Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. Stripe composed of continuous serpentine vine with circles, and alternating with sprigs on a field of dashes. Printed in green, purple, orange and beige on a pale green ground. Straight match.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177335

Accession Number: 1980.250.1

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Birds flying amongst flowers, branches and tall grass.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177336

Accession Number: 1968.39

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral stripe. Blue roses on a zig-zag pin-stripe ground. Unground paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177337

Accession Number: 1968.40.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral and foliage design densely arranged over a green field. Printed in red, yellow, light blue, black and green on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177338

Accession Number: 1968.40

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover yellow floral design, look like wild strawberries in bloom (?). Printed on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177339

Accession Number: 1968.44.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical grey stripe with vine bearing orange and green leaves flanked by beading and alternating with wider plain stripe on white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177340

Accession Number: 1968.44.1

Wallpaper

Two fragments of wallpaper border. Intersecting line leaf motif. Prints in black, brown and tan on white ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177341

Accession Number: 1968.45.1B

Wallpaper

Two fragments of allover, stylized floral patterned paper. Printed in blue and green on beige ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177342

Accession Number: 1968.45.2B

Wallpaper

Two fragments of allover, stylized floral patterned paper. Prints in green and yellow on beige ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177343

Accession Number: 1968.45.2A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Vertical striped pattern with horizontal pinstripes. Vertical meandering vine with flowers or berries. Printned in green, brown, orange and white on a grey or blue ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177344

Accession Number: 1968.45.4A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical striped pattern with horizontal pinstripes. Vertical meandering vine with flowers or berries. Printed in green, brown, orange, white on a grey or blue ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177345

Accession Number: 1968.45.4B

Wallpaper

Fragments. The sidewall piece is a striped pattern with a spray or bouquet of flowers of daisies in the wide space between stripes. The stripes have geometric diamond shapes. Printed in green, black, orange and grey on cream ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177346

Accession Number: 1968.45.3

Wallpaper

Two fragments of aesthetic style border. Pattern consists of stylized fan and floral motifs. Prints in yellow, reds, maroon, white and black on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177347

Accession Number: 1968.45.5

Wallpaper

Fragment. Indecipherable pattern. Printed in olive, red and black.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177349

Accession Number: 1968.45.4C

Wallpaper

Eight fragments of wallpaper. Tossed leaf pattern printed in brown and black on a white ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177350

Accession Number: 1968.45.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Densely arranged foliage with berries and floral design with asymetrical strapwork scrolled elements. Printed in metallic gold and olive with fine vertical black lines over design.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177351

Accession Number: 1968.41

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripe, solid blue stripe alternating with stripe of running vine beads and foliage elements on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177352

Accession Number: 1968.42

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover foliate design with leaves and vaguely seaweed-looking forms. Printed in red, yellow and green on grey ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177353

Accession Number: 1968.43

Wallpaper

Five fragments. Pattern is hard to decipher. Stylized leaves and berries or flowers. Printed in orange, green and black on a white ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177354

Accession Number: 1968.47

Wallpaper

Fragments. Large-scale floral and foliate vine with fruit, possibly pomegranates. Stenciled in pink, orange, two greens, yellow and block-printed in black.

Date: 1712-1740

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177355

Accession Number: 1969.225

Wallpaper

Fragment. Festoon border. Drapery swags in white imitation damask ornamented with beading and floral garlands. Printed in pink, two greens, tan, brown and burnt sienna on white ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177356

Accession Number: 1969.226B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diagonal vine with red dots separated by row of repeated green dots. Printed on white ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177357

Accession Number: 1969.226

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pinecone framed by grapevine and connected by vertical foliate elements. Printed in lavender, red and orange on unground paper.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177358

Accession Number: 1969.224

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern. Losenges have leafy vine edges. Inside is a bouquet of roses and floral vines framing the bottom. Printed in two browns and white on a pea green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177359

Accession Number: 1969.218C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral sprays with berries on sprig field. Printed in magenta and light purple, two greens and two greys on white ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177360

Accession Number: 1969.218K

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral stripe with yellow and white daisies and small orange and red flowers, alternating with yellow and olive stripes of imitation moire edged with palmettes. Printed on light olive ground.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177361

Accession Number: 1969.218L

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Pieces of "Monuments of Paris". Leaf bough and boughs and bushes surrounding an embankment and other piece is of tree foliage. Printed in 4+ greens and three browns on a pale green ground.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: Dufour, Joseph (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177362

Accession Number: 1969.227

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Delicate foliage sprays in green and white on a field of meandering daisy chains. Printed on light green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177363

Accession Number: 1969.218B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. A gilt-figured paper with a repeating bouquet pattern. Printed in orange-red, gold leaf on a grey ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177364

Accession Number: 1969.218D

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Aesthetic and naturalistic floral paper with dense foliage, berries and a trellis. Printed in three greens, two reds and yellow on a sage ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177365

Accession Number: 1969.218G

Bowfront Chest

Heppelwhite style. Bow front case enclosing four graduated drawers with beaded edges. Oval Federal period brass escutcheons with gadrooned edge. Heavy Empire period rosette-like basses with round pulls. Case terminates in straight skirt with straight bracket feet.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), brass (alloy), gadrooning, mahogany (wood), veneering

GUSN: 7728

Accession Number: 1949.457

Fireplace Tongs

Brass urn-shaped finial above steel handle. Circular medallion shaped hinged. C-shaped elbows. Steel shaft terminates in disc-shaped pincers.

Date: 1734-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 7729

Accession Number: 1949.530.1

Fireplace Shovel

Turned brass handle with bulbous finial. Wrought iron shaft riveted to bell-shaped shovel.

Date: 1734-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), riveting, turning (shaping process), wrought

GUSN: 7730

Accession Number: 1949.530.2

Electrified Whale Oil Lamp

Transparent canary yellow two-part molded base. Hexagonal shape with faceted sides tapering in an inverted trumpet form to two faceted rings at stem, surmounted by font joined to base with a blown wafer ring. Hexagonal molded and blown font with stepped base surmounted by waisted loop pattern body t...

Date: 1825-1860

Maker: Attributed to Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 7731

Accession Number: 1949.534AB

Looking Glass

Sheraton style. Rectangular frame with applied blocked corners with rosettes. Half turned baluster molding surrounds frame enclosing a vertical rectangular mirror. Above is a horizontal rectangular eglomise panel of a house surrounded by trees on a peninsula. Frame of gilt gesso. Found brass hook at...

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: verre églomisé, gesso, gilding, glass (material), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 7732

Accession Number: 1949.546

Lithograph Print

Hand-colored lithograph featuring a mid-eastern attired woman in center with oriental landscape and building in the background. Framed under glass with French painted mat. Molded wooden frame painted turquoise and brown.

Date: 1812

Maker: Thornton, Dr. (Publisher) Reinagle, Sr. (Artist)

Material: glass (material), hand coloring, lithography, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 7733

Accession Number: 1949.563

Looking Glass

Queen Anne style reproduction. Rectangular looking glass frame with S-scrolled, highly domed shaped crest. Frame is rounded on front edge with squared sides. Previously painted black, now repainted tan with inner edge painted gold with secondary red stripe border. Squared side edges also painted gol...

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 7734

Accession Number: 1949.747

Miniature High Chest

Miniature Queen Anne high chest rests on four cabriole legs with ball and claw feet. Scalloped front skirt has two acorn drops. Base section has four drawers on two tiers. Base has cental square drawer with carved shell center and knob handle. Remaining two drawers on lower tier and single full leng...

Date: 1734-1767

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), fluting, maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 7735

Accession Number: 1949.749

Print

Colored print with white border. Scene of snow covered road across foreground with five sleighs drawn by horses, carrying people. Middle ground has pond with numerous people skating. Background shows snow covered hills, arched bridge. Cloudy sky with full moon at center; blue tones. Mahogany veneer ...

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: Currier & Ives (Maker)

Material: glass (material), lithography, mahogany (wood), veneer, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 7736

Accession Number: 1949.751

Vase

Cream-colored body with induced crackle glaze. Curvilinear base has round base swelling to shoulders; tapers to rounded lip ring. Exterior has overall "wu-chin" or "mirror black" glaze; interior cream-colored.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: crackling, earthenware, faience (earthenware), glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7737

Accession Number: 1949.328

Candlestick

"Lacy"-style, colorless with square base with domed sunflower in underside. Top of foot with circular beaded border. Ribbed stem rising to ring turning. Hexagonal knop above has scrolled sides.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), glass (material), pressing, reeding, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 7738

Accession Number: 1949.344.1

Candlestick

"Lacy"-style, colorless with square base with domed sunflower in underside. Top of foot with circular beaded border. Ribbed stem rising to ring turning. Hexagonal knop above has scrolled sides.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), glass (material), pressing, reeding, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 7739

Accession Number: 1949.344.2

Vase

Circular base, tapers inward and swells out at center. Above waist, a band of raised scrolling. Applied knops at sides form handles.

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal), casting (process)

GUSN: 7740

Accession Number: 1949.360

Candlestick

Colorless body; square bobeche with classical entablature with four ionic capitals. Square stepped base decorated with urns and winged putti. Gadrooned border on sides of base.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 7741

Accession Number: 1949.380.1

Watercolor

Sepia toned watercolor. Right foreground has tall palm-like tree. Extending from left foreground to background is lake. Several islands at center; canoe withs two figures. Large mountains on each side of lake. Washed - monochrome. Deeply molded pine frame painted gold; under glass, with gold mat.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), palm leaf, paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 7742

Accession Number: 1949.752.1

Candlestick

Colorless body; square bobeche with classical entablature with four ionic capitals. Square stepped base decorated with urns and winged putti. Gadrooned border on sides of base.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 7743

Accession Number: 1949.380.2

Ginger jar

Bulbous with circular flat bottom and circular mouth cleaned to receive cover. Underglaze blue (pale to almost gray) landscape very broadly painted.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7744

Accession Number: 1949.437

Watercolor

Sepia toned watercolor. Right foreground has tall palm-like tree. Extending from left foreground to background is lake. Several islands at center; canoe withs two figures. Large mountains on each side of lake. Washed - monochrome. Deeply molded pine frame painted gold; under glass, with gold mat.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), palm leaf, paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 7745

Accession Number: 1949.752.2

Coal Bucket

Brass pot with deep well. Rolled-back lip. Copper covering on bottom exterior with copper studs. Brass hooks on two sides of bucket with leaf terminations; wrought iron bail handle.

Date: 1768-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), copper (metal), iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 7746

Accession Number: 1949.754

Foil Picture

Eglomise painting of basket painted reddish orange with diamond weave pattern holding assorted polychrome flowers. Two birds: one in the flowers on the left and one above flowers to the right. Background painted black. Glass backed with crinkled tinfoil. Heavy molded wooden frame with gilded gesso o...

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: verre églomisé, glass (material), tinfoil

GUSN: 7747

Accession Number: 1949.764

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