Historic New England

Shawl

Square silver silk shawl with fringe on two sides. The silk is shiny and has a visible weave. The fringe has a decorative knotting that forms two rows of interconnected diamonds and the fringe extends from the bottom row of knots. The back of the shawl is still silver.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191334

Accession Number: 2006.44.1354

Shawl

Long narrow rectangular black shawl. The shawl has five wool yarn tassels or pom-poms at both ends.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 191336

Accession Number: 2006.44.1355

Shawl

Rectangular sheer beige silk crepe shawl with long fringe. The body of the shawl is plain and the seams around all four edges are decorative with interconnected tiny holes. The two short ends have long beige fringe that extends from three decorative rows of knots.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), crepe (textile)

GUSN: 191337

Accession Number: 2006.44.1375

Vase

Urn shaped earthenware vase with two c-shaped handles and a round stepped foot. Decorated on all surfaces with scrolling floral vines and two shields on each side featuring a band of characters and two crescent moons. Yellow, green and blue bands around the rim and the foot base.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 191338

Accession Number: 2006.44.1945

Shawl

Long rectangular ivory lace shawl. The entire shawl has floral and leaf designs and all four edges are scalloped and have tiny loops of threads around the scallops. Where there is no design, the lace has a net-like appearance. The shawl also has a sheer to it in certain lights. The pattern is more s...

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework)

GUSN: 191341

Accession Number: 2006.44.1356

Shawl

Long sheer cotton shawl with embroidery. The shawl is rectangular with small scallops along all four side edges. Each scallop has an embroidered edge and contains one embroidered dot in the middle of the scallop. Then there is a continuous row of dots along the inside edge of the scallops. Inside of...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 191342

Accession Number: 2006.44.1376

Women's cape

Short women's cape made of long, dark brown fur. The cape has a wide collar that goes all the way around from the front to the back and folds down. There is a center opening with five metal loops on the left side and five hooks on the right. Just below the top hook and loop closure, there is a metal...

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Lamson and Hubbard Company (Manufacturer)

Material: silk (fiber), fur

GUSN: 191345

Accession Number: 2006.44.1359

Vase

Ovoid shaped earthenware vase with two open handles that emerge from the body and join to the rim on either side of the narrow flared neck, six rectangular openings around rim. The body is glazed a dark blue with patches of green and brown and stylized yellow daffodils.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 191346

Accession Number: 2006.44.1944

Shawl

Long rectangular ivory lace shawl. The edges of the shawl are scalloped and then the scallops have tiny scallops around them. Inside of each larger scallop is a hand embroidered flower motif. The body of the shawl is a net material and contains five rows of identical hand embroidered floral motifs r...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 191347

Accession Number: 2006.44.1377

Jacket, Bed

Short silk kimono-style bed jacket. The front neck and edges of the sleeves have a wide cream colored silk border and the rest of the bed jacket is made of an oatmeal colored silk. The front opening has no closures and it flares out as it comes down to the waist and comes down to a V in the front. T...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191350

Accession Number: 2006.44.1378

Nightgown

Long sleeveless peach silk nightgown. The neckline is a v-shaped and is bordered by three narrow bands of thicker peach silk connected together and attached to the dress by decorative stitching. At the V the bands of silk are woven together and then continue on down forming an oval or teardrop shape...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191354

Accession Number: 2006.44.1379

Shawl

Long rectangular beige net shawl with geometric gold metal details. At both end of the shawl there are rows of geometric detailing including triangles, dots, Christmas tree shapes and more triangles. Down the center of the shawl are diamonds of alternating sizes that have a diamond shaped grid patte...

Maker: unknown

Material: net (textile), metal

GUSN: 191355

Accession Number: 2006.44.1360

Shawl

Green silk square shawl with long fringe. The center is a large square with rounded corners. There is a wide border around all four sides made from green silk threads intertwined into diamond shapes with knots at all four points. At the four corners of the shawl, the decorative threads are more clos...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191360

Accession Number: 2006.44.1362

Women's hat

Women's straw hat. Hat is made of natural, woven straw. It has a brim all the way around the crown that is slightly upturned. The crown has a rounded top on the right side and is indented around the top left side. There is a leaf decoration around the top edge of the crown that extends up onto the t...

Maker: unknown

Material: straw (plant material), silk (textile), net (textile), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 191361

Accession Number: 2006.44.1380

Shawl

Square shaped striped silk shawl with tassels. The ivory ground of the shawl is patterned with alternating narrow and wide multi-colored stripes. Four of the widest stripes have multicolored patterned centers. The left and of the shawl has eight multicolored tassels, the right end has seven.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191362

Accession Number: 2006.44.1363

Women's hat

Women's black straw hat. The hat has a slightly rounded crown on top and its brim is folded up in the back and is stitched tot he side of the crown. The straw is black and shiny and is stiff. The brim is edged with a narrow border of black silk that wraps underneath the brim. Around the bottom of th...

Maker: Lamson and Hubbard Company (Manufacturer)

Material: straw (plant material), ribbon (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 191365

Accession Number: 2006.44.1381

Shawl

Long rectangular shaped black silk crepe shawl with stenciled silver floral designs at each end. There are three small flowers stenciled evenly in the center of the shawl. The silver paint bled through the thin crepe so both sides of the shawl are identical.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), paint (coating)

GUSN: 191366

Accession Number: 2006.44.1364

Shawl

Rectangular black lace shawl with two printed and embroidered paisley panels in the center. The black lace has a floral and leaf design. The paisley panels have a multi-colored printed background with portions of the printed sections embellished with multicolored embroidery. Because of the embroider...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 191369

Accession Number: 2006.44.1365

Petticoat

Cream muslin petticoat with drawstring waist and scalloped embroidered hem. The upper portion of the petticoat is plain with no decoration. The lower section of the petticoat has a ruffled under-layer and tiny embroidered flowers along the scalloped edge of the top layer. The back of the petticoat h...

Maker: Madeira House (Manufacturer)

Material: muslin

GUSN: 191373

Accession Number: 2006.44.1366

Women's hat

Women's black velvet tri-corn hat. The hat has a rounded crown and soft brim that is attached on both sides and in the back giving it the tri corn style. On the left side there is a decorative element made from black cording. There is a silver dollar sized circle that is open with velvet in the cent...

Date: 1910-1940

Maker: Lamson and Hubbard Company (Manufacturer)

Material: velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 191374

Accession Number: 2006.44.1382

Nightgown

Peach silk sleeveless nightgown. The nightgown reaches just below knees with a-line shape. The body of the gown is a lighter shade of peach, while there are details in darker shiny peach silk. There are two bands of silk running vertically from the straps down to just below the waist, ending in a pa...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191376

Accession Number: 2006.44.1367.1

Women's hat

Women's black felt hat. The hat has a medium-high crown that is circular and creased two thirds of the way around the top. Around the front half of the side of the crow, the felt has diagonal decorative ribbing. On the left side of the crown the material extends back in a gathered decorative wing. T...

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile)

GUSN: 191379

Accession Number: 2006.44.1383

Bed jacket

Dark peach silk bed jacket. The bed jacket is short sleeves and is short in length. The front is open and has a long silk tie attached to either side in the middle for closure. The ties are of uneven length. Around all the edges of the jacket there is a border of lighter peach silk with cording deta...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191382

Accession Number: 2006.44.1367.2

Women's hat

Small brown women's hat. The hat is made of an unidentifiable scratchy brown material with an open weave. The hat is a beanie style. There is a wide band of the same brown material encircling the hat that has vertical, evenly spaced ribbing extending three-fourths of the way down the band. This band...

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), clay, netting (process), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 191383

Accession Number: 2006.44.1388

Women's hat

Womens purple straw hat. The hat has a shallow crown with a rounded top and a brim that runs two thirds of the way around the hat. Around the brim there is a border attached to the sides of the crown. The border is made up of velvet violets in various shades of purple with yellow and green plastic ...

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: Jonas (Manufacturer)

Material: straw (plant material), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 191384

Accession Number: 2006.44.1384

Women's hat

Women's Chinese silk hat with embroidered flowers. The hat has no brim, a high crown with straight sides and a slightly rounded top. The top is made of gray brocaded silk with a pleated strip running across the middle. The sides of the crown are made of the same gray silk, but have colorful embroide...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), netting (process), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 191386

Accession Number: 2006.44.1389

Shawl

Long black lace shawl. The shawl is rectangular in shape but it does have a wide shallow V-shape cut out of the top with the rough edges hemmed. All the remaining edges are scalloped, created by alternating roses and other floral designs. Inside of those designs are paisley designs with more flowers...

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework)

GUSN: 191387

Accession Number: 2006.44.1368

Shawl

White silk shawl with floral embroidery. The shawl is triangular and is bordered by long white silk fringe on the bottom two edges leading to the point of the triangle. On the body of the shawl there is a wide area of colorful floral embroidery tracing the same bottom two sides. There are vines and ...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191389

Accession Number: 2006.44.1369

Women's hat

Womens fur hat. The fur is probably sable or of the sable family and is long with various shades of dark brown, shiny hairs and a lighter brown under fur. The hat is rounded like a bowler hat and has a brim that is turned up all the way around it. The inside lined in black silk and ahs a black labe...

Maker: Jackson & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: fur, silk (textile)

GUSN: 191390

Accession Number: 2006.44.1390

Women's hat

Womens brown straw hat. The hat has a shallow crown with a round top. There is a brim around the hat and at the back the brim is folded up and attached to the crown. The entire top of the hat is covered by a fine copper netting that has heavy threads of copper done is squiggles and curly cues aroun...

Maker: Lamson and Hubbard Company (Retailer) Chapeaux Bellemode (Manufacturer)

Material: straw (plant material), net (textile)

GUSN: 191391

Accession Number: 2006.44.1385

Women's bonnet

Women's straw bonnet with buckram liner and two detached straw brims. The back piece of the bonnet has finely woven straw. This head piece has a flat circular back and the front is shaped to a square. The underside has a curve cut out to accommodate the neck. There is a narrow straw border attached ...

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: straw (plant material), buckram

GUSN: 191393

Accession Number: 2006.44.1393

Bodice

Ornate black taffeta bodice. The neckline is very high and has a wrap around taffeta piece that extends down to the center of the bodice into a crepe insert. The insert ends at a taffeta, pleated v-shaped belt that attaches to the left side with three hook and eye enclosures. The wrap around neck pi...

Maker: unknown

Material: taffeta, silk (textile), crepe (textile), lace (needlework), rope

GUSN: 191394

Accession Number: 2006.44.1394

Sheet Music, "No, I will sign no more"

Single-sheet folded in half (two pages); title and music with lyrics on first page; music and lyrics on second page; stamps at bottom of first page.

Date: 1830s

Maker: Donizetti, Gaetano (Composer) Blake, G. E. (Publisher) Hewitt & Co. (Vendor)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 191398

Accession Number: 2005.23.17

Women's bonnet

Women's white cotton bonnet. The main part of the bonnet is made from a thin white cotton fabric with a repeating pattern of large squares with smaller squares inside of them. There is a seam that starts from the front and runs down the middle and back of the head and to the neckline. There is a bor...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 191399

Accession Number: 2006.44.1391

Shawl

Ivory silk and net shawl with floral decoration. The ends of the shawl are cut at opposing angles, creating a trapezoid shape. Silk threads are woven into the net base to create the floral pattern on the shawl. The shawl has scalloped sides and ends created by circular flowered. The bottom edge has ...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), net (textile)

GUSN: 191007

Accession Number: 2006.44.1304

Shawl

Long rectangular orange silk shawl. The shawl has a pale tan and peach center and progresses through various shades of orange until it reaches a dark orange at the top and bottom edges. There are three wide orange bands along the top and bottom edges. The ends of the shawl are bound with a band that...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191008

Accession Number: 2006.44.1303

Shawl

Triangular shaped white cotton shawl with net and lace trim. The shawl has a band that falls across the back of the shoulders. At the shoulders there are several small gathers which create small puffs. The shawl has two triangular shaped panels which fall on either side of the neck, leaving the cent...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), net (textile)

GUSN: 191009

Accession Number: 2006.44.1305

Bed jacket

Cream knitted bed jacket with pink kitted details and pink ribbons with elbow length sleeves. The jacket is knitted in an afghan-like pattern of horizontal bands. The shoulder and chest areas are decorated with pink threads woven through the cream knitting. A wide pink ribbon weaves through the knit...

Date: 1920-1938

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 191011

Accession Number: 2006.44.1312

Shawl

Rectangular net shawl with polka dot and floral decoration. The outer border of the shawl consists of small blocks with dots in the center. Above the blocks is a border of flowers with ribbon like leaves. The center panel is covered in diagonal rows of polka dots.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), net (textile)

GUSN: 191012

Accession Number: 2006.44.1306

Shawl

Small triangular crochet knit silk shawl. The ivory silk shawl has a repeating floral pattern along the top edge. The slanted sides have a repeating floral and leaf motif. The point of the triangle has a knit oval shape with leaves. The center section of the triangle has a crocheted diamond pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191013

Accession Number: 2006.44.1307

Shawl

Black net lace shawl with acanthus leaf border. The shawl has scalloped edges and ends. The top edge has a narrow border with small acanthus leaves. The ends and bottom edge have a wide border of hanging acanthus leaves separated by three smaller leaves. The center panel is decorated with small polk...

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework)

GUSN: 191014

Accession Number: 2006.44.1308

Petticoat

Ivory taffeta and lace ankle-length petticoat. The petticoat has a narrow waistband with two strips of fabric attached to form loops at both sides of the waist on the inside of the waistband. There are two vertical seams at each side of the waist and tow vertical seams in the middle of the petticoat...

Maker: unknown

Material: taffeta, lace (needlework)

GUSN: 191015

Accession Number: 2006.44.1313

Shawl

Rectangular black net lace shawl with floral scalloped edges. The outer border of the shawl has a repeating flower and leaf motif. The center panel has three large floral bouquets, one in the center and one at each end. In between each of the floral bouquets are ferns and smaller flowers.

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework)

GUSN: 191016

Accession Number: 2006.44.1309

Bodice

Sheer white long sleeved cotton bodice. The bodice has a high lace stand up collar with three boning strips. There is a three tiered pleated cotton and lace fichu down the center of the bodice. The bodice has small gathers at the shoulders and pleated decoration just above the wrists. The cuffs ar...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (fiber), lace (needlework), mother of pearl

GUSN: 191017

Accession Number: 2006.44.1310

Shawl

Large square cream crepe shawl with long fringe and floral embroidery. All four sides are bordered by diamond shaped and knotted patterned threads which end in long fringes. The embroidery on the surface has three separate sections. The first is a narrow band of embroidery that frames the inside of ...

Maker: unknown

Material: crepe (textile)

GUSN: 191018

Accession Number: 2006.44.1314

Bed jacket

Lavender silk bed jacket with lace trim. The short boxy jacket has square cut elbow length sleeves with lace at the cuffs and along the top of the shoulders. The sleeves are open at the top seam and tie shut with four white ribbons. The jacket opens down the front with a single tie closure at the ne...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), lace (needlework), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 191019

Accession Number: 2006.44.1311

Shawl

Large square black cotton shawl with short frayed fringe on two ends. The shawl has a narrow herringbone weave. The top and bottom both have selvage edges. On the top right corner is an area that has random off-white stitching in an oval like shape.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 191020

Accession Number: 2006.44.1315

Bed jacket

Ivory lace bed jacket with kimono style elbow length sleeves. The short jacket has a simple stand up collar and no front closures. The cuffs of the sleeves, collar, and bottom hem have scalloped edges. The lace has a floral and leaf pattern. The lace is joined together by strands of beige thread. Th...

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework)

GUSN: 191022

Accession Number: 2006.44.1316

Dressing gown

Ankle length ivory lace wrap style dressing gown with black lace trim around the collar. The wrap has thirteen rows of shirring on each shoulder and gathers in the front and back panels at the waist. The left front panel has a random red thread tucked into the gathers at the waist. The center and ba...

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework)

GUSN: 191024

Accession Number: 2006.44.1321

Shawl

Black cashmere shawl. The rectangular shaped shawl has fringe at both ends and a small band of ten ribs along the edges. The shawl was found in the trunk, wrapped in 1907 newspaper labeled "black cashmere shawl".

Maker: unknown

Material: cashmere (wool)

GUSN: 191028

Accession Number: 2006.44.1317

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