "Turkish" children's costume in nine pieces.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile)

GUSN: 358027

Accession Number: 2021.40.5

Head wrap

One length of twisted white fabric to be worn around the head. Part of an assembled "Turkish" children's costume in nine pieces.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 358028

Accession Number: 2021.40.6

Spats

One pair of white spats. Part of an assembled "Turkish" children's costume in nine pieces.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 358029

Accession Number: 2021.40.7AB

Forearm covers

One pair of orange lace-up forearm covers with black trim. Part of an assembled "Turkish" children's costume in nine pieces.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 358030

Accession Number: 2021.40.8AB

Shoes

One pair of embroidered slippers with thick cardboard soles. Shoes appear Chinese in origin. Two faded characters inked in red on the inside of each slipper. Part of an assembled "Turkish" children's costume in nine pieces.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering

GUSN: 358031

Accession Number: 2021.40.9AB

Jacket

Navy-colored jacket with cream collar and green embroidered trim. Square decorative buttons on the cuffs of both sleeves. Part of a boy's Scottish Highland costume ensemble in eight pieces.

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 358032

Accession Number: 2021.40.10

Vest

Child's vest with flannel front and brown back. Vest held together with square buttons. Label on back reads: "M.A. Sleicht / Juvenile Warehouse / 9. Stafford Street / Bond Street, W." Part of a boy's Scottish Highland costume ensemble in eight pieces.

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 358033

Accession Number: 2021.40.11

Skirt

One flannel skirt with black silk ribbon rosettes. Detached label reads: "Au Petit Ecossais / P. Delaveau / Tailleur pour enfants / 91 Rue de Richelieu 91 Paris." Part of a boy's Scottish Highland costume ensemble in eight pieces.

Date: 1870-1879

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 358034

Accession Number: 2021.40.12