Orchard House Merchandise

Prints and Posters

Order of Indoor Duties
Unframed print, $2.00
Written in 1843, these rules for daily life show the schedule followed by the home-schooled Alcott girls, highlighting virtues such as "prompt, cheerful, unquestioning obedience." Popular with parents!

Mr. Alcott's "Maxims" for Teaching
Calligraphied Poster: $8.95
These 58 gems of wisdom were written by Bronson Alcott in the 1820s and are strikingly modern.

Matted Items Suitable for Framing.
These make lovely gifts!
"To Anna" (poem), $8.95
"The First Robin" (poem), $8.95
Anna's Wedding (quote) $8.95
"Silent and Sad" (poem) $8.95

Specialty Items

Limited edition framed print of Still Life with Owl, one of the last and finest paintings by Louisa's sister, May Alcott Niereker (the "Amy" of Little Women.).

Matted and framed, 32 " x 27 1/2 ", including frame. $250.00

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Louisa May Alcott Report Kit
For young students researching and reporting on the life of Louisa and the Alcotts. $9.95.
Contents of the kit include:

Directions for a costume.
Snood and ribbon.
Interesting facts about Louisa, plus profiles of the Alcott family.
Post cards of Orchard House, Louisa, and her room.
Catalog for ordering additional items from Orchard House, along with suggestions for additional research and presentation items.

"Hope and Keep Busy" sterling silver pendant
" Hope and Keep Busy" was the motto of Abigail May Alcott, Louisa's "Marmee." The sterling silver pendant comes in a black velvet bag, with an explanatory folder. On the back is engraved "Louisa May Alcott."
$35.00
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Cat's Meow Orchard House
Authentic wooden Orchard House model from Cat's Meow, the well known creator of historic house replicas. Pictured here in front of Orchard House, the model is about 3"x5". $14.95

Great Female Authors Umbrella
Includes the following authors: Alcott, Shelley, Dickinson,Austen, Plath, Browning, Lazarus, and Woolf

$21.95

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Louisa May Alcott / Orchard House Christmas Ornament
Approximately 2 1/2" high.
Gold flashed brass.
$6.95

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Orchard House Ceramic Mug
This large, off-white mug features views of Orchard House and the School of Philosophy. Perfect for sipping your favorite beverage while enjoying a good book. $8.00

Eminent Women: America's most Distinguuished Women Authors, photographed by Norman Studios, 1884.

Large (12" x 16"): $15.95 Small (8" x 10"): $ 10.95

Composite photograph of Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Julia Ward Howe, Helen Hunt [Jackson], Sarah Orne Jewett, Lucy Larcom, Mary A. Livermore, Louise Chandler Moulton, Grace A. Oliver, Nora Perry, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps [Ward], and Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Pillows from Orchard House

Left: Mood Pillows
Large (15" high): $34.00
Small (12" high): $24.00
In the Orchard House parlor is the original "Mood Pillow" used to signify whether Louisa was in the mood for socializing. As she wrote in Little Women: "If `the sausage' as they called it, stood on end, it was a sign [to] approach ... but if it lay flat across the sofa, woe to man, woman, or child who dared disturb it!"

Right: Balsam pillows. Filled with fragrant balsam from New England.
Log cabin pattern:
5" x 5": $ 7.00
7" x 7": $14.50
Camp quilt pattern,
7" x 7": $ 19.95

Shipping costs will be added for all mail orders.

Gift Pack from Orchard House

Little Women journal with pen, pencil, and ruler, and Dover edition of the complete book. Cellophane-wrapped and tied with festive ribbon, available at special discounted package price. Wonderful party favor!

$9.95. (Postage and handling added to all orders.)

Votes for Women Items

Tea Set.
In the days before the 19th Amendment, a wealthy Newport socialite ordered a tea set emblazoned with the phrase "Votes for Women" to make a point to the influential guests who often dined with her. The Alcotts were ardent supporters of the women's suffrage movement, and today we offer replicas of this tea set for your enjoyment.
Teapot...$28.00
Cup and Saucer...$21.00
Mug...$12.00
Dish Towels...$6.25

Tote Bags Large $18.50 Small $5.95
With the "Votes for Women" slogan in blue script on its outside, this bag is both functional and outspoken.

Pens and Pencils

Floating Pens, $2.95
In colors of pink, purple, teal, and blue, a floating Jessie Wilcox Smith painting against a backdrop of Orchard House and the Concord School of Philosophy.

Orchard House Pencils,
$0.35 or 3 for $1.00
Saying "Orchard House" with stylized apples.

Postcards

Individual Views, each $0.50
Choose from color views of:
Kitchen, Parlor, Louisa's room (pictured at left), May's room, Bronson's study, Outside view of house.
Or a black and white view of Bronson in his study in 1870.

Louisa, $0.65
Photograph of Louisa sitting at a desk and writing.

Louisa, age 25, $0.65 (pictured at left)

Packet, $2.85
All the color postcards in one convenient package. (does NOT include the portraits of Louisa or the black and white view of Bronson.)

Note Cards

Notecards with full-color art by May Alcott. $3.00 per card.
15 different cards available. Click here to see them all.

Size of cards, about 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, including white border around image.

Portrait of Louisa May Alcott, 1871, by George Healy. $3.00.
Painting hangs in the Orchard House dining room.

Size of card, about 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, including white border around image

Orchard House Notecards $6.50
Pen and ink sketch of Orchard House by Concord artist Suzanne Altshuler. Specify winter or summer view.

Writers' Homes of New England $14.95
Boxed Notes - Beautiful colors. Contains a selection of 20 notecards.

Needlework Kits

Orchard House Mini Sampler $9.95
Counted cross-stitch. Segment of alphabet and numbers.
Finished size 3-1/2 x 5 " (Pictured at left.)

Hope and Keep Busy $21.95
Counted cross-stitch kit.
Abigail Alcott's inspirational phrase can be found throughout the works of Louisa May Alcott. The floral border of this design evokes the flowers surrounding Orchard House. 12" x 24" frame.

Miscellaneous

Collector's Thimble $5.50
A white porcelain thimble with the Orchard House insignia in burgundy.

Embroidered Patch $2.00
Stitched with an image of Orchard House, and the text "Louisa May Alcott" and "Orchard House," this patch is especially popular with Girl Scouts and will appeal to anyone who enjoys or collects patches.