Historic New England

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49100

Accession Number: 1974.150

Mug

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49101

Accession Number: 1974.151

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49102

Accession Number: 1974.152

Utensil

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49103

Accession Number: 1974.153A-C

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49104

Accession Number: 1974.154A

Chair

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49105

Accession Number: 1974.154C

Trumpet

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49106

Accession Number: 1974.155

Ax

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49107

Accession Number: 1974.156

Basket

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49108

Accession Number: 1974.157

Horse

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49109

Accession Number: 1974.158

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49110

Accession Number: 1974.160

Pot

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49111

Accession Number: 1974.161A

Pot

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49112

Accession Number: 1974.161B

Pot

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49113

Accession Number: 1974.161C

Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49114

Accession Number: 1974.162A

FLOOR

Sample of "Wills-ite" sanitary flooring sold by Waldo Brothers, Boston. Some combination of cement and other firm materials.

Date: 1900-1933 ?

Maker: Waldo Brothers (Maker)

Material: cement (construction material), composition (material)

GUSN: 49120

Accession Number: 1974.165

Dress

Purple check bodice and skirt with fragments of silk.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 49121

Accession Number: 1974.166

Shoe Rack

Hanging shoe rack made of canvass with stitched red shoe designs.

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas

GUSN: 49122

Accession Number: 1974.167

FAN (A): Abalone sticks and guards, carved with floral spray painted gold and silver; ivory chiffon leaf with lace borders forming medallions; side medallions painted with cherubs and birds; center has femeale figure, cherubs, birds, all in pastels; mother of pearl washers, metal ring; white grosgr...

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: Creusy, E. (Maker)

Material: abalone shell, carving (processes), chiffon, lace (needlework), painting (coating), silk (textile)

GUSN: 49123

Accession Number: 1974.168AB

Cockade Fan

Black canvas cockade with black leather case.

Date: 1870-1879

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, glazing (coating), leather, tooling, tin (metal)

GUSN: 49124

Accession Number: 1974.170

Umbrella

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49125

Accession Number: 1974.172

Baby

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49126

Accession Number: 1974.175B

Sewing Case

Large wood sewing box with textured paper covering, hinged lid, and molded metal floral figures on lid. Front panel drops when lid is opened to reveal interior drawer. Top interior of box is a sectioned tray holding sewing, knitting and needlepoint supplies. Drawer is also sectioned and holds addi...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paper (fiber product), velvet (fabric weave), glass (material)

GUSN: 49127

Accession Number: 1974.176

Sewing Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 49128

Accession Number: 1974.177

Student's Lamp

A double student lamp, rod-like standard on a stepped circular base with two arms holding urn-shaped fonts. It has a dark red ribbed glass shade with white glass interior (cased glass). It is now electrified.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), flashing (glassworking), glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 50593

Accession Number: 1986.20

Dining Table

Dining table. Maple and birch. Oval top with demilune hinged leaves, spool turned legs, stretchers and gate leg.

Date: 1725-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), maple (wood), staining

GUSN: 50594

Accession Number: 1986.22

Hoop Back Windsor Armchair

A hoop back chair with ten tapered spindles and shaped handholds, and an oval seat with a gentle peak at the front. It has splayed vase and reel turned arm supports, and stretchers with bulbous centers.

Date: 1785-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 50595

Accession Number: 1986.25

Child's Windsor Armchair with Rockers

Of "captain chair" form, with turned spindle, front legs and stretcher. It is on rockers and stained a dark brown.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 50596

Accession Number: 1986.26

One Drawer Stand

Small stand or occasional table. Mahogany, pine and birch secondary wood. Projecting square top on a straight skirt with a single drawer and slender tapering legs.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 50597

Accession Number: 1986.27

Candlestick

A chamberstick with a hook handle and a saucer-like (illeg.) on a cylindrical standard with a push up device. It has a saucer shape base.It is handmade, rolled and joined.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 50598

Accession Number: 1986.28

Sofa

The sofa has a five-sided cyma curved crestrail and seatrail, scrolled bracket feet and arms with shaped ends, and it's on castors. It has an upholstered gold brocade, three cushions in back, a box cushion for the seat and swept arms.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: brocade (textile), mahogany (wood), veneer, upholstering

GUSN: 50599

Accession Number: 1986.29

Stool

Stool. Birch, maple, rush. Trapezoidal shaped rush seat with exposed corner seat rail. Rests on straight front legs with beaded edge and box stretchers.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), maple (wood), rush (material)

GUSN: 50600

Accession Number: 1986.30

Chair

It is a "cottage style" with a shaped crest rail and conforming slat. There is a shaped cane seat, saber legs and it is all stained a dark brown.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), staining

GUSN: 50601

Accession Number: 1986.31

Pitcher

An octagonal pitcher with a square handle. The pitcher has a transfer print decoration of a Chinoseire pattern of buildings, fences, and a large vase with a border of leaves, vines and a building, "The Temple".

Date: 1834-1859

Maker: Podmore, Walker & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, ironstone (pottery), transfer printing

GUSN: 50602

Accession Number: 1986.32.1

Wall Fixture

A pair of electrified, brass wall lights with pendant, cut glass drops. It has a domed back light plate with a cast grape patterned overlay holding a ball form with a decorative pendant and finial. There are two "S" shaped candlearms with cast grape patterned bobeche, and there are "faux" candlestic...

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), glass (material), metal, painting (coating)

GUSN: 50603

Accession Number: 1986.33.1

Fender

It has a bow front brass rail with vertical wirework body.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 50604

Accession Number: 1986.34

Shovel

A wrought iron shovel with a belted ball finial on a turned brass handle and steel shaft.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), iron (metal), steel (alloy), wrought

GUSN: 50605

Accession Number: 1986.35.1

Bucket

A wrought iron bale handle and iron rim on brass bucket with a copper base.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), copper (metal), hammering, iron (metal), metal, riveting

GUSN: 50606

Accession Number: 1986.36

Hand Bellows

It is painted yellow with a floral decoration in green and red, with a brass tip.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), leather, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 50607

Accession Number: 1986.37

Chair

The chair has a serpentine crest rail over three conforming slats and a rush seat. It has straight front legs with a beaded edge and a box stretcher.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), maple (wood), rush (material)

GUSN: 50608

Accession Number: 1986.38.1

Woodcut Print

There are two Geisha-like figures by an orange tent at the beach in the foreground and a fisherman in the distance. It is mounted on a ecru mat in a simple black frame with glass.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), woodcut (process)

GUSN: 50609

Accession Number: 1986.40

Card Table

Card table. Mahogany with birch veneer and lightwood inlay. Demilune leaves with inlaid ends that peak at the top of the legs; a string inlaid conforming skirt. Rests on tapered legs with string inlay.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), veneer, inlay (process), mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 50610

Accession Number: 1986.41

Portrait of a Woman

A sepia tone print of a Hans Holbein sketch of a woman, bust length. In a simple mahogany frame.

Date: ca. 1920

Maker: Holbein, Hans (Painter) Hanfstaengl, Franz (Photographer)

Material: paper (fiber product), photographs

GUSN: 50611

Accession Number: 1986.42

Rocking Chair

Rocking chair with serpentine crest, upholstered back and seat. Open arms on "C" shaped inlayed supports. Removable upholstered slip seat. Chair seat fitted with circular cut out for a chamber pot. Chair rests on squared inlaid legs on rockers.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: Short, Joseph, 1771-1819 (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), white pine (wood), birch (wood)

GUSN: 50612

Accession Number: 1986.43

Lithographic Print

A colored overview of Mt. Vernon with a solitary male mourner at the tomb of Washington. It is in a mahogany veneered Empire frame.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: Currier, Nathaniel (Maker)

Material: lithography, mahogany (wood), veneer, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 50613

Accession Number: 1986.44

Portrait of a Woman

A portrait of a woman with brown hair, facing forward in a square wicked dress. In a molded and gilt frame with tracery motif.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 50614

Accession Number: 1986.45

Sofa

Sofa with a gently arched crest, sloping sides, and open rounded arms. There are four swelled, reeded, inlaid blocks over the front legs and three rounded rear legs. It is upholstered in cotton and diaper patterned in beige-brown modern fabric.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 50615

Accession Number: 1986.46

Wall Mirror

Of rectangular form, the cornice has rosettes and scrolls centering a beaded wreath. One facade is molded with husks and beaded rosettes at the corner blocks and a rosette pendent. Molded on the side are fruit and leaf form "drops" at the top and bottom.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, mirrors, pine (wood), glass (material)

GUSN: 50616

Accession Number: 1986.47