Historic New England

Textile Remnant "Royal Damask"

Two textile remnants, each with four attached colorways and one attached paper label. Fully covered by flowers and leaves with nice shading. Two colorways: gray motif (2001.281.1226.1) and green motif (2001.281.1226.2).

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313571

Accession Number: 2001.281.1226.1-.2

Textile Remnant "Governor Badger"

This overall piece with three attached colorways, three attached paper labels and one attached fabric label, represents a repeated motif. Stylized palms forming arabesques are linked by branches of thyme. It gives a circling and dancing composition. This effect is accentuated on the sample of the Hi...

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313572

Accession Number: 2001.281.1227

Textile Remnant "Mary Wade"

Three fabric remnants each with four attached colorways and one attached paper label. Repeated pattern: the same stylized floral composition is developed in the frame of a shape similar to a star. The rhythm is accentuated by geometrical edges containing a stylized flower. The three samples are in ...

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313573

Accession Number: 2001.281.1228.1-.3

Textile Remnant "Rose & Lace"

This overall piece with three attached colorways, three attached paper labels and one attached fabric label, represents pink geometric roses with four leaves, each one forming one of the leaves of the next rose. Between the leaves is a round of pink vegetable.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313574

Accession Number: 2001.281.1229

Textile Remnant "Tapestry Floral"

This overall piece with four attached colorways and one attached paper label, represents a repeated scene. Stylized flowers and leaves cover entirely and homogeneously the background. Red, blue and brown are the dominant colors.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313575

Accession Number: 2001.281.1230

Textile Remnant

These two overall pieces with many attached colorways present a geometric pattern alternating green, dark grey and white stripes. Forty colorways are attached to an edge, as well as a paper label.

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313577

Accession Number: 2001.281.1231.1-.2

Textile Remnant

These three overall pieces with four attached colorways (the first colorway has been cut up on one of the samples) and one attached paper label, represent yellow and black flowers on branches mixing two sorts: the dark green one draw elegant arabesques, while the light green ones are more thorny and...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313578

Accession Number: 1232.1-.3

Textile Remnant

This is a small overall piece, representing brown geometric spray and dot patterns on a cream background.

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313579

Accession Number: 2001.281.1233

Saucer

Saucer with double orange band and red dots. Secondary border of red dot and dash band. Central decoration of pink and green flower sprig. Smaller sprig on the exterior of the cup and small orange leaf in bowl of cup.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, leaf (metal), enameling

GUSN: 313580

Accession Number: 1969.3.7

Saucer

Saucer with double orange band and red dots. Secondary border of red dot and dash band. Central decoration of pink and green flower sprig. Smaller sprig on the exterior of the cup and small orange leaf in bowl of cup.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, leaf (metal), enameling

GUSN: 313581

Accession Number: 1969.3.8

Saucer

Saucer with double orange band and red dots. Secondary border of red dot and dash band. Central decoration of pink and green flower sprig. Smaller sprig on the exterior of the cup and small orange leaf in bowl of cup.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, leaf (metal), enameling

GUSN: 313582

Accession Number: 1969.3.9

Textile Remnant "Springtime"

These two overall pieces with four attached colorways and one attached paper label, are covered by greasy leaves on small branches on which are some small flowers with four petals. It exists in both green (2001 .281.1234.1) and red (2001.281.1234.2) in the Historic New England's collections; the bac...

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313583

Accession Number: 2001.281.1234.1-.2

Textile Remnant "Parker Hill"

This overall piece with three attached colorways and three attached paper labels, represents an elegant bunch of different kinds of flowers, repeated on the surface, on a light green background. The flowers are red, yellow and white, while their branches are dark green. Horizontally, between two bun...

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313584

Accession Number: 2001.281.1235

Textile Remnant "Grape Ivy"

This overall piece with seven attached colorways and one attached paper label, represents green and pink grape leaves covering the whole surface, on a brown background.

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313585

Accession Number: 2001.281.1236

Textile Remnant "Calico Stripe"

This overall piece with three attached colorways and one attached paper label, represents an alternation of floral stripes, one predominantly red and blue, the other brown.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313586

Accession Number: 2001.281.1237

Textile Remnant "Dresden Ribbon"

This glazed fabric is an overall piece with three attached colorways and three attached paper labels. Its motif is organized by stripes filled with small blue spots and one branch of flower which position is alternated with the one of the flowers on the stripe itself. These flowers have the same sha...

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313587

Accession Number: 2001.281.1238

Textile Remnant "Eastham Daisy"

This overall piece with five attached colorways, four non-attached colorways and one attached paper label, is a glazed fabric. It is entirely covered by flowers' brown corollas, quite round, and close the ones from the others, on a yellow background.

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313588

Accession Number: 2001.281.1239

Textile Remnant "Cameo Print"

Two textile remnants with four attached colorways and one attached paper label, depicting small round flowers and even smaller white petals multiplied on the whole surface. It exists in two colors motifs, brown (2001.281.1240.1) and blue (2001.281.1240.2), in the Historic New England's collections. ...

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313590

Accession Number: 2001.281.1240.1-.2

Textile Remnant "General Thayer"

This overall piece with four attached colorways and one attached paper label, represents an alternation of brown squares containing one small full square and surrounded by four strokes, and red and white roses. These patterns are alternated in high as well as in width and are on a red background.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313591

Accession Number: 2001.281.1241

Textile Remnant "Provincetown Geometric"

Three large fabric remnants (2001.281.1242.1-.3) representing the same repeated geometric quatrefoil floral motif. The four lobes and the delimitation of the pattern are golden, while the rest is pale rosy beige. Four small loose colorway samples representing the same Provincetown Geometric pattern:...

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313594

Accession Number: 2001.281.1242.1-.7

Textile Remnant "Enoch Frye"

This overall piece with three attached colorways, three attached paper labels and one fabric label, represents palmettes and volutes motifs, organized in stripes: a set of palmettes, flowers and volutes follows another, successively in round and in square. These sets stands out against the backgroun...

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313597

Accession Number: 2001.281.1243

Textile Remnant "Wheat Damask"

This overall piece with three attached colorways, one fabric label and one attached paper label, represents a bunch of golden ears of corn surrounded by imposing volutes made with stylized plants.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313599

Accession Number: 2001.281.1244

Textile Remnant "Strawberry Stripe"

This overall piece with two attached colorways and three attached paper label, represents a stripe of big strawberries on their branch with leaves, bordered by a decorative motif of leaves and arabesques, in red on a mustard background.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313602

Accession Number: 2001.281.1245

Textile Remnant "Dandelion"

This overall piece with four attached colorways and one attached paper label, represents an alternation of stripes containing stylized orange and green leaves on a green background, and small brown hints on a green background too.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313604

Accession Number: 2001.281.1246

Textile Remnant

This swatch with one attached paper label represents sheep under a tree, surrounded by grass and fagots of branches.

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313605

Accession Number: 2001.281.1247

Spice Box

Wooden spice box.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 313614

Accession Number: 1937.1221AB

Unfinished Textile Panels

Each panel in this set of eight is composed of two printed textile lengths machine-stitched together, a main pattern and a border pattern, each printed in purple, yellow, blue, green and red on a cream-colored ground. The main body pattern is a small repeat of alternating red and blue floral sprays....

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: printed textile materials, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 313640

Accession Number: 2001.281.1248.1-.8

Window Hangings

This set of two partial valances and a pair of straight side curtains is made up using red plate-printed cotton. The print is made to resemble eighteenth-century pastoral toiles. Each panel is machine stitched.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: cotton (fiber), printed textile materials

GUSN: 313641

Accession Number: 2001.281.1249

Textile Panel

A single curtain panel made from block-printed cotton in a repeating pattern of a pine tree on a small grassy mound. Smaller scattered repeats of hillocks with vegetation surround the main design element. The plain woven cotton was printed in shades of yellow and brown then penciled with indigo for ...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: Possibly Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile), block printing (relief printing process), indigo (colorant)

GUSN: 313642

Accession Number: 2001.281.1268

Textile Length

This length of twill weave wool is roller-printed in red, green and blue with repeating sprays of hibiscus flowers on a chocolate-brown ground. The top and bottom edges are machine hemmed but the widths are unhemmed selvedges. A large damaged section has been basted together with running and overha...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: printed textile materials, twill

GUSN: 313643

Accession Number: 2001.281.1269

Side Curtain

This side curtain is made from a single width of roller and block-printed cotton, lined, with six small brass curtain rings attached to the back of the gathered top edge. The dark ground chintz depicts a pair of birds flanking a large basket filled with flowers. The lining is twill-weave cotton. The...

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), relief prints, chintz

GUSN: 313644

Accession Number: 2001.281.1270

Wall Pocket

This hanging wall pocket is constructed from three different printed wool textiles. The front pouch rectangle was gathered across the top edge, then stitched along the sides and down the center to a longer rectangle of similar width, forming three "pouches" of the pocket. A third textile forms the v...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: printed textile materials, wool (textile)

GUSN: 313645

Accession Number: 2001.281.1271

Textile Remnant

This fragment of cotton depicts a repeating pattern of tiger lilies and foliage printed in green on a cream ground. Rusted nail holes along the top and sides indicate this once might have attached to a wooden frame.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 313646

Accession Number: 2001.281.1272

Textile Remnant

This length of cotton is printed in a Rococo Revival design of lace ribbons and floral garlands with a large, centered floral spray, all on a diaper ground. The textile is hand hemmed on two edges. There is an associated paper label from the collector [see Inscriptions and Media]

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 313647

Accession Number: 2001.281.1273

Textile Remnant

This loosely woven textile fragment is printed with a vignette of a male lion attacking a zebra surrounded by flowering foliage in pink, green, purple and blue. A loose paper tag was inscribed by the donor [see Inscriptions and Media]. The stippled ground and outlines were cylinder printed, with col...

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 313648

Accession Number: 2001.281.1274

Child's Dress

Child's dress, blue cotton with white piping and embroidery detail, white buttons down the front.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 325722

Accession Number: 1988.218

Child's Dress

Child's printed cotton dress. Pattern of brown circles on a cream ground with green printed trim.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 325723

Accession Number: 1988.216

Child's Dress

Child's dress, blue silk with white lace at the cuffs of the short sleeves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 325724

Accession Number: 1920.851

Child's Dress

White tucked child's blouse with a red and green plaid jumper and petticoat.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 325726

Accession Number: 1934.3078A-C

Quincy High Chest

High chest of drawers. Three flame finials over full serpentine bonnet. Upper case has four graduated drawers with three drawers across the top. Carved fan in top central drawer. Lower case has single long drawer with three drawers below; carved fan in lower central drawer. Drop finials along skir...

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 325754

Accession Number: 2017.35.1

Dressing Mirror

Dressing glass with oblong rectangular mirror held between two posts with turned rail below. Dressing box has two drawers with round brass pulls over brass lion's paw feet.

Date: 1815

Maker: Kidder & Carter (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 325757

Accession Number: 2017.36.1

Pair of Boots

This pair of buff-colored leather ankle-high work boots were modified by a cobbler in 1976. A 4 1/4" platform made of stacked layers of 1/2" thick dense foam rubber was added to the sole of each boot. The boots close by lacing through a set of metal grommets over a leather tongue. Applied rubber he...

Date: ca. 1976

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, metal, brass (alloy), rubber (material)

GUSN: 325778

Accession Number: 2017.37.1AB

Kufi

This round hat is constructed from synthetic fiber brocade. The design of the textile is repeating stripes of blue satin weave, alternating with wider stripes decorated with woven green floral vines, pink and red blossoms, and a third stripe of twined green and purple floral vines. The hat is soft, ...

Date: c. 1976

Maker: Murray, Oliver, 1952- (Manufacturer)

Material: synthetic fiber, cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 325779

Accession Number: 2017.37.2

Hat

This round hat made from black wool felt has a deep, turned brim and rounded crown. The entire exterior of the brim is covered with a band of gold sequins (3 3/4" deep).

Date: c. 1980

Maker: Mr. John (Designer)

Material: felt (textile), sequins (spangles)

GUSN: 325780

Accession Number: 2017.37.3

Hat

This round hat with a rolled brim and rounded, deep crown is decorated with a band of red, machine-knitted jersey which has been ruched and gathered into a knot at the center back. The brim is finished with red grosgrain ribbon stitched over the raw edge.

Date: c. 1980

Maker: Betmar (Manufacturer)

Material: felt (textile), knitting (process)

GUSN: 325781

Accession Number: 2017.37.4

Pumps

Each shoe in this pair of red leather pumps has a black stacked heel and softly pointed toe. The sock (inner lining) is made of buff-colored leather. There is a maker's label on the insole. The outer sole is made of leather. The stacked heel has a rubber heel cap.

Date: c. 1980

Maker: Wolff Shoe Company (Maker)

Material: leather

GUSN: 325782

Accession Number: 2017.37.5AB

Portrait of Deacon John Stone (1781-1849)

Half-length portrait of Deacon John Stone painted against a grey, green background wearing a black coat, white collar, and stock.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paintings (visual works), canvas

GUSN: 325791

Accession Number: 2017.39.1

Drop Leaf Table. Walnut. Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1750.

Queen Anne oval top, drop leaf table with cabriole legs and pad feet.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 325792

Accession Number: 2017.39.2

Belt buckle

Bronze belt buckle sculpted using the direct welding method in the form of a human figure with large, outstretched feathered wings, legs extended to the proper right, and a featureless face. The wings form the top edge of the buckle. A vaguely human shape is stretched in a prone position beneath and...

Date: ca. 1975

Maker: Yurman, David, 1942- (Designer)

Material: bronze (metal), sculpting

GUSN: 325807

Accession Number: 2017.40.1

Gloves

Pair of women's white elbow length gloves with pierced decoration. Kid leather.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: kidskin, leather, piercing

GUSN: 325809

Accession Number: 2017.41.2AB

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