No description
Maker: unknown
GUSN: 37069
Accession Number: 1934.1737
White long-sleeved shirt with a ruffled collar and cuffs.
Date: 1805-1820
GUSN: 37070
Accession Number: 1934.1738
White stockings with a netted top and lacy pattern on top of foot.
GUSN: 37071
Accession Number: 1934.1739AB
Black woven cap with tassle cap strings.
Date: 1860-1869
GUSN: 37072
Accession Number: 1934.1744
GUSN: 37073
Accession Number: 1934.1745
Child's dress, pink-check with black velvet trim on capped sleeves, waistband, and hem; Broad neckline; Skirt is gathered all the way around at waistband; Seven pearl shank buttons at center back.
Date: 1855-1860
Material: silk (textile)
GUSN: 37074
Accession Number: 1934.1747
Possibly used as a Bible cushion. Rectangular flat pillow with patchwork flowers and red and white cord and tassels at each corner.
Date: 1851
Maker: Whiting, Sarah (Maker)
Material: silk (textile), textiles
GUSN: 37075
Accession Number: 1934.1749
GUSN: 37076
Accession Number: 1934.1750
Pale gold silk twill lined with green; cream fringe; naturalistic carved wood handle; ferrule with brass ring; gold silk cord and tassel on handle; metal ribs.
Date: 1865-1875
Material: metal, silk (textile), twill, wood (plant material)
GUSN: 37077
Accession Number: 1934.1751
One of three pieces of green rep for draping curtains
Date: ca. 1870
GUSN: 37078
Accession Number: 1934.1753B
Purple and beige solid stripes alternate with wide paisley stripes (in reds, green, and plum) and three smaller geometric floral stripes. Vertical standing collar; long sleeves gathered at shoulder and cuff; cartridge pleats and piping at waist at back. Smocked at waist (back); buttons from neck to...
Material: cotton (textile)
GUSN: 37079
Accession Number: 1934.1754
Upholstered hooked rug swirl pattern with a brown, tan, green, and red scroll and floral design, two leather handles, leather bottom wth five brass feet, brass key plate.
GUSN: 37080
Accession Number: 1934.1755
Bunch of red velvet and blue silk flowers, with green velvet leaves, with wire.
Date: 1870-1880
Material: silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave), wire
GUSN: 37081
Accession Number: 1934.1757
Concentric circles in shades of red; black- edged square border; floral motifs in corners in orange and green wool and white, bronze and silver beads. Trimmed all around with multicolor cord. Brown glazed linen back over cardboard.
Material: beads (pierced objects), Berlin woolwork, cardboard, linen (material), wool (textile)
GUSN: 37082
Accession Number: 1934.1760
White cotton; gathered at waist; hem of simple hand-done scalloped eyelet embroidery; series of three tucks with embroidered insertions above hem in front.
Date: 1850-1859
Material: cotton (textile), whitework
GUSN: 37083
Accession Number: 1934.1761
GUSN: 37084
Accession Number: 1934.1762
Triangular; red, pink ombre and black plaid; two sided; one side with large ombre squares; the other side is plaid; fringe on two sides.
GUSN: 37085
Accession Number: 1934.1763
Green silk kerchief.
GUSN: 37086
Accession Number: 1934.1764
Pelerine made from blue and black-colored shot silk taffeta decorated with blue silk braid along center front and around neck; self-piping along fitted shoulder seam; three self-fabric ruffles; pointed tips; shaped for arm movement.
Date: 1840-1850
Material: taffeta, silk (textile)
GUSN: 37087
Accession Number: 1934.1770
Long cap with layers of cream and black mesh and lace, trimmed in red velveteen ribbons. Bow at base of cap. Black mesh/lace is decorative.
Date: 1860-1865
GUSN: 37088
Accession Number: 1934.1771
GUSN: 37089
Accession Number: 1934.1772
GUSN: 37090
Accession Number: 1934.1773
GUSN: 37091
Accession Number: 1934.1774
GUSN: 37092
Accession Number: 1934.1775A
GUSN: 37093
Accession Number: 1934.1778A
GUSN: 37094
Accession Number: 1934.1778B
Torchon type lace Fanchon.
Date: 1870-1879
GUSN: 37095
Accession Number: 1934.1779
GUSN: 37096
Accession Number: 1934.1783
Small fanchon, cotton and lace.
GUSN: 37097
Accession Number: 1934.1784
GUSN: 37098
Accession Number: 1934.1785
GUSN: 37099
Accession Number: 1934.1788D
GUSN: 37100
Accession Number: 1934.1790
GUSN: 37102
Accession Number: 1934.1807A
Hook and Eye box "Genuine double silver plated / No. 8 / 25 pairs". Lid (C) and base (B).
Material: wood (plant material)
GUSN: 37103
Accession Number: 1934.1807BC
Tiny round paper box (a) with tight fitting cover (b). The box has red sides with a white top and bottom. "Ring of Mother's Mother" handwritten in ink on paper note inside box. Semi-legible writing in pencil on cover, possibly: "45".
Date: ca. 1860
Material: paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 37104
Accession Number: 1934.1811AB
GUSN: 37106
Accession Number: 1934.1845
Material: ivory (tooth component)
GUSN: 37107
Accession Number: 1934.1847
Small white paper box with cover. Paper on cover has a horizontal texture and is trimmed in red. A paper label in shape of shield is affixed to center of cover.
GUSN: 37108
Accession Number: 1934.1849AB
Material: iron (metal)
GUSN: 37109
Accession Number: 1934.1850
Metal and tortoise shell pince-nez with oval lenses.
Material: iron (metal), tortoise shell
GUSN: 37110
Accession Number: 1934.1851
Brass scissor lorgnette. Oblong lenses. Scroll and floral design.
Material: brass (alloy), lenses (components)
GUSN: 37111
Accession Number: 1934.1852
Material: silver (metal)
GUSN: 37112
Accession Number: 1934.1854
GUSN: 37113
Accession Number: 1934.1863
Material: tin (metal)
GUSN: 37114
Accession Number: 1934.1871A
Half-length portrait of William Colby of Newton, NH, in black coat, vest, and cravat.
Date: 1840-1860
Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)
GUSN: 36948
Accession Number: 1934.1440
Portrait of Lois (Bncroft) Colby of Merrimac, MA, with dark hair and ringlets, wearing long gold necklace. Wife of William Colby.
GUSN: 36949
Accession Number: 1934.1441
GUSN: 36951
Accession Number: 1934.1449
Broad street with large public buildings and businesses; people, horses and carriages in street and on sidewalks; Old State House
Date: 1849
Maker: Currier, Nathaniel (Publisher)
Material: chromolithography
GUSN: 36952
Accession Number: 1934.1450
Faded green; stripped embossed finish; flap w/ linen tie closure; no compartments.
Date: ca. 1800
Material: embossing, stitching, leather
GUSN: 36953
Accession Number: 1934.1453
GUSN: 36954
Accession Number: 1934.1463