Historic New England

Side Chair

Side chair. Mahogany with birch rear seat rail maple front and side seat rails; yellow pine (probably pitch pine) corner blocks. Serpentine crest rail with central flat shell carving and carved molded ears. Pierced splat with owl's eye central design. Leather-upholstered seat lined with single r...

Date: 1770

Maker: Bright, George, 1726-1805

Material: mahogany (wood), birch (wood), maple (wood), yellow pine (wood, general)

GUSN: 273040

Accession Number: 1980.74.1

Side Chair

Chippendale side chair. Side chair. Mahogany with birch rear seat rail maple front and side seat rails; yellow pine (probably pitch pine) corner blocks. Serpentine crest rail with central flat shell carving and carved molded ears. Pierced splat with owl's eye central design. Leather-upholstered ...

Date: 1770

Maker: Bright, George, 1726-1805

Material: mahogany (wood), birch (wood), maple (wood), yellow pine (wood, general)

GUSN: 273041

Accession Number: 1980.74.2

Side Chair

Chippendale side chair with shell motif.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273042

Accession Number: 1980.75.1

Card Table

Chippendale card table.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273043

Accession Number: 1980.76

Dropleaf Table

Dropleaf table. Mahogany with birch hinge rails; white pine and other secondary wood. Rectangular top with rectangular leaves. Top and leaves each composed of a single board. Molded skirt with cyma recta curve and ogee arch. Rests on cabriole legs with scrolled over-the-apron knee bracket and r...

Date: 1770

Maker: Bright, George, 1726-1805 (Furniture maker)

GUSN: 273044

Accession Number: 1980.78

Wallpaper

Ceiling paper fragment. Framing this corner fragment is a square geometric design in the corner flanked by the same landscape scene of a ruined structure with water and mountains on either side. The corner fragment features a floral design with blooms resembling hydrangea and palm leaves. Roller-...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273064

Accession Number: 2001.281.100

Wallpaper

Ceiling paper fragment. This corner fragment features a landscape scene of a mill on a river. The scene is placed framed within a red diamond and is surrounded by a symmetrical block pattern outlined in metallic gold and oversized cattails. The paper is roller-printed in two reds, black, blue, wh...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273066

Accession Number: 2001.281.101

Coverlet

Red and white coverlet.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: Bates Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 273067

Accession Number: 2013.8.1

Shawl

Black lace shawl with sparrow design.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 273068

Accession Number: 2013.8.2

Wallpaper

Ceiling wallpaper fragment. Moiré patterned, non-directional paper roller-printed in white on a cream colored satin ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273069

Accession Number: 2001.281.102

Wallpaper

Fragment of Fresco paper. A fresco horizontal border is carefully affixed to an upright vertical boarder and striped wall panel paper. The borders immitate architectural molding and includes a floral and acanthus leaf motif. Block-printed in six shades of brown on brown ground. The papers appear...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 273070

Accession Number: 2001.281.103

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scenery figure paper featuring two pastoral vignettes. In the first vignette, two men seated at an outdoor table smoking as a woman serves ale. A country house is in the background with the sign "Travelers Rest." In the second vignette, a couple dances to a fiddler's tune. A...

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273075

Accession Number: 2001.281.104

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scenery figure paper featuring two pastoral vignettes. In the first vignette, two men seated at an outdoor table smoking as a woman serves ale. A country house is in the background with the sign "Travelers Rest." In the second vignette, a couple dances to a fiddler's tune. A...

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273079

Accession Number: 2001.281.105

Mug

Earthenware mug. Slightly tapered body with shaped base and ear-shaped handle. Incised band around body near top. Blue band near rim. Hand painted blue flower pot on one side, sprig of flowers in blue on the other side.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 273080

Accession Number: 1970.373

Side Chair

Painted side chair, Wood, Paint, Mother of pearl, and Cane, Probably MA, 1850-1869

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273081

Accession Number: 2012.114.1.1

Side Chair

Painted side chair, Wood, Paint, Mother of pearl, and Cane, Probably MA, 1850-1869

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273082

Accession Number: 2012.114.1.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Clapp House in Dorchester, Massachusetts. English Pillar and Arch pattern block-printed and stenciled. Architectural elements in light blue, gray and black on gray ground. Floral swags and leaves, in green, pink and red, adorn the architectural elements. A small piece ...

Date: 1765-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 273083

Accession Number: 2001.281.106

Side chair

Side chair, Wood and cane, Probably MA, 1850-1869

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273084

Accession Number: 2012.114.2.1

Side Chair

Side chair, Wood and cane, Probably MA, 1850-1869

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273085

Accession Number: 2012.114.2.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Barnstable, Massachusetts. Stylized Neoclassical pattern of Medallions and Squares. Block-printed on handmade paper. Squares containing a design of an urn with quatrefoil, leaves and swans alternate with squares of a foliate sunburst composed of geometric elements. Printed i...

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 273086

Accession Number: 2001.281.107

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Barnstable, Massachusetts. Floral patterned paper printed with repeating open blooms, similiar to a hibiscas, and palm fronds. Block-printed in orange, yellow and red on blue ground. Multiple handmade paper pieces, cut into various sizes and attached in different direction...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 273089

Accession Number: 2001.281.108

Wallpaper

Naturalistic floral wallpaper with floral border from West Peabody, Massachusetts. The pattern is reminiscent of both Aesthetic and Anglo-Japanese styles popular in the late nineteenth century. Roller-printed in muddied greens, orange and blue on black ground. The fragment is affixed to linen.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273092

Accession Number: 2001.281.109

Dining Table

Victorian dining table in the Georgian-revival style, extension type with three leaves and a crank mechanism.

Date: 1850

Maker: Moore & Campion (Furniture maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, inlays (decorations)

GUSN: 273099

Accession Number: 1985.745

Pair of Earrings

Each earring in this pair is made from a square-shaped copper base decorated with green enamel overlaid with white enamel in the center. Earrings attach to the ears with a screw-back closure.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 271972

Accession Number: 1984.1398AB

Pair of Earrings

Each earring in this pair consists of two layered brass filigree rosettes with trumpet-shaped cages from which hang wire-wrapped tassle drops. Earrings attach to the ears with clip-backs.

Date: 1920-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), wire, filigree

GUSN: 271973

Accession Number: 1984.1399AB

Earring

This earring (once one of a pair) is constructed with a black jet, glass, or stone dome that attaches to the ear with a screw-back closure.

Date: 1930-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: jet (coal), onyx glass

GUSN: 271974

Accession Number: 1984.1400

Earring Finding

This wire earring finding was once one of a pair of earrings that attached to the ears with a screw-back closure. From the remaining elements it would appear to have been a dangle or possibly chandelier-style earring. It no longer retains its decorative elements or its pair.

Date: 1930-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 271975

Accession Number: 1984.1401

Necklace

This fringe necklace is composed of pendant strands of wooden and metal filigree beads alternating with plain round wooden beads, all strung on monofilament. The closure is a chain with thumb-ring spring clasp. The necklace is housed in a circular cardboard box printed in yellow and red with design ...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Possibly Aarika (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material), metal, monofilament

GUSN: 271977

Accession Number: 1984.1426

Jewelry box

This clear plastic box has a fitted lid and has yellowed some with age. It sits on the dressing table and contains several necklaces.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 271978

Accession Number: 1984.1410 A,B

Tapa

Rectangular tapa fragment. thick, stiff cloth with a highly decorated front side of black geometric designs on a turmeric based yellow-orange ground, plain back. Front decoration divided into five rectangles, each outlined with a black line and filled with different patterns of chevrons, diamonds, a...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271984

Accession Number: 2006.44.3668

Tapa

Rectangular tapa fragment (lepau) from the Santa Cruz Islands. Thin, stiff cloth with a highly decorated front side of black geometric designs on a cream ground; plain back. Front decoration is divided into ten rectangles, each outlined with a black line and filled with different patterns of chevron...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271990

Accession Number: 2006.44.3669

Tapa

Rectangular shaped tapa fragment, painted black and embossed with diamond shapes. Some of the white ground is visible through the watermarked diamonds and there appear to be thick stripes of black at 3" intervals. This fragment was cut from a larger sample. Possibly from Hawaii. Kapa (the Hawaiian w...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271993

Accession Number: 2006.44.3670

Tapa

Tapa fragment of unknown origin, but likely from Fiji, Tonga or Samoa. Stamped design of vertical and horizontal lines in brown and black. Corner edge is outlined with a thick black border. Fragment was cut from the corner of a larger sample at some point, leaving four "strings" on the left edge. Ta...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 271995

Accession Number: 2006.44.3671

Bust of Mrs. Robert Means Mason

Marble bust of Sarah Ellen Francis Mason (d. 1865). Bust of an older woman looking slightly to the right; Fringed shawl draped across shoulders and folded over at neck.

Date: 1863

Maker: Greenough, Richard S. , 1819-1904 (Sculptor)

Material: white marble

GUSN: 271996

Accession Number: 1930.1166A

Pedestal

Faux marble (scagliola) pedestal with square plinth [B], cylindrical shaft on a square base [C]. Plinth, shaft, and base have a gray and white marbled surface; Column capital and base have been tinted a dark red.

Date: 1863

Maker: unknown

Material: gypsum plaster, glue

GUSN: 271997

Accession Number: 1930.1166B-C

Bust of Mr. Robert Means Mason

Marble bust of Robert Means Mason. Bust of an older gentleman with sideburns and mustache looking slightly left; Wearing a high collared shirt, bowtie, vest, and suit jacket.

Date: 1875

Maker: Greenough, Richard S. , 1819-1904 (Sculptor)

Material: white marble

GUSN: 271998

Accession Number: 1930.1167A

Pedestal

White and gray marble pedestal in three parts.

Maker: unknown

Material: marble (rock)

GUSN: 271999

Accession Number: 1930.1167B-D

Bust of Mrs. R.C. Winthrop, Jr.

White marble bust of Elizabeth Mason Winthrop (1844-1924). Bust of a young woman looking slightly right. Braided hair encircles back of head; Off shoulder tunic with folded 'fabric' draped over left shoulder.

Date: 1860

Maker: Greenough, Richard S. , 1819-1904 (Sculptor)

Material: white marble

GUSN: 272000

Accession Number: 1930.1168A

Wooden pedestal

Two part wooden pedestal, central part of pedestal has a red cover.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 272001

Accession Number: 1930.1168B-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Machine made paper, machine printed gray stripe on white ground. Older layers of paper adher to back of the uppermost layer but are not visible for identification.

Date: Twentieth Century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272007

Accession Number: 2000.83

Wall covering

Fragment of stenciled textile wall covering. Black geometric design in the form of a vertical column stenciled on olive, hand painted ground. The stencil pattern includes palmettes, a medallion and fretwork. The color values of the ground appear to have been modified prior to application of the st...

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272008

Accession Number: 2003.24

Bombe Chest of Drawers

Bombe chest of drawers.

Date: ca. 1770

Maker: Attributed to Needham, Thomas, 1734-1804 (Furniture maker)

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

GUSN: 272012

Accession Number: 1.2011

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Light green ground with oak leaf printed in white; daisy stripe printed in two browns, pink, orange, green, lavender and purple. Straight repeat.

Date: 1818-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272013

Accession Number: 1965.7.2B

Textile fragment

Rectangular fragment, pink floral design with pink stripe and dot border on yellow ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 272024

Accession Number: 1969.3505.3

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal shaped fragment with floral rosette pattern on blue ground. Selvedge width of fabric.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272025

Accession Number: 1914.244K

Chintz Fragment

Rectangular fragment seamed lengthwise up the center. Seam is formed by matched selvedges. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272026

Accession Number: 1914.244F

Chintz Fragment

L-shaped fragment with one selvedge edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272027

Accession Number: 1914.244M

Chintz Fragment

Triangular shaped fragment with one selvedge edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272028

Accession Number: 1914.244N

Chintz Fragment

Rectangular fragment with raw edges. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272029

Accession Number: 1914.244O

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with one selvedge edge and one cut edge. Urn border pattern runs along cut edge. Floral rosette pattern in center on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272030

Accession Number: 1914.244S

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