Historic New England

Butter Knife

Silver butter knife with an upturned oval handle and a curved blade.

Date: 1865

Maker: Reed & Barton (Manufacturer)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 103709

Accession Number: 2008.43.10

Wooden chest of drawers painted mustard yellow with floral and scroll stencil decoration on drawers and top, four equal size drawers with round wood pulls, turned pilasters on sides of front, reverse serpentine shaped skirt.

Date: ca. 1859

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103710

Accession Number: 2008.26.1.1

Dresser Mirror

Rectangular wood mirror [A] painted yellow with floral and scroll stencil decoration, serpentine shaped crown [B], two turned supports on each side [C and D].

Date: ca. 1859

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103711

Accession Number: 2008.26.1.2A-D

Washstand

Wooden washstand converted into a desk, painted yellow with floral and scroll stencil decoration, features flip open desktop, two front drawers over a cabinet, candlestand attached on right side.

Date: ca. 1859

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103712

Accession Number: 2008.26.2

Settee

Maple frame and cotton upholstery; slat back, four turned arm supports for each arm; rounded handholds; bulbous stiles; flat rectangular seat; four turned peg legs; four cushions with cotton upholstery of red ground, white, brown and blue foliate design and alternating medallions depicting a rooster...

Date: 1954

Maker: O'Hearn Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

Material: maple (wood), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 103285

Accession Number: 2006.29.1

Easy Chair

Maple frame and cotton upholstery; slat back; four turned arm supports for each arm; rounded handholds; bulbous stiles; flat square seat; four turned peg legs; two cushions with cotton covers of red ground, white, brown, and blue foliate design and alternating medallions depicting a rooster and a wo...

Date: 1954

Maker: O'Hearn Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103286

Accession Number: 2006.29.2

Ottoman

Flat rectangular maple top and four turned peg legs. Cotton upholstered cushion attached to top. Upholstery has red ground with brown, blue and white foliate design and alternating medallions depicting roosters and a woman churning butter. Matching dust ruffle.

Date: 1954

Maker: O'Hearn Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103287

Accession Number: 2006.29.3

Swivel Rocker

Maple frame and cotton upholstery; slat back; four turned arm supports for each arm; rounded handholds; bulbous stiles; flat square seat; wooden swivel mechanism supported by two shaped wooden rails ; two cushions with cotton covers of red ground, white, brown, and blue foliate design and alternatin...

Date: 1954

Maker: O'Hearn Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103288

Accession Number: 2006.29.4

Ingrain Carpet

Two fragments of wool ingrain carpet in red black and green with a repeating medallion and floral and foliate pattern.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103289

Accession Number: 2006.8AB

Slide Projector

Black and gray metal and plastic slide projector, set in a square case covered in black and gray mottled paper, gray plastic handle on top, metal clips at front and back, three gray plastic feet on bottom. Instruction booklet, service card, and empty projector lamp box loose inside of case.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Bell and Howell Company (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103290

Accession Number: 2007.18AB

Wall fragment with wallpaper

Wall fragment (in three pieces) with board, plaster, and wallpaper removed from the second Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston. Pieces B and C are horsehair plaster with paint (pale yellow on C, white on B) and wallpaper adhering. Wallpaper is a stylized floral medallion printed in gray and yellow on a...

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, fibrous plaster, plaster, horsehair, paint (coating), painting (coating), lath

GUSN: 103292

Accession Number: 2005.2.2A-C

Wall Covering

Fragments of embossed leather paper. Scrolling foliate design with exotic flowers, fruit, bird and dragon. Metallic green, yellow, and orange on bronze ground. Two fragments [.1 and .2] removed from behind wall sconces still retain original colors. Remaining fragments are in various stages of fading...

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: Possibly Scott, G. Gilbert (George Gilbert), 1839-1897 (Designer)

GUSN: 103297

Accession Number: 2005.2.7.1-.27

Wallpaper Fragments

Two wallpaper fragments. Birds on scrolling vine eating red berries. Metallic gold ground. Birds and flowers in pale green, yellow, pink. Back of both papers lined with metallic gold paper. Removed from Bow Room [Dining Room]. Similar design to embossed leather paper, 2005.2.7.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Scott, G. Gilbert (George Gilbert), 1839-1897 (Designer) Watts & Co (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103298

Accession Number: 2005.2.8AB

Wallpaper fragment

Wallpaper fragment (in two pieces) adhering to horsehair plaster substrate. Wallpaper is a floral and foliate pattern in blue pink, and yellow on a beige ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, plaster, horsehair

GUSN: 103299

Accession Number: 2005.2.9AB

Wallpaper on plaster

Wallpaper fragment (in two pieces) adhering to horesehair plaster substrate. Daisy and other floral pattern in green, red, and yellow on blue ground. Pattern is "Daisy" by William & Morris.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: William & Morris (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers, fibrous plaster, plaster, horsehair

GUSN: 103300

Accession Number: 2005.2.10AB

Wallpaper fragment

Two fragments of textured "oatmeal paper" wallpaper. No pigment. Small raised dots in organic pattern.

Date: 1890-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 103301

Accession Number: 2005.2.11

Wallpaper fragments

Wallpaper fragments, 11 large and several small. Gold flocked swirls and dots on beige and gray ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, flocking

GUSN: 103302

Accession Number: 2005.2.12

Notebook of wallpaper fragments

Loose leaf notebook containing fourteen wallpaper fragments of varying sizes. All fragments from the second Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 103304

Accession Number: 2005.2.14

Carpet Sample

Wool carpet fragment, Brussels weave in a green, gold and black foliate scroll design.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Lowell Carpet Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103306

Accession Number: 2005.2.16

Carpet Samples

Wool carpet fragments, Wilton weave in a blue and tan scroll pattern on a light tan ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: M.J. Whittall Carpet Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103307

Accession Number: 2005.2.17AB

Carpet Fragments

Wool carpet fragments, Wilton weave in a stylized scrolling floral design in red and pink on a deep red ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103308

Accession Number: 2005.2.18AB

Carpet Fragment

Wool carpet fragments, Brussels weave in rows of pink and rose swirls on a deep red ground.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103309

Accession Number: 2005.2.19

Carpet Fragment

Wool carpet fragment, Wilton weave with bent line pattern in lavender on a brown ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Bigelow Carpet Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103310

Accession Number: 2005.2.20

Carpet Fragments

Four wool carpet fragments, Brussels weave with red floral and scroll design on a deep red ground.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103311

Accession Number: 2005.2.21A-D

Carpet Sample

Wool carpet sample, ingrain weave of green, gold, and blue floral and scroll design.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103312

Accession Number: 2005.2.22

Box Lock

Rectangular wood door lock with iron fittings and mechanism, remnants of white paint.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103313

Accession Number: 2005.2.23

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper with pattern of two vertical panels of abstract fern leaves in brown, beige and gold, separated by two vertical strips of bellflower chains on crimson ground.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: J.C. Eisenhart Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103314

Accession Number: 2006.30.1

Wallpaper Roll

Roll of wallpaper with tan diamonds on a cream ground, each diamond center has a floral spray outlined in tan and crimson, abstract chains of foliage in tan and crimson between diamonds.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: J.C. Eisenhart Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103315

Accession Number: 2006.30.2

Wallpaper Roll

Roll of wallpaper with two vertical columns of urns of flowers, chains and sprays of foliage, and a rosette in a cartouche in white, gray and red on a tan ground, columns separated by two bands of vertical crimson lines and a chain of abstract flowers.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103316

Accession Number: 2006.30.3

Wallpaper Roll

Roll of wallpaper with white vertical stripes and sprays of white and pink flowers and purple lilacs on a mint green ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: United Wallpaper Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103318

Accession Number: 2006.30.4

Wallpaper Roll

Roll of wallpaper with white, tan, blue and brown floral diaper pattern on gray blue ground.

Date: 1945-1955

Maker: J.C. Eisenhart Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103319

Accession Number: 2006.30.5

Wallpaper Fragment

Wallpaper fragment with pink dense pattern featuring various flowers and foliage and animals including deer, boar, gazelles, birds, and man holding a rabbit all on a dark brown ground.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103321

Accession Number: 2006.30.6

Wallpaper Roll

Roll of wallpaper with sprays of fern leaves, feathers and blue and pink flowers on a peach ground.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103322

Accession Number: 2006.30.7

Wallpaper Roll

Roll of wallpaper with nine columns of pink roses, chains of purple flowers, and silver lines on white ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103324

Accession Number: 2006.30.8

Wallpaper Roll

Unused roll of wallpaper. Stripes embellished with flowers and foliage alternating with overlapping chains of white flowers, framing roses, all on a gray-blue ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: United Wallpaper Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103325

Accession Number: 2006.30.9

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Three different harbor scenes featuring green buildings with red roofs, each framed with scrolling foliate borders on tan ground.

Date: 1950-1955

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103327

Accession Number: 2006.30.10

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Sprays of green, pink and white flowers on green ground.

Date: 1945-1955

Maker: J.C. Eisenhart Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103329

Accession Number: 2006.30.11

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Lime green, light and dark pink flowers with sprays of green and gray foliage on tan ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Sears, Roebuck and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103331

Accession Number: 2006.30.12

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pink roses with green foliage on cream ground.

Date: 1935-1955

Maker: J.C. Eisenhart Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103333

Accession Number: 2006.30.13

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Light and dark red open roses with green foliage on cream ground.

Date: 1945-1955

Maker: Vogue Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103334

Accession Number: 2006.30.14

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. All over diaper design of stylized roses and foliage in imitation of brocade in white on a gold ground.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103335

Accession Number: 2006.30.15

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pink stylized tulips with green leaves on a tan ground with brown patterned vertical stripes.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103336

Accession Number: 2006.30.16

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Stylized bunches of white and pink flowers with green foliage on green ground.

Date: 1950-1955

Maker: United Wall Paper Factories, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103337

Accession Number: 2006.30.17

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. White stylized flowers with dark purple accents on sage green ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Louis W. Bowen, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103338

Accession Number: 2006.30.18

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Two repeating scenes, one of the Parthenon and a ionic column in pink and white surrounded by green foliage, the other is of an urn on a pedestal in pink and white surrounded by green foliage, all on a rust-rose ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103339

Accession Number: 2006.30.19

Wallpaper Roll

Unused roll of wallpaper. Dark grey scrolled trellis framing an abstract garden scene in green and yellow on cream ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Louis W. Bowen, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103341

Accession Number: 2006.30.20

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Green and blue speckled scrolling foliate pattern on a white textured ground.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103342

Accession Number: 2006.43

Young Boy's Tunic

White cotton and lace boy's tunic. Cotton sailor style collar with eyelet lace accent and trim, long sleeves, four button holes down front, three round white stone buttons remain. White cotton matching tie belt.

Date: ca. 1903

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 103343

Accession Number: 2007.14.2AB