Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral bouquet of tulips, chrysanthemums and roses interspersed with scrolled foliage. Printed in two reds, two oranges, four greens, lavender, pink, browns, on beige ground with gold, broken lines. Ribbed textured paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176494

Accession Number: 1985.26.673

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral bouquets on a background of scrolled leaves. Printed in blue, two greens, black, metallic silver on blue-grey ground. Rib textured paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176495

Accession Number: 1985.26.674

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral bouquet of peonies and miscellaneous floers mixed with scrolled acanthus leaves. Printed in two pinks, three greens, yellow, blues, two browns on a light red mica ground. Rib textured paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176496

Accession Number: 1985.26.675

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral bouquets of tulips and peonies and small floral wreaths over a background of leaves and small flowers. Printed in cream, grey, greens, pink, and light blue on dark blue ground. Ribbed textured paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176497

Accession Number: 1985.26.676

Wallpaper

Unused sample of floral and stripe pattern. Pattern consists of roses and lilies (?) meandering over a striped background of scrolling leaves. Printed in two pinks, yellow, two greens, brown, grey-blue, gold on blue liquid mica ground. Rib textured paper. Straight repeat?

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176498

Accession Number: 1985.26.677

Wallpaper

Unused sample of floral paper, possibly imitating a chintz fabric. Printed in five reds, beige, greys, blue, pink, green, lavender, on light beige ground. Rib textured paper.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176499

Accession Number: 1985.26.678

Wallpaper

Unused sample of frieze paper. Large-scale floral and leaf pattern of poppies and vines edged with horizontal bead and spindle(?). Printed in brown, tan, beige, two pinks, blue-grey and metallic gold on textured paper.

Date: 1890-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176500

Accession Number: 1985.26.679

Wallpaper

Stripes of tan, purple, and fuchsia bordering a wide band of metallic gold, Chinese lattice with clusters of rose blossoms. Printed in three greens, salmon, peach, and brown on a cream ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176501

Accession Number: 1985.26.682

Wallpaper

Allover design of floral sprays with grass entwined with arabesques. Printed in brown, tan, grey, and pink on a beige ground.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176502

Accession Number: 1985.26.684

Wallpaper

Tile paper with rosettes and simple floral motifs in each square. Printed in red and black.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176503

Accession Number: 1985.26.685

Wallpaper

Tile pattern of alternating octagons with stylized flower motif and bellflower element. Printed in two greens and brown on an ungrounded varnished paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176504

Accession Number: 1985.26.686

Wallpaper

Continuous band of flowers, anemone? with broad rounded leaves. Printed in brown, tan, beige, buff, four greens, pink, lavender, and grey on a taupe ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176505

Accession Number: 1985.26.687

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale entwined flowering vines with berries. Printed in three browns, tan and beige on a field of metallic gold and embossed ochre ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176506

Accession Number: 1985.26.688

Wallpaper

Allover floral design of hibiscus or other exotic flower printed in brown, burnt umber, maroon, and red on a yellow field and olive green embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176507

Accession Number: 1985.26.690

Wallpaper

Large-scale scrolling foliage and stylized flowers. Printed in three browns, three greens, rust, and yellow on a varnished brown ground.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176508

Accession Number: 1985.26.692

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale, allover flowering vine, printed in pale green on an embossed metallic gold field. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176509

Accession Number: 1985.26.693

Wallpaper

Tudor rolls alternating with flowers and pomegranates, bordered by cable band and overprinted with fine black lines to imitate woven tapestry. Printed in two mauves, three browns, blue, green, yellow, and black.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176510

Accession Number: 1985.26.694

Wallpaper

Bifurcated, Athenian motif alternating with stylized four-pointed foliate element. Printed in grey, metallic gold, pale green, and tan on a light grey ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176511

Accession Number: 1985.26.695

Wallpaper

Band of feathers entwined by lace ribbon bordered above and below by rows of cable. Printed in red, pink, two browns, and metallic gold on a taupe ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176512

Accession Number: 1985.26.696

Wallpaper

Incomplete width. Large rose blossoms with clover leaves against a field of metallic green and copper stripes. Printed in three pinks, orange, yellow, white, and two greens.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176513

Accession Number: 1985.26.697

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diagonally repeating basket of flowers separated by a meandering vine of wheat and bachelor buttons. Printed in gray and white on a green embossed ground with liquid mica.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176514

Accession Number: 1985.26.698

Wallpaper

Allover design of floral sprays, daisies, lilies, and lily of the valley. Printed in red, pink, salmon, yellow, two greens, blue, white, and two greys on grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176515

Accession Number: 1985.26.699

Wallpaper

Diagonally-striped, Persian carpet design. Geometric designs printed in crimson, olive, ochre, and black against navy blue and red stripes on a beige embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176516

Accession Number: 1985.26.7

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Continuous cord with overlapping lunettes joined with fretwork. Printed in two beiges, three greens and white on a red/brown ground.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176517

Accession Number: 1985.26.702

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Exotic floral design comprising bunches of peonies, ranaculus, and a variety of other flowers. Printed in pink, reds, ochre, orange, blue, white, brown, two greens, lavender, and grey on black ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176518

Accession Number: 1985.26.704

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Delicate floral paper. Central motif consists of small daisy bouquet under a morning glory surrounded by delicate foliage trails. Prints in lavender, lilac, three greens, white, two greys, two reds, yellow and metallic gold on purplish grey paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176519

Accession Number: 1985.26.706

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rows of meandering vines with carnation and rose blossoms. Printed in brown, tan, beige, and three blues against a field of pale yellow horizontal stripes on a grey embossed ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176520

Accession Number: 1985.26.707

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale, entwined, scrolling foliate vine with stylized tulip, hydrangea and lily blossoms and parrot. Printed in burgundy, red, salmon, tan, peach, two blues, two olives greens, and pale yellow on an embossed green ground. Drop match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176521

Accession Number: 1985.26.708

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover, meandering, baroque flowers with scrolling foliage and berries. Printed in brown and tan against a metallic gold field on a floral embossed field.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176522

Accession Number: 1985.26.709

Sauce Dish

Amethyst-colored glass sauce dish with a star on the base and panel and dart decoration on the sides. One of a set of five.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 59633

Accession Number: 1942.2391.2

Sauce Dish

Amethyst-colored glass sauce dish with a star on the base and panel and dart decoration on the sides. One of a set of five.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 59634

Accession Number: 1942.2391.3

Sauce Dish

Amethyst-colored glass sauce dish with a star on the base and panel and dart decoration on the sides. One of a set of five.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 59635

Accession Number: 1942.2391.4

Sauce Dish

Amethyst-colored glass sauce dish with a star on the base and panel and dart decoration on the sides. One of a set of five.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 59636

Accession Number: 1942.2391.5

Cup Plate

Light yellow glass cup plate with a wide scalloped rim and scrolls and double dots in a checkerboard pattern.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: Robottom, Arthur (Maker)

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 59637

Accession Number: 1942.2393

Cup Plate

Opalescent glass cup plate with a heart border, scalloped rim, and quatrefoil center with a cabled ring. One of a pair.

Date: 1830-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 59638

Accession Number: 1942.2394.1

Cup Plate

Opalescent glass cup plate with a heart border, scalloped rim, and quatrefoil center with a cabled ring. One of a pair.

Date: 1830-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 59639

Accession Number: 1942.2394.2

Cup Plate

Pale yellow and green glass cup plate with a scalloped edge, a man's bust on the base, and a horn of plenty on the sides.

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 59640

Accession Number: 1942.2395

Plate

Round clear glass plate with pink threading on the back and a rayed well.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, glass (material)

GUSN: 59641

Accession Number: 1942.2396

Mirror Knob

Round, black mirror knob with stamped brass quatrefoil over black metal.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), pressing, stamping (forming)

GUSN: 59642

Accession Number: 1942.2397

Tieback

Circular tieback knob with cobalt glass at the center and red and yellow cord hanging from a barss shaft.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 59643

Accession Number: 1942.2398

Mirror Knob

Amber-colored glass round knob with a star motif and brass trim.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 59644

Accession Number: 1942.2400

Gardener Figurine

Multi-color figurine of a man holding a shovel under a blooming tree.

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 59645

Accession Number: 1942.2867

Ornamental Goblet

Carved whale's tooth goblet with a spearhead-edged lip and turned baluster stem. One of a pair.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 59646

Accession Number: 1942.4289.1

Ornamental Goblet

Carved whale's tooth goblet with a spearhead-edged lip and turned baluster stem. One of a pair.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 59647

Accession Number: 1942.4289.2

Band Box

Small box made of whale panbone with a lid with a pierced gallery and an incised decoration of a Federal-style building, a tomb, and a farm.

Date: 1835-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 59648

Accession Number: 1942.4293

Allegory Picture

Engraving of two seated women in long gowns holding a lyre, pen, and letter case. Framed.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 59649

Accession Number: 1942.4391

Candlestick

Dished base with a thumb rest on the handle, a baluster stem, and a cylindrical socket.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 59650

Accession Number: 1942.4423

Hooked Rug

Hooked rug with an oval medallion of red, tan, blue, and lavender flowers with a floral chain border on gray ground.

Date: 1890-1924

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 59651

Accession Number: 1942.4426

Bed Warmer

Oval pan with a domed lid that is stamped with a floral and geometric design and a flat handle with a hook.

Date: 1800-1824

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), stamping (forming), wrought

GUSN: 59652

Accession Number: 1942.4428

Morning Picture

Mourning painting of an exterior scene with a woman holding a baby standing at a gravesite with an urn, a willow tree, and lambs. Framed.

Date: 1827

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 59653

Accession Number: 1942.4429

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