Historic New England

Chest

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 49589

Accession Number: 1978.47

Round ash splint basket with cover and a pair of hoop handles. The basket cover and opening is round, tapering to a square base. The body has two wide weavers near the rim and base, narrow weavers for the rest of the body. Some of the weavers are swabbed with indigo. The square base of the basket is...

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: Attributed to Wabanaki peoples (Maker)

Material: ash (wood), weaving, hand-painted

GUSN: 49590

Accession Number: 1978.52

Bandbox

Oval pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with wallpaper. Wallpaper has trailing rose vines and leaves printed in pinks, yellos, blues and green on a background of black dots which form negative stylized flower shapes. Roller printed. Lid has two slit openings that likely once held some sort o...

Date: 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 49591

Accession Number: 1978.53.2AB

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49592

Accession Number: 1978.53.3

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49594

Accession Number: 1978.57

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49595

Accession Number: 1978.58

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49596

Accession Number: 1978.63

Stand

Rectangular case with drawer stop tapered cupboard with door, interior shelf; painted yellow and green

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 49599

Accession Number: 1978.70.11

Chest of Drawers

Shaped skirt; 4 drawers and 2 drawer boxes on top; applied split spindle on front; oval dressing glass; painted panels. Painted white and green.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 49601

Accession Number: 1978.70.1A

Vase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 49604

Accession Number: 1978.72.1A

Vase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 49605

Accession Number: 1978.72.2A

Sofa

Sofa with rounded over-upholstered back and arms. Sits on eight square legs. The upholstery is light gray with fading and staining.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49606

Accession Number: 1978.73

Hall or Reception Chair

No description

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 49607

Accession Number: 1978.77

Firescreen

Oval frame with floral embroidery.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, needlepoint (needleworking), pine (wood)

GUSN: 49608

Accession Number: 1978.80.1A

Turkish Sofa

Sofa with cabriole legs; carved brackets, knees and front rail, slightly curved back.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), tufting, upholstering, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 49609

Accession Number: 1978.223

Chair

Carved rail and crest with cartouche, upholstered back, serpentine seat, scalloped skirt, cabriole leg with scroll feet.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: beech (wood), oak (wood), textiles, upholstering

GUSN: 49610

Accession Number: 1978.81A

Chair

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49612

Accession Number: 1978.83

Chair

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49613

Accession Number: 1978.84.2

Andiron

Wrought iron and brass andiron.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 49614

Accession Number: 1978.88.1

Andiron

Wrought iron and brass andiron.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 49615

Accession Number: 1978.88.2

Photograph

View of the Lyman House from across the front lawn with seated figure of woman in entrance way.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 49616

Accession Number: 1978.92

Candelabra

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 49617

Accession Number: 1978.94.1AB-.2AB

Watercolor Painting

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49620

Accession Number: 1978.103.1

Watercolor Painting

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49621

Accession Number: 1978.103.2

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 49622

Accession Number: 1978.104

Feather Fan

Three plumes: white ostrich feathers with egrets; rigid, very long ivory handle, plain, with ring and satin bow.

Date: 1890s-1900s

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), feather (material), ostrich, satin, silk (textile), palm fiber

GUSN: 53267

Accession Number: 1942.1060

Wedding Dress

Gold and cream jacquard weave; silk; chevron patterned ground with floral wreaths; high piped neckline; fitted, elbow length sleeves with self-ruching and ruffle at elbow; assymetrical collar with lappets of self-fabric and ruched; basque style bodice (fitted through hips); boned front and back and ...

Maker: unknown

Material: hand sewing, jacquard, silk (textile)

GUSN: 53268

Accession Number: 1942.1061

Purse

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 53270

Accession Number: 1942.1091

Weathervane

Mustached man with arms extended outward; hat; blue pants and blue/white shirt.

Date: ca. 1865

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 53271

Accession Number: 1942.1097

Handle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 53272

Accession Number: 1942.1101

Branding Iron

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 53273

Accession Number: 1942.1102

Branding Iron

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 53274

Accession Number: 1942.1108

Alphabet Sampler

Alphabet Sampler. Vertical rectangle, ivory linen ground; silk thread. Alphabets in top 1/3, verse in bottom 1/3--middle 1/3 is occupied by four brown birds on either side of one green bird perched on top of a tree. Alphabets: #1-complete, #2-missing "J"; Numbers: "1-9, 0"; cross stitch.

Date: 1799

Maker: unknown

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 53275

Accession Number: 1942.1114

Alphabet Sampler

Alphabet Sampler. Vertical rectangle, natural linen ground. Polychromatic. Alphabets from top to middle. Potted flowers, trees, dogs and female figure below. Alphabets: #1 complete, #2 complete; Numbers: 1-4; cross stitch, eyelet hole.

Maker: Valentine, Rachel (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 53276

Accession Number: 1942.1115

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 53277

Accession Number: 1942.1117AB

Chest

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 53278

Accession Number: 1942.1118

Fan & Box

FAN (A): Pierced tortoise shell sticks with some gilt; paper leaf with oval medallion lithographed and painted with scene of two women, one man and a dog, in a garden, with purple and gold paper with figures in Elizabethan costume; reverse is purple paper with gold scroll and figure of woman with h...

Date: 1850-1859

Maker: unknown

Material: lithography, painting (coating), paper (fiber product), piercing, tortoise shell

GUSN: 53279

Accession Number: 1942.1119 A-C

Whole Cloth Quilt

Blue; quilted vine and floral motifs; interspaces quilted in diagonal lines. Three sides bordered with undulating vine; one side with feather leaves.

Date: 1785-1810

Maker: Probably Norton, Lucy King (Owner)

Material: tabby (textile), quilting, wool (textile)

GUSN: 53280

Accession Number: 1942.1120

Parasol Cover

Brown glazed linen; open end bound in black.

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 53282

Accession Number: 1942.1134B

Cutwork bedspread

T-shaped, cotton seamed spread with overall pattern of cut-outs with remaining end being bound by thread; applied netting with embroidered bands of t's and applied fringe along sides and bottom; fringed around cut-out corners.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), cutwork, drawn thread work, fringe, piercing

GUSN: 53283

Accession Number: 1942.1135

Needlework Bookmark

Embroidery of the word "Love" on silver-painted bristol board with wool crewel

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53284

Accession Number: 1942.1137

Lithograph Print

Advertising image of the Fulton Iron Foundry with covered wagon in foreground and ships masts visible behind buildings; large smokestack.

Date: ca. 1842

Maker: Lane, Fitz Henry, 1804-1865 (Artist) Sharp Press, J.C. (Maker)

Material: lithography

GUSN: 53285

Accession Number: 1942.1140

Print

Advertising image of the Fulton Iron Foundry with horse drawn carriages in foreground, ship masts in background, large smokestack; State House in distance.

Maker: Warren, Asa Coolidge, 1819-1904 (Designer) Bouvé, Ephraim W., 1817-1897 (Engraver)

Material: engraving (printing process)

GUSN: 53286

Accession Number: 1942.1141

Portrait of Franklin Willis Thacher

Full length portrait of a seated child, Franklin Willis Thacher (Boston 1840-1841), holding a rattle and a necklace. Son of George Churchill Thacher and Maria Willis (Howard) Thacher. Brother of George Thomas Thacher (1942.1146).

Date: 1841

Maker: Probably Conant, Edwin A. (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 53288

Accession Number: 1942.1145

Portrait of George Thomas Thacher

Half-length portrait of a young boy, George Thomas Thacher (Boston 1827-1892), wearing a black jacket with gold buttons, yellow vest and black tie. Resting his right hand on an Empire style sofa. Son of George Churchill Thacher and Maria Willis (Howard) Thacher. Brother of Franklin Willis Thacher (1...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: Probably Conant, Edwin A. (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 53289

Accession Number: 1942.1146

Portrait of Mary Anna Capen Thacher (1840-1925)

Watercolor portrait of a woman, Mary Anna Capen Thacher (1840-1925), short brown hair parted in middle, wearing a white dress. Oval gilt frame.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 53290

Accession Number: 1942.1147

Portrait of George Churchill Thacher

Watercolor portrait of George Churchill Thacher (1796-1856). Oval gilt frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolors (paintings), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 53291

Accession Number: 1942.1148

Camisole

White cotton pleated camisole wit buttons down the back.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 53292

Accession Number: 1942.1158

Shirt

Cream linen; squared flap neckline; cap sleeves trimmed w/ scallop-edged lace; drawn work border on neckline; open in back.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: drawn thread work, stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 53293

Accession Number: 1942.1191.1

Shirt

Cream linen; squared flap neckline w/ scallop-edged cream embroidery; cream eyelet embroidery along shoulder seam; cap sleeves trimmed as neckline; open in back.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 53294

Accession Number: 1942.1192

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