Historic New England

Chintz Fragment

Triangular shaped fragment with one selvedge edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272028

Accession Number: 1914.244N

Chintz Fragment

Rectangular fragment with raw edges. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272029

Accession Number: 1914.244O

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with one selvedge edge and one cut edge. Urn border pattern runs along cut edge. Floral rosette pattern in center on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272030

Accession Number: 1914.244S

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with one selvedge edge and one cut edge. Urn border pattern runs along cut edge. Floral rosette pattern in center on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272031

Accession Number: 1914.244T

Chintz Fragment

Roughly rectangular fragment with one longitudinal selvedge edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272032

Accession Number: 1914.244P

Chintz Fragment

Rectangular fragment seamed lengthwise up the center. Seam is formed by one selvedge edge and one cut edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272033

Accession Number: 1914.244G

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with floral rosette pattern and urn border pattern on blue ground. Fragment has unattached white cotton flannel backing. Selvedge edge at one side, cut edge along border edge.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272034

Accession Number: 1914.244H

Chintz Fragment

Rectangular fragment, border only. Urn pattern on blue ground, no floral rosettes. Selvedge along one side, opposite border with cut edge.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272035

Accession Number: 1914.244Y

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment, border only. Urn pattern on blue ground, no floral rosettes. Edges cut on both sides.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272036

Accession Number: 1914.244X

Chintz Fragment

Irregular rectangular fragment with raw edges. Urn border pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272037

Accession Number: 1914.244L

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with raw edges. Urn border and floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272038

Accession Number: 1914.244W

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with raw edges. Urn border on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

GUSN: 272039

Accession Number: 1914.244Z.1

Chintz Fragment

Rectangular fragment, top selvedge edge. Urn border pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272040

Accession Number: 1914.244Z.2

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with raw edges. Urn border pattern on blue ground with tips of floral rosette pattern just visible along top edge.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272041

Accession Number: 1914.244Z.3

Chintz Fragment

Rectangular fragment with one selvedge edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272042

Accession Number: 1914.244Z.4

Chintz Fragment

Trapezoidal fragment with one selvedge edge opposite border. Urn border pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272043

Accession Number: 1914.244Z.5

Chintz Fragment

Irregular rectangular fragment with raw edges. Urn border pattern on blue ground. Short edges of rectangle are cut on a curve.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272044

Accession Number: 1914.244V

Chintz fragment

L-shaped fragment with one selvedge edge. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272045

Accession Number: 1914.244U

Irregular rectangular fragment with raw edges. Urn border pattern with partial floral rosette pattern along edge. Fragment is pieced together at one end with hand stitches in blue cotton thread. Narrow end has been trimmed to a curve, cutting across border pattern. The end opposite the vertical cut ...

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 272046

Accession Number: 1914.244I

Chintz Fragment

Irregular rectangular fragment with raw edges. Urn border pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile), glaze, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 272048

Accession Number: 1914.244D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from the Lincoln Streeter House in Brimfield, Massachusetts. Floral pattern printed in brown, cream, white, blackand gray on gray ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272049

Accession Number: 1979.4.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from the Lincoln Streeter House in Brimfield, Massachusetts. Scrolling vine and sprig pattern printed in green, brown, white, gray, yellow and liquid mica on a pink ground.

Date: Early twentieth century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272051

Accession Number: 1979.4.3AB

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper framents found beneath the 1890s wallpaper in the parlor of Castle Tucker, Wiscasset, Maine

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272053

Accession Number: 1998.6399A-C

Kapa

Large piece of white kapa, or Hawaiian barkcloth. Embossed throughout with small circles and very lightly tinted with charcoal. The texture of the kapa is thin but crisp. Most likely a layer of a kapa moe, or mutli-layered sleeping cover. Tapa (or kapa in Hawaii) is cloth made from the inner bar...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 272054

Accession Number: 2006.44.3672

Kapa

Large piece of kapa, or Hawaiian barkcloth. Pink on one side with a decorative pattern of widely spaced bands and triangles made with black/gray spots.The kapa has a crisp, thick texture and is embossed throughout with small triangle shapes. Probably the top layer of a kapa moe, or multi-layered s...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 272055

Accession Number: 2006.44.3673

Bamboo Settee

Bamboo, rattan, and wicker settee with four rectangular cushions made of a woven plant material.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), wicker, rattan

GUSN: 272056

Accession Number: 1936.85

Bamboo armchair

Bamboo armchair.

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material)

GUSN: 272057

Accession Number: 1940.750A

Hairbrush

Imit. ivory; rectangular head with nat. bristles; twisted & beaded handle

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 64780

Accession Number: 1970.889

Hairbrush

Imit. ivory; oval head with nat. bristles; twisted handle

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 64781

Accession Number: 1970.890

Hair Comb

White; two size teeth, half inch wide, half inch narrow

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Dupont (Manufacturer)

Material: celluloid (cellulosic), plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 64782

Accession Number: 1970.891

Throw Rug

Rectangular; candlewick style; pink & white diamond pattern

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 64783

Accession Number: 1970.892.1

Throw Rug

Rectangular; candlewick style; pink & white diamond pattern

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 64784

Accession Number: 1970.892.2

Throw Rug

Rectangular; candlewick style; pink & white diamond pattern

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 64785

Accession Number: 1970.892.3

Armchair

Armchair with four arched gradated slats and sausage-turned stiles. Scrolled arms terminate in pierced handholds. Baluster-turned arm supports rest on sausage and ball-turned front legs. Poplar, ash, and oak with rush seat. Traces of early green paint visible beneath oak graining and yellow stripin...

Date: 1720-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), graining, oak (wood), rush (material), tulipwood (Brazilian, wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 64786

Accession Number: 1970.420

Side Table

Rectangular top; cutout corners; four disc and column turned legs; trestle base

Date: 1880

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), turning (shaping process), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 64787

Accession Number: 1970.1067

Folding Screen

3black hinged wood frames; paper cutouts/lt. bl. ground; rev:cotton.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: chromolithographs, cotton (textile), paper (fiber product), pine (wood)

GUSN: 64788

Accession Number: 1970.1299

Bedstead

Low-post double bedstead of a suite. Cottage-style. Headboard is rectangular panel with stepped crest rail, enclosed by jigsaw shaped posts with crocket finials. Basal moldings all around. Posts terminate in stepped Marlborough feet. Conforming foot post, side rails with rectangular panels enclosed ...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 64789

Accession Number: 1970.443

Chest of Drawers

Rectangular form with slightly overhanging rectangular top and canted edge. Supports an overhanging to drawer enclosed by rectangular sides with modified columnar supports, with black at top and step molded Marlborough feet. Case encloses three long drawers with burled maple pulls. Apron is cyma-cu...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 64790

Accession Number: 1970.444

Washstand

Rectangular overhanging white marble top with ogee molded edge, surmounted at back with a marble splash board with top cyma curve edge. Plant construction with straight sides enclosing cabinet base with overhanging top drainer flanked by columnar supports with stepped and Marlborough feet. Arched ap...

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: marble (rock), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 64791

Accession Number: 1970.445

Dressing Table

Green painted dressing table. Rectangular top with rounded corners and block painted decorative scrolls in front corners, one long drawer with two grained knob pulls, drawer also outlined in black. Four turned legs with ring-egg-double ring reverse column, spool ring, reverse vase sequence, also hig...

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: marble (rock), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 64792

Accession Number: 1970.446

Side Chair

Gothic Revival style painted green with black accenting. Shaped crest rail with Gothic arch motif supported by rear posts with vase turning. Posts enclose four turned spindles and scalloped lower rail with small acorn drops. Wood frame with serpentine front encloses caned seat. Turned front legs ter...

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: caning, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 64793

Accession Number: 1970.447

Tea Table

Tea table painted green with black accenting on top, ring turnings and serpentine legs. Rectangular top with rounded corners, pedestal base with ring vase and bulbous turned decoration supported by three cabriole legs with upturned feet.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: caning, painting (coating), pine (wood), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 64794

Accession Number: 1970.448

Child's Rocking Chair

Cottage style rocking chair with carved flat crest rail decorated with center gold painted filigree, turned rear posts enclose four turned spindles, plain rectangular chair rail, shaped seat with caned interior, turned front posts and turned column and ring front stretchers. Remaining five stretcher...

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: caning, painting (coating), pine (wood), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 64795

Accession Number: 1970.449

Birdcage Windsor Armchair

Square backed Windsor armchair, canted backward with bamboo-turned stiles enclosing seven bamboo-turned spindles surmounted by bird-cage rectangular crest rail with slightly defined pointed ears. Bamboo-turned arms with conforming spindles and arm support. Saddle seat with enclosed line border b...

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), caning, painting (coating), pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 64796

Accession Number: 1970.450

Bowback Windsor Armchair

Bow-back enclosing seven spindles, with bowed medial arm rail extending into flattened arms with scrolled-out handholds. Ring and vase-turned arm supports. Saddle seat with dished center. Ring and vase turned played legs, peg tops extending through to top of seat. H-stretchers with swelled centers. ...

Date: 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 64797

Accession Number: 1970.451

Desk and Bookcase

Secretary desk and bookcase with concave molded cornice above two glass doors with upper corner tracery decoration, and intermediate strap, enclose three adjustable shelves. Interior painted yellow. Two corresponding drawers and simple molding to reveal green leather writing surface and center open ...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), pine (wood), rosewood (wood), veneering, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 64798

Accession Number: 1970.452

Border Wallpaper

Block printed "neo-grec" border in two reds, gray, white, black and gilt on pink ground. With sidewall 1970.514.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 64799

Accession Number: 1970.515

Wallpaper

Chinoiserie with floral basket motif; block printed in two blues, olive, green, orange, black, gold, white, and gray on gray ground and embossed with vertical roping texture. Set with border - 1970.515

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 64800

Accession Number: 1970.514