Historic New England

Wallpaper

Partial roll and two fragments of wallpaper once part of the stock of Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. "Vine" pattern designed by William Morris. Scrolling grapevine with fruit on a background of willow leaves. Block-printed in four greens and red on metallic gold ground. Paper is embossed with a p...

Date: 1873

Maker: A.H. Davenport (Retailer) Morris, William (Designer) Jeffrey & Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 273531

Accession Number: 2001.281.146A-C

Medal and case

A round silver medal awarded to J. F. Bumstead & Co. by the Massachusetts Mechanical Association for paper hanging in 1856. This cast medal is decorated on both sides. On one side is the motto and emblems of the Mechanical Association with an engraved inscription. On the verso is the cast design of ...

Date: 1856

Maker: Mitchell, Francis N. (Medalist) Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (Issuing body)

Material: silver (metal), leather, cut velvet

GUSN: 273532

Accession Number: 1985.654

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper once part of the stock of Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Pattern of birds pearched on trailing oak tree branches among leaves and acorns. Block-printed in greens, blues, browns, pinks, yellow and gray on white satin ground. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: A.H. Davenport (Retailer)

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

GUSN: 273533

Accession Number: 2001.281.147

Wallpaper

Partial roll of Scenery Figure wallpaper. Boat of men is pulled ashore by a single figure. Scene is framed by leaning trees, arched bridge and city in background. Block-printed in three browns, three greens, orange and blue. Irisé ground in blues and pink within scenery vignettes, other areas ap...

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: Possibly

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

GUSN: 273534

Accession Number: 2001.281.148

Wallpaper

Partial roll and three fragments of wallpaper from New Hampshire. Partial roll and fragments of vine and stripe pattern. Pink vine with leaves and berries climb vertically over horizontal stripes with geometric patterns in light gray and green. Alternating with the vine is a pink vertical stripe o...

Date: 1805-1810

Maker: Probably (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 273535

Accession Number: 2001.281.149A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper. Small, non-directional floral sprig pattern interspersed with rectangles containing a fan and floral design. Anglo-Japanese design influence and non-directional pattern might indicate use as a ceiling paper. Roller-printed in brown, tan and gold glitter on cream ground.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273536

Accession Number: 2001.281.150

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral trail pattern including lily of the valley. Dense, naturalistic design shows Aethetic influence. Pattern does not have strong directional orientation, potentially used as wall or ceiling paper. Roller-printed in black, light cream, and metallic gold on tan ground.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273537

Accession Number: 2001.281.151

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Dense, all over floral pattern. Naturalistic design and coloring shows Aesthetic-style influence. Roller-printed in white, sage green, brown, taupe and metallic gold on a creamy yellow ground.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273538

Accession Number: 2001.281.152

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Maple leaf and flower pattern roller-printed in yellow, light green and maroon on an olive ground. Pattern does not have strong directional orientation, potentially used as wall or ceiling paper.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273539

Accession Number: 2001.281.153

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with floral and scroll pattern. Anglo-Japanese stylistic influence. Roller-printed in yellow, red, green on olive green ground.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273540

Accession Number: 2001.281.154

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Naturalistic foliate pattern with small wildflowers. Roller-printed in white, yellow, cream, two light olive greens, dark orange and maroon.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273542

Accession Number: 2001.281.155

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments. Trailing vine pattern of conventionalized morning glory and hops. Roller-printed in four greens, two browns, cream, yellow, fuchsia, maroon, and black on a satin olive-gray ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273543

Accession Number: 2001.281.156A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stipe pattern. Stripes with thorny orange roses alternates with a stripe with sprigs of orange flower on a dot background. Between floral stripes are foliate stripes. Roller-printed in olive greens and grays, orange, red, cream and pale blue on olive ground. A.W.P.M.A...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273549

Accession Number: 2001.281.157

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Floral sprig roller-printed pattern with fuchsia and oranges roses and turquiose berries and flowers. "A.W.P.M.A." logo in selvedge.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 273550

Accession Number: 2001.281.158AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral pattern roller-printed in two yellows, dark olive green, and maroon on olive ground. "A.W.P.M.A." logo printed in selvedge.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273551

Accession Number: 2001.281.159

Wallpaper

Two unused wallpaper fragments from Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Floral sprig pattern of chrysanthemums and ferns. Roller-printed in olive greens, browns, yellow and fuchsia on olive ground. "A.W.P.M.A." logo printed in selvedge.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273552

Accession Number: 2001.281.160AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral bouquet including poppies and daisies on a moiré pattern background. Bouquet design is block-printed in three shades of violet, orange, peach, red, brown, five greens, yellow, mustard, fuchsia, white and gray. The background moiré pattern is printed in off white o...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273553

Accession Number: 2001.281.161

Wallpaper

Seven fragments of rainbow wallpaper in which the rainbow colors are applied to the pattern rather than the ground. The colors blend from brown (possibly red when first printed) to yellow to blue. Garlands of flowers, ribbon, and bows frame a vertically repeating figure of a fountain supported by ...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283316

Accession Number: 2001.281.240A-G

Carrington House Wallpaper Panel Fragments

Fragments cut from the top (fragments "A-E") and bottom (fragments "F-I") of an unused Chinese wallpaper panel. Handpainted birds and peacocks perched amid flowering tree with butterflies, white ground. Originally from the Captain Edward Carrington House, Providence, Rhode Island.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), hand-painted

GUSN: 283317

Accession Number: 2001.281.241.A-I

Wallpaper

Seven wallpaper fragments removed from a trunk from Cape Cod. Dorothy Waterhouse describes this as her "first paper," refering to it as "Black Bird." Poorly preserved, this blue ingrain paper's pattern is very faded. It appears to be a parrot perched on a delicate fabric swag with floral elements...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 283318

Accession Number: 2001.281.242A-G

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with an allover floral pattern block-printed in Irisé method on ungrounded red ingrain paper. Two fragments of the paper are lined with fabric, one fragment with newspaper. Other fragments of newspaper accompany the wallpaper, one bearing the date "16 November, 1844."

Date: 1830-1845

Maker: (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 283320

Accession Number: 2001.281.244A-Q

Bandbox

Square or rectangular bandbox fragment with exterior decorated with printed paper and interior lined with "Musical Visitor" periodical from 1841. Exterior paper has a diamond and circle diaper pattern block-printed in green with abstract cross element printed in each diamond and an abstract flower ...

Date: 1841-1842

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283322

Accession Number: 2001.281.243

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper from the end of a roll. Vine and spring patterned wallpaper block-printed in off-white and white on a beige satin ground. The verso carries a French Register Mark.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283323

Accession Number: 2001.281.245

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Renaissance Revival Floral Stripe pattern consisting of medallion-like elements, strapwork and floral srays placed between stripes. Early roller-print in mauve, dark red, blue, green and white on beige ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283324

Accession Number: 2001.281.246

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Marble column and panel wallpaper used to create large scale column and panel styles for halls, entries and vestibules. Paper fragment is printed in three patterns: marble (column pattern); plain polished white ground (wall pattern); and stripes of varying thicknesses (...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283325

Accession Number: 2001.281.247

Ceiling Paper Corner Border

Unused corner fragment of ceiling border paper. Stylized leaf and flower sprigs, stripe and rosette elements embellish dark maroon flocking. Roller-printed in metallic gold, dark ochre, two greens on light ochre ground. Matches Ceiling border 2001.281.248.2

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 283326

Accession Number: 2001.281.248.1

Ceiling Paper Border

Uncut fragment of ceiling border paper. Stylized leaf and flower sprigs, stripe and rosette elements embellish dark maroon flocking. Roller-printed in metallic gold, dark ochre, two greens on light ochre ground. Fragment framed in paper matting. Matches Ceiling corner border 2001.281.248.1.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 283331

Accession Number: 2001.281.248.2

Fireboard

Decorative papers from a fireboard. A sidewall paper (A), border (B) and additional decorative paper (C) affixed to one half of a fireboard canvas. The fireboard canvas has been removed from its frame. The wallpaper (A) pattern is of large-scale circular medallions framing a floral element. Diamon...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283333

Accession Number: 2001.281.249A-C

Straw Hat

Woman's straw hat with cream ribbon band around crown. Interior hat band brown grosgrain ribbon with attached plastic faux tortoishell hair comb. Peck & Peck, Straw and polyester

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

Material: straw (plant material), polyester (fiber)

GUSN: 283347

Accession Number: 2013.4.94

Hat

Woman's knit winter hat with band of rust around brim, mauve top with multicolored flowers. Mauve knit bow around crown. Wool, "Tara Handknits"

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), knitting (process)

GUSN: 283348

Accession Number: 2013.4.95

Fur Hat

Woman's fur hat

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, wool (textile), acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 283349

Accession Number: 2013.4.96

Shawl

Hand knit shawl with fringe, multi colored yarns in blue, maroon, and dark green.

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process)

GUSN: 283351

Accession Number: 2013.4.97

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

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