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Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut bust length portrait set over black silk of a woman facing right with wide lace collar and pencil details for hair, mounted in a gilded wood frame.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103866

Accession Number: 1938.20

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut bust length silhouette portrait set over loosely woven cloth of a woman facing left, mounted in a painted black molded wood frame.

Date: 1823

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103867

Accession Number: 1938.449

Miniature portrait of Mary Augusta Haven

Miniature watercolor on ivory bust length portrait of a young girl facing slightly left wearing a pink dress, set in a hinged oval red leather case.

Date: ca. 1814

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), ivory (tooth component), leather

GUSN: 103868

Accession Number: 1938.680

Wax Relief Portrait

Modeled colored wax portrait of a man facing left wearing Louis XIV style wig and clothing, set on glass within a wide rectangular dark wood frame.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103869

Accession Number: 1938.1266

Wax Relief Portrait

Modeled wax relief portrait of a Roman emperor set on black velvet in a deep rectangular veneered wood frame.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103870

Accession Number: 1938.1346

Wax Relief Portrait

Colored wax portrait of a man facing left wearing a white shirt and cape, set on glass within a deep light colored wood frame.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103871

Accession Number: 1938.1348

Portrait of Isaac Backus (1724-1806)

Modeled colored wax relief portrait of man facing left wearing a red jacket, green waistcoat and white wig, set on glass in a deep veneered wood frame.

Date: 1800-1826

Maker: Probably Flaxman, John, 1755-1826 (Artist)

Material: glass (material), wax, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 103872

Accession Number: 1939.34

Miniature portrait of Henry Poor (1803-1879)

Miniature watercolor bust length portrait on ivory of an older man wearing a gray suit, mounted in an oval brass frame with a beaded border, loop attachment at top, stand on reverse.

Date: 1870-1879

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103873

Accession Number: 1939.321

Miniature portrait of Margaret (Wyer) Poor (1811-1895)

Bust length portrait miniature watercolor on ivory of an older woman wearing a green dress with lace collar and cameo brooch at neck, mounted in a oval metal frame with stand on reverse.

Date: 1870-1879

Maker: A. C. Tamagno (Miniaturist)

Material: ivory (tooth component), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 103874

Accession Number: 1939.322

Silhouette Portrait

Hollow cut silhouette set over black ground of a young man facing left, mounted in an oval black painted wood frame.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103875

Accession Number: 1940.277

Portrait of Elizabeth Bennett

Modeled colored wax portrait of woman facing left wearing a white dress, lace cap and a finger ring, set in a deep wood frame behind glass.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: Possibly Rauschner, John Christian (1760-after 1812) (Sculptor)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103876

Accession Number: 1952.465

Wallpaper

Fragment. Alll over foliate design. Large scale leaves in two grays and two greens foliate elements printed loosely across white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176684

Accession Number: 1920.326A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Acorn and leaf wallpaper. Printed in gray and maroon on white polished ground. Straight match.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176685

Accession Number: 1920.327A

Wallpaper

Border fragment. Meandering floral vine with a floral trim. Printed in yellow, two shades of green, white and peach on a black ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176686

Accession Number: 1920.326

Wallpaper

Walllpaper fragment. All over arcs crowned with foliage in a heavily dotted ground. Elements are too stylized to permit naturalistic interpretation. Printed in black and white on tan. Straight match.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 176687

Accession Number: 1920.324A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Bead and reel border. Printed in three greys and white on red ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176688

Accession Number: 1985.4B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Moses Grant Jr. & Co. Leaf and medallion design in white and black on cinnamon ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 176690

Accession Number: 1930.1619

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pastoral scenic paper. Printed in black and white on grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176691

Accession Number: 1930.1624

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Stephen Robbins House, Lexington, Massachusetts. Three-dimensional block and white chaining on blue ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176692

Accession Number: 1971.2

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border sample. Curvilinear "ribbon" in orange outlined in yellow on a black field and bordered by narrow band of yellow fretwork. Printed on orange ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176694

Accession Number: 1971.5A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover ornamental and stylized flowers (poppies?) and vine. Printed in magenta, purple, red, blue, green, black and metallic gold on off-white, pebble embossed paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176695

Accession Number: 1971.13

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. The design consists of a slightly pointed arch springing from Gothic columns to which shields and flags are attached. Two putti rest on top of the arch and three figures in classical garb are under a canopy within the arch. Yellow ground.

Date: 1786-1800

Maker: Appleton Prentiss (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176696

Accession Number: 1966.488

Wallpaper

Unused Sample. Left side trimmed. Garlands and arabesque frame and connect "sculptural" group of 3 Cupids - 2 seated playing instruments; 1 standing holding an arrow. Printed on pink ground. Paper has basket weave, embossing. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176697

Accession Number: 1968.49

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Overall repeat, octagonal panels with foliage are separated from marbelized, rectangular panels by marbelized strips.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176698

Accession Number: 1968.50

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation granite: black and white random, free-hand speckles on grey ground. Random repeat.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176699

Accession Number: 1968.51

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border sample. Grisaille ribbon and bow with green ruffles on a light blue ground with orange edges. Fragment (A) is a wall fragment. Fragments (B) and (C) are unused and uncut samples of the same border.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176700

Accession Number: 1917.51A-C

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border sample. Border has ribbon moulding with bow knots and scalloped edges, with feathers and is framed by reel moulding. Printed in two blues, yellow, orange, black, white, green, grey and taupe on a black ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176701

Accession Number: 1971.30

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral medallion and wheat pattern. Printed in three greens and white on a polished green ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176702

Accession Number: 1956.M25

Wallpaper

Fragment. Bead and reel moulding printed in grisaille on a red field. Printed on a light grey ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176703

Accession Number: 1971.5B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments probably from the Stephen Robbins House, Lexington, Massachusetts. Three-dimensional block wallpaper, alternating with star element. Printed in white, black and varnish green on blue ground. Some fragments with attached border (see 1917.1583b).

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176704

Accession Number: 1917.1583

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of flocked rosebud border. Printed in light green, white and four pinks with olive green flock, over printed with black and bright green on polished green ground. Border is printed over sidewall pattern of floral medallions on wheat background. Another fragment of this border design exi...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176705

Accession Number: 1930.1622

Wallpaper

Fragments. Three-dimensional diamond wallpaper. Printed in black, grey and white, varnish green on pale green ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 176706

Accession Number: 1971.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Narrow borders composed of neat and stylized serpentine vine with suggested flowers. Printed in black and white on grey. Straight repeat.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176707

Accession Number: 1985.31

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Renaissance Revival strapwork printed in grey, tan and brown on white polished ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176708

Accession Number: 1985.2C

Wallpaper

Fragment. Masonry paper with raised marble panels bordered by ivy scrolls. Printed in three greys on a polished, white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176709

Accession Number: 1985.4

Wallpaper

Fragments. Indians or other indiginous people shown making a basket. Thatched roofed building with flag, probably a mission or garrison? shown with palm trees, butterfly and dragonfly. Printed in green, black, pink and orange on sky blue ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176710

Accession Number: 1930.1616

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral designs (possibly cherry or apple blossoms) against a field of small, stylized floral elements. Paper has pebbled surface. Printed in metallic gold, maroon, black, ochre and taupe on an olive ground.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176711

Accession Number: 1968.48

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral-acanthus scrolls around a centrally placed urn holding a floral spray. Printed in blue, brown, tan, yellow, pink and maroon on olive ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176712

Accession Number: 1968.53

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rococo foliate scrolls, stylized flower and fleur-de-lis. Has brocade-like horizontal lines running through design. Printed in teal, black, metallic gold and blue on blue-grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176713

Accession Number: 1968.62

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Large-scale Renaissance Revival stripe with strapwork intertwined with rose garlands. Printed in two browns, ochre and bright blue on tan ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176714

Accession Number: 1971.14

Wallpaper

Fragment. Stylized foliage forms, each unit being bilaterally symmetrical around its vertical axis. Printed in grey and green on white ground. Straight repeat. Repeat height of 19" includes selvedge.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176715

Accession Number: 1971.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow paper. Central stripe in yellow of delicate stylized foliage alternating outward to edges in light blue, scrolled foliage and feathered leaf forms. Straight repeat.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176716

Accession Number: 1985.5

Wallpaper

Fragment. Geometric moulding shaded to appear three dimensional. Printed in maroon flock with black and pink and bordered below by row of beading in tan, brown, yellow and metallic gold.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176717

Accession Number: 1971.5C

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover floral pattern - Lotus? with thick, intertwining stems. Printed in white on ochre ground and paper embossed with swirled liner. Straight repeat.

Date: 1899-1910

Maker: Allen-Higgins Wall Paper Co. (Manufacturer) Short, Myron W.

GUSN: 176718

Accession Number: 1968.69

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating fan shape with central floral motif surrounded by foliate scrolls. Printed against alternating green and light green stripes. Printed in white and two shades of green on a light green ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176719

Accession Number: 1971.2194

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral pattern with scrolling foliage. Printed in white, gold and copper mica and khaki on a sand ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Cresswell & Washburn (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176720

Accession Number: 1968.64

Wallpaper

Fragment of striped wallpaper. Pattern consists of alternating stripes of ogees, circles and four-petaled flowers with stripe of stylized palm and sprig leaf. Printed in brown, tan and green on buff ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176721

Accession Number: 1930.1621

Wallpaper

Border sample. The pattern is architectural with palmettes, a bit of fretwork, and equal sized geometric rectangles in a row. Printed in red flocking, brown, chestnut and metallic gold on a peach ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176722

Accession Number: 1971.28

Wallpaper

Unused sample of three different elaborately patterned boards with stripes separating each panel. Printed in browns and tans with green, red, yellow and black stripe.

Date: 1855-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176723

Accession Number: 1971.19

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pattern of meandering and interwinding leafy vines. Two shades of light grey, brown, printed on white satin ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176724

Accession Number: 1971.25