Unused wallpaper fragment affixed to paperboard. Rococo Revival flower and scroll pattern. Roller-printed in two grays, three blues, three greens, three pinks, white and red on ungrounded paper.
Date: 1860-1865
Maker: unknown
Material: paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 283314
Accession Number: 2001.281.238
Three wallpaper fragments removed from the back of a painting from Harwich, Massachusetts. The wallpaper is striped with several different stylized designs, including a plaid, a vine, and chevron with dots. Block-printed in dark green varnish on blue ground.
Date: 1810-1815
Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)
GUSN: 283315
Accession Number: 2001.281.239A-C
Seven fragments of rainbow wallpaper in which the rainbow colors are applied to the pattern rather than the ground. The colors blend from brown (possibly red when first printed) to yellow to blue. Garlands of flowers, ribbon, and bows frame a vertically repeating figure of a fountain supported by ...
Date: 1825-1835
GUSN: 283316
Accession Number: 2001.281.240A-G
Fragments cut from the top (fragments "A-E") and bottom (fragments "F-I") of an unused Chinese wallpaper panel. Handpainted birds and peacocks perched amid flowering tree with butterflies, white ground. Originally from the Captain Edward Carrington House, Providence, Rhode Island.
Material: paper (fiber product), hand-painted
GUSN: 283317
Accession Number: 2001.281.241.A-I
Seven wallpaper fragments removed from a trunk from Cape Cod. Dorothy Waterhouse describes this as her "first paper," refering to it as "Black Bird." Poorly preserved, this blue ingrain paper's pattern is very faded. It appears to be a parrot perched on a delicate fabric swag with floral elements...
Date: 1820-1830
Maker: (Manufacturer)
Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process), varnish
GUSN: 283318
Accession Number: 2001.281.242A-G
Wallpaper with an allover floral pattern block-printed in Irisé method on ungrounded red ingrain paper. Two fragments of the paper are lined with fabric, one fragment with newspaper. Other fragments of newspaper accompany the wallpaper, one bearing the date "16 November, 1844."
Date: 1830-1845
Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process), newsprint
GUSN: 283320
Accession Number: 2001.281.244A-Q
Square or rectangular bandbox fragment with exterior decorated with printed paper and interior lined with "Musical Visitor" periodical from 1841. Exterior paper has a diamond and circle diaper pattern block-printed in green with abstract cross element printed in each diamond and an abstract flower ...
Date: 1841-1842
Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process), varnish, newsprint
GUSN: 283322
Accession Number: 2001.281.243
Unused wallpaper from the end of a roll. Vine and spring patterned wallpaper block-printed in off-white and white on a beige satin ground. The verso carries a French Register Mark.
Date: 1835-1845
GUSN: 283323
Accession Number: 2001.281.245
Unused wallpaper fragment. Renaissance Revival Floral Stripe pattern consisting of medallion-like elements, strapwork and floral srays placed between stripes. Early roller-print in mauve, dark red, blue, green and white on beige ground.
Date: 1845-1855
GUSN: 283324
Accession Number: 2001.281.246
Unused wallpaper fragment. Marble column and panel wallpaper used to create large scale column and panel styles for halls, entries and vestibules. Paper fragment is printed in three patterns: marble (column pattern); plain polished white ground (wall pattern); and stripes of varying thicknesses (...
GUSN: 283325
Accession Number: 2001.281.247
Unused corner fragment of ceiling border paper. Stylized leaf and flower sprigs, stripe and rosette elements embellish dark maroon flocking. Roller-printed in metallic gold, dark ochre, two greens on light ochre ground. Matches Ceiling border 2001.281.248.2
Date: 1865-1870
Material: paper (fiber product), flocking
GUSN: 283326
Accession Number: 2001.281.248.1
Uncut fragment of ceiling border paper. Stylized leaf and flower sprigs, stripe and rosette elements embellish dark maroon flocking. Roller-printed in metallic gold, dark ochre, two greens on light ochre ground. Fragment framed in paper matting. Matches Ceiling corner border 2001.281.248.1.
GUSN: 283331
Accession Number: 2001.281.248.2
Decorative papers from a fireboard. A sidewall paper (A), border (B) and additional decorative paper (C) affixed to one half of a fireboard canvas. The fireboard canvas has been removed from its frame. The wallpaper (A) pattern is of large-scale circular medallions framing a floral element. Diamon...
Date: 1830-1840
GUSN: 283333
Accession Number: 2001.281.249A-C
Woman's straw hat with cream ribbon band around crown. Interior hat band brown grosgrain ribbon with attached plastic faux tortoishell hair comb. Peck & Peck, Straw and polyester
Date: 1980-2012
Material: straw (plant material), polyester (fiber)
GUSN: 283347
Accession Number: 2013.4.94
Woman's knit winter hat with band of rust around brim, mauve top with multicolored flowers. Mauve knit bow around crown. Wool, "Tara Handknits"
Material: wool (textile), knitting (process)
GUSN: 283348
Accession Number: 2013.4.95
Woman's fur hat
Material: fur, wool (textile), acrylic (plastic)
GUSN: 283349
Accession Number: 2013.4.96
Hand knit shawl with fringe, multi colored yarns in blue, maroon, and dark green.
Material: knitting (process)
GUSN: 283351
Accession Number: 2013.4.97
Cushion with striped floral upholstery, rounded back straight front. Chair cushion? Striped pink, orange, blue, green, floral pattern on cream ground. Cover stitched to inner pillow.
Material: cotton (textile)
GUSN: 283352
Accession Number: 2013.4.98
Small l-shaped digital alarm clock. Flat rectangular base with slanted front. Snooze button on base, four button on face. Electrical cord attached to back of clock.
Date: 1980-2000
GUSN: 283353
Accession Number: 2013.4.99
Natural colored straw laundry basket with handles.
Material: reed (grass, material)
GUSN: 283355
Accession Number: 2013.4.101
Handmade windchime with five shell chimes attached to wooden dowel with clear fishing line and red plastic faceted beads.
GUSN: 283356
Accession Number: 2013.4.102
Pink painted wire coathanger.
GUSN: 283357
Accession Number: 2013.4.103
Wooden chair with three horizontal slat back. Plain stretchers, straight legs, square wooden seat.
Date: 1920-1940
Maker: S.K. Pierce & Son (Manufacturer)
Material: oak (wood)
GUSN: 283358
Accession Number: 2011.80.4.1
GUSN: 283359
Accession Number: 2011.80.4.2
Four wallpaper fragments from the first, or earliest, of three layers of decorative paper from a fireboard. The wallpaper is block-printed with mid-sized, stylized floral medallions in green and black framed by stylized foliate and floral elements in gray on white ground. Two different medallion d...
Date: 1820-1840
Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process), laid paper
GUSN: 283365
Accession Number: 2001.281.250.1A-D
The second of three decorative papers once applied to a fireboard (see .1 and .3), printed with both an original image and a reversed image tranferred from another paper. Original paper appears to have been block-printed in three grays, black, and orange on white or off-white ground.The well preserv...
GUSN: 283370
Accession Number: 2001.281.250.2
Twenty-six fragments of wallpaper and four border fragments that once formed the third, or uppermost, layer of decorative papers applied to a fireboard. The wallpaper (A) is a large-scale diaper pattern with stylized floral element in each diamond and quatrefoils at the intersection of diagonals. T...
Date: 1840-1860
GUSN: 283375
Accession Number: 2001.281.250.3AB
Unused fragment of wallpaper. Floral stripe design consisting of columns of alternating large and small sprays in white and gray divided by vertical stripes formed by metallic gold vines with red berries. A metallic gold medallion is printed over the bottom of the large sprays. Roller-printed in t...
Date: 1875-1885
GUSN: 283376
Accession Number: 2001.281.251
Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral sprig and moiré with metallic gold dot and pin stripes. The white satin ground paper is printed almost entirely with gray. Non-printed areas form the pattern of rose sprigs and silk moiré. Roller-printed in two grays and metallic gold on white satin ground.
Date: 1880-1890
GUSN: 283377
Accession Number: 2001.281.252
Unused fragment of floral flocked wallpaper. Groupings of stylized flowers in maroon flocking are joined to each other by draping foliate vines. The flocking is block-printed over ochre stripes on polished cream ground.
Date: 1855-1865
Material: paper (fiber product), flocking, block printing (relief printing process)
GUSN: 283409
Accession Number: 2001.281.253
Unused fragment of wallpaper. Textile immitation pattern. Blue and white pinstripes on light blue ground is roller-printed with a medallion and vine pattern in white. In the pattern, medallion framed floral sprigs hang by strings of beads tied with bows from a diamond patterned vine with fruit.
GUSN: 283416
Accession Number: 2001.281.254
Unused wallpaper fragment. Large-scale medallion pattern with scrolling acanthus leaves, floral garlands and sconce-like vases. The paper is embossed with horizontal ribbing and c-scrolls. The pattern is roller-printed in pale yellow and liquid mica shades of gold and bronze on pale pink mica gro...
Date: 1890-1910
Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings
GUSN: 283417
Accession Number: 2001.281.255
Wallpaper fragment (A) with attached border (B). Sidewall paper (A) is block-printed with a large-scale damask pattern in blue and white on ochre ground. Paper is laid and in partial sheets. Small fragment of the paper's border (B) remains attached at the upper edge of the paper. Visible is a bead...
Date: 1810-1825
GUSN: 283429
Accession Number: 2001.281.256.1AB
Wallpaper fragment block-printed with a large-scale damask pattern in blue and black on green ground. Paper is laid and in partial sheets.
Material: paper (fiber product), laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)
GUSN: 283430
Accession Number: 2001.281.256.2
Wallpaper fragment. Delicate, all-over pattern of small floral sprigs block-printed in white on blue ground. Handmade wove paper. Reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings under the name "Treasure Chest."
Date: 1790-1810
Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process), wove paper
GUSN: 283431
Accession Number: 2001.281.257
Wallpaper fragment. Window pane checked drapery paper in chartruse and lime green ornamented by pink daisy garlands and bouquets.
Date: 1820-1825
GUSN: 283476
Accession Number: 1911.98
Fragment of scenery figure wallpaper. Pattern consists of strapwork framing scenes of rural life alternating with vignetttes of tools of learning, such as books, globe and telescope. Printed in green, grey, and brown on white, ungrounded paper.
Date: 1850-1860
GUSN: 283477
Accession Number: 1978.132
Wedding dress. Nunziatia DiFloures and George J. Rembis, September 3, 1938, Satin, Silk, and Beads, Haverhill, MA, 1938
Date: 1938
GUSN: 283478
Accession Number: 2012.121.1.1
Veil with attached headdress, Nunziatia DiFloures and George J. Rembis, September 3, 1938, Satin, Silk, and Beads, Haverhill, MA.
GUSN: 283481
Accession Number: 2012.121.1.2
Wedding ensemble: dress, veil with attached headdress, marriage certificate, Nunziatia DiFloures and George J. Rembis, September 3, 1938, Satin, Silk, and Beads, Haverhill, MA, 1938
GUSN: 283483
Accession Number: 2012.121.1.3
Unused wallpaper fragment produced by Moses Grant, Jr. and Co. Pattern is a large-scale leaf design framing medallions of feathers tied with a bow. Block-printed in red and white on an ochre ground.
Date: 1811-1817
Maker: Moses Grant, Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 283496
Accession Number: 2001.281.258
Unused wallpaper fragment manufactured by Moses Grant Jr and Company. Large-scale leaf design with folaite medallions. Roller-printed in green, white, light and dark violet on an ochre ground.
Maker: Attributed to Moses Grant, Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)
Material: laid paper
GUSN: 283499
Accession Number: 2001.281.259
Wallpaper fragment manufactured by Moses Grant, Jr. and Co. Paper appears to have been used as the cover of a journal. Marks indicating a hand sewn binding run down the middle of the fragment. Wallpaper has a large-scale grape vine pattern. Block-printed in violet and black on white ground on wov...
Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)
GUSN: 283500
Accession Number: 2001.281.260
Fragment of wallpaper affixed to paperboard. Foliate and twig pattern paper. Roller-printed in green and white on blue ingrain paper. Waterhouse labels this pattern "Oak Leaf."
GUSN: 283501
Accession Number: 2001.281.261
Three wallpaper fragments with flocked floral vine and stripe pattern affixed to paperboard. Fragment (A) is labeled "Original" from the Whitney Hotel. Fragments (B) and (C) are labeled as reproductions made by Nancy McClelland. Fragment (A) has a flocked green vine with black and light green over...
Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process), flocking, screen printing
GUSN: 283502
Accession Number: 2001.281.262A-C
Cut fragment of striped wallpaper. Consists of alternating green and white stripes with stylized leaf motifs printed in grey and dark green.
Date: 1810-1820
GUSN: 283652
Accession Number: 1911.112
Fragment of unused wallpaper from a house on Wellington Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. Pebble embossed paper with geometric pattern of overlapping or stacked diamonds. Each diamond has a greek key-like element framing a stylized sprig or trefoil. Roller-printed in red, green, black, two b...
Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, varnish
GUSN: 283653
Accession Number: 2001.281.301
Four wallpaper fragments from a house on Wellington Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. Art Nouveau style wallpaper with large-scale, stylized floral pattern. Roller-printed in red, green and black on a bronze ground. Paper is embossed with a wood grain pattern and varnished after printing.
Date: 1900-1915
GUSN: 283654
Accession Number: 2001.281.302A-D
Porcelain mug. Shaped base with spurred loop handle. Red transfer printed floral motifs on both sides, over painted with green, red, yellow, blue, and pink.
Material: porcelain, transfer printing, hand-painted
GUSN: 283661
Accession Number: 1970.1310.123
Wallpaper fragment from a home on Wellington Street, South Boston, Massachusetts. Art Nouveau style wallpaper with large-scale stylized floral with scrolling foliage pattern. Embossed floral pattern on bronze ground. The pattern interior is further embossed with fine diagonal striations. The back...
GUSN: 283670
Accession Number: 2001.281.303