Historic New England

Wallpaper

A composite of about four layers. Two of the layers are seen in 1980.205C.

Date: Twentieth Century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178814

Accession Number: 1980.205A

Fragment. Striped paper. Continuous sprouting pink and tan flowers with delicate stem and leaves bordered by white geometric stripe and alternating with repeated flowering plant in an urn on a dotted field. All printed on mustard ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178815

Accession Number: 1982.276A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Foliate platerwork. Rosettes alternating with bifurcated husk and foliate element with rosette in center. Bordered horizontally by tongue moulding. Printed in brown, tan, white and black on a green field.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178816

Accession Number: 1982.276B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized flowers and foliage, scrolls, linear framework. Printed in orange, white and brown on a grey ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178817

Accession Number: 1982.277.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Chevrons with abstract flowers and pin dots. Printed in white, green on a light blue ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178818

Accession Number: 1982.277.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern with circular reserves and scattered floral bunches. Printed in two blues, yellow, two olives, pink, red, black on a light olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178819

Accession Number: 1982.277.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripes. Repeated Neo-grec, stylized palmette forms in ochre and metallic gold on a green field and bordered by delicate reverse printed vine alternating with plain stripes. Straight repeat.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178820

Accession Number: 1971.174.4A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover widely spaced flower blossoms with stylized linear tendrils printed in white, blue, yellow, tan, pink and metallic gold.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178821

Accession Number: 1971.174.6A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Horizontally mounted striped paper with foliate vine. Probably hung vertically. Printed in brown, black, taupe, tan and white. Straight repeat.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178822

Accession Number: 1971.174.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Broad vertical bands with floral and grapevines alternating with narrow stripes of repeated hanging pendant. Printed in grey, beige and metallic gold on pink ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178823

Accession Number: 1971.174.3A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pieces too small to determine design. Possibly Rococo scrolls. Bottom edge is cut along pattern to create scallops. Straight repeat.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178824

Accession Number: 1971.174.3B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Spiral (possibly terminal of a scroll) printed in brown, tan, ochre and metallic gold on black flock.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178825

Accession Number: 1971.174.4B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Anglo-Japanese allover repeat of flowers and geometric patterns. Printed in olive, tan, ochre and peach?, on a beige, burlap-textured ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178826

Accession Number: 1971.174.5A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral border of red poppies? and yellow daisies. Less stylized than coordinating paper. Printed in maroon, red, yellow, olive and black.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178827

Accession Number: 1971.174.5B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Continuous curvilinear pattern in brown and yellow with entwined flowers in white and blue and pink and yellow on pale yellow ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178828

Accession Number: 1971.174.6B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover dense floral and leaf with berried vine. Printed in green and grey on possibly polished white ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178829

Accession Number: 1971.174.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Alternating narrow and wide stripes in maroon and stripe of wide green band with scalloped edges on unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178830

Accession Number: 1971.149

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral pattern. Delicate meandering vine with pin dots. Printed in rust and grey on an unground paper.

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178831

Accession Number: 1976.134

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. A narrow border with stylized flowers and foliage connected by curved and overlapping lines. Printed in black and orange on unground paper.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178832

Accession Number: 1999.55B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Stylized flowers in a diaper or knot pattern with pin dots. Printed in light blue and black on a yellow ground.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: Moses Grant Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178833

Accession Number: 1999.55A

Wallpaper

Fragments of grasscloth on paper backing. Design of overall, widely separated exotic birds. Flowers (including daisies) and willow boughs. Green, fushia, grey and blue on tan ground.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178834

Accession Number: 1971.147

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Overlapping oriental vignettes printed in green, sage, two blues, purple, lavender, two pinks, black, brown, orange and yellow on unground paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178835

Accession Number: 1923.315

Wallpaper

Vignettes separated by birds, lush vegetation, architectural structures. Three greens, red, pink, orange, purple, white, brown, beige, aqua on unground paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178836

Accession Number: 1923.314

Wallpaper Border

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 202660

Accession Number: 2006.44.2907

Stephen Phillips as a Young Man

Charcoal drawing of Stephen Phillips (1907-1971) from the shoulders up. He is wearing a suit coat, vest, tie, collar, and round framed glasses. The drawing is on cream colored paper and has a wood frame painted black.

Date: 1925

Maker: Clark's Salem Art Shop (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), charcoal (plant material)

GUSN: 202673

Accession Number: 2006.44.642

Photograph

Black and white photograph of a woman among sheep. The woman faces left and is golding a long stick in her right hand and a small branch with leaves in her left hand. A sheep is approaching her from behind and others are grazing in the background. There are trees in the background, center and left.

Date: 1880

Maker: Reproduction of Lerolle, Henry, 1848-1929 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202675

Accession Number: 2006.44.643

Print

Color print of a landscape with water in the foreground and trees and mountains in the background. There is a lake with a small sailboat. There are three people in the boat including one wearing a bright red shirt. There are rocks on the shoreline in the bottom left and trees on the far center right...

Maker: X.H. Shaw & Son (Framer)

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

GUSN: 202678

Accession Number: 2006.44.644

Madonna and Child

Oil painting of the Madonna and child. The Madonna holds the Child in her lap as a woman looks on. Gold painted frame has applied plaster detail at corners and around the interior of the frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 202679

Accession Number: 2006.44.645

Canoes in Water

Black, gray and white scene of canoes in water and landing on a piece of land. There are eight cannoes with one or tow men in each. The main landmass is in the bottom right and features teepees and a tall and cury tree. There are other islands in the distance. The frame is finished in dark brown and...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), charcoal (plant material)

GUSN: 202680

Accession Number: 2006.44.646

Photograph

Three black and white photographs of Egyptian sites in a long, light brown wooden frame. Photo on left has a pillar and ruins with four people hugging the sites. Center photo has five columns with hieroglyphics and papyrus capitols and three people sitting in bottom right corner. Right photo has a l...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202705

Accession Number: 2006.44.647

Declaration of Independece

A large engraved copy of the Declaration of Independence. At the bottom left is an explanation that the copy is true to the original. The wood frame is painted gold with a rough finish. There are gold leaf decorations in the four corners, applied plaster spiral decoration and modified egg-and-dart p...

Date: 1818

Maker: Tyler, Benjamin O. (Copyist) Maverick, P. (Engraver) X.H. Shaw & Son (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202706

Accession Number: 2006.44.648

Three Children Feeding Birds at Church Door

Oil painting of three children with birds at a doorway. One child is looking down, the other two children are feeding birds. Salmon-colored steps lead up to closed double doors over which a saint's image appears in the pediment. The doorway is flanked by pink marble columns with elaborately carved c...

Date: 1876

Maker: Mion, Luigi, 1843-ca. 1878 (Painter)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 202707

Accession Number: 2006.44.650

Venetian Landscape

Watercolor of Venetian buildings and boats. Buildings with towers and domes prominent at left and fade into distance right. Water in foreground and right. Prominent boat at center has red and white sails. Set in a gold mat and gold wooden frame with a smooth finish around inside with an applied plas...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202708

Accession Number: 2006.44.651

Monk on a Terrace

Oil painting of a monk on a patio, framed in a large, solid wooden frame. The painting is very dark. Monk is in the right foreground with his arm on the patio. The patio has two columns with climbing vines. The landscape is in the distance. The frame is wood with wood trim and has a natural golden f...

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, wood (plant material), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 202709

Accession Number: 2006.44.652

Woman Holding Doves

Oil painting of a woman holding doves, framed in a golden wooden frame with applied plaster details. The woman is wearing a red and blue dress with white trim and a straw hat with fiber trim. She is shown sitting from the waist up, left shoulder forward and exposed. She holds the body of a bird in h...

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, wood (plant material), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 202710

Accession Number: 2006.44.653

Spirit of '76

Framed black and white print of a family outfitting a man who is going to fight in the American Revolution in a wood frame painted gold. The scene has eight people: Militia man at door, older man preparing a gun, a woman kneeling at the front of man in uniform, a young boy kneeling with powder horn,...

Date: 1847

Maker: Matteson, Tompkins H., 1813-1884 (Engraver) H.S. Sadd (Printer)

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

GUSN: 202711

Accession Number: 2006.44.654

Portrait of Stephen Phillips

Full length portrait of Stephen Phillips as a young boy holding a whip, in a wooden frame painted gold. The boy is wearing shorts, an over jacket, white collared shirt, and a red necktie. He has brown hair and brown eyes. Pink and purple flowers are the in bottom left corner. The frame is wood with ...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Lucas, Albert Pike, 1862-1945

Material: canvas, wood (plant material), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 202712

Accession Number: 2006.44.655

Stephen Clarendon Phillips

Black and white lithography of Stephen C. Philips framed in a simple wood frame with a red finish. Signature of "S.C. Phillips" below portrait. He is wearing a suit coat, a vest, a white high-collard shirt, and a bow tie. He has long side burns and wavy hair and is sitting with his left shoulder sli...

Date: 1840

Maker: J.H. Bufford & Co. (Printer) J.E. Tilton and Company (Publisher) Reeves, John H., Mr. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202713

Accession Number: 2006.44.656

Omaj, A Native of the Island of Utica

Black and white full length portrait engraving of a man in robes and a turban framed in simple wood frame finished in black. The man is barefoot, and is holding out his right hand, and has his head turned to his left shoulder. A large palm tree is at left; a river, mountain, and other trees are in t...

Date: 1780

Maker: Reproduction of Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792 (Artist) Jacobi, John (Essayist) Boydell, John (English engraver, print publisher, 1719-1804) (Publisher)

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

GUSN: 202714

Accession Number: 2006.44.657

The Temple of Apollo

Black and white Roman ruins in a pastoral setting framed in a simple wooden frame painted black. Far right: two-story rectangular pavilion with a sculpture in the first floor niche. Right: Round pavilion with composite fluted columns with winged sculpture in center, surrounded by people. The foregro...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202715

Accession Number: 2006.44.658

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