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Side chair

One of a pair of Empire side chairs with scrolled crest rails and s-curved front legs. Seat upholstered in cream colored cotton (?) with herringbone weave.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 286573

Accession Number: 1958.355.1

Wallpaper

Scenery figure wallpaper fragment from Salem, Massachusetts. Pastoral scene of children in wooded setting playing on a see-saw made from a stump and log. Block-printed in black, red, light tan, pale yellow, dusty pink, pale mauve and multiple shades of gray, brown, green, and blue on a light blue-...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286574

Accession Number: 2001.281.482

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Side chair

One of a pair of Empire side chairs with scrolled crest rails and s-curved front legs. Seat upholstered in cream colored cotton (?) with herringbone weave.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 286575

Accession Number: 1958.355.2

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Side chair

Empire style side chair with scrolled crest rail, s-curved front legs and polychrome floral embroidery-covered seat.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 286577

Accession Number: 1958.356

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Candlestick

Colorless glass candlestick with square stepped pyramidal base. Base probably press molded, top turn molded.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 286597

Accession Number: 1958.357

Wallpaper

Fragments of scenery figure wallpaper from Salem, Massachusetts. Several fragments of the same pattern are taped together. Swiss architectural figures frame scenic vignettes, one of a couple crossing a rustic timber bridge and the other of mountain goats on an outcrop of land with water, a village a...

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286598

Accession Number: 2001.281.483

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Candlestand

Octagonal tilt-top candlestand with fluted urn-shaped shaft, three cabriole legs and spade feet. Edges of top with stringing.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 286632

Accession Number: 1958.358

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from Salem, Massachusetts. Pattern depicts famous Parisian landmarks with interspersed shrubs. Roller-printed in green and two browns on light blue ground. Fragment A consists of several pieces taped together.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286633

Accession Number: 2001.281.484A-J

Wallpaper

Five pieces of an unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of overlapping scrolled elements and wreaths framed by intertwined and curving lines. The background is covered with all over scattered half circle shapes. Machine printed in pink, red, black and olive green on a cream ground.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286651

Accession Number: 2000.1617A-E

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Second layer. Repeating floral medallions on a dotted field and flanked by a stripe of flowers and scrolling foliate. Printed in yellow on a cinnamon ground. A small first layer is a Moses Grant Jr. and Co. pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286652

Accession Number: 2000.1659

Wallpaper with attached border

Large fragment of wallpaper with attached border from Topsfield, Massachusetts. Scenery figure wallpaper with two alternating landscapes framing leafy trees. The first scene is of two men beside a river with a village and mountains in the background. The second scene is of three men, one with a rak...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286654

Accession Number: 2001.281.485

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border printed in three tiers. Rococo foliate scrolls beneath series of geometric rectangular shapes. Printed in green, oranges and black on ungrounded paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286657

Accession Number: 1968.138

Wallpaper Border

Fragment. Wallpaper border. Stylized feather motifs with edging of small elongated ovals. Printed in black, gray, white and peach on a blue ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286662

Accession Number: 1981.65

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All-over scrolling floral and leaf motifs. Printed in black, yellow, and green on gray ground. Printed on the back is the Vicksburg, Mississispi "Daily Citizen" dated July 2, 1863.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286666

Accession Number: 1930.1725AB

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

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with landscape scenery including pastoral vignettes separated by groupings of roses and floral trails. Scenes include windmills, swans, mountains, and cypress trees. Printed in blue, purple, red, pink, greens, grays, and brown on off-white ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286674

Accession Number: 2000.1419

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper blockprinted with allover repeating pattern of hooked s-shaped motifs, circles and dots. Printed in blue on cream ground.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286680

Accession Number: 1994.79.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Blockprinted in irise style. Fragment too small to determine pattern. Printed in grays and pinks.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286681

Accession Number: 1994.79.2

Wallpaper

Commercial reproduction of wallpaper from Dole-Little House (1994.52). Three series of vertical stripes including flowering vines, stylized wheat or leaf motifs, and abstract shapes. Printed in pink on cinnamon ground.

Date: 1957

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286683

Accession Number: 1994.53

Wallpaper

Fragments. Nine wallpaper fragments. Overall pattern cannot be determined; however, motifs present include stylized stars, lozenges, pin dots, scrolling lines and chevrons. Block printed in white on green ground.

Date: ca. 1795

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286688

Accession Number: 1994.54A-I

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper fragment with sprig and leaf motifs. Fragment too small to determine overall pattern. Block printed in blue on cream ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286689

Accession Number: 1994.55.1

Wallpaper

Two fragments of diaper patterned wallpaper from the John Wing House in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Small-scale diamond pattern roller-printed in white and blue on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286690

Accession Number: 2001.281.491AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with abstract horizontal v-shapes and framed medallions enclosing a leaf motif. Fragment too small to determine overall pattern. Block printed in two greens, white and dark brown on yellow ground.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286691

Accession Number: 1994.55.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with overall grid of squares formed by pindots. Alternating squares contain stylized leaf motifs and stylized floral and leaf medallions. Printed in white and cream on pink ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286693

Accession Number: 1994.55.3

Wallpaper Border

Fragments. Wallpaper border printed in ribbon and bow pattern with top and bottom edgings of horizontal ovals. Block printed in blues, greens, orange, black and white on light blue ground. Two border fragments are present with other layers of wallpaper: one (a) with 2000.1669.1a and 2000.1669.2a; t...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286700

Accession Number: 2000.1670AB

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of wallpaper with ogee and foliate vine and berry pattern roller-printed in gray on gray satin ground with trefoil figure roller-printed in two greens, yellow, red and ochre.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283945

Accession Number: 2001.281.325

Wallpaper Frieze

Unused wallpaper frieze fragment. Alternating large and small torches with laurel wreaths surrounded by oak leaf wreaths with acorns. The torch and wreath figures are connected with ribbon and bow knots and festoons of laurel. Small figures with quatrefoil centers float in the background. Roller...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 283946

Accession Number: 2001.281.326

Wallpaper Frieze

Unused wallpaper frieze fragment. Scrolling foliate pattern roller-printed in three pinks, metallic copper, metallic green and metallic gold on a ground that fades from yellow to salmon.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 283947

Accession Number: 2001.281.327

Wallpaper Frieze

Unused fragment of a wallpaper frieze. Scrolling, stylized foliate or damask pattern embossed on heavy paper. Roller-printed in metallic gold, metallic silver, and gray on white ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 283948

Accession Number: 2001.281.328

Wallpaper

Unused end of a roll of French wallpaper. Large-scale lozenge pattern with anthemion figures. Block-printed in metallic gold, tan, light and dark brown on brown ground. Stamped ""2404.X" and "N&S" on verso.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283949

Accession Number: 2001.281.329

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. French striped wallpaper with pastoral and musical vignettes framed by arabesque elements. Solid blue stripes alternate with pattern stripes block-printed in multiple greens, pinks, browns, blues, and gray on white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 283952

Accession Number: 2001.281.330

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of wallpaper. Naturalistic pattern depicting birds carrying various grasses and branches, butterflies and insects. Block-printed in yellow, orange, pink, mauve, brown, greens, grays and blues on a pale peach ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 283954

Accession Number: 2001.281.331

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Veil

Veil attached to Juliet cap with lace detail and pearls. Edged with lace.

Date: 1980

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 283955

Accession Number: 2012.47.1.2

Wallpaper

Two Gothic Revival style fragments of American-made wallpaper. Gothic architectural pattern with landscape figures. Figures are of gentle outdoor leisure, including boating. Block-printed in green, two browns, and white on gray ground.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283957

Accession Number: 2001.281.332AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Gothic Revival style strapwork pattern block-printed in blue, white and brown on tan ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283960

Accession Number: 2001.281.333

Wallpaper

Three fragments of sprig wallpaper from the General Sylvanus Thayer birthplace in Braintree, Massachusetts. Small sprig pattern with palmette figures block-printed in blue, black, white and pink on orange ground. Wove paper in partial sheets.

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 283961

Accession Number: 2001.281.334A-C

Wallpaper

Four fragments of wallpaper from the General Sylvanus Thayer birthplace in Braintree, Massachusetts. Simple repeating pattern of small circular flowers and squares. Block-printed in yellow and red on red ground. Reproduced by both Katzenbach & Warren and Waterhouse Wallhangings under the name "Gene...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 283968

Accession Number: 2001.281.335A-D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the General Sylvanus Thayer birthplace in Braintree, Massachusetts. Block-printed paper with small double lines of squares printed in off-white run diagonally in one direction and printed in dark red run diagonally in the other to form a diamond pattern. Large diamond figure...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 283969

Accession Number: 2001.281.336

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments from the General Sylvanus Thayer birthplace in Braintree, Massachusetts. Stripe and vine pattern in which a leafy vine, possibly morning glory, grows up a gray pole or stripe. Small twig figures form a background pattern. Block-printed in red, green and gray on orange grou...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 283972

Accession Number: 2001.281.337AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from Barre, Massachusetts. Stylized sprig or branch pattern roller-printed in metallic gold on green ground. Selvedge is marked "George J.Hunken Co Inc."

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: George J. Hunken Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 283991

Accession Number: 2001.281.338

Wallpaper Border

Five fragments of unused floral wallpaper border from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Border with flowers and leaves spilling over trellis design along lower edge. Thinner upper edge design of stripes and dots. Pale yellow background covers much of the olive green ground. Roller-printed in orange, red...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283992

Accession Number: 2001.281.339A-E

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border fragment from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Border with stylized architectural figures. Primary figure, resembling molding with floral elements, is block-printed in yellow and brown on a peach ground. The dark green stripe that makes up the background of the border appears to h...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283993

Accession Number: 2001.281.340

Wallpaper Border

Partial roll of unused wallpaper border from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pattern of alternating stylized foliate figures and vine. Roller-printed in two yellows, black, white and orange on brown ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283994

Accession Number: 2001.281.341

Window Shade

Four printed paper window shade fragments from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fragments (A) and (B) depict flowers and a fish aquarium on a stand. Fragments (C) and (D) depict a striped curtain. Block-printed in orange, red, two greens, pink, violet, white, two browns and tan on green ground. Back of...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 284012

Accession Number: 2001.281.342A-D

Wallpaper

Fragment of scenery figure wallpaper from Canton, Massachusetts affixed to cotton fabric. Primary scene is framed by c-scrolls and depicts a stone mill and bridge by a body of water. A church with steeple and mountains are visible in the distance. The scene has a rainbow sky in blue and pink. A m...

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284015

Accession Number: 2001.281.344