Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern composed of figurative vignette of a male and a female child with dog alternating with basket of flowers primarily in red-brown and orange. Diaper pattern background and vertical stripe in a loral leaf motif in mauve. Printed on pink ground. Straight repeat. Pin ho...

Date: 1933-1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272207

Accession Number: 2000.176

Wallpaper

An unused roll and two samples of wallpaper. Pattern composed of cherub with garland alternating with large rose sprig. Garland stripe and dot background. Printed in green, pink, red, two grays and cream on blue-green ground. Straight repeat. Roll made of individual pasted sheets simulating handmad...

Date: 1933-1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272208

Accession Number: 2000.177A-C

Tapa Bag

Handled bag made of tapa cloth, from Samoa or Tonga. Bag is heavily decorated with triangles, chevrons, curved lines, diamonds, and circles. Patterns have been rubbed into the fabric, some areas are highlighted with a heavy brown overpaint. The inside of the bag is lined with cotton. The bag was pro...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 272209

Accession Number: 2006.44.3686

Woven Fan

Woven leaf fan with handle from Hawaii. Traditional weaving techniques were used to create the spade-shaped fan. The woven leaf strips are all of a similar width and are woven in a classic check design. Narrow leaf strips have been interspersed along the outer edge and the middle sections of the fan...

Maker: unknown

Material: leaf (plant material)

GUSN: 272210

Accession Number: 2006.44.3687

Woven Fan

Woven leaf fan with handle from Hawaii. Traditional weaving techniques were used to create the leaf shaped fan. Wider width leaves were used at the base of the fan and wrap around the handle, narrow width leaves were used to create the scalloped edge. The word "ALOHA" has been woven into the top edg...

Maker: unknown

Material: leaf (plant material)

GUSN: 272211

Accession Number: 2006.44.3688

Wallpaper

Fragment of first layer of six layers of wallpaper removed from a house in Schrewsbury, Massachusetts. Wallpaper has a diamond pattern with alternating small diamonds and stylized fleur de lis where larger diamond pattern intersects. Printed in blue, brown and cream on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272212

Accession Number: 2000.509.1

Wallpaper

Fragment of second layer of six of wallpaper. Pattern of honeycomb and floral sprig printed in olive green, orange, and white on a cream ground.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272213

Accession Number: 2000.509.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of layer three of six layers of wallpaper. Paper has a small scale strapwork pattern printed in blue-gray and white on a light blue ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272214

Accession Number: 2000.509.3

Woven Box

Cylindrical box [a] with cover [b] from Hawaii made of woven leaf strips in a classic check pattern. The cover fits over and extends two inches past the rim of the box. The sides of the cover have been decorated with four triangle designs woven in a dark orange colored leaf. Boxes like this were wid...

Maker: unknown

Material: leaf (plant material)

GUSN: 272215

Accession Number: 2006.44.3689AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of layer four out of six layers of paper. Pattern of small, flowal motif alternating with stylized floral stripe both printed in embossed metallic gold on a cream or white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272216

Accession Number: 2000.509.4

Wallpaper

Fragment of layer five of six layers of wallpaper. Wallpaper is embossed and gilt with a gold floral stripe on white ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272218

Accession Number: 2000.509.5

Wallpaper

Fragment of layer six of six layers of wallpaper. Pattern of gold candelabra (?) pattern on white ground.

Date: after 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272220

Accession Number: 2000.509.6

Bandbox

Pasteboard bandbox (A) with lid (B). Border wallpaper, flocked and block-printed in two different patterns: outside: pink and white primroses with green leaves and stems, brown ground color; rim: same green shade of spiral borders. Box top border: covered in turquoise paper. Inside: 3/4 covered in w...

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272228

Accession Number: 2001.281.31AB

Bandbox

Wooden bandbox missing lid. Block-printed gothic arches and windows in gray with large flower clusters and foliage bordering windows on white ground. Inside lined with newspaper from Newburyport, MA, 1947. Evidence of attempted repair to bottom of box.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272229

Accession Number: 2001.281.32

Bandbox

Wooden bandbox (A) with lid (B). Box is covered with two layers of decorative paper. The first layer is a block-printed yellow floral on blue ground. The second, top layer is a block-printed rococo floral with scrolls and urns on verticle vines and borders. Printed in brown, green, white on gray ...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272230

Accession Number: 2001.281.33AB

Bandbox

Circular pasteboard bandbox (A) with lid (B) and handle. Box covered in paper with a diamond foliate medallion and rosette pattern. Block printed in green and red on what appears to be unground paper. The lid rim is block-printed with green spheres on white ground. Evidence of repair to the lid r...

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272231

Accession Number: 2001.281.34AB

Box

Rectangular box (A) with lid (B) made of wood panels. Decorative paper bordering edges, flower bouquet stencils and labels with Asian characters on two sides. Lid is a single wooden panel with Asian characters in diamond shape, framed by flowers. Underside of box is covered in brown paper framed b...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paper (fiber product), stencils (images)

GUSN: 272232

Accession Number: 2001.281.35AB

Box

Square wooden box (A) with lid (B). Wallpaper covers edges, corners and rim of box. Paper cut to less than one inch width, cut in fan shape for corners. Paper is a block-printed white dot and floral design on blue ground. The underside of the lid is covered in a geometric pattern in green, gray a...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272233

Accession Number: 2001.281.36AB

Trunk

Wooden trunk with lid. Roller-printed paper with a pattern of blue vines and brown medallions on ungrounded paper cover the outside of the trunk and lid. The underside of the lid is covered with a decorative paper of green and pink flowers. Hinges missing.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272234

Accession Number: 2001.281.37AB

Trunk

Trunk lined with three different wallpapers.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272238

Accession Number: 2001.281.38

Trunk

Trunk with detached lid. Trunk exterior covered with heavy green textile and decorated with similar black textile and tacts. The trunk has a drawer pull handle on the lid and a lock plate on front. The hinges are leather. The interior is lined with a decorative paper roller-printed with a very sm...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272240

Accession Number: 2001.281.39

Trunk

Trunk lined with ungrounded wallpaper with green floral vine pattern. Trunk contains wallpaper fragments, 1834 newspaper, wallpaper sketches and pieces from wooden bandboxes.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272241

Accession Number: 2001.281.40

Bandbox

Wooden bandbox. Box is covered with a block-printed floral pattern in white, green and pink on blue ground. Underside of box is covered with newspaper. Bottom sewn to box edges with string. Box contains fragments of another wooden bandbox and a lid rim.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272242

Accession Number: 2001.281.41

Bandbox

Two wooden bandbox fragments (A) and (B) and lid fragments (C). Fragments are covered with a wallpaper with block-printed large flowers and intertwining blue and yellow lines on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272243

Accession Number: 2001.281.42A-C

Woven wallet

Small woven wallet or clutch from Hawaii, top half (a) fits over the bottom half (b). Woven with strips of leaves in the traditional Hawaiian check design. The top half is decorated with small diamond-shaped designs, two on each side, made of dark brown leaves. The wallet or purse would have been wi...

Maker: unknown

Material: leaf (plant material)

GUSN: 272244

Accession Number: 2006.44.3690AB

Bandbox Lid

Bandbox lid. Paper covering lid appears to be made specifically for a bandbox. Pattern of a people and dog enclosed in a curtained setting. Block-printed in pink, green and white on blue ground. A paper of another design covers the lid rim: intertwined cords block-printed in pink, white and green...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272245

Accession Number: 2001.281.43

Bowl

Small wooden bowl from Hawaii. The inner bottom of the bowl has a decal with the word "Aloha" placed above the Kingdom of Hawaii seal, and the word "Hawaii" below the seal. The bowl was made prior to Hawaiian statehood in 1959. Although the bowl was a souvenir item available to the tourist trade, ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 272246

Accession Number: 2006.44.3691

Outrigger Canoe Model

Wooden model of a Hawaiian single-hulled outrigger canoe (wa'a kuakahi) (a), with a steering oar (possibly) (b) and paddle (c). Both the canoe and steering oar are painted black and yellow. It is likely that the outrigger float, or ama, fell off at some point. The outrigger is an important vessel i...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 272247

Accession Number: 2006.44.3692A-C

Wedding Veil

Full length ivory net veil.

Date: 1899

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272248

Accession Number: 2006.44.1257.2

Wax floral headpiece

Orange blossom headpiece made of wax.

Date: 1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wax, cloth

GUSN: 272249

Accession Number: 2006.44.1257.3A-C

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Elongated medallion pattern with scrolls, flowers and stylized torches. Printed in blue, white, yellow and liquid mica on a lavender-blue ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272250

Accession Number: 1969.791A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper border sample. Stripe and medallion pattern printed in two pinks, taupe, tan and beige on pink ground. Coordinates with paper 1969.788B.

Date: 1945-1955

Maker: Imperial Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272251

Accession Number: 1969.788C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Wallpaper is a scenic repeat pattern with Parisian views including the Louvre and the Tuileries framed and separated by foliage and fountains. Printed in orange, blue, tan, and brown on white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272253

Accession Number: 2000.1693

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper border fragments. Orange and brown flocked scrolling foliage with blossoms on green ground. Blossoms missing or removed to be traced (see tracing record 2000.1684.2AB).

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272254

Accession Number: 2000.1684.1AB

Wallpaper

Large wallpaper fragment. Naturalistic and large striped floral pattern, wisteria. Printed in two browns, three blues, white, two tans on a cream ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272259

Accession Number: 1940.1042.2A

Wallpaper Tracing

Tracing (A) and artwork (B) of a flower blossom. Appears to be a mock-up for part of the design of a reproduction wallpaper. The artwork is based on the blossoms on fragments of a historic border. See associated historic border fragments 2000.1864.1AB.

Date: Mid-Twentieth Century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272292

Accession Number: 2000.1684.2AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with a gray C-scroll foliage and diapered fill pattern. Scrolling foliage is over colored in evenly spaced areas with green and red. Paper appears to be ungrounded.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272301

Accession Number: 2000.1689.1

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments printed with a stripe pattern of alternating rose wreaths tied with ribbon alternating with a vertical wide floral stripe. Printed in light gray and metallic gold on white ground. The paper is embossed with a wavy texture.

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272305

Accession Number: 2000.1689.2AB

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern composed of a stenciled meandering rose vine. Printed in two pinks, two reds, three greens, yellow, blue, beige, and two browns on a brown ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1933.1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272308

Accession Number: 1999.177

Wallpaper

Two unused rolls of wallpaper. Pattern is composed of a Grecian motif of vessels, chairs, and flames alternating with oak leaves, acorns, and wreaths. The left edge has a band of rosettes and leaves. Printed in two greens, orange, mauve, and white on a light gray ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1933-1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) (Superintendent)

GUSN: 272311

Accession Number: 1999.178AB

Wallpaper

Two unused rolls of wallpaper. Pattern is composed of the capital and base of a trellis. Printed in two grays and lavender on a cream ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1933-1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272313

Accession Number: 1999.179AB

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. The pattern is comprised of alternating vignettes of a man picking apples from a tree with a woman holding a basket and a scene of a house and dog. Printed in blue, orange and mauve on a beige ground. Straight repeat. Roll is made up of sheets of paper glued together to im...

Date: 1933-1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 272314

Accession Number: 1999.180

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. The pattern is comprised of alternating vignettes of a man picking apples from a tree with a woman holding a basket and a scene of a house and dog. Printed in orange, blue, and brown on a pink ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1933-1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 272317

Accession Number: 1999.182

Wallpaper

Roll of unused wallpaper. Pattern is comprised of various types of berries set within diamond patterns comprised of leaves and sprigs. Printed in red and white on a pink-beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1933-1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272318

Accession Number: 1999.181

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern is comprised of floral and rose bouquets tied with meandering ribbons and beads. Printed in two pinks, blue, white, and green on a light blue ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1933-1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272319

Accession Number: 1999.183

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern is comprised of a vignette of two figures sitting under a bower with a winged figure on top surrounded by meandering vines and bouquets tied with bows. Printed in two greens, two blues, two pinks, white, and brown on a light green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1933-1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272321

Accession Number: 1999.184

Wallpaper

Three unused rolls of wallpaper. Pattern is comprised of tulips and butterflies. Printed in three greens, maroon, rust, teal, pink, and tan on a brown ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1933-1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272325

Accession Number: 1999.185A-C

Wallpaper

Two unused rolls of wallpaper. Pattern is comprised of tulips and butterflies. Printed in yellow, blue, two greens, white, and taupe on a brown ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1933-1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272327

Accession Number: 1999.186AB

Wallpaper Tracing

A pencil tracing of the wallpaper pattern in the front room of Weymouth Place, Andover, New Hampshire made in 1995 by home owner Mrs. Marianne Fairall. Small photo of wallpaper in situ is stapled to tracing. Wallpaper fragments also donated (see 2000.1869.2AB).

Date: 1995

Maker: Fairall, Marianne (Maker)

Material: waxed paper, colored pencils

GUSN: 272331

Accession Number: 2000.1689.2C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Pattern of flowering rose sprig and meandering ribbon over shell and stripe cut edge. Background, shadow and ribbon elements are brown, black and peach flocked respectively. Floral, shell and striped elements are printed in metallic gold, mauve, and red on cream ground.

Date: 1840-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272334

Accession Number: 2000.1690

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