Historic New England

Clapboard

Unpainted; hand-wrought nail; somewhat weathered; one end scived.

Date: ca. 1760

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood

GUSN: 533

Accession Number: 1968.2

Clapboard

Featehred top and bottom; unpainted.

Date: ca. 1686

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 534

Accession Number: 1959.94

Clapboard

Feathered top and edges; relatively modern grey paint.

Date: ca. 1794

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 535

Accession Number: 1959.282

Clapboard

White paint and squared ends.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 536

Accession Number: 1959.245

Clapboard

Feathered at each end; nail holes at three edges; possible traces of whitewash.

Date: ca. 1677

Maker: unknown

Material: splitting, oak (wood)

GUSN: 538

Accession Number: 1934.1929

Cornice

Cornice with blue paint; ends mitered inward toward top. Hand-wrought nail in one piece.

Date: 1790-1796

Maker: unknown

Material: mitering, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 383

Accession Number: 1926.865.2-4

Window Sash

Two-section window frame with leaded glass still intact in one section. Painted red on interior.

Date: 1650-1700

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 384

Accession Number: 1939.52A

Leaded Window

Leaded glass windows with wood supports on the inside; frame held together with dowels; leaded glass held with handwrought nails.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 385

Accession Number: 1919.529

Window Sash

A double-light window sash with diamond panes of glass set in lead.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 386

Accession Number: 1924.439

Window Sash

Eight lights wide, three high (twenty-four lights total). Muntins 1/2".

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood

GUSN: 387

Accession Number: 1965.20AB

Divided in half vertically; the right side is a sash window with 6 rectangular leaded lights which can slide to the left; the right half has a groove for placement of a fixed sash; unpainted, with a somewhat weathered surface on the exterior.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 388

Accession Number: 1957.127AB

Window Sash

Painted white on exterior and brown on interior. Newer hardware for replacement casement intact. Shutter hardware on exterior.

Date: 1711-1715

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 389

Accession Number: 1962.67

Window Sash

Red paint on exterior, grey/olive on interior; narrow, Greek Revival muntin; six lights.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 390

Accession Number: 1960.50

Window Frame

Painted white on exterior, ochre on interior. Newer hardware for replacement sash intact, but sash is missing. Shutter hardware on exterior.

Date: 1795-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 391

Accession Number: 1962.68

Leaded Sash

Small leaded window sash with diamond-shaped panes.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), lead glass

GUSN: 392

Accession Number: 1957.15

Architrave

Painted brown with quirked bead running along one edge.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 393

Accession Number: 1959.98

Dado

Dado with vertically reeded molding along the top; painted grey. Wainscot is painted light blue and peeling to yellow. Section of baseboard with top trim; planed from one piece; painted white over olive.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), planing, softwood

GUSN: 394

Accession Number: 1960.8A-C

Panel

White/grey paint; 4 fielded panels.

Date: ca. 1737

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), paneling, softwood

GUSN: 395

Accession Number: 1927.859

Panel

2-panel; painted white/grey.

Date: ca. 1737

Maker: unknown

Material: paneling, softwood

GUSN: 396

Accession Number: 1927.860

Closet (?) Door

Smooth-planed board to which bolection moldings have been applied to simulate 2 panels; simple half-round metal pull attached; paint has been removed (was grey) and reverse is grained.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, softwood

GUSN: 397

Accession Number: 1919.630

Molding

Partially mitered at one end; olive paint with gold edge banding over light blue paint. Gothic Revival-type profiles?

Date: ca. 1846

Maker: unknown

Material: mitering, painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 398

Accession Number: 1959.116G

Architrave

White over green over blue over red base. Yellow-gold along the rabbeted edge of the side.

Date: 1737-1746

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 399

Accession Number: 1926.284

Panel

Small panel with raise field and feathered edges on both sides. One side is painted dark grey and the other is grained like mahogany. The grey side may have been exterior - hence this may be a door panel.

Date: 1695-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 400

Accession Number: 1930.1600

DADO

1" wide featheredge and delicate quarter round molded groove; little paint.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 401

Accession Number: 1919.634

DADO

1" featheredge, raised field, with delicate quarter round molded groove; little paint.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 402

Accession Number: 1919.633

Panel

A piece of panel, split lengthwise from a larger piece; raised field, featheredged; white over cream over grey paint; reverse is rough sawn.

Date: ca. 1756

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), sawing, softwood

GUSN: 404

Accession Number: 1959.146

Cornice

Dentils; mitered for outside corner; painted cream over light green.

Date: 1811

Maker: unknown

Material: mitering, molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 405

Accession Number: 1960.30

Cornice

Mitered one end; some extant grey paint.

Date: 1794

Maker: unknown

Material: mitering, molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 406

Accession Number: 1959.280

Floorboard

Mahogany grained floorboard.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, softwood

GUSN: 407

Accession Number: 1973.108

Panel

One side is white over grey and raised field, featheredged; the other side is flat panel and turquoise/grey paint over white.

Date: ca. 1775

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 408

Accession Number: 1962.15A-C

Panel

Featheredge; original or very early blue paint and red underlay paint; broken lengthwise.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 409

Accession Number: 1964.275B

Window Frame

A: side; tenoned both ends, with stop nailed on B: Top; mortised for side member, with two evenly spaced holes to left on bottom side.

Date: ca. 1698

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, mortise-and-tenon joints, joining

GUSN: 410

Accession Number: 1919.590AB

Sill

Rabbeted edge and end; mortise (containing broken tenon) and two holes in top; traces of gray/black paint.

Date: ca. 1698

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 411

Accession Number: 1919.482C

Sash Holder

Two notches; grey paint.

Date: 1845-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 412

Accession Number: 1955.205

Trim

White paint over brown stain.

Date: 1700-1720

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood, staining

GUSN: 413

Accession Number: 1967.64A

Picture Molding

Cream paint.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 414

Accession Number: 1959.248

Cornice

Molded cornice, somewhat weathered.

Date: ca. 1756

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 415

Accession Number: 1965.145

Stair End

The charred remains of a stair step.

Date: ca. 1780

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood

GUSN: 416

Accession Number: 1964.398AB

Keystone

Carved ornament with urn; unpainted outline of a molded frame is visible on each side; wire nails and much paint.

Date: 1895-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 417

Accession Number: 1964.401

Trim

Angled half-guttae; brown paint over white.

Date: ca. 1806

Maker: Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845 (Architect)

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 418

Accession Number: 1921.32

Cornice or Dado Cap

Evidence of green paint; fluted band with delicate round molding above it; half round molding finishes one long edge. Nail holes in flat portion below fluting.

Date: ca. 1796

Maker: unknown

Material: fluting, molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 419

Accession Number: 1918.848

Bed Molding

Some white paint; both edges bevelled; cut on a diagonal.

Date: ca. 1770

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 420

Accession Number: 1924.841

Fluting

A: Fluted, slightly arched and broken on each side; heavy red paint. B: one edge molded; red paint.

Date: ca. 1793

Maker: unknown

Material: fluting, molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 421

Accession Number: 1961.66AB

Cove Molding

Cove molding; white paint.

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 422

Accession Number: 1937.840

Dado Cap

Charred on the back; screw eyes; various shades of green on the front; thin nose molding below intermittent flutes.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: fluting, mitering, molding (forming), painting (coating), sawing, softwood

GUSN: 423

Accession Number: 1961.183

Chair Rail

White over green over red base coat. Sawn off at the left end. Two small screw eyes on the back from previous exhibit.

Date: 1745-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 424

Accession Number: 1961.182

Keystone

Wooden, carved into three vertical slightly fanned half-round and fillet molding.

Date: ca. 1803

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), softwood

GUSN: 425

Accession Number: 1960.110F

Leaded Window

Small oval windows with metal tracery and rosettes; painted white.

Date: ca. 1803

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), lead (metal), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 426

Accession Number: 1980.182.1-2

Fanlight

Elyptical demilune; painted white; rosettes at junctions.

Date: ca. 1803

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 427

Accession Number: 1980.183

Fanlight

Elyptical demilune; painted white; metal tracery and rosettes; painted black at tracery.

Date: ca. 1803

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 428

Accession Number: 1980.184.1

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