Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. All over design of scrolled and entwined raspberry brambles. Printed in light olive, green, pink, ochre, red, white, and metallic gold on a cream ground.

Date: 1983-1985

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284292

Accession Number: 1995.48

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from the Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine. Diaper pattern formed by liquid mica lozenges with yellow Xs at the intersections. White ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284293

Accession Number: 2000.384A-D

Unused wallpaper sample. Diaper pattern formed by lozenges encircling heraldic motifs of a crown above the initials V.R.I and a stylized thistle. Printed in metallic gold, on a grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1983-1985

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer) Morris, William (Designer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284294

Accession Number: 1995.30

Wallpaper

Fragments of wallpaper with all over design of Persian pine or flower framed by entwined vine with flower head terminals. Block printed in gold on brown ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284295

Accession Number: 2000.388AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Three rows of uncut borders in two designs, repeating and inverted persian floral design and continuous chevrons framing arabesques. Printed in blue, tan, red and metallic gold on a forest green ground.

Date: 1978-1982

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer) Regan, Ray (Designer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284296

Accession Number: 1995.28

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of repeating white irises and cat tail rushes bordered above by a checkered and narrow bead and reel border and below by a row of continuous undulating vines and a band of undulating arcs. Printed in white, blue-grey, black, red, and metallic gold on a light...

Date: 1985

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284298

Accession Number: 1995.27

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of a single sunflower in an earthenware pot on a field of scrolling vines with orange blossoms. Printed in yellow, orange, blue, green, olive, metallic gold, red, and black on a light green ground.

Date: 1984

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284299

Accession Number: 1995.37

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Repeating grid of salmon-colored sprigs with blue centers and maroon foliage on a red ground.

Date: 1979

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284300

Accession Number: 1995.38

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of a tile design composed of a grid of stylized tulips and thistles radiating from a central rosette motif. Printed in metallic silver on a light peach ground. Straight repeat. Can be used as a ceiling paper.

Date: 1978-1982

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer) Morris, William (Designer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284301

Accession Number: 1995.39

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. All over coral design with peach and metallic scallop shells. Printed in two light greens, peach, metallic copper, and olive on a light blue ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1983

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284302

Accession Number: 1995.29

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of vertical rows of pink roses with leaves that form mouchettes. Printed in pink and light green on a red ground.

Date: 1978-1982

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284303

Accession Number: 1995.40

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of vertical rows of roses with leaves that form mouchettes. Printed in pink and light green on a beige ground.

Date: 1978-1982

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284304

Accession Number: 1995.41

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of sprigs enclosed within a quatrefoil and metallic gold beaded circle and framed by an eight-pointed star. Central motif is bordered by metallic gold chevron and foliate sprigs. Printed in three blues, red, rose, mauve, white, and metallic gold on a white g...

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284305

Accession Number: 1995.49

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Star and dot pattern. Screenprinted in two yellows on yellow-orange ground.

Maker: F. Schumacher & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284306

Accession Number: 1995.568

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample manufactured by Bradbury and Bradbury. All over foliate or "Willow" pattern printed in brown on tan ground.

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284307

Accession Number: 1995.25

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample by manufacturer Bradbury and Bradbury named "Dresser Ceiling." Geometric pattern of hexagons framing six sided star or snowflake. Printed in metallic blue on blue-gray ground.

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284308

Accession Number: 1995.31

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample manufactured by Bradbury and Bradbury. Repeating, stylized fluer de lis figure printed in brown, metallic copper and peach on blue-gray ground.

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284309

Accession Number: 1995.32

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample manufactured by Bradbury and Bradbury named "Lattice Dado." A diamond patterned lattice in orange with green flowers at its intersects, overlays a smaller square patterned lattice with circles. Printed in orange, green, brown on a blue ground.

Date: 1982

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284310

Accession Number: 1995.33

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample manufactured by Bradbury and Bradbury named "Lily." Two stylized lily flowers and foliage grow from a single base. The symmetrical flowers form a repeating geometric pattern in pale pink and mauve over a large chevron pattern in printed in metallic gold.

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: screen prints

GUSN: 284311

Accession Number: 1995.34

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample manufactured by Bradbury and Bradbury named "Random Star Ceiling." Gold stars of differing sizes and shapes scattered across a dark blue ground.

Date: 1983

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: screen prints

GUSN: 284312

Accession Number: 1995.35

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample manufactured by Bradbury and Bradbury. Large, metallic gold fluer de lis pattern on pale pink or cream ground.

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: screen prints

GUSN: 284313

Accession Number: 1995.36

Wallpaper

Unused sample of wallpaper. Moorish style pattern with flowers framed by assymetrical trellis. Printed in olive, white, black, peach, and tan on cream ground.

Date: 1980s

Maker: Possibly Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284314

Accession Number: 1995.583

Pair of Earrings

Each earring in this pair consists of small woven splint "bells" strung on a filament as a chain suspended from a splint and filament woven pinwheel surmount. Each earring attaches with gold french wires. The earrings have a matching brooch, 1919.229.1

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), silk (textile), gold (metal)

GUSN: 284315

Accession Number: 1919.229.2AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. All over design of marblized octagonal panels alternating with rectangular blocks with a central foliate motif.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284316

Accession Number: 2000.332

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Central floral fan motif framed by diapered scrolls and scrolling foliage. Printed in light green on a green flocked ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284318

Accession Number: 2000.333

Cushion

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.

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 283352

Accession Number: 2013.4.98

Alarm clock, Timex, Plastic and electric wiring, Hong Kong, 1980-2000

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

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 283353

Accession Number: 2013.4.99

Laundry Basket

Natural colored straw laundry basket with handles.

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

Material: reed (grass, material)

GUSN: 283355

Accession Number: 2013.4.101

Wind Chime

Handmade windchime with five shell chimes attached to wooden dowel with clear fishing line and red plastic faceted beads.

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 283356

Accession Number: 2013.4.102

Pink painted wire clothes hanger

Pink painted wire coathanger.

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 283357

Accession Number: 2013.4.103

Side chair

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

Side chair

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: 283359

Accession Number: 2011.80.4.2

Fireboard

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

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283365

Accession Number: 2001.281.250.1A-D

Fireboard Print

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...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283370

Accession Number: 2001.281.250.2

Fireboard

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

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283375

Accession Number: 2001.281.250.3AB

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283376

Accession Number: 2001.281.251

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283377

Accession Number: 2001.281.252

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283409

Accession Number: 2001.281.253

Wallpaper

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.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283416

Accession Number: 2001.281.254

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283417

Accession Number: 2001.281.255

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283429

Accession Number: 2001.281.256.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment block-printed with a large-scale damask pattern in blue and black on green ground. Paper is laid and in partial sheets.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283430

Accession Number: 2001.281.256.2

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283431

Accession Number: 2001.281.257

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Window pane checked drapery paper in chartruse and lime green ornamented by pink daisy garlands and bouquets.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283476

Accession Number: 1911.98

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283477

Accession Number: 1978.132

Wedding Dress

Wedding dress. Nunziatia DiFloures and George J. Rembis, September 3, 1938, Satin, Silk, and Beads, Haverhill, MA, 1938

Date: 1938

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 283478

Accession Number: 2012.121.1.1

Veil

Veil with attached headdress, Nunziatia DiFloures and George J. Rembis, September 3, 1938, Satin, Silk, and Beads, Haverhill, MA.

Date: 1938

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 283481

Accession Number: 2012.121.1.2

Marriage Certificate

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

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 283483

Accession Number: 2012.121.1.3

Wallpaper fragment

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)

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

GUSN: 283496

Accession Number: 2001.281.258

Wallpaper

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.

Date: 1811-1817

Maker: Attributed to Moses Grant, Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: laid paper

GUSN: 283499

Accession Number: 2001.281.259

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