Historic New England

Wallpaper Fragment

Unused sample. Art Nouveau flowers with sinuous flowing leaves. Printed in brown, tan, olive, light green, yellow, gray and dark green on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1891-1900

Maker: Hamilton, R. (Designer)

GUSN: 103565

Accession Number: 2008.6.87

Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Tapestry style wallpaper with large scrolling flowers and branches interspersed with partial view of ruins. Printed in three pinks, three greens, two browns, black, blue and tan.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103566

Accession Number: 2008.6.88

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern of large stylized orchids over scrolling foliage. Printed in two yellows, tan, brown and olive. "The Courtland" designed by Lindsay Philip Butterfield (British), printed by Essex & Co.

Date: 1895-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103567

Accession Number: 2008.6.89

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Stripes of stylized vines of ivy with alternating darker bands with a circle chain design. Printed in light green on a green ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103568

Accession Number: 2008.6.90

Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Large stylized closed chrysanthemums over scrolling foliage. Printed in three greens and four browns.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103569

Accession Number: 2008.6.91

Leather Wallcovering Fragment

Leather wallcovering fragment. Small rectangular piece of embossed leather wallcovering attached to a piece of cardboard with a medallion with a floral spray in center. Embossed in green, red and gold.

Date: 1700-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103570

Accession Number: 2008.6.92

Leather Wallcovering Fragment

Leather wallcovering fragment. Small rectangular piece of embossed leather wallcovering with a baroque scroll design. Embossed gold background.

Date: 1700-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103571

Accession Number: 2008.6.93

Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Two cherubs holding a basket aloft with a goat in between, scrolling floral ground mixed with parrots. Gold on green ground.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Designer)

GUSN: 103572

Accession Number: 2008.6.94

Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Embossed paper to imitate leather. Scrolling vine and leaf design in gold on a dark gold ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Day, Lewis Foreman (Designer)

GUSN: 103573

Accession Number: 2008.6.95

Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Embossed paper made to imitate leather. Design features a sideways bird with splayed wings standing on a piece of fruit and surrounded by scrolling grape vines, flowers, a horse, monkey, moth and lizard.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Designer)

GUSN: 103574

Accession Number: 2008.6.96

Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Embossed paper to imitate leather with peacocks surrounded by stylized scrolling foliage and flowers.

Date: ca. 1895

Maker: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Designer)

GUSN: 103575

Accession Number: 2008.6.97

Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Embossed paper made to imitate leather. Design features a sideways bird with splayed wings standing on a piece of fruit and surrounded by scrolling grape vines, flowers, a horse, monkey, moth and lizard.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Designer)

GUSN: 103576

Accession Number: 2008.6.98

Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Embossed paper made to imitate leather, featuring a symmetrical design with scrolls, swags, winged cherubs, fruit and urns. Gold on a dark brown ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103577

Accession Number: 2008.6.99

Batik Bed Skirt and Fragment

Cotton bed skirt for a twin bed. White and blue floral batik style gathered skirt lined with black cotton. Fragment of batik fabric in same pattern and color.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103578

Accession Number: 2005.1.5AB

Bedspread

Woven cotton twin size bedspread with dark blue horizontal stripes on a cream ground. Fragment of same material.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103579

Accession Number: 2005.1.6AB

Tablecloth

Cotton tablecloth. Blue, yellow and tan crosshatch pattern on a white ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Neumann, Vera (Designer) The Vera Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103580

Accession Number: 2005.1.7

Tablecloth

Cotton tablecloth. White woven cloth with printed yellow cherry design.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Neumann, Vera (Designer) The Vera Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103581

Accession Number: 2005.1.8.1

Napkin

Cotton napkin. White napkin with a bunch of printed yellow cherries in one corner, yellow edge.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103582

Accession Number: 2005.1.8.2

Men's Bathing Suit

Men's wool bathing suit. Blue wool shorts with a knitted vertical stripe pattern, draw string waist band, five belt loops, a small pocket on right side with flap and button, and a fish appliqué on front left leg.

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: Catalina (Manufacturer)

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 103583

Accession Number: 2008.10.1

Bathing Suit

Men's wool bathing suit [a] with belt [b]. Blue wool shorts with a knitted zigzag pattern, small pocket with flap and button at top right front, white woven cotton belt with metal buckle.

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: Jantzen Knitting Mills (Manufacturer)

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile), metal

GUSN: 103584

Accession Number: 2008.10.2AB

Dessert Plate

Porcelain plate with green border and gold scroll decoration-center scene of a young woman leaning on a wooden fence with a dog at her feet.

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, decals, gilding

GUSN: 103585

Accession Number: 2008.9.4

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over black silk of a man facing left, mounted in a brass spandrel frame with foliate and reed borders.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103847

Accession Number: 1932.337

Needlework Picture

Embroidered needlework picture with black thread on white cotton ground. Depicts two people, one riding a donkey and the other leading it. Farm house in background with large tree framing the right side. Mounted in a painted gold molded wood frame.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103848

Accession Number: 1932.741

Print

Printed bust length portrait of young man with turban, white ruffled shirt and cloak around shoulders, framed under glass is gilded wood frame and verre eglomise mat with black background and gold border.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103849

Accession Number: 1932.1169

Silhouette Portrait

Bust length silhouette cut from black paper of a man facing right, mounted in a hinged deep burgundy leather covered case with molded floral pattern and red silk lining, gold mat with oval opening.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Hubard, William James (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103850

Accession Number: 1934.872

Lamp Shade Tile

White porcelain lamp shade tile with a relief of a sitting boy holding a lamb.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 103851

Accession Number: 1934.2347A

Miniature Portrait of a Cherub

Miniature painting on porcelain of a cherub with folded arms, set in a oval brass frame with a twisted rope border and red velvet mat.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103852

Accession Number: 1934.2842

Silhouette Portrait

Bust length silhouette portrait cut from black paper and set on white paper of a young girl facing right with pencil details drawn for hair and dress, mounted in a gilded wood frame with egg and dart border.

Date: ca. 1843

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103853

Accession Number: 1937.400

Silhouette Portrait

Cut paper silhouette portrait of a man facing right, set on cream paper in a dark wood frame.

Date: 1827

Maker: Hubard, William James (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103854

Accession Number: 1937.401

Portrait of William Hickling (1704-1784/1786)

Painted portrait of a man wearing a red jacket and waistcoat, sitting in a green upholstered chair and holding a book by Milton, mounted in a molded wood frame.

Date: 1750-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103855

Accession Number: 1937.409

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over black silk of a man facing left with drawn hair, collar and vest details, mounted in a gilded wood frame.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103856

Accession Number: 1937.644

Silhouette Portrait

Bust length silhouette portrait cut from black paper and set on white paper of a man facing left, mounted in a gilded wood frame with cream mat with oval opening.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), gilding

GUSN: 103857

Accession Number: 1937.1053

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut bust length portrait set over black silk of a woman facing right with wide lace collar and pencil details for hair, mounted in a gilded wood frame.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103866

Accession Number: 1938.20

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over loosely woven cloth of a woman facing left, mounted in a painted black molded wood frame.

Date: 1823

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103867

Accession Number: 1938.449

Miniature portrait of Mary Augusta Haven

Miniature watercolor on ivory bust length portrait of a young girl facing slightly left wearing a pink dress, set in a hinged oval red leather case.

Date: ca. 1814

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), ivory (tooth component), leather

GUSN: 103868

Accession Number: 1938.680

Wax Relief Portrait

Modeled colored wax portrait of a man facing left wearing Louis XIV style wig and clothing, set on glass within a wide rectangular dark wood frame.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103869

Accession Number: 1938.1266

Wax Relief Portrait

Modeled wax relief portrait of a Roman emperor set on black velvet in a deep rectangular veneered wood frame.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103870

Accession Number: 1938.1346

Wax Relief Portrait

Colored wax portrait of a man facing left wearing a white shirt and cape, set on glass within a deep light colored wood frame.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103871

Accession Number: 1938.1348

Portrait of Isaac Backus (1724-1806)

Modeled colored wax relief portrait of man facing left wearing a red jacket, green waistcoat and white wig, set on glass in a deep veneered wood frame.

Date: 1800-1826

Maker: Probably Flaxman, John, 1755-1826 (Artist)

Material: glass (material), wax, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 103872

Accession Number: 1939.34

Miniature portrait of Henry Poor (1803-1879)

Miniature watercolor bust length portrait on ivory of an older man wearing a gray suit, mounted in an oval brass frame with a beaded border, loop attachment at top, stand on reverse.

Date: 1870-1879

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103873

Accession Number: 1939.321

Miniature portrait of Margaret (Wyer) Poor (1811-1895)

Bust length portrait miniature watercolor on ivory of an older woman wearing a green dress with lace collar and cameo brooch at neck, mounted in a oval metal frame with stand on reverse.

Date: 1870-1879

Maker: A. C. Tamagno (Miniaturist)

Material: ivory (tooth component), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103874

Accession Number: 1939.322

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut silhouette set over black ground of a young man facing left, mounted in an oval black painted wood frame.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103875

Accession Number: 1940.277

Portrait of Elizabeth Bennett

Modeled colored wax portrait of woman facing left wearing a white dress, lace cap and a finger ring, set in a deep wood frame behind glass.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: Possibly Rauschner, John Christian (1760-after 1812) (Sculptor)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103876

Accession Number: 1952.465

Portrait of Joseph Allen

Modeled colored wax relief portrait of man facing right with black coat and white collar, set in a deep wood frame behind glass.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: Possibly Rauschner, John Christian (1760-after 1812) (Sculptor)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103877

Accession Number: 1952.466

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut silhouette set over black silk with pencil drawn details of hair and collar of a man facing left, mounted in a painted black frame with an oval opening with a brass border.

Date: 1750-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103878

Accession Number: 1941.957

Print

Printed engraving of the capture of the Frigate Guerriere by the U.S. Frigate Constitution, mounted in a plain round brass frame.

Date: 1812-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103879

Accession Number: 1943.124

Engraved Portrait

Printed engraving of a bust length portrait of Stephen Decatur (1779-1820) in his navy uniform, mounted in a plain round brass frame.

Date: 1812-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103880

Accession Number: 1943.125

Silhouette Portrait

Full length positive-cut silhouette portrait cut from black paper of a man facing right with a top hat and cane, painted ground details, mounted in a veneered mahogany frame.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103881

Accession Number: 1944.848

Silhouette Portrait

Silhouette portrait cut from black paper of Dr. Charles Burroughs preaching from the pulpit, mounted in black wood frame.

Date: 1841

Maker: Edouart, Auguste (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103882

Accession Number: 1945.443

Silhouette Portrait

Full length silhouette portrait of Dr. Samuel Freeman wearing a top hat and holding a cane, cut from black paper and set on white paper, mounted in a plain black painted wood frame.

Date: 1841

Maker: Edouart, Auguste (Artist)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103883

Accession Number: 1945.444

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