Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Heavily embossed paper printed in gold/copper in imitation of silk moire ribbons.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176921

Accession Number: 1985.848

Wallpaper

Two partial rolls. Metallic gold, tan and burnt sienna cording interrupted by bellflowers printed below a row of cream beading.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176922

Accession Number: 1985.12

Wallpaper

Large, beige flowers accented with metallic gold alternating with a floral vine against a mauve strapwork stripe.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176923

Accession Number: 1985.11

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern formed by alternating stylized fleur-de-lis in tan and outlined in metallic gold. Printed on a polished cream ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176924

Accession Number: 1985.835

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover floral design of peonies, lilies, daffodils, and passion flowers. Printed in cream, tan, brown, and olive green against a metallic gold field on an ochre ground and over printed with sepia pin stripes. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176925

Accession Number: 1985.795A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wide white stripes entwined with white and tan flowers. Printed on a polished peach ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176926

Accession Number: 1985.809

Wallpaper

Large-scale, meandering foliate vine with flowers and flower buds, flanked by graduated stripes. Printed in beige and outlined with blue pindots.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176927

Accession Number: 1985.10

Wallpaper

Partial rollof wallpaper. Large-scale grisaille Rococo scrolls entwined with flowers. Printed in two greys, orange, blue, rose, purple and maroon.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176928

Accession Number: 1985.14

Wallpaper

Vertical stripes composed of grey rods entwined with morning glories with pink and purple blossoms alternating with reds entwined by grey, foliate scrolls. Printed in two pinks, rose, two purples, lavender, two greys and three greens.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176929

Accession Number: 1985.767

Wallpaper

Bouquets of flowers and berries printed in metallic gold.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176930

Accession Number: 1985.775

Wallpaper

Continuous vertical row of grey, white and maroon flower baskets tied with ribbons and flanked by morning glory vines.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176931

Accession Number: 1985.776

Wallpaper

Tile pattern of foliate forms within grid of repeating squares and separated by dotted lines. Printed in green, olive and black.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176932

Accession Number: 1985.780

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover flower and foliage design, including stylized irises, printed in red, black and metallic gold against a turquoise field.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176933

Accession Number: 1985.782

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. Meandering floral vine with peach colored blossom and berries. Printed in two shades of olive green, two shades of peach and metallic gold. Straight match.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: J.J.L. & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176934

Accession Number: 1985.783

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Allover floral vine and berries with stylized flowers and leaves. Printed in black, red, orange, khaki and outlined in metallic gold.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176935

Accession Number: 1985.784

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Plain, beige colored, embossed paper.

Date: 1920-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176936

Accession Number: 1985.785

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Vignette of stream flowing through woods. Printed in four blues, three greens, cream, grey and brown. Overprinted with fine, horizontal pin stripes to create tapestry design. Drop match.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176937

Accession Number: 1985.787

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Clusters of yellow roses and rose garlands framed by metallic gold C-scrolls against a field of imitation silk moire accented with liquid mica.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: Standard Papers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176938

Accession Number: 1985.788

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Meandering floral vine of joined branches with peony-like blossoms and berries. Exotic plummed bird is perched on bough. Printed in two pinks, rose, two blues, grey, black, maroon, metallic gold and silver against a faux marble ground. Drop match.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176939

Accession Number: 1985.790

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Plain, black, glossy paper.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176940

Accession Number: 1985.792

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Vignette of a stream and waterfall framed by large-scale roses and rosebuds. Printed in four greens, pink, two mauves, maroon and white. Overprinted with a maroon net design.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Standard Papers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176941

Accession Number: 1985.793

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper sample and one fragment. Rows of vertically repeating, Moorish, geometric elements joined by garlands of beads. Printed in pink, green, pink and white liquid mica, and metallic gold (now tarnished). Drop match.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176942

Accession Number: 1985.798AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll of uncut borders. Horizontal band of overlapping foliate scrolls printed in four greens, ivory and outlined in metallic gold.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176943

Accession Number: 1985.803

Wallpaper

Fragment. Yellow and blue stripe flanking a continuous leaf vine with berries against a pink and pink liquid mica, imitation silk moire ground. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176944

Accession Number: 1985.808

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Acanthus-like, scrolling foliate vine with tulips. Printed in white, pink and white liquid mica and outlined in metallic gold.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: W. Campbell & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176945

Accession Number: 1985.814

Wallpaper

Two partial rolls. Allover, entwined, floral vines with scrolling stems. Prined in pale yellow, red, tan and brown and liquid mica.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176946

Accession Number: 1985.815AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Floral bouquet printed above a floral wreath and framed by foliate vine. Design printed in brown flock on a flocked ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176947

Accession Number: 1985.817

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grid of foliate bouquets in blended orange and red with ochre and metallic gold wheat stalks connected by metllic gold rootlet garlands. Printed on a grey ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176948

Accession Number: 1985.818

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Basket of realistically rendered peonies, roses and daisies draped with swags of passion flower vines. Printed in six pinks, fuschia, grey, taupe, white, tan, ochre, five greens, two lavenders, two blues, light blue and yellow on a polished white ground.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176949

Accession Number: 1985.822

Wallpaper

Fragments. Continuous row of pale yellow and green climbing roses alternating with green liquid mica, imitation moire stripe. Printed on a pale green ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176950

Accession Number: 1985.823AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of scrolling foliage with yellow, orange, pink and blue daisy blossoms. Printed on an embossed, pale green ground. Straight match.

Date: 1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176951

Accession Number: 1985.824

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation plaster work brackets, moulding and coffers framing view of landscape with mountains and lake. Printed above a row of repeating geometric motifs. Printed in grey, black, tan, two greens, two blues, red, pink, and liquid mica on a beige ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176952

Accession Number: 1985.826

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover design in orange, tan and green, possibly varnished. No motif.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176953

Accession Number: 1985.834A-E

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating vignettes of thatched roof cottage and blossoming trees with split rail fence. Printed in pink, light blue, green, ochre, brown, grey and taupe on a beige ground and overprinted with metallic gold linear lines and grid of white hatch marks.

Date: 1925-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176954

Accession Number: 1985.838AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Incomplete width. Diaper pattern formed by simple vine forming ovals and framing floral sprigs. Printed in white, taupe, tan and pale blue on a polished grey ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176955

Accession Number: 1985.839

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large diaper pattern formed by ochre cabled losenges with foliated diamonds at the intersections. Printed on a cream ground.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176956

Accession Number: 1985.840AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of entwined vines with rose blossoms printed in short horizontal brown and metallic gold lines on an embossed, tan ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176957

Accession Number: 1985.842

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of delicate, entwined and scrolling vine in light green with liquid mica berries. Printed on a white ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176958

Accession Number: 1985.844

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of entwined, stylized flowers. Printed in pale yellow and accented with metallic copper dots on an embossed, orange ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176959

Accession Number: 1985.846

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Gilt figured paper of sprigs of various sizes and varieties of naturalistic flowers. Embossed and gilded on a cream ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176960

Accession Number: 1985.849

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grisaille rose sprigs on narrow ochre pinstripes against a grisaille, imitation silk moire field. Printed in two greys and ochre on a polished white ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176961

Accession Number: 1985.850

Wallpaper

Partial roll in two pieces. Allover design of two repeating, square tiles. One square encloses a geometric motif and the other encloses a geometric quatrefoil. Printed in red, green, yellow, black, brown and grey.

Date: 1915-1921

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176962

Accession Number: 1985.773ab

Wallpaper

Allover, trailing, floral vine with stylized flowers and bellflowers printed in red, ochre, blue, green, metallic gold and white liquid mica. Drop match.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176963

Accession Number: 1985.774

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper sample in three fragments. Tile design of alternating squares framing dandelions and stylized floral sprigs.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176964

Accession Number: 1985.791A-C

Fireboard

Border paper attached to fireboard. Imitation of carved rococo foliate border. Cream and beige.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 180086

Accession Number: 1972.105b

Stephen Goodhue Wheatland (1824-1892)

Framed painted photographic portrait of Stephen G. Wheatland. He is pictured from the chest up facing left and is looking at the viewer. He is dressed in a white collared shirt, a loose bowtie, and a brown vest and brown suit coat. His hair is slicked back on the sides and he has a mustache.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, velvet (fabric weave), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 180087

Accession Number: 2006.44.854

Ann Maria Pingree (1846-1927)

Framed painted photographic portrait print of Ann Maria Pingree. She is pictured from the chest up facing forward and viewing to the right. She is wearing a green button up dress with a white collar and brown brooch. Her hair has finger waves and there is a black ribbon tied around her neck.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 180089

Accession Number: 2006.44.853

David Pingree (1841-1932)

Framed photographic portrait of David Pingree, (1841-1932). The man is seated toward the viewer but looks off to the right. His hair is slicked back and he has a mustache. He is wearing a white collared shirt with a bowtie with a suit and matching vest. He is wearing a glove on his right hand and is...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, silver (metal)

GUSN: 180091

Accession Number: 2006.44.855

Palestine

Framed watercolor of a two masted ship with nine unfurled sails and an American flag at the stern. There are fourteen people on deck. the first mast has a blue and white flag with a white "P" and the second mast has four blue and white flags. The top flag is halved diagonally, the second is halved v...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

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

GUSN: 180093

Accession Number: 2006.44.862

Membership certificate

Framed membership certificate for the Massachusetts National Guard. Black calligraphy text above and below a black ink drawing of a horsedrawn artillery regiment. A red wax seal is in the bottom left corner and a dark blue, light blue and red striped ribbon is framed in the upper right corner.

Date: 1928

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wax

GUSN: 180094

Accession Number: 2006.44.877

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