Historic New England

Wallpaper

Five pieces of an unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of overlapping scrolled elements and wreaths framed by intertwined and curving lines. The background is covered with all over scattered half circle shapes. Machine printed in pink, red, black and olive green on a cream ground.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286651

Accession Number: 2000.1617A-E

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Second layer. Repeating floral medallions on a dotted field and flanked by a stripe of flowers and scrolling foliate. Printed in yellow on a cinnamon ground. A small first layer is a Moses Grant Jr. and Co. pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286652

Accession Number: 2000.1659

Wallpaper with attached border

Large fragment of wallpaper with attached border from Topsfield, Massachusetts. Scenery figure wallpaper with two alternating landscapes framing leafy trees. The first scene is of two men beside a river with a village and mountains in the background. The second scene is of three men, one with a rak...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286654

Accession Number: 2001.281.485

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border printed in three tiers. Rococo foliate scrolls beneath series of geometric rectangular shapes. Printed in green, oranges and black on ungrounded paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286657

Accession Number: 1968.138

Wallpaper Border

Fragment. Wallpaper border. Stylized feather motifs with edging of small elongated ovals. Printed in black, gray, white and peach on a blue ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286662

Accession Number: 1981.65

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All-over scrolling floral and leaf motifs. Printed in black, yellow, and green on gray ground. Printed on the back is the Vicksburg, Mississispi "Daily Citizen" dated July 2, 1863.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286666

Accession Number: 1930.1725AB

Wallpaper

Four fragments of striped wallpaper from Salem, Massachusetts. Criss-crossing vines with clover leaves stylized flowers alternate with chevron stripes. An abstract figure creates a third, narrow stripe dividing the two primary stripes. Block-printed in white on blue ground. Laid paper, partial sh...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286667

Accession Number: 2001.281.486A-D

Book Cover

Fragment of wallpaper used to cover a book from Sandwich, Massachusetts. French floral pattern block-printed with bouquets, fruit, and birds on a background of pin dots.

Date: 1780

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286668

Accession Number: 2001.281.487

Wallpaper

Fragments. Two attached layers of wallpaper. Top layer has floral bouquet arising from rococo cartouche. Possible landscape elements below cartouche. Block printed in grays, greens, yellow, peach and pink on cream ground. Only small portion of lower layer is visible and pattern is not discernible. G...

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286670

Accession Number: 1994.80

Wallpaper

Two fragments of striped wallpaper from Sandwich, Massachusetts. A seaweed figure stripe alternates with an abstract stripe in this pattern. Block-printed in white, red, green and tan on gray ground. Green color is used at the paper or pattern edges and tan color is used in the paper or pattern c...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286671

Accession Number: 2001.281.488AB

Wallpaper

Fragments. Three series of vertical stripes including flowering vines, stylized wheat or leaf motifs, and abstract shapes. Block printed in white on cinnamon ground.

Date: 1796-1815

Maker: Probably Moses Grant

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286672

Accession Number: 1994.52A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper from Sandwich, Massachusetts. Allover foliate pattern with floral sprigs . Roller-printed in green and white on ungrounded, blue paper.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286673

Accession Number: 2001.281.489

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with landscape scenery including pastoral vignettes separated by groupings of roses and floral trails. Scenes include windmills, swans, mountains, and cypress trees. Printed in blue, purple, red, pink, greens, grays, and brown on off-white ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286674

Accession Number: 2000.1419

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper blockprinted with allover repeating pattern of hooked s-shaped motifs, circles and dots. Printed in blue on cream ground.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286680

Accession Number: 1994.79.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Blockprinted in irise style. Fragment too small to determine pattern. Printed in grays and pinks.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286681

Accession Number: 1994.79.2

Wallpaper

Commercial reproduction of wallpaper from Dole-Little House (1994.52). Three series of vertical stripes including flowering vines, stylized wheat or leaf motifs, and abstract shapes. Printed in pink on cinnamon ground.

Date: 1957

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286683

Accession Number: 1994.53

Wallpaper

Fragments. Nine wallpaper fragments. Overall pattern cannot be determined; however, motifs present include stylized stars, lozenges, pin dots, scrolling lines and chevrons. Block printed in white on green ground.

Date: ca. 1795

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286688

Accession Number: 1994.54A-I

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper fragment with sprig and leaf motifs. Fragment too small to determine overall pattern. Block printed in blue on cream ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286689

Accession Number: 1994.55.1

Wallpaper

Two fragments of diaper patterned wallpaper from the John Wing House in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Small-scale diamond pattern roller-printed in white and blue on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286690

Accession Number: 2001.281.491AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with abstract horizontal v-shapes and framed medallions enclosing a leaf motif. Fragment too small to determine overall pattern. Block printed in two greens, white and dark brown on yellow ground.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286691

Accession Number: 1994.55.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with overall grid of squares formed by pindots. Alternating squares contain stylized leaf motifs and stylized floral and leaf medallions. Printed in white and cream on pink ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286693

Accession Number: 1994.55.3

Wallpaper Border

Fragments. Wallpaper border printed in ribbon and bow pattern with top and bottom edgings of horizontal ovals. Block printed in blues, greens, orange, black and white on light blue ground. Two border fragments are present with other layers of wallpaper: one (a) with 2000.1669.1a and 2000.1669.2a; t...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286700

Accession Number: 2000.1670AB

Wallpaper

Unused landscape scene wallpaper fragments from Dracut, Massachusetts. Two brightly colored vignettes of dancers and grape harvesters framed by grape vines. Roller-printed in eighteen colors on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: Heywood, Higgenbottom & Smith (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286702

Accession Number: 2001.281.492A-G

Wallpaper

Floral wallpaper fragments from the Wing House in Sandwich, Massachusetts. All-over floral pattern in the Aesthetic style. Stylized flowers and leafy branches. Liquid mica pin dots highlight the pattern figures. Roller-printed in cream on light cream ground. "Keystone" printed in selvedge. Frag...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), mica (white pigment)

GUSN: 286703

Accession Number: 2001.281.493

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed all over with floral sprays. Printed in gray, beige and maroon on beige ground. Fragment is top layer with 2000.1669.3.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286704

Accession Number: 2000.1669.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with repeating grid of ovals framed by radiating angular blocks. Printed in beige and blue on light beige ground. Middle layer of paper with 2000.1669.2D and 2000.1669.4.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286705

Accession Number: 2000.1669.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Wallpaper printed with allover design of stylized floral and leaf sprays on curving pindot vines. Printed in green, brown and gray on beige ground. Four fragements are present in layers with other papers: the first (A) with 2000.1669.1A and 2000.1670A; the second (B) with 2000.1669.1B an...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286706

Accession Number: 2000.1669.2A-D

Wallpaper

Fragment of Anglo-Japanese style floral wallpaper from Sandwich, Massachusetts. Allover pattern of stylized flowers and fruit. Roller-printed in yellow, white, brown and black on polished mustard-colored ground. Pattern no. "2193" printed in selvedge.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286707

Accession Number: 2001.281.494

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Wallpaper printed with all over geometric design of three-dimensional cubes with chained sides and floral/star motifs on the faces. Block printed in brown, white and black on a blue ground. Two fragments are present in layers with other papers: the first (A) with 2000.1669.2A a...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286708

Accession Number: 2000.1669.1AB

Wallpaper

Two fragments of striped wallpaper from the Nye Homestead in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Undulating vine with leaves and berries alternates with geometric diamond stripe. Block-printed in white on gray ground. Wove paper, partial sheet. Reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings as "Nye Homestead" in the ...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286709

Accession Number: 2001.281.495AB

Wallpaper

Trellis and medallion patterned wallpaper removed from the 1850 addition of the Nye House in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Fragment A remains affixed to the back of two later layers of wallpaper. Roller-printed in gray, white, olive and maroon on a light gray ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286716

Accession Number: 2001.281.496.1A-F

Wallpaper

Foliate pattern wallpaper removed from the 1850 addition to the Nye House in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Second layer of three layer sample. Fragment A remains affixed between earlier and later layers. Roller-printed pink, yellow, cream, tan, brown, green and metallic gold on an off-white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286717

Accession Number: 2001.281.496.2A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral wallpaper with liquid mica stripe removed from the 1850 addition to the Nye House in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Fragment is uppermost layer of three layers of wallpaper. Roller-printed in pale yellow, ochre, two grays, white, metallic gold and liquid mica on light gray ground. Pa...

Date: 1890

Maker: Janeway & Carpender (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), mica (white pigment), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286718

Accession Number: 2001.281.496.3

Wallpaper

Unused fagment of floral wallpaper from Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Allover floral pattern roller-printed in black, brown, yellow, maroon and beige on brown ground. Pattern number 859.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286726

Accession Number: 2001.281.497

Wallpaper

Three fragments of stairhall wallpaper from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Octagon and square coffer pattern block-printed in blue on rainbow ground. The octagons and squares frame foliate medallion figures block-printed in alternating rows of orange and brown. The rainbow ground is yellow, blue and...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285556

Accession Number: 2001.281.446A-C

Fireboard Paper

Four fragments of wallpaper removed from a fireboard original to Newburyport, Massachusetts. Medallion and ribbon stripe pattern on rainbow ground. A row or stripe of large medallion figures with four petals or arms, possibly meant to represent bows, are linked by ribbon with small stylized flower...

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285617

Accession Number: 2001.281.447A-D

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All over design of stems of carnations and peonies separated by patterned scrolls on a honeycomb embossed field in metallic copper. Printed in tant, rust, white, ochre, brown and metallic copper on a beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285621

Accession Number: 1985.26.417

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Repeating ribbon stripes edged in lace and outlined by flowers and separating delicate boughs with blossoms. Printed in two blues, pink, green, ochre, gray, ivory, and brown on a tan embossed ground. Straight match.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285622

Accession Number: 1985.26.425

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral border with dense foliage. Top band of lunettes and a bottom band of petals and circles. Printed in red, yellow, cream, gold, black, silver-blue and copper metallic, and brown on a taupe embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285623

Accession Number: 1985.26.142

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Meandering vine with rose and daisy blossoms. Printed in pale pink, mauve, two greens, tan and ivory on a buff-colored ground. Drop match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285631

Accession Number: 1985.26.530

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation oak wood-grained paneling. Printed in dark brown on a burnt sienna ground and varnished.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285643

Accession Number: 1985.26.589

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation damask-patterned paper with floral design. Printed in yellow, white, metallic gold, and green on lighter green rib-textured ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285655

Accession Number: 1985.26.541

Desk ornament

Small bronze desk ornament of the Temple of Vesta mounted on a circular stepped base made of a orange and rust red marble. Temple is circular, with circular roof with large center oculus, with classical columns with Corinthian capitals, one intentionally missing its upper half, surrounding a circ...

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal), marble (rock)

GUSN: 285688

Accession Number: 1990.258

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rococo Revival foliate (acanthus) scrolls printed in greens and beige on orange grounded spiral embossed paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Carey Brothers

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285690

Accession Number: 1985.26.470

Figurine of a Seated Virgil

Bronze figurine of a seated Virgil holding a tablet in his left hand and a pen in his right.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 285693

Accession Number: 1990.162.1

Figurine of a Seated Dante

Bronze figurine of a seated Dante holding a book in his left hand.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 285694

Accession Number: 1990.162.2

Pitcher

Parian ware water pitcher with leaf pattern over white bulbous body. Curved handle Exterior unglazed and interior glazed with clear glaze.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 285695

Accession Number: 1938.529

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Diamond and sprig pattern. Block-printed in white and green on yellow ground. Earliest layer of wallpaper from a sample of three unseparated layers. Pattern only partially visible.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285720

Accession Number: 2001.281.448.1

Paint box

Round porcelain paint box with lid.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 285743

Accession Number: 1966.79D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Second layer of three un-separated layers of wallpaper. Very little of the paper is visible. Probably a floral pattern with white dots. Probably block-printed in green, red and white on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1825-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285745

Accession Number: 2001.281.448.2

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