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Lantern

Lantern

Maker Maker once known Date of Creation c. 1775 Location Boston, Massachusetts Materials Iron, glass Institution Concord Museum Credit Line Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Cummings E. Davis Accession Number M400a.1 Photo Credit Concord Museum Famously mythologized...

Robe a l’Anglaise

Robe a l’Anglaise

Maker Unknown/American Date of Creation c. 1780 Location Unknown, possibly Massachusetts Materials Silk, linen Institution Springfield Art Museum Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Frank E. Adams Accession Number SAM 1947.32a-h Photo Credit Springfield Art Museum This dress was...

Gin Bottle

Gin Bottle

Maker Unknown Date of Creation Before 1798 Location The Netherlands (Used in Curaçao and Salem, Massachusetts) Materials Free-blown glass Institution Peabody Essex Museum Credit Line Gift of Ceclia Remond Babcock, 1911 Accession Number 102810 Photo Credit Photography...

Wedding Gown

Wedding Gown

Maker Unknown Date of Creation 1770–90 Location Massachusetts (construction) England or France (textiles) Materials Plain weave plate-printed linen printed in indigo Institution Historic New England Credit Line Gift of Ann B. Gilbert, Carol Bostock Kraner, Susan...