Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pattern of willow leaves with berries or flowers. Printed in green, black and red on a light olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176763

Accession Number: 1971.23

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Geometric pattern with diamonds, zig-zag lines, dots and chevrons. Printed in white, red, mauve on yellow ochre.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176764

Accession Number: 1971.24

Wallpaper

Border sample. Floral pattern with roses and a bottom band of diamonds. Printed in three shades of red, three shades of green, dark brown and blue on a coffee ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176765

Accession Number: 1971.27

Wallpaper

Border sample. A classical architectural moulding pattern. Rosettes and triglyph-like elements. Printed in yellow, brown, two greens, black on a tan ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176766

Accession Number: 1971.29

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut border. Wide black flock band bordered above by narrow egg and dart moulding and below by beading. Printed in ochre, tan and brown and metallic gold.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176767

Accession Number: 1971.31

Wallpaper

Unused border sample. Design of interlacing and circles with stylized tulip or bellflower framed by repeat fretwork. Printed in two reds, brown and sand on cream ground.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176768

Accession Number: 1971.32

Wallpaper

Fragments of Renaissance Revival stripe paper with interlacing, arabesques and pin dots. Printed in green on a white satin ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176769

Accession Number: 1971.33

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Unused sample. Aesthetic, allover floral paper derived from Anglo-Japanese Style. Printed in red, olive, yellow and black on grey-green ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176770

Accession Number: 1971.34

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Vertical striped moire. Renaissance revival elements on left bordered by undulating cable. Printed in two browns, tan, grey, blue and cream on a polished white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176771

Accession Number: 1971.35

Wallpaper

Unused border. Floral pattern with roses. Printed in two pinks, two reds, three greens, two blues, mustard and gold.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176772

Accession Number: 1971.38

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Meandering, thorny ivy vines. Printed in two shades of green on a white satin ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176773

Accession Number: 1971.39

Wallpaper

Unused paper. Overall pattern of small, wavy lines printed in ivory on a beige polished ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176774

Accession Number: 1971.40

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Classical architectural moulding patterns including Greek key, cord, bead and reel, leaf. Printed in black flock, mustard, gold, brown and red on a sand ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176775

Accession Number: 1971.41

Wallpaper

Four fragments pieced together creating a frame. Flocked and embossed paper of scrolling foliage and rope. Printed in two shades of blue, black and gold.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176776

Accession Number: 1971.42

Fragment. Central motif in grisaille is of stylized flower or pine with interlacing scrolls, framed by fretwork and rosettes. Printed in three shades of grey and two shades green on a light grey ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176777

Accession Number: 1971.43

Wallpaper

Fragment. Printed in red.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176778

Accession Number: 1971.44

Wallpaper

Fragment. Meandering band of stylized flowers printed in two greens, yellow and red and outlined in black, bordered top and bottom by row of white ovals framing green continuous beading. Printed on beige ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176779

Accession Number: 1971.6

Wallpaper

Fragment. Marble masonry paper of octagonal and rectangular blocks with alternating pattern of shell and flower motifs. Printed in brown and green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176780

Accession Number: 1971.8

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating white wreaths on a field of meandering metallic gold vines with rootlets and black berries on grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176781

Accession Number: 1971.9

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Diaper pattern. Pale green losenges with central berry motif in red and orange and outlined in dark green. Straight match.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176782

Accession Number: 1985.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grisaille floral and foliate plasterwork on a brown field and accented with green floral sprays.

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176783

Accession Number: 1985.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover pattern of rectangular blocks with mirror images of stylized flowers and leaves with fretwork on the corner of the blocks. Printed in grey, green and black on a white ground.

Date: 1840-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176784

Accession Number: 1985.6

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Design of billowing leaves and diamonds with snowflake-like shapes, framed by scrollwork. Printed in green, brown and white on a tan unground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176785

Accession Number: 1985.7

Wallpaper

Two fragments of floral stripe wallpaper and one fragment of matching borer. Pattern consits of solid green stripe edged in brown and tan scallops alternating with floral stripe edged with brown dots. Prints in dark brown, red, light borwn and tan on beige ground.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176786

Accession Number: 2000.1664

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Continuous inverted palmettes printed in two greys and outlined in black on a grey ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176787

Accession Number: 1971.11B

Wallpaper

Border sample. Scrolling foliage with flowers. Framed by bands of dots. Printed in gold and brown on an aqua ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176788

Accession Number: 1971.16A

Wallpaper

Unused border sample. Geometric pattern with 4-petaled flowers and stylized scrolls. Printed in red flock and blue on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176789

Accession Number: 1971.17C

Sheet

Cream-colored/off-white linen sheet. 'CP No. 4' embroidered in towel center. Color is much lighter on inside where the sheet has been folded, also some wear on center fold/seam.

Date: Early to Mid 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 191061

Accession Number: 2005.24.12.1

Shawl

Large black square embroidered silk shawl. One corner of the shawl is heavily embroidered with flowers, leaves, and curly and curvy lined motifs. The edge of the embroidery extends out three-fourths of the way to the corners on either side of the main corner. The central design is primarily flowers ...

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), cashmere (wool)

GUSN: 191062

Accession Number: 2006.44.1328

Petticoat

Green and white silk and cotton petticoat. The petticoat is knee length. The outer layer is white silk and the inner layer is a soft, thin, green cotton. The waist has a hem wide enough for a drawstring to pulled through it. There are two vertical seams on the front of the petticoat that run from th...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 191063

Accession Number: 2006.44.1337

Sheet

Cream-colored/off-white linen sheet 'SP" embroidered on upper left lower edge and "No. 6" on proper right lower edge.

Date: Early to Mid 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), textile weaving processes and techniques

GUSN: 191064

Accession Number: 2005.24.12.2

Women's jacket

Black silk quilted women's jacket with lavender silk lining. Jacket has long sleeves with slightly puffed shoulders. There is no collar and at the back of the neckline there is a lavender loop sewn on. Both the interior and exterior are quilted in a pattern of small squares that are lightly padded. ...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191066

Accession Number: 2006.44.1329

Women's nightgown

Long pink and white striped, long sleeved flannel cotton women's nightgown. The gown is primarily made of flannel with wide vertical pink stripes and thin vertical white stripes with decorative red threading running down the edges of the stripes in random patterns. The neckline has a collar that is ...

Maker: unknown

Material: flannel

GUSN: 191067

Accession Number: 2006.44.1338

Tea Gown

Ivory tea gown with flared sleeves, no defined waist and a train in the back. The gown has a high, square neckline trimmed first with crepe and strips of lace with gold sequins sewn on frame the neckline. The gown has a long split down the center two-thirds of the way to the bottom. The split has fo...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), crepe (textile), lace (needlework), sequins (spangles)

GUSN: 191071

Accession Number: 2006.44.1339

Women's jacket

Tan knit wool women's jacket with mother or pearl buttons. The jacket has a collar that folds down only around the neck not extending to the front lapel area. The sleeves are long with a split, open V at the edge. The body of the jacket is long and boxy in shape and has two square pockets, one on ea...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), mother of pearl

GUSN: 191073

Accession Number: 2006.44.1330

Women's riding jacket

Camel colored canvas women's riding jacket of approximately mid-thigh length. The style of the jacket is masculine with triangularly notched lapels and three buttons down the left side for closure. The long sleeves have a decorative seam formed by a point aimed toward the shoulder. The breast area h...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Wm. H. Hoegee Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 191074

Accession Number: 2006.44.1342.1

Pillowcase

Two cream-colored linen pillow cases. At opening serveral inches in are two inscriptions, that are read if the opening is at the bottom.

Date: Early to Mid 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), textile weaving processes and techniques

GUSN: 191075

Accession Number: 2005.24.13.1-2

Women's jacket

Loosely knit lavender wool women's jacket. The collar is formed by a folded over layer of knitting which extends down both edges of the front opening which gets wider towards the bottom. This folded portion is tacked to the body of the jacket to keep flat. The pattern is loosely knit with wide strip...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 191078

Accession Number: 2006.44.1331

Riding skirt

Camel colored split skirt made of a heavy canvas. The waistband of the skirt is a narrow strip of canvas that does not go all the way around to the front. Instead, there is a center front panel that is attached to the waist band by two hook and eyes on both corners of the panel. Down both sides of t...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Wm. H. Hoegee Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 191080

Accession Number: 2006.44.1342.2

Dressing gown

Long black silk dressing gown with lace ruffles around the top and sleeves. The neck of the dress comes up high and is fitted to the neck. Inside of the back of the neck is sewn a black label with pink stitching that reads : " L. Calvayrac Paris". Around the top edge of the neck is a wide ruffle of ...

Maker: L. Calvayrac (Manufacturer)

Material: faille, silk (fiber), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 191081

Accession Number: 2006.44.1343

Coat

Long dark purple wool coat. The neckline has a folded down collar with split lapels. On the right lapel there is a button hole and under the left lapel there is a large tan plastic button. There are three more buttons down the left side and three more button holes down the right side. At the bottom ...

Maker: William Read and Sons Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: wool (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 191082

Accession Number: 2006.44.1340

Women's gaiters

Camel colored canvas women's gaiters. The gaiters have an opening on the outer side of the leg. One side of the opening has eight metal grommets forming holes and there is a sturdy yellow string coming out of the top hole. On the other side of the opening there are grommet holes on the top and botto...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Wm. H. Hoegee Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 191084

Accession Number: 2006.44.1342.3ab

Hood

Blue silk hood with faint and narrow light blue diagonal strips. Quilted horizontal strips and small diagonal quilted strips on crown. Has tan lining, black ties and three white bows on the interior back for adjusting.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: sewing (visual works), silk (textile)

GUSN: 191086

Accession Number: 2005.24.15

Women's riding hat

Camel colored women's riding hat made of a heavy canvas. It has a wide circular brim that is slightly rolled up on the sides. The brim has many lines of stitching adorning it. The hat has a medium height flat-topped crown with the sides of the crown rising slightly higher than the top. The inside of...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Wm. H. Hoegee Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 191088

Accession Number: 2006.44.1342.4

Shawl

Large rectangular pomegranate silk shawl with purple printed design. Both ends of the shawl have an identical printed design. The design consists of five large interconnected diamonds with large flowers inside the diamonds. These diamonds rest on a ground framed by four triangular points with the po...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191090

Accession Number: 2006.44.1344

Coat

Calf length taupe wool coat. The neckline has no collar, but there are lapels. On the upper left shoulder area there is a large wool covered button. On the right lapel corner there is a loop made of taupe thread for the button. On both shoulders there is a strip of taupe wool running down the top of...

Maker: Lamson and Hubbard Company

Material: wool (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 191091

Accession Number: 2006.44.1341

Shawl

Long rectangular green net shawl embroidered with gold metallic thread. Edges of shawl have a double line of gold thread as a border. Edges of the green net are folded over and sewn into the gold thread border to create a finished edge. At both ends of the shawl, there is an identical design done in...

Maker: unknown

Material: net (textile), thread

GUSN: 191093

Accession Number: 2006.44.1345

Shawl

Black net shawls with gold metallic designs. Both ends of the shawl have three large scallops. Inside the scallops two thick metallic threads trace the shape of the scallops and form a wide border that tapers as it reaches the straight sides. Inside the border thin metallic gold threads wind and twi...

Maker: unknown

Material: net (textile)

GUSN: 191095

Accession Number: 2006.44.1357

Shawl

Long rectangular sheer black silk shawl with salmon colored floral and geometric designs in velvet. On both ends there is a velvet geometric design that runs horizontally across as a border. The design is similar to a Greek key pattern but slightly more Asian in style. Along the top and bottom there...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 191097

Accession Number: 2006.44.1346

Women's dress

Yellow mid calf length cotton women's dress. The dress has a high neckline with a white starched collar with a scalloped decorative edge. There is a white label with red and blue stitching sewn into the inside of the neckline. It reads "Dix-made Trade Marks Sanforized 98016" and has a blue cross and...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 191099

Accession Number: 2006.44.1358

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