Historic New England

Serving table

Serving table with white marble top with serpentine edge. Wooden base also serpentine has beaded edge. S-shaped legs on both sides meet at center of side, topped with turned finials. Curving medial stretcher also formed by two S-shapes.

Date: 1845-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: white marble, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 293195

Accession Number: 1958.264

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Wheat Damask" pattern (#154304) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale pattern of rosettes topped with rococo scrolling foliage and stylized wheat motifs in the style of a damask textile. Roller-printed to resemble an 18th-century ...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293196

Accession Number: 2001.281.884

Trestle table

Trestle table. Surface formed by three hand-sawn boards encased in frame with mitred corners. Table supported at each end with single leg connected with chamfered medial stretcher. Table pinned with wire nails and screws and was originally painted white.

Date: 1870-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 293198

Accession Number: 1958.265

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper border in the "Belmont Mansion - Front Hall" pattern (#246) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale pattern of rococo scrolling stylized flowers and foliage bordered on the top and bottom by wide vertical stripes with interlaced scroll moti...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: metallic paint, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293199

Accession Number: 2001.281.885

Side chair

One of a pair of arrow-back windsor chairs painted black with white slip. Legs and stretchers turned. Curved head rail stenciled with cornucopias of fruit and flowers, three spindles with flowers and leaves.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 293200

Accession Number: 1958.267.1

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper marked "Wm. Faulkner Adam" by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale damask-style design of floral bouquets in urns with beaded swags and foliate scrolls. Background has narrow vertical stripes. Roller-printed in pale yellow (motifs) and ligh...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293201

Accession Number: 2001.281.886

Side chair

One of a pair of arrow-back windsor chairs painted black with white slip. Legs and stretchers turned. Curved head rail stenciled with cornucopias of fruit and flowers, three spindles with flowers and leaves.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 293202

Accession Number: 1958.267.2

Wallpaper Tracing

Two pieces of a tracing on mylar in black ink of "Bissell House" reproduction wallpaper made by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Tracing has circular medallions with eight leaves arranged in alternating rows.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: Mylar (TM)

GUSN: 293203

Accession Number: 2001.281.887AB

Armchair

One of a set of six arrow-back windsor chairs (two armchairs, four side chairs) with rectangular crest rails and bamboo legs. Crests painted black and stenciled with fruit basket and flowers, four spindles with flowers and leaves. Legs, spindles, and seat with white slipping.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 293207

Accession Number: 1958.266.1

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "East India Trade" pattern (#124318) pattern by Waerhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has very large-scale damask pattern of scrolling flowers and foliage. Roller-printed in white on a blue ground. Paper is textured to resemble a basket-weave fabric. Pa...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293208

Accession Number: 2001.281.888

Armchair

One of a set of six arrow-back windsor chairs (two armchairs, four side chairs) with rectangular crest rails and bamboo legs. Crests painted black and stenciled with fruit basket and flowers, four spindles with flowers and leaves. Legs, spindles, and seat with white slipping.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 293212

Accession Number: 1958.266.2

Side chair

One of a set of six arrow-back windsor chairs (two armchairs, four side chairs) with rectangular crest rails and bamboo legs. Crests painted black and stenciled with fruit basket and flowers, four spindles with flowers and leaves. Legs, spindles, and seat with white slipping.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 293218

Accession Number: 1958.266.3

Textile Remnant "Augustine Heard"

This overall piece with five attached colorways and one attached paper label, represents a rose bush which branches are interwoven in foliated scrolls, on a light pink background. Some birds are flying from branch to branch.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313568

Accession Number: 2001.281.1224

Textile Remnant "Wellfleet"

Three fabric remnants with the same pattern: Rows of large fleur-de-lis inside of crests, background covered in smaller stylized crosses. Two color-ways: 2001.281.1225.1 is the sea green color motif, with sea green and turquoise crests and khaki crosses on a light blue background; both 2001.281.1225...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313570

Accession Number: 2001.281.1225

Textile Remnant "Royal Damask"

Two textile remnants, each with four attached colorways and one attached paper label. Fully covered by flowers and leaves with nice shading. Two colorways: gray motif (2001.281.1226.1) and green motif (2001.281.1226.2).

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313571

Accession Number: 2001.281.1226.1-.2

Textile Remnant "Governor Badger"

This overall piece with three attached colorways, three attached paper labels and one attached fabric label, represents a repeated motif. Stylized palms forming arabesques are linked by branches of thyme. It gives a circling and dancing composition. This effect is accentuated on the sample of the Hi...

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Greeff Fabrics, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313572

Accession Number: 2001.281.1227

Textile Remnant "Mary Wade"

Three fabric remnants each with four attached colorways and one attached paper label. Repeated pattern: the same stylized floral composition is developed in the frame of a shape similar to a star. The rhythm is accentuated by geometrical edges containing a stylized flower. The three samples are in ...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313573

Accession Number: 2001.281.1228.1-.3

Textile Remnant "Rose & Lace"

This overall piece with three attached colorways, three attached paper labels and one attached fabric label, represents pink geometric roses with four leaves, each one forming one of the leaves of the next rose. Between the leaves is a round of pink vegetable.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Greeff Fabrics, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313574

Accession Number: 2001.281.1229

Textile Remnant "Tapestry Floral"

This overall piece with four attached colorways and one attached paper label, represents a repeated scene. Stylized flowers and leaves cover entirely and homogeneously the background. Red, blue and brown are the dominant colors.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Greeff Fabrics, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313575

Accession Number: 2001.281.1230

Textile Remnant

These two overall pieces with many attached colorways present a geometric pattern alternating green, dark grey and white stripes. Forty colorways are attached to an edge, as well as a paper label.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313577

Accession Number: 2001.281.1231.1-.2

Textile Remnant

These three overall pieces with four attached colorways (the first colorway has been cut up on one of the samples) and one attached paper label, represent yellow and black flowers on branches mixing two sorts: the dark green one draw elegant arabesques, while the light green ones are more thorny and...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313578

Accession Number: 1232.1-.3

Textile Remnant

This is a small overall piece, representing brown geometric spray and dot patterns on a cream background.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313579

Accession Number: 2001.281.1233

Saucer

Saucer with double orange band and red dots. Secondary border of red dot and dash band. Central decoration of pink and green flower sprig. Smaller sprig on the exterior of the cup and small orange leaf in bowl of cup.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, leaf (metal), enameling

GUSN: 313580

Accession Number: 1969.3.7

Saucer

Saucer with double orange band and red dots. Secondary border of red dot and dash band. Central decoration of pink and green flower sprig. Smaller sprig on the exterior of the cup and small orange leaf in bowl of cup.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, leaf (metal), enameling

GUSN: 313581

Accession Number: 1969.3.8

Saucer

Saucer with double orange band and red dots. Secondary border of red dot and dash band. Central decoration of pink and green flower sprig. Smaller sprig on the exterior of the cup and small orange leaf in bowl of cup.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, leaf (metal), enameling

GUSN: 313582

Accession Number: 1969.3.9

Textile Remnant "Springtime"

These two overall pieces with four attached colorways and one attached paper label, are covered by greasy leaves on small branches on which are some small flowers with four petals. It exists in both green (2001 .281.1234.1) and red (2001.281.1234.2) in the Historic New England's collections; the bac...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313583

Accession Number: 2001.281.1234.1-.2

Textile Remnant "Parker Hill"

This overall piece with three attached colorways and three attached paper labels, represents an elegant bunch of different kinds of flowers, repeated on the surface, on a light green background. The flowers are red, yellow and white, while their branches are dark green. Horizontally, between two bun...

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Greeff Fabrics, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313584

Accession Number: 2001.281.1235

Textile Remnant "Grape Ivy"

This overall piece with seven attached colorways and one attached paper label, represents green and pink grape leaves covering the whole surface, on a brown background.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313585

Accession Number: 2001.281.1236

Textile Remnant "Calico Stripe"

This overall piece with three attached colorways and one attached paper label, represents an alternation of floral stripes, one predominantly red and blue, the other brown.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Greeff Fabrics, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313586

Accession Number: 2001.281.1237

Textile Remnant "Dresden Ribbon"

This glazed fabric is an overall piece with three attached colorways and three attached paper labels. Its motif is organized by stripes filled with small blue spots and one branch of flower which position is alternated with the one of the flowers on the stripe itself. These flowers have the same sha...

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Greeff Fabrics, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313587

Accession Number: 2001.281.1238

Textile Remnant "Eastham Daisy"

This overall piece with five attached colorways, four non-attached colorways and one attached paper label, is a glazed fabric. It is entirely covered by flowers' brown corollas, quite round, and close the ones from the others, on a yellow background.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313588

Accession Number: 2001.281.1239

Textile Remnant "Cameo Print"

Two textile remnants with four attached colorways and one attached paper label, depicting small round flowers and even smaller white petals multiplied on the whole surface. It exists in two colors motifs, brown (2001.281.1240.1) and blue (2001.281.1240.2), in the Historic New England's collections. ...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313590

Accession Number: 2001.281.1240.1-.2

Textile Remnant "General Thayer"

This overall piece with four attached colorways and one attached paper label, represents an alternation of brown squares containing one small full square and surrounded by four strokes, and red and white roses. These patterns are alternated in high as well as in width and are on a red background.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Greeff Fabrics, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313591

Accession Number: 2001.281.1241

Textile Remnant "Provincetown Geometric"

Three large fabric remnants (2001.281.1242.1-.3) representing the same repeated geometric quatrefoil floral motif. The four lobes and the delimitation of the pattern are golden, while the rest is pale rosy beige. Four small loose colorway samples representing the same Provincetown Geometric pattern:...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313594

Accession Number: 2001.281.1242.1-.7

Textile Remnant "Enoch Frye"

This overall piece with three attached colorways, three attached paper labels and one fabric label, represents palmettes and volutes motifs, organized in stripes: a set of palmettes, flowers and volutes follows another, successively in round and in square. These sets stands out against the backgroun...

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Greeff Fabrics, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313597

Accession Number: 2001.281.1243

Textile Remnant "Wheat Damask"

This overall piece with three attached colorways, one fabric label and one attached paper label, represents a bunch of golden ears of corn surrounded by imposing volutes made with stylized plants.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Greeff Fabrics, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313599

Accession Number: 2001.281.1244

Textile Remnant "Strawberry Stripe"

This overall piece with two attached colorways and three attached paper label, represents a stripe of big strawberries on their branch with leaves, bordered by a decorative motif of leaves and arabesques, in red on a mustard background.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Greeff Fabrics, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313602

Accession Number: 2001.281.1245

Textile Remnant "Dandelion"

This overall piece with four attached colorways and one attached paper label, represents an alternation of stripes containing stylized orange and green leaves on a green background, and small brown hints on a green background too.

Date: 1933-1996

Maker: Greeff Fabrics, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313604

Accession Number: 2001.281.1246

Textile Remnant

This swatch with one attached paper label represents sheep under a tree, surrounded by grass and fagots of branches.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 313605

Accession Number: 2001.281.1247

Spice Box

Wooden spice box.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 313614

Accession Number: 1937.1221AB

Unfinished Textile Panels

Each panel in this set of eight is composed of two printed textile lengths machine-stitched together, a main pattern and a border pattern, each printed in purple, yellow, blue, green and red on a cream-colored ground. The main body pattern is a small repeat of alternating red and blue floral sprays....

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: printed textile materials, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 313640

Accession Number: 2001.281.1248.1-.8

Window Hangings

This set of two partial valances and a pair of straight side curtains is made up using red plate-printed cotton. The print is made to resemble eighteenth-century pastoral toiles. Each panel is machine stitched.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (fiber), printed textile materials

GUSN: 313641

Accession Number: 2001.281.1249

Textile Panel

A single curtain panel made from block-printed cotton in a repeating pattern of a pine tree on a small grassy mound. Smaller scattered repeats of hillocks with vegetation surround the main design element. The plain woven cotton was printed in shades of yellow and brown then penciled with indigo for ...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: Possibly Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile), block printing (relief printing process), indigo (colorant)

GUSN: 313642

Accession Number: 2001.281.1268

Textile Length

This length of twill weave wool is roller-printed in red, green and blue with repeating sprays of hibiscus flowers on a chocolate-brown ground. The top and bottom edges are machine hemmed but the widths are unhemmed selvedges. A large damaged section has been basted together with running and overha...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: printed textile materials, twill

GUSN: 313643

Accession Number: 2001.281.1269

Side Curtain

This side curtain is made from a single width of roller and block-printed cotton, lined, with six small brass curtain rings attached to the back of the gathered top edge. The dark ground chintz depicts a pair of birds flanking a large basket filled with flowers. The lining is twill-weave cotton. The...

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), relief prints, chintz

GUSN: 313644

Accession Number: 2001.281.1270

Wall Pocket

This hanging wall pocket is constructed from three different printed wool textiles. The front pouch rectangle was gathered across the top edge, then stitched along the sides and down the center to a longer rectangle of similar width, forming three "pouches" of the pocket. A third textile forms the v...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: printed textile materials, wool (textile)

GUSN: 313645

Accession Number: 2001.281.1271

Textile Remnant

This fragment of cotton depicts a repeating pattern of tiger lilies and foliage printed in green on a cream ground. Rusted nail holes along the top and sides indicate this once might have attached to a wooden frame.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 313646

Accession Number: 2001.281.1272

Textile Remnant

This length of cotton is printed in a Rococo Revival design of lace ribbons and floral garlands with a large, centered floral spray, all on a diaper ground. The textile is hand hemmed on two edges. There is an associated paper label from the collector [see Inscriptions and Media]

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 313647

Accession Number: 2001.281.1273

Textile Remnant

This loosely woven textile fragment is printed with a vignette of a male lion attacking a zebra surrounded by flowering foliage in pink, green, purple and blue. A loose paper tag was inscribed by the donor [see Inscriptions and Media]. The stippled ground and outlines were cylinder printed, with col...

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 313648

Accession Number: 2001.281.1274

Textile Remnant

This textile fragment has been cut, folded, and pinned into a small package with a handwritten note. The plain woven cotton is printed in black on a white ground with repeating stripes of Renaissance revival designs. See Inscriptions and Media.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 313649

Accession Number: 2001.281.1275

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