Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pieces too small to determine design. Possibly Rococo scrolls. Bottom edge is cut along pattern to create scallops. Straight repeat.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178824

Accession Number: 1971.174.3B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Spiral (possibly terminal of a scroll) printed in brown, tan, ochre and metallic gold on black flock.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178825

Accession Number: 1971.174.4B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Anglo-Japanese allover repeat of flowers and geometric patterns. Printed in olive, tan, ochre and peach?, on a beige, burlap-textured ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178826

Accession Number: 1971.174.5A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral border of red poppies? and yellow daisies. Less stylized than coordinating paper. Printed in maroon, red, yellow, olive and black.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178827

Accession Number: 1971.174.5B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Continuous curvilinear pattern in brown and yellow with entwined flowers in white and blue and pink and yellow on pale yellow ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178828

Accession Number: 1971.174.6B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover dense floral and leaf with berried vine. Printed in green and grey on possibly polished white ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178829

Accession Number: 1971.174.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Alternating narrow and wide stripes in maroon and stripe of wide green band with scalloped edges on unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178830

Accession Number: 1971.149

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral pattern. Delicate meandering vine with pin dots. Printed in rust and grey on an unground paper.

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178831

Accession Number: 1976.134

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. A narrow border with stylized flowers and foliage connected by curved and overlapping lines. Printed in black and orange on unground paper.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178832

Accession Number: 1999.55B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Stylized flowers in a diaper or knot pattern with pin dots. Printed in light blue and black on a yellow ground.

Date: 1800-1820

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

GUSN: 178833

Accession Number: 1999.55A

Wallpaper

Fragments of grasscloth on paper backing. Design of overall, widely separated exotic birds. Flowers (including daisies) and willow boughs. Green, fushia, grey and blue on tan ground.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178834

Accession Number: 1971.147

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Overlapping oriental vignettes printed in green, sage, two blues, purple, lavender, two pinks, black, brown, orange and yellow on unground paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178835

Accession Number: 1923.315

Wallpaper

Vignettes separated by birds, lush vegetation, architectural structures. Three greens, red, pink, orange, purple, white, brown, beige, aqua on unground paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178836

Accession Number: 1923.314

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Stylized striped ribbon pinched by beads with floral elements mid-way between the beads. Printed in tan, green, black, rust, brown on a tan ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178837

Accession Number: 1971.146B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Three-dimensional Rococo strapwork with horizontal pin-striped surfaces. Flowers occur on some straps. Printed in dark and light grey on a white, satin ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178838

Accession Number: 1971.146A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rennaisance Revivial paper with strapwork design made of C-scrolls and cartouches and vertical columns. Printed in tan, two browns and two blues on a white, satin ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178839

Accession Number: 1950.597

Two wallpaper fragments. Classical pillar and arch motif with classical elements. On arch is egg and dart moulding. Bouquets of flowers hang from center of arch by ribbon. White and black on a grey ground.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178840

Accession Number: 1985.692A

Wallpaper Border

Border with a simple, meandering, stylized leaf pattern. Printed in blue on a light grey ground.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178841

Accession Number: 1985.690B

Wallpaper

Brocade wallpaper with stripes. The narrow stripes are embellished with ovals and pin dots. Meandering through the stripes are intertwined vines and ribbon gathered by sprigs and bow knots. Printed in blue, two whites and pink on an orange ground.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178842

Accession Number: 1985.690A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Very simple pattern of an undulating line with stylized sprigs. Printed in black on a white ground.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178843

Accession Number: 1985.691B

Wallpaper

This pastoral pattern depicts three vignettes that relate to prints and copperplate textiles of the period. The vignettes are lined up vertically. There is the couple with the rake, the standing shepherd with the seated woman and seated shepherd with a woman holding a basket of fruit. Each scene is ...

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178844

Accession Number: 1985.691A

Wallpaper

Border fragment. Spiral and leaf design. Attached to sidewall paper 1985.692A.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178846

Accession Number: 1985.692B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Losenge pattern with foliate element in the center of each losenge. White printed on unground paper.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178847

Accession Number: 1914.15A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Diamond and octagonal medallions with stylized foliage. Blended pink and white on unground blue paper

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178848

Accession Number: 1914.15B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Floral pattern, possibly daisies, printed in two shades of green flocking, two shades of grey, yellow, orange on a white ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178849

Accession Number: 1980.200

Wallpaper

Fragment. Scene of a dove, with olive branch in its beak, atop bow and arrows. Printed in three greens, grey, black and white on a grey ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178850

Accession Number: 1980.199B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Has part of the edge and trees seen in 1980.199A. Three shades of green, grey and black on a grey ground.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178851

Accession Number: 1980.199C

Wallpaper

Used fragment of border. Leaf motif with striped edge (pattern indecipherable). Prints in two greys, two reds and white on grey ground.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178852

Accession Number: 1980.199D

Wallpaper

Fragment. Landscape figure depicting a woman, in a rural setting, milking a goat. On the edge is a vertical, leafy stalk and next to it, a diamond pattern. Printed in three greens, grey, black and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178853

Accession Number: 1980.199A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Medallions inset with a basket of roses. Medallions are connected by floral trails and topped with bowed ribbon. Diapered background. Prints in two pinks, blue, tan, white, two greens on beige ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178854

Accession Number: 1955.298B

Wallpaper

Fragment of trellis and floral wallpaper. Printed in red, pink, two greens, blue, white and black on white figured ground.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178855

Accession Number: 1955.299C

Three Children Feeding Birds at Church Door

Oil painting of three children with birds at a doorway. One child is looking down, the other two children are feeding birds. Salmon-colored steps lead up to closed double doors over which a saint's image appears in the pediment. The doorway is flanked by pink marble columns with elaborately carved c...

Date: 1876

Maker: Mion, Luigi, 1843-ca. 1878 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 202707

Accession Number: 2006.44.650

Venetian Landscape

Watercolor of Venetian buildings and boats. Buildings with towers and domes prominent at left and fade into distance right. Water in foreground and right. Prominent boat at center has red and white sails. Set in a gold mat and gold wooden frame with a smooth finish around inside with an applied plas...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202708

Accession Number: 2006.44.651

Monk on a Terrace

Oil painting of a monk on a patio, framed in a large, solid wooden frame. The painting is very dark. Monk is in the right foreground with his arm on the patio. The patio has two columns with climbing vines. The landscape is in the distance. The frame is wood with wood trim and has a natural golden f...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202709

Accession Number: 2006.44.652

Woman Holding Doves

Oil painting of a woman holding doves, framed in a golden wooden frame with applied plaster details. The woman is wearing a red and blue dress with white trim and a straw hat with fiber trim. She is shown sitting from the waist up, left shoulder forward and exposed. She holds the body of a bird in h...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202710

Accession Number: 2006.44.653

Spirit of '76

Framed black and white print of a family outfitting a man who is going to fight in the American Revolution in a wood frame painted gold. The scene has eight people: Militia man at door, older man preparing a gun, a woman kneeling at the front of man in uniform, a young boy kneeling with powder horn,...

Date: 1847

Maker: Matteson, Tompkins H., 1813-1884 (Engraver) H.S. Sadd (Printer)

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

GUSN: 202711

Accession Number: 2006.44.654

Portrait of Stephen Phillips

Full length portrait of Stephen Phillips as a young boy holding a whip, in a wooden frame painted gold. The boy is wearing shorts, an over jacket, white collared shirt, and a red necktie. He has brown hair and brown eyes. Pink and purple flowers are the in bottom left corner. The frame is wood with ...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Lucas, Albert Pike, 1862-1945

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

GUSN: 202712

Accession Number: 2006.44.655

Stephen Clarendon Phillips

Black and white lithography of Stephen C. Philips framed in a simple wood frame with a red finish. Signature of "S.C. Phillips" below portrait. He is wearing a suit coat, a vest, a white high-collard shirt, and a bow tie. He has long side burns and wavy hair and is sitting with his left shoulder sli...

Date: 1840

Maker: J.H. Bufford & Co. (Printer) J.E. Tilton and Company (Publisher) Reeves, John H., Mr. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202713

Accession Number: 2006.44.656

Omaj, A Native of the Island of Utica

Black and white full length portrait engraving of a man in robes and a turban framed in simple wood frame finished in black. The man is barefoot, and is holding out his right hand, and has his head turned to his left shoulder. A large palm tree is at left; a river, mountain, and other trees are in t...

Date: 1780

Maker: Reproduction of Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792 (Artist) Jacobi, John (Essayist) Boydell, John (English engraver, print publisher, 1719-1804) (Publisher)

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

GUSN: 202714

Accession Number: 2006.44.657

The Temple of Apollo

Black and white Roman ruins in a pastoral setting framed in a simple wooden frame painted black. Far right: two-story rectangular pavilion with a sculpture in the first floor niche. Right: Round pavilion with composite fluted columns with winged sculpture in center, surrounded by people. The foregro...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202715

Accession Number: 2006.44.658

American Sparrow Hawk

Color print of four birds on a branch framed in a simple brown wood frame.

Date: 1860

Maker: After Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Bien, Julius, 1829-1909 (Printmaker)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202717

Accession Number: 2006.44.660

Photograph

A black and white photograph of a stone bridge over a river framed in a simple dark brown wood frame. A boy sits on a rock in the foreground. Three more people stand in the middle ground center. A stone castle structure with crenellations is in the right foreground. A city with a large church is acr...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202718

Accession Number: 2006.44.661

Vista General del Interior de la Mezquita

Black and white photograph of a vaulted room with Corinthian columns and polychrome stone Moorish arches. The frame is simple wood, finished in a red-brown wooden color with a thin interior trim and a protruding edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202719

Accession Number: 2006.44.662

Stephen Clarendon Phillips

Portrait of young man from the waist up wearing a black coat and a high white collar with a ruffle in front. He has brown curly hair, blue eyes, and is looking over his left shoulder. The background is plain brown. The frame is a large, elaborate one with applied plaster leaf decoration. The interio...

Maker: Frothingham, James, 1786-1864 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 202720

Accession Number: 2006.44.663

Print

Print of soldier seated on horse. Soldier is clad in armor with a determined look on his face. He is wearing a helmet and is looking over his left shoulder. The horse's ears are erect and its front mane in a pony tail. The horse's front left hoof is up as if to walk. The frame is wood and painted bl...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202721

Accession Number: 2006.44.664

"Stromboli Landscape"

Oil painting of an island volcano surrounded by blue water, with a pink sky background in a gold wooden frame. Volcano is slightly off-center to the right and has a thin plume of smoke, which is drifting to the left. Carved gilt frame with rosettes in corners.

Date: 1908

Maker: Murphy, Hermann Dudley, 1867-1945 (Painter) Carrig-Rohane Shop (Framer) Walter Kimball & Co. (Dealer)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 202722

Accession Number: 2006.44.665

Duncan Coat of Arms

Watercolor painting of the Duncan coat of arms in brown. The shield contains a horn on the bottom end of the shield and two white flowers on both the right and left-top corners. Above the shield, is an armor bust in grey. There is a ship placed above the head of the armor bust with a brown flag cont...

Date: 1923

Maker: Probably Duncan, Marion Elliford (Copyist)

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

GUSN: 202723

Accession Number: 2006.44.666

Print

Side view of a bust portrait of a woman in red. Her hair is disheveled by the wind. Her head is raised as if looking above. Her eyes are closed.

Maker: Hale, Philip Leslie, 1865-1931 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202724

Accession Number: 2006.44.667

Print

Monochromatic print of a woman from the chest up. She is wearing a headband with a large cross in the center surrounded by various designs and a low-cut dress or cloak. Behind her head is a circular halo.

Date: 1875

Maker: Lucas, Albert Pike, 1862-1945 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202725

Accession Number: 2006.44.668

Ship "St. Paul" of Salem

Black and white photographic print of a ship in the ocean. The ship has three masts. The front mast has three large sails and a small one at the top. At the top of the first mast there is a banner that reads, "St. Paul". The second mast also has the three large sails, the bottom one is pulled up. Th...

Date: 1902

Maker: Harvey, Martha (Photographer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202726

Accession Number: 2006.44.669

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