Historic New England

Wood Box

Wood storage box for firewood. Incised front and carved lid with oversized scrolling brass hinges.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 320800

Accession Number: 2014.160.161

"Along the Maine Coast"

Painting of a small boat approaching the harbor. Oil on canvas. Carved gilt frame.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: Webber, Elbridge Wesley (American painter, 1839-1914) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 320910

Accession Number: 2016.55.1

"The Shaded Stream"

Landscape painting of a small stream flanked by several large trees. Carved gilt frame with three tiered border of a flowering vine, acanthus leaf arch, and rosettes.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: Hills, Laura Coombs (American painter and miniaturist, 1859-1952) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 320913

Accession Number: 2016.56.1

"Twilight Seascape"

Painting of several sailing vessels illuminated by the setting sun. Oil on canvas, carved gilt frame.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: Bricher, Alfred Thompson (American painter, 1837-1908) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 320917

Accession Number: 2016.57.1

Wallpaper Shipping Box

Original cardboard shipping box containing four vinyl coated fabric wallpaper murals.

Date: 1970-1975

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 320923

Accession Number: 2015.57.2

Colonial scene with figures, ship and houses illustrated in red, yellow, and blue on white ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940s-1990s

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320965

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.2.1

Wallpaper

Colonial scene with figures, ship and houses illustrated in red, yellow, and blue on white ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States, 1940s-1990s

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320966

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.2.2

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper fragment with pink, purple, yellow flowers with green leaves on white ground. Printed pink star pattern throughout. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320968

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.3.1

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper fragment with pink, purple, yellow flowers with green leaves on white ground. Printed pink star pattern throughout. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320969

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.3.2

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper fragment patterned with loosely printed gridlines in white and light green on tan ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320971

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.4

Wallpaper

Rolled of wallpaper depicting various vessals and containers, coffee grinders, lamps, in yellow orange, brown and green with floral and fruit motifs throughout on white ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilm...

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: vinyl

GUSN: 320972

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.5.1

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of wallpaper depicting various vessals and containers, coffee grinders, lamps, in yellow orange, brown and green with floral and fruit motifs throughout on white ground.

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: vinyl

GUSN: 320973

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.5.2

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper fragment with blue yellow, and red flowers connected by green vines on cream colored ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States, 1940s-1990s

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320974

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.6.1

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper fragment with blue yellow, and red flowers connected by green vines on cream colored ground.Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320975

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.6.2

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper fragment of shimmery and textured white and brown thin stripes on cream ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320977

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.7.1

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper fragment of shimmery and textured white and brown thin stripes on cream ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320978

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.7.2

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of wallpaper depicting landscape with bridge, trees and flowers in green, brown and red on cream ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320979

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.8.1

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of wallpaper depicting landscape with bridge, trees and flowers in green, brown and red on cream ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320980

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.8.2

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of wallpaper depicting bouquets of pink, blue, and yellow flowers on green vine with blue ribbons over cream ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320981

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.9.1

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of wallpaper depicting bouquets of pink, blue, and yellow flowers on green vine with blue ribbons over cream ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320982

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.9.2

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of wallpaper depicting pink, purple, and yellow flowers on a white ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320983

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.10.1

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of wallpaper depicting pink, purple, and yellow flowers on a white ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320984

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.10.2

Wallpaper

Roll of fragmented wallpaper patterned with green, gray, and gold speckles on light green ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320985

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.11.1

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper patterned with green, gray, and gold speckles on light green ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320986

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.11.2

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper patterned with green, white, and gold speckled stripes on tan ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320987

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.12.1

Wallpaper

Roll of fragmented wallpaper patterned with green, white, and gold speckled stripes on tan ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320988

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.12.2

Wallpaper

Roll of fragmented wallpaper depicting blue, pink and yellow flowers and leafy branches on cream ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320989

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.13.1

Wallpaper

Roll of fragmented wallpaper depicting blue, pink and yellow flowers and leafy branches on cream ground. Part of a collection of wallpaper samples and fragments used at the Boutell-Hathorn farm house, 280 Woburn Street, Wilmington, MA, United States

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 320990

Accession Number: 2011.80.75.13.2

Hat box for snood

[a] Cardboard hatbox with black and white checkered pattern, black band at bottom. [b] Black band on side of lid with black and white checkeredd pattern on top. Black circule with "Fredley's" logo in center.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 320991

Accession Number: 2015.166.1.2AB

Hat Box for Geranium Hat

Pentagonal hatbox, white cardboard with gold embellishments. [b] gold sides with logo in gold script on top: Edythe's Millinery of Brookline

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 320992

Accession Number: 2015.166.2.2AB

Hat Box for Straw Hat

[a] Hatbox with blue flowers and greenery printed on gray ground with "Filene's" in matching blue script. Green silk rope handles on either side [b] wreath of blue flowers in center with Filene's in script on the left. Hatbox for straw hat.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard, cord (fiber product)

GUSN: 320993

Accession Number: 2015.166.3.2AB

Hat Box for Camellia Hat

[a] gold and white diagonal striped Worth of Boston hat box.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard, cord (fiber product)

GUSN: 320994

Accession Number: 2015.166.4.2AB

Hat Box for Beehive Hat

[a] Hatbox with purple flowers in green bunches printed on white ground with green stripe at the bottom. [b] Logo written in green on top with green stripes on the edge of the lid.

Date: 1960-1963

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard, cord (fiber product)

GUSN: 320995

Accession Number: 2015.166.5.2AB

Side Chair

Crooked-back chair with molded stiles and carved crest. Cabriole legs with volutes. Cyma-curved skirt and turned stretchers.

Date: 1725-1735

Maker: unknown

Material: beech (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 320999

Accession Number: 1976.168.3

Necklace

Necklace composed of rectangular green plaques with brass bead separators. Closure is a brass barrel-type at center back. Not signed.

Date: ca. 1935

Maker: unknown

Material: casein plastic, brass (alloy)

GUSN: 321002

Accession Number: 2016.58.1

Clips

Each clip in this pair is constructed of molded white metal set with white stones. Closure is a spring-mounted tongue on the back. Maker's mark on back.

Date: ca. 1935

Maker: Ciner Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

Material: white metal, paste (glass)

GUSN: 321003

Accession Number: 2016.58.2

Brooch

Brooch made from a "ribbon" of gold-plated metal mesh tied into a bow. The ends of the ribbon are finished with gold end caps. The brooch closes with a hinged-pin safety clasp attached at the back. Maker's mark in stamped metal oval soldered to center back of brooch. Gold-plated base metal. Henkel &...

Date: ca. 1965

Maker: Henkel & Grossé (Manufacturer)

Material: gold (metal), plating (metal coating)

GUSN: 321004

Accession Number: 2016.58.3

Quilt

This rectangular wholecloth quilt is made of a plainweave white cotton top and backing with a thin batting between the layers (unidentified fiber content). The quilting is in white cotton thread running stitch on the diagonal, creating a diamond pattern. The top is embellished with red embroidery fl...

Date: 1889

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), quilts, embroidering

GUSN: 321006

Accession Number: 2016.59.1

Fireplace Mantel

Carved arts and craft mantel. Deep overhanging shelf over decorated pilasters and frieze with carved leaves and berries.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Richardson, Ellen B. (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 321007

Accession Number: 2016.60.1

Painting

Painting, "The Spirit of '76." Attributed to Tompkins Harrison Matteson (American painter, 1813-1884).

Date: 1846

Maker: Attributed to Matteson, Tompkins Harrison (American painter, 1813-1884) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel painting (image-making)

GUSN: 321011

Accession Number: 2016.61.1

Painting

Painting, "Puritan Sunday in New England." George Henry Bougton (American painter and illustrator, 1833-1905).

Date: 1864

Maker: Boughton, George Henry (American painter and illustrator, 1833-1905) (Artist)

Material: oil paintings (visual works), canvas

GUSN: 321013

Accession Number: 2016.61.3

Wallpaper

No description

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Maker)

GUSN: 321024

Accession Number: 2001.140

Collars

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971).

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 321049

Accession Number: 2015.147.11

Portrait of John Codman, III (1755-1803)

Painting, three-quarter length portrait of John Codman, III (1755-1803). The sitter is wearing a black jacket and white ruffled neckcloth. He is standing in front of a red damask curtain with a distant landscape visible in the lower left. Oil on canvas. Gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: Copley, John Singleton (American painter, 1738-1815) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 321113

Accession Number: 2016.62.1

Table Mat

Circular table mat with solid center. Four crown designs with heavy lace border. Alternating rows of flowers and acorns with stylized wheels. Narrow outer border has a tulip design.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 319449

Accession Number: 1949.1142

Bureau Scarf

Bureau scarf, white with embroidered vine and grape motifs on three sides.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 319450

Accession Number: 1949.1130

Bureau Scarf

Rectangular bureau scarf with woven diamond pattern and three fringed edges.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 319451

Accession Number: 1949.1131

Set of dust ruffles

Three dust ruffles with interwoven leaf and berry design.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 319452

Accession Number: 1949.1132A-C

Bureau Scarf

Square bureau scarf with scalloped edges. Outer border and one embroidered corner.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 319454

Accession Number: 1949.1133

Dressing Table

Dressing table top [.1], bread board ends with rounded corners. Mounted on a pair of wall brackets (.2-.3). Brackets are black with round ends and have a c-shaped brace.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 319455

Accession Number: 1949.1134.1-.3

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