Historic New England

James Duncan Phillips

Three fourth length portrait photograph of James Duncan Phillips. He is sitting in a chair with his legs crossed. His right hand is in his pocket and his left hand rests on the arm of the chair.

Date: 1906

Maker: Dunton & Gardner (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221101

Accession Number: 2006.44.762

Black and white photograph of a man identified as Charles Appleton Phillips. He is standing outside in a field next to a horse. He has one hand on the horse and the other is at his waist. He is wearing a uniform consisting of a long coat, a hat and a sword. Metal frame painted gold.

Date: 1861-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metal

GUSN: 221103

Accession Number: 2006.44.763

Distaff

White pine branch distaff with flax.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 221181

Accession Number: 1945.573

Tape Loom

Oak block for base, sixteen prongs.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 221182

Accession Number: 1952.341

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

Cup

Small glass cup with step and round base. This is a bathroom glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197786

Accession Number: 2006.44.2479

Toothpick

Metal toothpick with small engraving at base of the handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 197788

Accession Number: 2006.44.2481

Manicure scissors

Small manicure scissors for personal use. Either metal or silver.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 197790

Accession Number: 2006.44.2478

Sash

Red silk sash with a printed black "H" in center.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 197799

Accession Number: 2006.44.2757

Shiraz rug

Wool rug with small multi-colored diamonds that are part of a larger overall diamond design fill the center panel. The largest boder consists of multi-colored boteh. At one end is a woven band with black, blue, and green lines running through it. The edges are bound in a red-rust color.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197801

Accession Number: 2006.44.456

Kashan rug

Wool woven rug. Center panel has a flowering vase design with birds and palmettes at the top corners. It has a herati border consisting of a band of continuous rosettes and palmettes liked by floral motifs. The ends are reduced and the edges are bound in blue.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197803

Accession Number: 2006.44.459

Rug

Woven wool rug. Center panel has a circle medallion in center and is surrounded by peach and pink colored flowers with blue stems. The inner border is a solid blue strip with white dots. The outermost border is a dark blue and the fringe on both ends is very short.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197806

Accession Number: 2006.44.465

Hamadan rug

Woven wool rug. In the center is a pole medallion surrounded by various types of flowers. The parterns on the rug are symmetrical. Three fourths of the edges are bound in navy blue and the remaning fourth is bound in light blue. At either end is a woven cotton strip, one with a fringe and the other ...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197808

Accession Number: 2006.44.466

Rug

Woven wool rug. Center panel has diagonal rows of tarantulas with rosettes at the center of each. The inner border consists of white connected latch-hooks and the middle border consists of multi-colored eight pointed stars. The outermost border consists of a brown latch-hook design and a rams-horn d...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197809

Accession Number: 2006.44.467

Rug

Woven wool rug with a simple design consisting of a brown field with nothing in the center. It has a simple border of rosettes and leaves and each corner has been blocked off so that the center of the rug has a diamond shape. The edges are bound in brown and at one end of the center panel there are ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197811

Accession Number: 2006.44.468

Fereghan runner

Woven wool rug. Center panel has a repeating rosette enclosed in a medallion design. There are three borders, two are narrow and consist of various colored rosettes on a vine and one wide border with various types of flowers. The fringe at both ends is worn and very short. The edges are bound in a b...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197813

Accession Number: 2006.44.469

Rug

Woven wool rug. Center panel contains a toothed diamond on a red field. The rest of the center panel contains various geometric designs. The largest border has two rows of many colored flower shapes. The outermost border has a wave design. The edges are bound in brown.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197814

Accession Number: 2006.44.470

Runner

Woven wool runner. Center panel has row of twelve guls on a marroon ground. The edges are unbound, but have a maroon tape over them.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197816

Accession Number: 2006.44.471

Ghiordes rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel contains a medallion with a toothed diamond at its center. The largest border contains toothed triangles with various colored rosettes in them. The edges appear to be bound in various shades of green, which are now faded.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197817

Accession Number: 2006.44.472

Rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel consists of a single row or rosettes flanked on either side by stylized candlesticks. The outer borders are geometric in design. The sides are unbound. At each end on the revers there is a black canvas strip. The pile also runs across the rug.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197818

Accession Number: 2006.44.473

Rug

Woven wool rug with a blue ground with various objects woven in center panel. There are vases, lamps and baskets. The border consists of geometric designs alternating with flowers. The pile of the rug goes along it width and the fringe is along the edges and not the ends.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197821

Accession Number: 2006.44.474

Prayer rug

Woven wool rug. The center panel has a mihrab that as rosettes on it. To the right of the mihrab is a comb. The rest of the panel contains multi-colored hanging lamps. There are three borders. The inner and middle borders are very geometric in style. The outermost border is a band of multi-colored r...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197823

Accession Number: 2006.44.475

Runner

Woven wool runner. The center panel is a multi-colored repeating rosette design. The two borders consist of repeating geometric shpaes. Around the outer edge of the rug are eighteen eight pointed stars. The edges are bound in brown. The pile runs side to side and not lengthwise.

Maker: unknown

Material: camel hair (hair), wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197824

Accession Number: 2006.44.476

Tabriz rug

Woven wool rug with a center pole medallion in blue with red floral designs. Outer medallion is ivory with blue floral designs. The borders consist of a variety of geometric floral shapes and the edges are bound in ivory.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197826

Accession Number: 2006.44.477

Tablespoon

Set of four silver tablespoons with round upturned handles and pointed oval bowls.

Date: ca. 1760

Maker: Burt, Benjamin, 1729-1805 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 197827

Accession Number: 1937.741.1-.4

Rug

Woven wool rug . The center panel has three rows of ten multi-colored botehs in each row. The outer borders contain multi-colored diamonds, crosses, and large rosettes with diamonds in the center. The edges of the rug are bound in a variety of colors. On each end half of the fringe is brown and the ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197828

Accession Number: 2006.44.478

Brush

A long wooden handled brush with black painted bristles. The bristles are shaped into a rounded point at the end. The wooden handle is slightly scratched up by the bristles and has the details of a spindle. It is polished with a old string tied around the neck of the handle so that it can hang up on...

Maker: unknown

Material: primary wood, bristle

GUSN: 197838

Accession Number: 2006.44.2516

Milk bottle

Glass milk bottle. One pint. Words molded to the front of bottle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 197839

Accession Number: 2006.44.1598

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