Historic New England

Chest

Red lacquered chest with lid that opens down at one third of the way down the front. Elaborate fittings of wrought and sheet iron.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), iron (metal)

GUSN: 286769

Accession Number: 1958.359

Fire bucket

One of a pair of leather fire buckets with wrought iron fittings. Painted green with black trim. Stenciled with owner's name and date.

Date: 1829

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, paint (coating), wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 286771

Accession Number: 1958.360.1

Fire bucket

One of a pair of leather fire buckets with wrought iron fittings. Painted green with black trim. Stenciled with owner's name and date.

Date: 1829

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, paint (coating), wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 286772

Accession Number: 1958.360.2

Mirror

Large rectangular mirror in molded gilded wood frame.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: sheet glass, silvering, wood (plant material), gold leaf

GUSN: 286773

Accession Number: 1958.361

Hanging lamp

Six-sided metal and frosted glass electrified hanging lantern. Alternate panes of glass with snowflake and lattice design. Molded plumes at corners and feet; Metal (tin?) painted red.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), tin (metal), paint (coating)

GUSN: 286774

Accession Number: 1958.362

Sign

Framed printed sign describing the Nichols-Sortwell house listing.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286775

Accession Number: 1958.364

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments printed with alternating blue and gray stripes, separated by a stripe of gold and brown quatre-foils.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286776

Accession Number: 1987.10AB

This flax wheel is composed of oak and maple, with a riven bench and turned spokes, legs, and finials. It includes a wooden distaff mounted to the bench and a strick of flax ready for spinning as well as its flyer assembly and a drive band.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 286780

Accession Number: 1924.832

Spinning Wheel

This spinning wheel is composed of oak and maple, with a riven bench and turned maple legs, spokes and finials. The bench bears a maker's stamp (see Inscriptions).

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: Holmes, S.

Material: oak (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 286782

Accession Number: 1927.2464

Spinning Wheel

This flax wheel is composed of oak, maple and possibly yellow birch. The bench and treadle are riven oak. The legs, spokes and finials are all turned. The front of the bench is stamped with a maker's mark (See Inscriptions).

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: Ferguson, I (Maker)

Material: oak (wood), maple (wood), yellow birch (wood)

GUSN: 286784

Accession Number: 1937.1358AB

Spinning wheel

This small upright wheel is painted black. It has turned tall maidens and short legs. There is no associated distaff present.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286787

Accession Number: 1969.399

Wallpaper

Fragments. All fragments have an alternating grid of square and round medallions containing stylized floral motifs. Printed in yellow, orange, cream and gold on a gold ground. Fragments C through F show up to three other layers of earlier paper under the upper paper.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286788

Accession Number: 1996.143.1059A-F

Wallpaper

Fragments. Eleven wallpaper fragments showing up to five layers of different wallpapers and one border.

Date: 19th to 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286789

Accession Number: 1996.143.1062A-K

Wallpaper

Fragments. Wallpaper fragments with three layers of paper. Most predominant paper shows fretwork cartouches containing floral bouquets. Printed in pink, cream, purple and metallic silver on gray ground.

Date: Twentieth Century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286790

Accession Number: 1996.143.1060A-C

Wallpaper

Two fragments of Art Nouveau wallpaper from the Whitney House, Stow, Massachusetts. Large scale design incorporating stylized flowers, vines and fruit into arch or striped pattern. Roller-printed in olive on olive ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286791

Accession Number: 2001.281.501AB

Drawing of Wallpaper

Watercolor sketch of wallpaper with Gothic arches and bouquets of flowers. Colors include blues, greens orangges and pinks.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286792

Accession Number: 1917.160

Drawing of Wallpaper

Watercolor drawing of wallpaper in the "neat stripes and vines" motif. Blue on cream paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286793

Accession Number: 1917.161

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with three bands in varying tones of gray. May have been a window shade sample.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286794

Accession Number: 1916.138

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Massachusetts featuring a rose bouquet medallion alternating with a scene of a bird on a branch with berries. Background pattern of rosettes and pin dots. Block-printed in pink, dark pink (or red), gray and white with light and dark green varnish on blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286795

Accession Number: 2001.281.502

Wallpaper

Unused samples. Panel with swags and cherubs frolicking with a lioness, alternating with a panel with an urn. Printed in gray-green and brown on ivory ground.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286796

Accession Number: 1966.2137A-G

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper fragment, joined at central motif, with large scale design of quatrefoils and C-scrolls printed in brown, tan and white on light blue ground, framed by blue reverse printed foliate pattern. One additional layer of paper underneath.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286797

Accession Number: 2000.361

Wallpaper Border

Fragments. Wallpaper border with ribbon swag on engraved ground printed to simulate woven cloth. Block printed in four greens on pale green ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286798

Accession Number: 2000.327AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Japanese leather paper fragment with heavily embossed design of meandering floral vines with birds perched on the stems. Printed in metallic gold against a red ground.

Date: 1884-1916

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286799

Accession Number: 2000.1685

Wallpaper

Fragments. Wallpaper with all over design of leafy vines entwined with climbing rose vines with pink blossoms. Block pritned

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286800

Accession Number: 2000.1688A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with stylized floral vine pattern from Townsend, Massachusetts. Stylized vines or branch with light-colored leaves undulate up the paper. Red flowers and berries highlighted with gold accents. Roller-printed in red, orange, black, olive, metallic gold and gray on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286801

Accession Number: 2001.281.503

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with repeating rows of three-lobed leaves with flower blossoms. Printed in green and black.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286802

Accession Number: 2000.1691

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample in the "Crace Tile" pattern. Large tile design of quatrefoils framed by interlaced and tri-lobed floral elements. Block printed in orange and peach on an aubergine ground. Manufactured by Cole & Son, London. Originally printed by J. G. Crace, England, 1850-1860.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286804

Accession Number: 2000.861

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample printed in the "Celtic" pattern by Cole & Son, London. Design features stylized morning glories on an interlaced field with undulating foliate vines. Block printed in blue-grey and grey on a green ground. Based on an English design of 1890.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286806

Accession Number: 2000.862

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral wallpaper from Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Roller-printed, large-scale floral and scroll pattern reminiscent of Neo-classical designs. Marked "Design Patented October 24, 1893." Stamped on verso with M.M. Birge & Sons trademark logo and pattern number 2218 AF.

Date: 1893

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286807

Accession Number: 2001.281.504

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallaper printed in the "Celtic" pattern by Cole & Son, London. Design features stylized morning glories on an interlaced field with undulating foliate vines. Block printed in cream and brown on a dark ochre ground. Based on an English design of 1890.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286808

Accession Number: 2000.863

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Royston" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a rococo design of flower bouquets alternating with bouquets of fruit including apples, pineapples, grapes and cherries connected by flowering scrolls. Block printed in ochre on a striated yellow and brown ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286810

Accession Number: 2000.869

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Strawberry" pattern by Cole & Son (London) featuring diagonally repeating strawberry plants with flowers and berries printed in green, white, pink and yellow and outlined in metallic gold. Block printed on a striated navy blue ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286811

Accession Number: 2000.864

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Vaughan" design by Cole & Son (London) with a Moorish tile design of quatrefoils within lozenges and geometric frames. Screen printed in aubergine, metallic gold and copper on a mauve ground.

Date: 20th C.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286813

Accession Number: 2000.865

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Crace Diaper" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by fleurons within lozenges with stylized flowers at the intersections. Block printed in pale grey-green on a white ground. Based on a pattern designed by Augustus W. N. Pugin for J. G. Crace (...

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286814

Accession Number: 2000.868

Wallpaper

Three fragments of flocked rose wallpaper from Webster, Massachusetts. Large roses block-printed in four reds and four to five greens over black flocked ground. The design is visibly raised above the ground surface. Fragments are affixed to piece of paperboard.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286817

Accession Number: 2001.281.505AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Flower Spray" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with repeated sprays of stylized flowers and flower buds on a field of stylized floral sprigs. Block printed in tan on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286819

Accession Number: 2000.860

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Clandon" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by simple berried vine framing eight-pointed star or stylized flower. Block printed in aubergine on a bright red ground. Pattern is based on a flocked English pattern of 1810-1820; however, flocking...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286820

Accession Number: 2000.867

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Haddon Hall" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with large scale Moorish tile design. Block printed in brown on white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286821

Accession Number: 2000.870

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Whickham" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a stylized floral trail with bellfowers bordered by stylized sprigs on a dotted field. Block printed in peach on a cream ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286822

Accession Number: 2000.874

Photograph

Black-and-white photograph of a painting of William D. Nickels. Modern black frame.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, glass (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 286826

Accession Number: 1958.363

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Chinese Trellis" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a trellis design of samll joined octagons. Block printed in three blues on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286828

Accession Number: 2000.875

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Small Gothic Screen" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by Gothic tracery. Block printed in brown on a watery blue ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286829

Accession Number: 2000.871

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Small Gothic Screen" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by Gothic tracery. Block printed in brown on a transparent red ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286831

Accession Number: 2000.872

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Quatrefoil" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by quatrefoils within Gothic tracery. Block printed in tan on white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286832

Accession Number: 2000.873

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

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