Historic New England

Wallpaper

Stylized floral wallpaper fragments from Hodgdon's Island, Boothbay, Maine. The floral pattern features two urn figures filled with flowers and foliage. The figures are surrounded by sprigs and sprays, forming a dense all-over floral pattern. Roller-printed in light olive, three pinks, metallic g...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 288510

Accession Number: 2001.281.588.2AB

Wallpaper Sample Book

Wallpaper trade catalog or sample book titled "Warner Presents Album of Favorites." Catalog is bound with heavy pasteboard covers printed in pink and green and has black fabric covering spine. Catalog contains samples of approximately 50 wallpaper patterns in multiple colorways. Pattern names not gi...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), textile materials

GUSN: 288511

Accession Number: 2001.281.711

Wallpaper

Fragment of diaper-patterned wallpaper from Cornish, Maine. Diamond pattern formed by striated white lines and white and gray circles, give the impression of architectural molding. Each diamond frames a quatrefoil figure. Block-printed in white and two grays on light gray ground. Wove paper with ...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 288513

Accession Number: 2001.281.589

Wallpaper Sample Book

Wallpaper trade catalog or sample book titled "Alfred Peats Prize Wallpaper - New York - Boston - Chicago -- Book 4." Catalog is bound with front and back covers of heavy dark brown paper embossed with rococo scrolls framing a gold quatrefoil shape containing the title. Catalog contains samples of c...

Date: 1912-1920

Maker: Alfred Peats Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, gilding

GUSN: 288514

Accession Number: 2001.281.712

Wallpaper Sample Book

Wallpaper trade catalog or sample book from Kraus and Lederer Wallpaper. Catalog is bound and has front and back covers of heavy dark brown paper embossed with an imitation leather pattern. Catalog contains approximately 39 groups of coordinated ceiling, border and sidewall wallpapers.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Kraus and Lederer Wallpaper (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ceiling papers, borders (ornament areas)

GUSN: 288515

Accession Number: 2001.281.713

Wallpaper

Fragment of medallion wallpaper from McLellan House, Gorham, Maine. Foliate medallions composed of inner pinwheel of white leaf-like figures and an outer pinwheel of green stems with leaves. Small sprigs of stylized flowers, also in green, surround each medallion. Block-printed in white and green ...

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 288516

Accession Number: 2001.281.590

Decanter

Hand-blown lead glass decanter (a) without pronounced shoulder and three glass strings encircling neck. Stopper (b) hand-blown in mold with a starburst finial and ground shank. Mouth of decanter is everted and somewhat turned up.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288522

Accession Number: 1958.291AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment with scenic pattern from Gorham, Maine. Repeating vignette of trees framed by foliate scrolls, c-scrolls and floral sprays and festoons on a background printed to resemble grass matting or woven silk. The vignettes and framing scrollwork are roller-printed in metallic gold...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 288523

Accession Number: 2001.281.591

Woodbin

Lift-top wood bin with molded base and wrought iron fittings. Interior fitted with sheet iron liner held with brass nails. Interior of lid painted greeen. Originally with handles on each side.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), iron (metal), brass (alloy), paint (coating)

GUSN: 288524

Accession Number: 1958.305

Wallpaper

Fragment of a diaper-patterned wallpaper from Gorham, Maine. Fourteen-sided lozenge figures form a thin-lined diaper pattern. Each lozenge frames a small, elongated quatrefoil. Roller-printed in brown, gray, blue, orange, red and green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288525

Accession Number: 2001.281.592

Bellows

Wood, leather, and brass bellows painted black with red, green, and yellow leaves, and flowers. Nozzle and fittings made of brass.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), leather, paint (coating)

GUSN: 288526

Accession Number: 1958.300

Card table

Folding card table with top having ogee edges and ovolo corners, square reeded legs and ball feet.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 288527

Accession Number: 1958.289

Serving tray

Oval sheet metal (tin?) serving tray, painted red on bottom and black on sides with yellow stripe along edges. Flared rim.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tin and tin alloy, paint (coating)

GUSN: 288528

Accession Number: 1958.290

Tea Service

Twenty-five piece tea service with molded lattice and floral design with pink lusterware accents. Set consists of two plates, creamer, teapot, eleven teacups, and ten saucers.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 288529

Accession Number: 1958.310

Book Cover

Wallpaper used as a book cover or document folder from Fryeburg, Maine. Wallpaper pattern of floral medallions on wheat background. Two floral sprays, one of poppies and the other of cornflowers, are vibrantly and naturalistically block-printed in shades of orange, blue, green, yellow and brown. The...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 288530

Accession Number: 2001.281.593

Honeybee Wallpaper

Fragment of "Honeybee" wallpaper, designed by Candace Wheeler in 1881, from a house in Bath, Maine. In the pattern honeybees fly among circling floral vines on a background pattern of honeycomb. Block-printed in metallic gold, metallic silver, nude, tan, brown, yellow on light blue ground. The pa...

Date: 1881

Maker: Wheeler, Candace (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, block printing (relief printing process), metallic pigment

GUSN: 288563

Accession Number: 2001.281.594

Wallpaper

Two matching fragments of wallpaper from Bath, Maine. Pattern features motifs and naturalistic style of Japanese art popular with Aesthetic Movement designers. Cranes in flying and standing poses among a variety of flowering plants with a large tree branch or vine meandering back and forth across t...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process), metallic pigment

GUSN: 288565

Accession Number: 2001.281.595AB

Wastebasket

Birch bark wastebasket scraped or etched with design of stylized ferns, feather, trees, circles, hunter with feathered headdress and bow and arrow, and moose or elk. Attributed to Tomah Joseph by donor but may be the work of fellow Passamaquoddy birch bark artist John Snow based on similar examples ...

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: Possibly Snow, John (Maker) Attributed to Tomah, Joseph (Maker)

Material: birch (wood)

GUSN: 289309

Accession Number: 1990.159.2

Watercolor painting

Watercolor rendering of a birch bark canoe back. Brown and beige, bird and elk on top, J-R in center, and deer with antlers in profile on bottom. Original work depicted is attributed to Tomah Joseph by donor but may be the work of fellow Passamaquoddy birch bark artist John Snow based on similar exa...

Date: August 22, 1919

Maker: Norton, Susan, 1902-1989 (Artist) After Tomah, Joseph (Architect)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolors (paintings)

GUSN: 289310

Accession Number: 1990.159.3

Scarf

Large, rectangular, dark gray, linen scarf. Hemmed with dark gray thread in large-scale scalloped motif.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 289311

Accession Number: 1993.156.2

Visor

Shield-shaped decorative brim/visor with oval hole in the center. Brim is supported on head by two black silk ribbons that cross in x-shape. Oval hole is surrounded by border of dark gray linen. Brim is held rigid with cardboard. Main body is covered with off-white linen. Small circles of dark gray ...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 289312

Accession Number: 1993.156.3

Paper Crown

Gold-coated paper crown with six points. White cotton thread holds crown together at back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 289313

Accession Number: 1993.156.4

"Emblem of America"

Watercolor painting of a woman personifying America. A Native American woman is holding an American flag and leaning on the grave of George Washington. Niagara Falls appears in the background. Watercolor matted with reverse painting on glass. Gold beaded frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 289314

Accession Number: 1993.643.2

"Emblem of Asia"

Watercolor painting of a woman personifying Asia. Woman is dressed in fine silk clothing and is wearing a turban. In the background are ancient ruins and temples, and a man (European?) being chased by a (large) crocodile. Watercolor matted with reverse painting on glass. Gold beaded frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 289315

Accession Number: 1993.643.3

"Emblem of Africa"

Watercolor painting of a woman personifying Africa. A black woman, with breasts bared, holds a bow and arrow and gestures at an animal that she has killed. Watercolor matted with reverse painting on glass. Gold beaded frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 289316

Accession Number: 1993.643.4

Curtain panel

Glazed chintz curtain panel with red backing. Sewn-on border on proper left edge. Hem has floral design in a line. Curtain has eight hooks sewn into the top edge.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 289317

Accession Number: 2006.9.1.1

Curtain panel

Glazed chintz curtain panel with red backing. Curtain has eight hooks sewn into the top edge.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 289326

Accession Number: 2006.9.1.2

Pair of Curtains

Pair of printed cotton curtain panels [.1 and .2] with a floral pattern in pink, teal, and brown on a beige ground. Solid yellow backing. Curtain has five hooks sewn into the top edge.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 289328

Accession Number: 2006.9.2

Curtain panel

Printed cotton curtain panel with a floral pattern in pink, teal, and brown on a beige ground. Solid yellow backing. Curtain has five hooks sewn into the top edge and a dime sized brass (?) hoop sewn onto the corner edge on the back.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 289329

Accession Number: 2006.9.2.1

Curtain panel

Printed cotton curtain panel with a floral pattern in pink, teal, and brown on a beige ground. Solid yellow backing. Curtain has five hooks sewn into the top edge.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 289334

Accession Number: 2006.9.2.2

Cushion cover

Cushion cover with large white and green floral and leaf pattern on a red ground. Rectangular shape with zipper closure on one side.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 289335

Accession Number: 2006.9.3

Curtain panel

Printed cotton curtain panel with cream-colored ground and vertically oriented alternating rows of green trees and classical architecture in ruins in gray and black tones. Background of a green hillside and blue sky. "Dorian" pattern.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Decorative Fabrics, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 289336

Accession Number: 2006.9.4

Wallpaper

Small wallpaper fragment. Blue floral and peacock motif printed in green, black, yellow, and pink on a cream ground. Paper was later reproduced by A. L. Diament.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 289338

Accession Number: 2006.9.5

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Brewster" pattern by Katzenbach & Warren. Pattern is part of the Colonial Williamsburg reproduction series. Wallpaper is a floral stripe with three different vertical stripes including foliage, palmette foliage, and floral vines. These three stripes al...

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 289418

Accession Number: 2001.281.725

Plate

Plate with molded lattice and floral design with pink lusterware accents.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 289419

Accession Number: 1958.310.1

Plate

Plate with molded lattice and floral design with pink lusterware accents.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 289421

Accession Number: 1958.310.2

Creamer

Creamer with molded lattice and floral design with pink lusterware accents.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 289428

Accession Number: 1958.310.3

Teapot

Teapot [a] with lid [b]. Oval form with domed finial. Molded lattice and floral design with pink lusterware accents.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 289430

Accession Number: 1958.310.4ab

Scarf

Loosely knit cream colored wool scarf.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 289433

Accession Number: 1984.1445

Fan

Fan [.1] in original box [.2ab].

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 289456

Accession Number: 1984.1683

Fan

Fan with black silk ribs, with painted decoration in white, pink, and red. Lace trim at along top edge. Pair of orange silk tassels attached to handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 289457

Accession Number: 1984.1683.1

Fan box

Rectangular white cardboard box [a] with lid [b] for fan. Lid of box has embossed asian character set within a circle.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 289459

Accession Number: 1984.1683.2ab

Reproduction Wallpaper

Three unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "Brocatelle" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. and distributed by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc. Wallpaper features an all-over Chinoserie floral design of large rococo flowers and foliage. Roller-printed in light yellow and light green on a ...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer) Katzenbach and Warren (Dealer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 289460

Accession Number: 2001.281.726.1A-C

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of morning glory and scroll wallpaper border. Gray and gold block-printed flowers drape over imitation molding featuring a fluid acanthus leaf figure with long scrolls in red flocking. Block-printed in metallic gold, two grays and red flocking on polished white ground. The flocking is ov...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking, block printing (relief printing process), metallic pigment

GUSN: 289461

Accession Number: 2001.281.645AB

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Brocatelle" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. and distributed by Katzenbach and Warren, Inc. Wallpaper features an all-over Chinoserie floral design of large rococo flowers and foliage. Roller-printed in light green amd blue-green on a light gre...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer) Katzenbach and Warren

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 289464

Accession Number: 2001.281.726.2

Reproduction Wallpaper

Five unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "Chinoiserie" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale pictoral pattern depicting Asian individuals in various landscape scenes. Pattern is based on eighteenth-century designs of French artist Jean Pillement. Samples a...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 289474

Accession Number: 2001.281.727.1-5

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Classic Damask" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a repeating design imitating a woven damask from the Empire period. The pattern has a central urn enclosed in a circular floral garland.The circular motif is enclosed within a diamo...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 289487

Accession Number: 2001.281.728

Wallpaper Border

Two fragments of ribbon and sprig-flocked wallpaper border. Tan and gold sprigs evenly spaced over red flocked ribbon with gold center stripe. Block-printed in brown, gold and red flocking on tan ground. Flocking is overprinted in pink, red and black.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking, block printing (relief printing process), metallic pigment

GUSN: 289489

Accession Number: 2001.281.646AB

Wallpaper border

Fragment of red flocked floral wallpaper border. Flowers with red flocked petals and block-printed tan centers against tan and red leaves. Block-printed in black, metallic gold, brown and tan on white ground. Red flocking is overprinted in black and pink.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking, block printing (relief printing process), metallic pigment

GUSN: 289494

Accession Number: 2001.281.647

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in the "Crystal Palace" pattern (#220484) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a Renaissance Revival pattern featuring repeating cartouches and strapwork. Cartouches enclose floral sprays of roses, peonies and other flowers. Interspersed between stra...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 289498

Accession Number: 2001.281.729

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