Historic New England

Sideboard

Federal inlaid mahogany serpentine front sideboard with circular recessed top in center. Branch veneers on doors, drawers outlined by bright striped veneers. Brass lion head drawer pulls. Six reeded and turned legs.

Date: 1812-1817

Maker: Attributed to Seymour, Thomas (American cabinetmaker, 1771-1848) (Cabinetmaker)

Material: mahogany (wood), bloodwood

GUSN: 287732

Accession Number: 2006.44.3704

Box

Small leather-covered wooden box with hinged and locking lid. Exterior is decorated with leather straps and metal tacks. The box contains fragments of wallpaper that once lined the interior. The paper is in poor condition but appears to be block-printed in green and white in a stripe and medallio...

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), leather

GUSN: 287750

Accession Number: 2001.281.551

Box

Leather-covered wooden box with hinged and locking lid. Box exterior is decorated with a leather handle and tacks. A crack in the leather across the left side of the lid has been stablized with small tacks. The interior is lined with a large-scale pineapple pattern wall or bandbox paper. The paper...

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), leather, metal, block printing (relief printing process), varnish

GUSN: 287752

Accession Number: 2001.281.552

Box

Leather-covered wooden box with hinged and locking lid. Box exterior is decorated with a leather handle and tacks. "John B. Bradford, Gardner" is written faintly on the lid. The interior is lined with a wallpaper with a delicate, all-over sprig pattern block-printed in white on blue ground. The pa...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), leather, metal, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 287761

Accession Number: 2001.281.553

Box

Leather-covered wooden box with hinged and locking lid. Box exterior is decorated with a leather handle, leather strapping, and tacks. The interior is lined with an all-over floral wallpaper block-printed in green. Paper ground color cannot be determined (possibly buff, pale yellow or white).

Date: 1815-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), leather, metal, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 287762

Accession Number: 2001.281.554.1

Tracing of a Wallpaper Pattern

Three tracings of the same floral wallpaper pattern. Found inside a leather covered box (2001.281.554.1). Traced pattern is not the same as the wallpaper lining the box.

Maker: unknown

Material: tracing paper

GUSN: 287770

Accession Number: 2001.281.554.2A-C

Table Lamp

Electric table lamp, white ceramic painted with gold stars. Tiered shaft with circular dish shaped base. Lamp has a Slvania Capsylite 72W bulb in the socket. Shade is missing.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 287800

Accession Number: 2013.4.104

Bed Frame

Headboard [a] and footboard [b] have brass ball finials. Pair of brass rails [c and d]. Each foot has a brass castor.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 287819

Accession Number: 2013.4.105AB

Basket

Woven basket with handle, rectangular shape. Stamped metal leaves decorate base of each handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287820

Accession Number: 2013.4.106

Mug

Mug with red, black, blue, and white text on a yellow ground. "San Francisco Cable Car". Cost Plus, Inc.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 287821

Accession Number: 2013.4.107

Partial Dinner Plate Set

Transfer printed blue and white scene of a willow tree, pagoda, bridge. Geometric border. Partial set of fifteen blue and white transfer printed "Semi China" plates. Seven 6" plates; Three 7" plates; Five 9" plates. Earthenware. Ridgway, Engraved 1832 for Wridgway & Co., England, Made in Great Br...

Date: 1880-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 287822

Accession Number: 2013.4.108

Bowl

Blue and white transferprinted decoration of birds, pagoda, three men on a bridge. Two shallow bowls with blue and white transfer printed decoration.

Date: 1880-1980

Maker: Johnson Bros.

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 287824

Accession Number: 2013.4.110

Plate

Plate with blue and white transfer printed decoration, "willow ware" pattern.. Royal China.

Date: 1880-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 287825

Accession Number: 2013.4.111

Lithograph

Framed black and white print of a lithograph. "The Crescent, Buxton". Lithographed by Newman & Co., 48 Watling St. London. Black and gold molded plastic frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: lithographs

GUSN: 287826

Accession Number: 2013.4.112

Photograph

Framed sepia toned photograph of four girls playing croquet. Plain wood frame painted black.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287827

Accession Number: 2013.4.113

Photograph

Framed black and white photograph of Jane Tucker as a young woman with dark curly hair. Woman is wearing a dark v-neck blouse with pearls. Plain wood frame.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287834

Accession Number: 2013.4.114

Photograph

Framed black and white photograph of an elderly gentleman with a mustache. Man is wearing a suit, dress shirt, and tie. Plain wood frame.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287829

Accession Number: 2013.4.115

Photograph

Framed color photograph of a mountain top observatory. Gold painted wood frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: color photography

GUSN: 287830

Accession Number: 2013.4.116

Photograph

Framed color photograph of a coyote in the snow. Plain wood frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: color photography

GUSN: 287831

Accession Number: 2013.4.117

Certificate

Framed certificate "Independence Day 1992. Jane Tucker named Honorary Marshal, Wiscasset, Maine". Brown molded plastic frame.

Date: 1992

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 287832

Accession Number: 2013.4.118

Award

Framed certificate. State of Maine Historic Preservation Award presented to Jane Tucker by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. Black painted wood frame. Label explaining award pasted on back.

Date: unknown

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 287833

Accession Number: 2013.4.119

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper. Floral and ribbon stripe with silver accents on pale blue ground.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: York Card & Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 287838

Accession Number: 2013.106.1

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper. Square pattern with stylized blue flowers on a taupe ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287839

Accession Number: 2013.106.2

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper. Fruit and moiré stripe pattern on a pin dotted ground. No maker's mark.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287840

Accession Number: 2013.106.3

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper. Pale pink floral pattern on a pale yellow ground. No maker's mark.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287841

Accession Number: 2013.106.4

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper. Stylized medallions and circles with silver accents on a pale green ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Janeway & Carpenter

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287842

Accession Number: 2013.106.5

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper. Fern and floral pattern in muted greens, oranges, and yellows on a beige ground.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287843

Accession Number: 2013.106.6

Sweater

Letterman sweater, Swampscott High School. Dark blue knitted wool with white "S" emblem on front center. Belonged to Robert Donahue.

Date: 1948-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 287850

Accession Number: 2013.101.4

Trunk

Grain painted wooden trunk with hinged and locking lid. Box is made with dovetail joints. The exterior is grain painted in dark red and black. There are handles on both ends with heart-shaped plates and a square lock plate on the front. The upper latch of the lock has become detached and is store...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), metal, block printing (relief printing process), laid paper

GUSN: 287859

Accession Number: 2001.281.235.2

Brooch

Fishing rod and creel brooch. Rod balanced atop basket with fishtail sticking out of the top. Small chain connects the tip of the rod to the bottom of the basket.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Beaucraft, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 287860

Accession Number: 2013.111.1

Brooch

Small submarine pin. Sleek submarine with rounded nose and small propeller. The Kinney Company.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 287861

Accession Number: 2013.111.2

Brooch

Submarine pin. Submarine has a squared off blunted nose. Row of portholes along top edge. Conning tower marked "GD". No visible makers mark.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 287862

Accession Number: 2013.111.3

Wallpaper covered trunk

Wallpaper-covered trunk with curved, hinged and locking lid. Trunk exterior is trimmed with leather strapping and tacks. It has a metal lock plate and side handles. The paper covering the trunk is printed with a pattern of repeating floral bouquets joined by festoons of ribbons and beads. The pape...

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, wood (plant material), metal, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 287864

Accession Number: 2001.281.555.1

Portrait of Allen Penfield Harwood (1818-1893)

Half-length portrait of Allen Penfield Harwood. The young man has dark hair and blue-gray eyes. He is seated and wearing a white shirt with a black coat, waistcoat, and neck cloth. He has a small gold brooch with a portrait of an unknown man pinned to the center of his shirt. Oil on panel. Not frame...

Date: 1836

Maker: Powers, Asahel L. (American painter, 1813-1843) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 287865

Accession Number: 2013.113.1

Portrait of Elizabeth Harwood (1814-1882)

Half-length portrait of Elizabeth Harwood. The woman has dark hair and dark eyes. She is seated and is wearing a black dress with a black lace belt and white lace chemisette. She has a small gold brooch pinned at her neck. Oil paint on mattress ticking. Not framed.

Date: 1836

Maker: Powers, Asahel L. (American painter, 1813-1843) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), ticking

GUSN: 287866

Accession Number: 2013.113.2

Tracing of a Wallpaper Pattern

Pencil tracing on tracing paper of Neoclassical wallpaper pattern. The traced wallpaper covers an old trunk from the Woodward House, Waban, Massachusetts (see trunk 2001.281.555.1). The tracing itself was found inside the trunk. The wallpaper pattern is of repeating floral bouquets joined by festoo...

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: tracing paper

GUSN: 287877

Accession Number: 2001.281.555.2

Center Table

Center table with octagonal top and carved pedestal base. Base decorated with interlocking chain, scroll, and floral medallion patterns. Four flat rectangular feet.

Date: 1919

Maker: Bacon, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1856-1940 (Maker)

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 287884

Accession Number: 2013.119.1

Bracelet

Bracelet made of blue and clear glass stones set in cast white metal plated in rhodium. Marked

Date: 1937-1942

Maker: Trifari, Krussman, and Fishel, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material), plating (metal coating), metal

GUSN: 287965

Accession Number: 2013.139.1

Wallpapered Boards

Five wallpapered boards. Wallpaper patterned with alternating medallions with solid and latticework backgrounds. Each medallion frames a flower. Printed in white, pinks, and greens on a blue ground. Removed from a circa 1744 Georgian home in Marblehead, MA.

Date: ca. 1740

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287967

Accession Number: 2013.140.1

Hooked rug in frame

Hooked rug and working frame. Rug has pattern printed on base fabric with partially completed hooking of multicolored morning glories, peonies, and lilies. The rug background is unfinished. Rug is stretched and affixed to frame with cotton ties and t-shaped straight pins.

Date: 1960-2012

Maker: Roaf, Luceille Moore, 1932-2014 (Maker)

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile), pine (wood)

GUSN: 287968

Accession Number: 2013.141.1

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revival wallpaper from Laconia, New Hampshire. Repeating image of a gazebo or tower among foliage. Roller-printed in blue, brown, and white on an off-white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287974

Accession Number: 2001.281.556

Wallpaper

Medallion and vine stripe wallpaper from Nashua, New Hampshire. Block-printed in blue on pale pink ground. Wove paper, partial sheets.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287975

Accession Number: 2001.281.557

Wallpaper

Fragment of scenic figured wallpaper from Naushua, New Hampshire. Repeating pastoral scene of farm animals and peasants. A boy in blue jacket, cow, goat, and sheep are central figures. Structures in background. Scene framed by foliage. Roller-printed in grays, greens, browns, blues, salmon, yellow, ...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287976

Accession Number: 2001.281.558

Wallpaper

Three unused fragments of floral stripe wallpaper from New Boston, Massachusetts. Pattern of gray stripes on polished white ground. Primary stripe is printed with sprigs of grasses and blue and violet flowers. Roller-printed in gray, two greens, two blues, ochre, brown, and two violets on a polish...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288245

Accession Number: 2001.281.559A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment of stylized scroll and flower wallpaper from New Boston, Massachusetts. Stylized scrolling stems sprout clover leaves and flowers with orange centers. Roller-printed in black, orange, two tans and metallic gold on gray ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 288248

Accession Number: 2001.281.560

Wallpaper

Two fragments of striped wallpaper from Newfields, New Hampshire. Pattern imitates a striped textile. Multi-color chevron stripes alternate with stripes with highly stylized floral figures and panels similar to Persian patterns. Roller-printed in light blue, red, yellow, light green and tan on nav...

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 288251

Accession Number: 2001.281.561AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper printed with haying scene from New Hampton, New Hampshire. Pastoral landscape scene depicting men and a woman haying and filling a horse-drawn wagon. There is a house in the background. Roller-printed in two blues, gray, white, black, two greens, two reds, ochre, pale ...

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288255

Accession Number: 2001.281.562

Wallpaper

Striped wallpaper fragment from Orford, New Hampshire. Foliate sprigs and snowflake-like medallions alternate on strapwork stripes. Roller-printed in maroon, green, and gray on light gray or white polished ground.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288256

Accession Number: 2001.281.563

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Pattern imitating marble blocks separated by a leaf and berry vine border. Block-printed in red and green on ungrounded paper. Paper may be handmade. A strip of cotton fabric affixed between two layers of the wallpaper, presumably to smooth the a...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 288257

Accession Number: 2001.281.564

Wallpaper with attached border

One long wallpaper fragment, now in two parts, of a floral vine and stripe pattern from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The paper is block-printed in black, green and pink on white ground. Laid paper, partial sheets. Fragment (A) retains a deteriorated fragment of the paper's floral border block-printed...

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 288258

Accession Number: 2001.281.565.1AB

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