Domestic Furnishings - Overview
Washboards, armchairs, lamps, and pots and pans may not seem to be museum pieces. But they are invaluable evidence of how most people lived day to day, last week or three centuries ago. The Museum's collections of domestic furnishings comprise more than 40,000 artifacts from American households. Large and small, they include four houses, roughly 800 pieces of furniture, fireplace equipment, spinning wheels, ceramics and glass, family portraits, and much more.
The Arthur and Edna Greenwood Collection contains more than 2,000 objects from New England households from colonial times to mid-1800s. From kitchens of the past, the collections hold some 3,300 artifacts, ranging from refrigerators to spatulas. The lighting devices alone number roughly 3,000 lamps, candleholders, and lanterns.
"Domestic Furnishings - Overview" showing 34 items.
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A Moose Hunt
- Description (Brief)
- This print is one of fifteen chromolithographs that were included in the 1889-1890 folio "Sport or Fishing and Shooting" published by Bradlee Whidden of Boston and edited by A.C. Gould. These prints are based on watercolors that were commissioned for the publication, and illustrated by prominent American artists. Each folio illustration was accompanied by a single leaf of descriptive text followed by an account of the depicted sporting scene. The publication was advertised as having been reviewed for accuracy by a renowned group of anglers and hunters prior to printing.
- This print was originally titled and numbered on the text page as 2. A Moose Hunt. Henry Sandham. Depicted is a bull moose standing in the right foreground at the edge of a stream from which it has presumably been drinking. Two men in a canoe are visible in the left background; one man is paddling while the other carries a rifle.
- The artist was Henry Sandham (1842-1910), a Canadian born illustrator and artist of hunting and fishing scenes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1889
- publisher; copywriter
- Bradlee Whidden
- lithographer
- Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company
- artist
- Sandham, Henry
- ID Number
- DL*60.2726
- catalog number
- 60.2726
- accession number
- 228146
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Stalking the Wapiti
- Description (Brief)
- This print is one of fifteen chromolithographs that were included in the 1889-1890 folio "Sport or Fishing and Shooting" published by Bradlee Whidden of Boston and edited by A.C. Gould. These prints are based on watercolors that were commissioned for the publication, and illustrated by prominent American artists. Each folio illustration was accompanied by a single leaf of descriptive text followed by an account of the depicted sporting scene. The publication was advertised as having been reviewed for accuracy by a renowned group of anglers and hunters prior to printing.
- This print was originally titled and numbered on the text page as 15. Stalking the Wapiti. Henry Sandham. Depicted are four Wapiti or elk- one stag and three doe- standing on a grassy ridge, overlooking two men walking on a path below the ridge.
- The artist was Henry Sandham (1842-1910), a Canadian born illustrator and artist of hunting and fishing scenes.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1890
- publisher; copywriter
- Bradlee Whidden
- lithographer
- Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company
- artist
- Sandham, Henry
- ID Number
- DL*60.2729
- catalog number
- 60.2729
- accession number
- 228146
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Hunting Antelope
- Description (Brief)
- This print is one of fifteen chromolithographs that were included in the 1889-1890 folio "Sport or Fishing and Shooting" published by Bradlee Whidden of Boston and edited by A.C. Gould. These prints are based on watercolors that were commissioned for the publication, and illustrated by prominent American artists. Each folio illustration was accompanied by a single leaf of descriptive text followed by an account of the depicted sporting scene. The publication was advertised as having been reviewed for accuracy by a renowned group of anglers and hunters prior to printing.
- This print was originally titled and numbered on the text page as 5. Hunting Antelope [i.e. Prong-horn] Frederic Remington. Depicted are two men on barren mesa with the game in the distance. In the foreground, one cowboy is holding a rifle and the reins of his horse while standing near standing near a second saddled and hobbled cow pony. The second hunter is kneeling in the background, shooting at the antelope in the distance.
- This print is by well known western artist, Frederick Remington (1861-1909). It is one of his first two prints to be issued in color and was published less than a decade after Remington first traveled to the American West.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1890
- publisher; copywriter
- Bradlee Whidden
- lithographer
- Remington, Frederic
- maker
- Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company
- ID Number
- DL*60.2732
- catalog number
- 60.2732
- accession number
- 228146
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Hunting the Deer
- Description (Brief)
- This print is one of fifteen chromolithographs that were included in the 1889-1890 folio "Sport or Fishing and Shooting" published by Bradlee Whidden of Boston and edited by A.C. Gould. These prints are based on watercolors that were commissioned for the publication, and illustrated by prominent American artists. Each folio illustration was accompanied by a single leaf of descriptive text followed by an account of the depicted sporting scene. The publication was advertised as having been reviewed for accuracy by a renowned group of anglers and hunters prior to printing.
- This print was originally titled and numbered on the text page as 11. Hunting the [Virginia] Deer. A.B. Frost. It depicts a hunter crouched behind a log, aiming a rifle at a stag.
- The artist was Arthur Burdette Frost (1851-1928), known for his wildlife and sporting scenes even though he had an aversion to deer hunting. Frost was a noted illustrator (Uncle Remus), even though he was color blind.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1889
- publisher; copywriter
- Bradlee Whidden
- lithographer
- Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company
- artist
- Frost, Arthur Burdette
- ID Number
- DL*60.2720
- catalog number
- 60.2720
- accession number
- 228146
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
A Hunt Above The Timber Line
- Description (Brief)
- This print is one of fifteen chromolithographs that were included in the 1889-1890 folio "Sport or Fishing and Shooting" published by Bradlee Whidden of Boston and edited by A.C. Gould. These prints are based on watercolors that were commissioned for the publication, and illustrated by prominent American artists. Each folio illustration was accompanied by a single leaf of descriptive text followed by an account of the depicted sporting scene. The publication was advertised as having been reviewed for accuracy by a renowned group of anglers and hunters prior to printing.
- This print was originally titled and numbered on the text page as 13. A hunt above the timber line [Big-horn]. Edward Knobel. Depicted are four big horn sheep running across boulders in the foreground. A fifth sheep falls, shot by one of two hunters visible in the left background.
- The artist was Edward Knobel (1839-1908), noted for his illustrations of plants and animals.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1890
- publisher; copywiter
- Bradlee Whidden
- lithographer
- Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company
- artist
- Knobel, Edward
- ID Number
- DL*60.2730
- catalog number
- 60.2730
- accession number
- 228146
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Tarandus Furcifer, Agassiz
- Description (Brief)
- This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
- This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of two male reindeer on boulders, with forested foothills in the background. One is in summer pelage (coat) the other in winter pelage (coat).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1847
- artist
- Audubon, John Woodhouse
- printer
- Bowen, John T.
- publisher
- Audubon, John James
- ID Number
- DL*60.2734
- catalog number
- 60.2734
- accession number
- 228146
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Canis Lupus, Linn (Var Albus)
- Description (Brief)
- This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
- This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of a white male wolf crouching in a clearing and chewing on a bone.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1845
- printer
- Bowen, John T.
- artist; publisher
- Audubon, John James
- ID Number
- DL*60.2735
- catalog number
- 60.2735
- accession number
- 228146
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Feles Concolor, Linn
- Description (Brief)
- This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
- This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of a brown male cougar standing over his felled prey. Forested mountains in the background.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1846
- artist
- Audubon, John Woodhouse
- printer
- Bowen, John T.
- publisher
- Audubon, John James
- ID Number
- DL*60.2736
- catalog number
- 60.2736
- accession number
- 228146
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Ovibos Moschatus, Gmel
- Description (Brief)
- This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
- This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of two male musk oxen standing on a grassy plateau with rocky mountains in the background.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1847
- artist
- Audubon, John Woodhouse
- printer
- Bowen, John T.
- publisher
- Audubon, John James
- ID Number
- DL*60.2737
- catalog number
- 60.2737
- accession number
- 228146
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Myodes Hudsonius, Rich
- Description (Brief)
- This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
- This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of a large white lemming and a smaller brown lemming crouching on boulders amidst wildflowers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1847
- artist
- Audubon, John Woodhouse
- printer
- Bowen, John T.
- publisher
- Audubon, John James
- ID Number
- DL*60.2738
- catalog number
- 60.2738
- accession number
- 228146
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center