Historic New England

Wallpaper

Walllpaper fragment. All over arcs crowned with foliage in a heavily dotted ground. Elements are too stylized to permit naturalistic interpretation. Printed in black and white on tan. Straight match.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294220

Accession Number: 1920.324B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment (one of three). Block-printed with floral sprig pattern, including stylized tulips and lilacs. Printed in blue and gray on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294227

Accession Number: 1920.325.1C

Wallpaper fragments. Sidewall panel paper part of a fresco set (see 1988.43.1). Pattern of taupe, tan and black guilloche on a red field bordered by bead and reel molding delineate a panel with stylized diaper pattern cut from a field of beige strapwork.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294229

Accession Number: 1988.43.2F

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral-trail pattern with a meandering green vine spouting different flowers: carnations, clematis and peony blossoms. Printed in orange, red, pink, white and green on a light blue ground. Straight repeat. British tax stamps on verso.

Date: 1770-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 294230

Accession Number: 1978.140G-I

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner is oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with white fabric. The center of the banner is a larg...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, textile materials

GUSN: 294235

Accession Number: 1972.112.1

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner is oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with white fabric. The center of the banner is a larg...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, textile materials, metal

GUSN: 294253

Accession Number: 1972.112.2

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner an oblong oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with wallpaper. The wallpaper backing is strip...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, découpage (image making technique)

GUSN: 294281

Accession Number: 1972.112.3

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment. Trophy Paper. Pattern consists of vertical stripes behind bouquets and trophies of war, including shield, arrows and quiver, flag and sword. Prints in black and white on yellow ground.

Date: 1770-1785

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294440

Accession Number: 1978.141.1B

Table

Dropleaf table, oblong center leaf with two hinged scalloped leaves. One long drawer. Twist reeded legs with casters.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 294670

Accession Number: 1963.355

Wallpaper

Wallpaper in Coffin House Parlor, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Original to Parlor and still intact on walls.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294675

Accession Number: 1963.412

Fireboard

Fireboard with breadboard ends. One side covered with wallpaper. Includes a laid paper with pale blue ground covered with overall vine motif with grapes, flowers, and pears in green, gold and blue.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 294758

Accession Number: 1985.670

Wallpaper border

Multiple pieces of wallpaper border attached wallpaper (see wallpaper 1967.122.1) from a single room. Papers were found in a bureau drawer in the Stetson House in Hanover, Massachusetts but may originate from the Broad Oak Farm also in Hanover. The border is a continuous floral vine block printed ...

Date: 1815-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294764

Accession Number: 1967.122.2

Wallpaper

Large fragment of floral and column stripe wallpaper. Grey ground with floral vine printed in blues, browns, pink, white, yellow. Columns printed in blues and brown. Straight repeat.

Date: 178701790

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294765

Accession Number: 1965.7.1B

Portrait of Abigail Penfield Harwood (1779-1867)

Half-length portrait of Abigail Penfield Harwood. The older woman has gray hair and dark eyes. She is seated and wearing a black dress with white lace collar and white lace bonnet. Oil paint on panel. Not framed.

Date: 1836

Maker: Powers, Asahel L. (American painter, 1813-1843) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 294780

Accession Number: 2014.34.1

Portrait of Eleazer Van Ness Harwood (1816-1880)

Half-length portrait of Eleazer Van Ness Harwood. The young man has dark hair and dark eyes. He is seated and wearing a white shirt, black coat, waistcoat, and neck cloth. He has a small triangular gold brooch pinned to his waistcoat and is holding a book in his left hand. Oil paint on mattress tick...

Date: 1836

Maker: Powers, Asahel L. (American painter, 1813-1843) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), ticking

GUSN: 294781

Accession Number: 2014.34.2

Framed letter

Framed letter regarding portraits by Asahel Powers. Allen Harwood to his sister Elizabeth Harwood.

Date: 1836

Maker: Harwood, Allen Penfield, 1818-1893 (Author)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 294782

Accession Number: 2014.34.3

'Poodle' Skirt

Skirt, black wool felt with appliqued design of a white poodle wearing a plaid kilt, sash, and matching plaid tam with feather.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Filene's (Department Store) (Retailer)

Material: wool (textile), fur

GUSN: 294796

Accession Number: 2014.35.1

Dress

Mother of the bride pink chiffon and silk dress [2014.35.2a], embroidered with pink flowers, green leaves, beading and sequins. Zipper and hook and eye closures up back and lined bodice attached to interior at shoulder straps, with boning. With custom made pink silk half slip [2014.35.2b] and pink ...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Monet of Chestnut Hill (Retailer)

Material: chiffon, embroidering, beads (pierced objects), silk (fiber), sequins (spangles)

GUSN: 294797

Accession Number: 2014.35.2A-C

Fur Jacket

Silver mink fur jacket [2014.35.3.1] with cream colored satin lining. Jacker has two pockets and three rhinestone buttons down front. With original plastic S. Sack Fur's hanger [2014.35.3.2]. Jacket is stored in a fabric garment bag with a detachable metal hanger insert [2014.35.3.3ab].

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Human Form Hanger Co. S. Sacks Furs Modee Home

Material: mink, silk (fiber), rhinestone, plastic (organic material), metal, kapok (fiber)

GUSN: 294798

Accession Number: 2014.35.3.1-.3AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of foliate wallpaper from the Chellis Estate, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. Large-scale, foliate damask pattern roller-printed in light tan and green on blue ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 294840

Accession Number: 2001.281.1209

Wallpaper

The Pillar and Arch wallpaper on the walls of the central hall of the Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine. The paper is an 1898 reproduction of the original commissioned by Emily Tyson and Elise Tyson [Vaughan]. Bouquet of flowers in an urn flanked by Corinthian columns draped with floral garlands...

Date: 1898

Maker: Gregory and Brown Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 294852

Accession Number: 1949.1098.1

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of trellis and vine wallpaper from the Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine. Block printed in two grays and two greens on light gray ground.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Probably Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 294855

Accession Number: 1949.1178

Wallpaper

Two cut samples of reproduction Pillar and Arch wallpaper made for the front hall of the Hamilton House, South Berwick Maine. Bouquet of flowers in an urn flanked by Corinthian columns draped with floral garlands. Printed in white, brown and black on a blue ground.

Date: 1898

Maker: Gregory and Brown Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 294863

Accession Number: 1949.1098.2BC

Windsor armchair

Windsor armchair with a history of use by Levi Packard (1761-1844) of North Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294902

Accession Number: 1993.538

Scenic Wallpaper

One of twenty-five fragments of the French scenic wallpaper "Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique" (also known as "Les Voyages du captaine Cook"). The scenic is loosely based on the celebrated events of Captian James Cook's exploration of the Pacific, which brough the captain to his violent death there ...

Date: 1804-1806

Maker: Dufour, Joseph (Manufacturer) Charvet, Jean-Gabriel (Designer)

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

GUSN: 294907

Accession Number: 1954.229.1

Scenic Wallpaper

One of twenty-five fragments of the French scenic wallpaper "Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique" (also known as "Les Voyages du captaine Cook"). The scenic is loosely based on the celebrated events of Captian James Cook's exploration of the Pacific, which brough the captain to his violent death there ...

Date: 1804-1806

Maker: Dufour, Joseph (Manufacturer) Charvet, Jean-Gabriel (Designer)

GUSN: 294923

Accession Number: 1954.229.2

Scenic Wallpaper

One of twenty-five fragments of the French scenic wallpaper "Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique" (also known as "Les Voyages du captaine Cook"). The scenic is loosely based on the celebrated events of Captian James Cook's exploration of the Pacific, which brough the captain to his violent death there ...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294924

Accession Number: 1954.229.3

Scenic Wallpaper

One of twenty-five fragments of the French scenic wallpaper "Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique" (also known as "Les Voyages du captaine Cook"). The scenic is loosely based on the celebrated events of Captian James Cook's exploration of the Pacific, which brough the captain to his violent death there ...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294925

Accession Number: 1954.229.4

Board with tounge and groove edge and two layers of wallpaper. Broken along both edges. First (earliest) layer of wallpaper is a block printed with concave-edged diamonds and foliate vines in black and white on a blue ground. The second paper is block printed with stripes of diaper pattern, foliate ...

Date: ca. 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood, carving (processes)

GUSN: 301767

Accession Number: 1968.32.5

Floorboard

Floorboard with black, yellow, and red stenciling on a white background. Some sections are hand-painted with a blue, red and white stencil pattern of diamonds and ovals.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, stenciling, paint (coating)

GUSN: 302032

Accession Number: 1959.254M

Floorboard

Floorboard with black, yellow, and red stenciling on a white background. Some sections are hand-painted with a blue, red and white stencil pattern of diamonds and ovals.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, stenciling, paint (coating)

GUSN: 302033

Accession Number: 1959.254O

Floorboard

Floorboard with black, yellow, and red stenciling on a white background. Some sections are hand-painted with a blue, red and white stencil pattern of diamonds and ovals.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, stenciling, paint (coating)

GUSN: 302034

Accession Number: 1959.254P

Floorboard

Floorboard with black, yellow, and red stenciling on a white background. Some sections are hand-painted with a blue, red and white stencil pattern of diamonds and ovals.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, stenciling, paint (coating)

GUSN: 302035

Accession Number: 1959.254R

Wallpaper roll, "Otis Damask" pattern. Block printed in white and beige on gold ground.

Maker: Thomas Strahan Company (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302045

Accession Number: 2000.411A

Reproduction Wallpaper

Wallpaper roll, "Lady Pepperrell" pattern. Imitation 'print room' motif, with three 'prints' framed and connected by trophies, flowers, and C-scrolls. Framed scenic views feature horses, riders, and rustic buildings. Printed in gray, brown, white, and black, on a pink ground.

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302047

Accession Number: 2000.412A

Reproduction Wallpaper

Wallpaper roll, "New Hampshire Bird." Vignettes of a wren-like bird framed by floral and foliate vine elements. Machine printed [?] in browns, yellows, and greens on a green ground. Printed "Nancy McClelland Inc. / New Hampshire Bird" in left selvage edge.

Maker: Nancy McClelland Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302048

Accession Number: 2000.417A

Reproduction Wallpaper Border

Partial wallpaper roll of "Otis Garland Border." Bottom segment only. Leafy loral garland design in blues, greens, yellow, and red on a pink and grey ground.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302049

Accession Number: 2000.310

Wallpaper

Wallpaper roll. White moire. Same pattern as, but grayer than 1969.3624.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302050

Accession Number: 1969.3626

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragments. Floral garland around a post or column. Pinks, red, greens, browns, white, and purples on a bright blue ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 302051

Accession Number: 2000.95A-D

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border. Ribbon-wrapped branch or column. Blues, brown, brown flock, and red on a yellow ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 302054

Accession Number: 2000.97AB

Reproduction Wallpaper

Two wallpaper rolls in "Osborne Arcaded Panel" design. Arcaded columns of sprig motifs are separated by stripes of leaves and sprig in white and green. Shell and feather motifs alternate at top of column. Printed in green, white, brown, pink, and yellow on a light green ground. Printed "c MCMLXXXV a...

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302055

Accession Number: 2000.403AB

Wallpaper

Partial wallpaper roll. Stylized flowers set within scrolled leaf frame, printed in gray, red, green, blue, and black on white ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302056

Accession Number: 2000.570

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