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Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection

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Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection

The Fielding Collection of Early American Art is an esteemed group of American works from the period 1680 to around 1870. Numbering in the hundreds of objects, the collection includes important examples of painted portraits, furniture, needlework, painted boxes, quilts, and related decorative art. The collection also focuses on beautiful objects made for everyday living by mostly rural New Englanders: lighting devices, fire buckets, metal implements, scrimshaw, handwoven rugs, and weathervanes together evoke the rustic yet refined world built by the hands of early Americans. In its rich diversity, the Fielding Collection offers a rare opportunity to explore early American history through objects made for everyday use and through images of the people who used them.

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Toaster
Unknown, American
18th - 19th century
Object number: 2016.25.128
Birdcage Windsor Armchair
Unknown, American
ca. 1800
Object number: 2016.25.73
Barber Pole
Unknown, American
n.d.
Object number: 2016.25.1
Scrimshaw Busk with Initials "LH"
Unknown, American
ca. 1835
Object number: 2016.25.2
Scrimshaw Busk
Unknown, American
ca. 1825
Object number: 2016.25.3
Niagara Beadwork Hat
Unknown, American
ca. 1870
Object number: 2016.25.5
Hessian Grenadier Andiron
Unknown, American
ca. 1790
Object number: 2016.25.6.1
Hessian Grenadier Andiron
Unknown, American
ca. 1790
Object number: 2016.25.6.2
Shield Front Andiron
Unknown, American
ca. 1790
Object number: 2016.25.7.1
Shield Front Andiron
Unknown, American
ca. 1790
Object number: 2016.25.7.2
Jar
Unknown, American
ca. 1804
Object number: 2016.25.8
Jar
Unknown, American
ca. 1840
Object number: 2016.25.11
Swag- and Tassel-decorated Jar
Unknown, American
ca. 1810
Object number: 2016.25.12
Jar
Unknown, American
ca. 1810
Object number: 2016.25.13
Jar
Unknown, American
ca. 1820
Object number: 2016.25.15
Jar
Unknown, American
ca. 1804
Object number: 2016.25.16
Jug
Unknown, American
ca. 1810
Object number: 2016.25.17
Tall Case Clock
Unknown, American
ca. 1765
Object number: 2016.25.19
Coffeepot
Unknown, American
n.d.
Object number: 2016.25.20
Oval Bowl
Unknown, American
n.d.
Object number: 2016.25.22
Bark-covered Container
Unknown, American
mid-19th century
Object number: 2016.25.23
Splint Woven Basket
Unknown, American
late 19th century
Object number: 2016.25.24
Basket
Unknown, American
ca. 1832
Object number: 2016.25.25
Writing Box
Unknown, American
ca. 1800
Object number: 2016.25.26