Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow paper. Allover grid of stylized floral forms with husk and bead elements. Printed in a blend of red, yellow, black and white on unground paper.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177807

Accession Number: 1967.137.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. Scrolling Greek Revival foliage in grey and white framing geometric forms. Printed on pink ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177808

Accession Number: 1967.137.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover grid of closely spaced stylized floral elements in blue on white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177809

Accession Number: 1967.137.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral pattern in which green and maroon sprigs with tendrils either alternate with or meander between white medallions on grey ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177810

Accession Number: 1967.137.5

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern. Bifurcated foliate elements in green and red alternating with red outlined and horizontally striped diamonds, divided by white scrolls on unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177811

Accession Number: 1967.137.6

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover densely arranged leaves and suggested vine. Printed in pink with maroon edges and negative space filled in with maroon horizontal pin-stripes.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177812

Accession Number: 1967.137.7

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vine and stripe. Broad vertical foliate vine on blue field which appears "stretched" between two rods and alternates with tan stripe. Printed on unground paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177813

Accession Number: 1967.137.9

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern with stylized flowers at intersections framing maroon diamond panel with hollow round corners. Printed in brown, tan and maroon.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177814

Accession Number: 1967.137.10

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale diaper pattern. Grey vine in white field separating grid of maroon ogee-ended panels with floral sprigs in green and violet.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177815

Accession Number: 1967.137.11

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral (clematis?) heads in red and orange on a delicate yellow leafed vine with berried stems. Printed on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177816

Accession Number: 1967.137.13

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow medallion and stripe. Floral centers with foliate wreaths bordered by vertical foliate stripe. Printed in blended blue and green on unground paper.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177817

Accession Number: 1967.137.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale, white, allover foliage vine (now very dirty) in blue, cream and ochre on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177818

Accession Number: 1967.149B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Striped paper. Alternating vertical stripes of flowering vine and rose sprigs on a trellis. Printed in red, green and white on unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177819

Accession Number: 1967.149A

Wallpaper fragment. Arabic styled diaper pattern. Grey geometric linear pattern with green horizontal striped field at centers and quatrefoils at intersections. Printed on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177820

Accession Number: 1971.200.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Vertical stripes. Broad green stripe with small repeated stylized leaf forms in white with red centers, alternating with band of grey stripes in widths with stylized green vine in center. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177821

Accession Number: 1971.200.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover green scrolls enclosed within maroon borders. Field between scrolls in-filled with green tri-lobed shapes surrounded by maroon pindots. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177822

Accession Number: 1971.200.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Appears to be part of a vertical stripe consisting of white wide and narrow bars grouped to alternate with rows of white dots flanked on the left with vertical row of dots (beading) and on the right with foliate design.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177823

Accession Number: 1971.205.1B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover loose leaf pattern in red on white ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177824

Accession Number: 1971.205.2

Wallpaper

Fragmanet. Green stylized flower head within concave-sided diamond and framed by four elliptical leaves. Perhaps an allover medallion repeat? Printed on pink paper which serves as the ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177825

Accession Number: 1971.205.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Berried foliage in green and white surrounding a diaper patterned panel. Perhaps scroll or strapwork ? Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177826

Accession Number: 1971.205.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover repeat of small grey rods flanked by two white dots and wide yellow border at left.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177827

Accession Number: 1971.205.1A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Border of flowers (poppies), blades of grass printed in three blues on white ground.

Date: 1895-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177828

Accession Number: 1971.201

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped paper of continuous, white ogees enclosing stylized foliate elements and framed by white scrolls. Overprinted with fine grid pattern.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177829

Accession Number: 1971.202

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stripe and rose sprigs. Two grey stripes flanking two rows of black dots alternating with rose sprigs on a grey pin stripe field. Printed on unground paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177830

Accession Number: 1971.203

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation grass cloth printed in brown, tan and black on unground paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177831

Accession Number: 1971.204

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern ground, with floral medallions. Printed in blue, light blue and yellow on a white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177832

Accession Number: 1986.1185.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripes (some scalloped) with sprigs. White and mustard printed on a beige ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177833

Accession Number: 1986.1185.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Neat tan vines with brown berries framing repeated design of crosses and circles (+0+0+0) and alternating with beige flowering vine. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177834

Accession Number: 1915.141.9

Wallpaper

Wallpaerp fragment. Small flowers printed in red and brown with tan and brown leaves.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177835

Accession Number: 1915.141.10

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Arts and crafts stylized floral element in three greens, red and metallic gilt on a field of tan and beige organic abstract shapes which may suggest grass cloth.

Date: 1905-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177836

Accession Number: 1915.141.6

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Repeating flower blossoms accented with dotted spirals. Printed in green, red on a grey ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177837

Accession Number: 1915.141.1

Agriculture, a Classical Procession

Gouache painting of Classical figures and agricultural references. The central figure is female and is riding a chariot pulled by oxen. The procession is framed by a Neoclassical border in an architectural style. The mat is gold cut with curved arched top. The frame is dark wood carved with a raised...

Date: 1891

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 197920

Accession Number: 2006.44.527

Rug

A rag carpet that is woven together. The center panel has twenty-four squares with alternating flowers and x-shapes. The border is just a solid gray band that may have been a navy blue at one time. It has no fringe and no pound edges. All of the colors are very faded and dingy.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197922

Accession Number: 2006.44.516

Cabistan rug

Cabistan rug with center panel of three small latched diamonds centered in larger geometric shapes. The outer diamonds are in toothed hexagons, the center diamond is in an eight pointed star. The inner border is a band of multi-colored rosettes, the middle border is a band of multi-colored eight-poi...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197923

Accession Number: 2006.44.518

Rug

Rug with center medallion of a rosette within an eight-pointed star surrounded by eight palmettes. The field around the medallion has a meandering vine that connects a variety of serrated leaves, rosettes and palmettes. The inner and outer borders have pale pink rosettes on a meandering vine. The mi...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 197924

Accession Number: 2006.44.517

At the Loring Farm, Salem

Watercolor landscape painting of a dirt vehicle track through a rolling landscape. Trees fill the background, yellow flowers in a meadow in the foreground, and a rocky outcrop to the right. Glossy painted black frame with beading on the inside and outside borders.

Date: 1900-1907

Maker: Brooks, Mary Mason, 1860-1915 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 197925

Accession Number: 2006.44.528

Harbor View

A black and white etching of a harbor with a moored boat in the lower right and a city coastline at the top. Cream paper and black ink. Matted and framed in a thin black painted wooden frame. Initials and copyright of printer in lower left corner.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Plowman, George Taylor, 1869-1932 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197941

Accession Number: 2006.44.530

Virgil

A watercolored print with two Classical figures under a tree. "Virgil" under the scene with text in script on either side of the title. Framed is a black painted wood frame with raised border on inside.

Maker: Kauffman, Angelica, 1741-1807 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 197942

Accession Number: 2006.44.531

Cathedral Interiors

Black and white etching of a cathedral interior with figures along the bottom of the picture. The frame is gold with a raised outer border. The artist's mark and signature is at the bottom right corner.

Date: 1910

Maker: Haig, Axel Herman, 1835-1921 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197944

Accession Number: 2006.44.532

Cathedral Interiors

Black and white etching of a cathedral interior with a patterned floor and robed figures kneeling at the bottom right. The upper right corner is dark and contrasts with the light left side, which features figures near an altar. The frame is painted gold with a raised outer border. The artist's mark ...

Date: 1904

Maker: Haig, Axel Herman, 1835-1921 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197945

Accession Number: 2006.44.533

Harbor View

Oil painting of a harbor with a developed coastline on the left side. There are boats and a small beach on the right and two buildings with flags in the middle. The frame is painted gold with high outside edge reliefing towards the inner edge with shorter levels.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: Jordan and Harberg (Framer) House of Russell & Co. (Importer)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197946

Accession Number: 2006.44.535

Harbor View

Oil painting of a harbor scene with eight ships along the bottom and an island in the middle with a pagoda. The frame is painted gold with high outside edge reliefing towards the inner edge with shorter levels.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: Jordan and Harberg (Framer) House of Russell & Co. (Importer)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197949

Accession Number: 2006.44.536

Harbor View

Oil painting of a harbor with various boats along the bottom of the picture. There are large buildings along the coast in the middle of the scene and three flag poles across the middle with an American flag in the center. The frame is painted gold with high outside edge reliefing towards the inner e...

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: Jordan and Harberg (Framer) House of Russell & Co. (Importer)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197951

Accession Number: 2006.44.537

Harbor View

Oil painting with various ships in the foreground and islands behind. There is a white building on the island near the right side. The frame is painted gold with high outside edge reliefing towards the inner edge with shorter levels.

Maker: Jordan and Harberg (Framer) House of Russell & Co. (Importer)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197955

Accession Number: 2006.44.538

St. Stephen's Ordination and His Distribution of Alms

Color print with figures in robes and halos on left side. A gray column in the middle separates the figures without halos on the right. There is a building with columns in the back left and various buildings and foliage in the back right of the scene. The print is round at top with a flat bottom. Th...

Date: 1883-1897

Maker: Reproduction of Angelico, Fra, ca. 1400-1455 (Artist) Kaiser, Eduard, 1820-1895 (Artist) Frick, Fritz (Lithographer) Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art (Publisher) Doll & Richards (Dealer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 197967

Accession Number: 2006.44.539

"Ann Maria" of Salem

Watercolor of a masted ship with an American flag flying behind it. The ship is in the center of the scene with a church and other buildings on the coast near the right side. There is a smaller boat on the left side. The frame is painted black with a slightly raised outer edge and a beaded border ar...

Date: 1903

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

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

GUSN: 197985

Accession Number: 2006.44.540

Roof Tops on a Country Road

Watercolor painting of a country road with various roof tops among the trees. A mountain stands behind the houses. The frame is painted gold with a raised outer edge.

Date: 1906

Maker: Kimball, Sarah S. (Painter) Doll & Richards (Dealer)

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

GUSN: 197996

Accession Number: 2006.44.542

Tile

Decorative tile with yellow glaze. Floral design in relief on front.

Date: 1881-1883

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 198021

Accession Number: 1959.521A

Tile

Decorative tile with olive-green glaze. Foliate and scroll relief design on front. Same design as 1959.521F, different colorway.

Date: 1881-1883

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 198045

Accession Number: 1959.521C

Tapestry

Tapestry with a solid green velvet border over a panel with a repeating design of a row of blue peacocks, brown lions, and spotted leopards. All the animals are separated by large flowers and curved green and gold leaves. The edges are bound in a braided rope of green, pink and cream. The backing is...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), velvet (fabric weave), silk (textile)

GUSN: 198070

Accession Number: 2006.44.544

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