Historic New England

Garden Planter

Round terra cotta garden planter with molded leaves, swags and masks. Molded decorative elements appear to have been affixed to pot with a terra cotta slip. The body of thepost exhibits horizontal finishing marks (or rilling) on the interior and exterior. Interior marks are much rougher and irregula...

Date: 1895-1902

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 222173

Accession Number: 1969.19003.10

Side chair

Wook Empire style klismos side chair with partial scrole finials, decorated crest rail outlined in green, and a horizontal spindle in the center outlined in green paint. The seat is wicker. The legs are saber shaped with a line of green down the center. There are six stretchers.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating), wicker

GUSN: 222176

Accession Number: 2006.44.2625

Side Chair

Side chair with ball finials, rounded crest rail, stiles, and splat. The spindles are turned and the seat is rushed. The rear legs are rounded as are the four side stretchers and the back stretcher. The front legs are tapered with ball turning at the top. the stretcher between the front legs has tw...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating), rush (material)

GUSN: 222178

Accession Number: 2006.44.2622.1

Wedding ensemble

Wedding ensemble worn by Emily Campbell Priest at her marriage to George Duncan Milne, North Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 9, 1882. Includes: Two piece pearl gray silk taffeta wedding dress; Pair of leather slippers; Pair of satin bows [for slippers]; Cotton petticoat; Lace shawl [worn with dre...

Date: November 9, 1882

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), machine lace, kidskin, straw (plant material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 222179

Accession Number: 2009.1

"Bacchus"

Terracotta garden statue in the form of Bacchus. Statue body [A] of a young man wearing an ivy wreath, holding a bunch of grapes in his right hand. Detachable left arm [B] joins at shoulder. Left arm is upraised and holds a circular dish. A satyr sits behind Bacchus' right leg. Circular base.

Date: 1900-1902

Maker: After Sansovino, Jacobo, 1486-1570 (Artist)

Material: terracotta (clay material), metal

GUSN: 222181

Accession Number: 1969.19004AB

Wedding dress

Two-piece pearl gray silk taffeta wedding dress: Jacket shaped bodice [a] with high band collar, buttons on front, and large bow at back; Skirt [b] is box-pleated and has ruffled and pleated hem with train. Lined with ivory cambric and net, trimmed with ivory machine lace.

Date: November 9, 1882

Maker: Possibly (Dressmaker)

Material: silk (textile), cotton (textile), machine lace

GUSN: 222182

Accession Number: 2009.1.1ab

Pair of shoes

Pair of white leather heeled slippers, T.E. Moseley & Co. Boston [worn with wedding dress]

Date: November 9, 1882

Maker: T.E. Moseley & Co. (Cobbler)

Material: kidskin, leather

GUSN: 222183

Accession Number: 2009.1.2ab

Side chair

Side chair with a table crest rail on top of the stiles. The crest rail is outlined in gold paint and has golden floral designs in the middle. The stiles have been flattened on the front, but stay rounded on the back. The three horizontal spindles are rounded with lines of gold painted on. The seat ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating), rush (material)

GUSN: 222184

Accession Number: 2006.44.2621.1

Pair of bows

Pair of white satin bows [for wedding shoes] attached to stiff fabric

Date: November 9, 1882

Maker: unknown

Material: satin, silk (textile), ribbon (material), canvas

GUSN: 222185

Accession Number: 2009.1.3ab

Quilling Rod

Quilling rod. Used with wheel 1919.724. See photograph in : Cummer, Joan Whittaker. "A Book of Spinning Wheels". Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall, 1993, p. 67; for an example of a wheel that such a rod would have been used with.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 221183

Accession Number: 1913.2

Temple

Loom part made of yellow birch.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: yellow birch (wood)

GUSN: 221184

Accession Number: 1913.21

Clock Reel

Clock reel with a joined frame; green in color.

Date: ca. 1750-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), hickory (wood), eastern white pine (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 221185

Accession Number: 1913.34

Wheel finger

Maple finger wheel

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221186

Accession Number: 1913.135

Hand Card

Oak back; leather; hickory handle.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), hickory (wood), leather

GUSN: 221189

Accession Number: 1914.29

Hatchet

No description

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 221190

Accession Number: 1917.377

Tape Loom

Seventeen holes in loom; 1/2 inch board nailed to 6 inch by 7 inch base with wrought nails.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), hickory (wood)

GUSN: 221196

Accession Number: 1915.18

Swift

Base, water sawn; reel all riven parts.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 221203

Accession Number: 1918.513

Temple

Riven wood temple for weaving loom.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221205

Accession Number: 1918.517AB

Spinning Wheel

Wool spinning wheel; A: bench; B: wheel post; C: wheel. The bench (A) is made of quartered chestnut. The wheel (C) shows cut nails from the rim into the spokes, while there are forged nail heads visible on the splice. The spinning wheel came from a house in Peterborough, New Hampshire

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: chestnut (wood), oak (wood), birch (wood), maple (wood), ash (wood)

GUSN: 221206

Accession Number: 1918.942AC

Wool Finger

Finger wheel or "boy" for textile working.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 221214

Accession Number: 1918.960

Temple

Riven oak loom part.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 221217

Accession Number: 1918.1260

Tape Loom

Thirty-four prongs; professionally made; rose-head nails

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221218

Accession Number: 1918.1478

Clock Reel

Wooden; joined frame, green; open works; handle; metal click spring missing.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: yellow birch (wood), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221219

Accession Number: 1918.1615

Temple

Maple loom part.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221220

Accession Number: 1919.83

Flax Breaker

Flax breaker; square pine body, four oak legs; axed square board.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), maple (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 221222

Accession Number: 1919.813

Shuttle

Wooden shuttle with hollow-stemmed quill; oak shaft; boat-shaped with wire tips.

Maker: unknown

Material: applewood, dogwood (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 221223

Accession Number: 1922.242

Miner's Head

Head

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: yellow birch (wood)

GUSN: 221224

Accession Number: 1922.258

Children's Mug

Earthenware mug with maroon transfer-printed design of undulating flowers. Flowers are over-painted in greens and pinks. Pink luster accents the handle and encircles the upper lip.

Date: ca. 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware, overpainting (technique)

GUSN: 221226

Accession Number: 1970.1310.41

Dressing Table

Dressing table. Black walnut with white pine secondary wood. Four turned maple legs, flat crossed stretchers. Black walnut veneered top, skirt, stiles, and drawer fronts. Case sides composed of black walnut. Original brass hardware. Locks never made.

Date: 1720-1730

Maker: unknown

Material: black walnut (wood), eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 221227

Accession Number: 1980.379

High Chest

William and Mary high chest. Walnut veneer, maple and white pine. In two sections, the upper with molded cornice above a bolection-molded frieze drawer over a case with two short over three graduated long drawers, each with herringbone-pattern edging within a double bead-molded surround; the lower s...

Date: c. 1720-1735

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 221228

Accession Number: 1984.20

Distaff

Distaff; turned maple and birch.

Date: ca. 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), birch (wood)

GUSN: 221272

Accession Number: 1922.262

Spool

Maple spool for quill wheel.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221275

Accession Number: 1922.264

Spool

Oak spool for quill wheel.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 221276

Accession Number: 1922.265

Spool

Maple spool for quill wheel.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221288

Accession Number: 1922.266

Swift

Well-turned and finished; circular sawn pine base, groved for cages; upright, maple.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), maple (wood), beech (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 221297

Accession Number: 1926.427

Umbrella Swift

Maple swift with clamp-type base; elm screw stop; wire used at tops and bottoms of arms.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), elm (wood)

GUSN: 221299

Accession Number: 1927.716

Embroidery Frame

Adjustable cherry embroidery frame on floor stand with walnut feet.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), black cherry (wood)

GUSN: 221317

Accession Number: 1928.247

Netting Shuttle

Appears user-made; crude, rocket-shaped shuttle.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221322

Accession Number: 1929.1842

Embroidery Frame

Walnut, four piece, joined frame; 45 holes across one side and 49 holes on the perpendicular side.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 221326

Accession Number: 1930.41

Winder

European beech winder; top-spool; bottom, base to screw to table top. Half of pair.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: beech (wood), oak (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 221328

Accession Number: 1930.653

Weaving Frame

Walnut weaving frame "for making table mats."

Date: ca. 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 221330

Accession Number: 1930.1060

Weaving Frame

Lap-jointed walnut weaving frame; wire pins, "for weaving table mats."

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 221331

Accession Number: 1930.1061

Niddy Noddy

Turned, light colored walnut niddy noddy yarn winder; chip carved decoration.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 221335

Accession Number: 1930.1325

Tape Loom

Handmade, wooden tape loom; heart scratched in bottom; eighteen prongs.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: yellow birch (wood)

GUSN: 221338

Accession Number: 1930.1326

Hand Card

Maple hand card for carding wool;

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221340

Accession Number: 1930.1350AB

Tape Loom

Tape loom with fifteen holes; made from riven oak.

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 221342

Accession Number: 1930.1650

Tape Loom

Riven board; twenty holes.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 221345

Accession Number: 1930.1651

Lap Loom

Pine tape loom; painted red, white and blue; twenty-three holes; two nailed on braces.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), paint (coating)

GUSN: 221346

Accession Number: 1931.295

Temple

Maple temple; one of two (1931.598 is missing).

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221347

Accession Number: 1931.599

Bat Head

Maple spinning wheel batten; "often called the palm in older wheels."

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221348

Accession Number: 1932.31

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