Historic New England

Doily

Tan linen with fringe and gold thread inscription " The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets".

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 353052

Accession Number: 1937.314

Doily

Tan linen with fringe and gold thread inscription " Fishes that tipple in the deep".

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 353053

Accession Number: 1937.315

Doily

Square, tan silk doily with openwork lace.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 353093

Accession Number: 1940.177

Doily

Square, tan cotton crocheted doily.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 353094

Accession Number: 1940.178

Doily

Rectangular, tan doily of openwork lace.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 353095

Accession Number: 1940.179

Doily

Round, tan-colored cotton crocheted doily.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 353096

Accession Number: 1941.645

Doily

Rectangular cream-colored silk doily with a geometric design border and green, pink, red, and yellow embroidery of vegetables. Fringe around the edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 353097

Accession Number: 1941.697

Doily

Round doily of tan-colored cotton lace.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 353098

Accession Number: 1941.797

Doily

Rectangular tan silk with leaf design around the border and black embroidered design of a knife and fork with fringe around the edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 353099

Accession Number: 1942.969

Doily

Rectangular tan cotton with elaborate embroidery and red stitched image of a knife and fork.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 353100

Accession Number: 1942.970

Doily

Square silk lace doily with geometric and leaf patterns.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 353101

Accession Number: 1943.716

Doily

Round tan-colored silk lace doily with a paisley pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 353102

Accession Number: 1944.163

Doily

Rectangular tan cotton doily with a geometric embroidered border and a red stitched scene of a pitcher, glasses, and tray.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 353103

Accession Number: 1944.226

Doily

Square tan-colored cotton doily with fringe.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 353104

Accession Number: 1946.251

Tablecloth

Tan silk tablecloth with pink, green, and white tassels and green crocheted medallions

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 353105

Accession Number: 1946.252

Doily

Rectangular doily with blue and gold embroidery.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353106

Accession Number: 1946.312

Piece of Fabric

Blue toile cloth sample.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353107

Accession Number: 1969.3320.9

Piece of Fabric

Blue toile fabric sample.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353108

Accession Number: 1969.3320.10

Pieces of Fabric

Blue toile fabric samples.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353109

Accession Number: 1969.3320.15-.17

Piece of Cloth

Blue blackground with intersecting pattern of white lines.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 353134

Accession Number: 1991.1773

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale motifs of grape leaves, grapes, tendrils and palm fronds. Prints in three greys, ochre on white ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178008

Accession Number: 2000.1438

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale pattern of grape leaves, grapes, tendrils, and palm fronds. Prints in two greys, brown, pink on beige ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178009

Accession Number: 2000.1437

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Green and white sprigs framed by a jagged diamond, metallic silver framework.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Benton Heath & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178010

Accession Number: 2000.272AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover grid of "crazed" tiles edged with beading and alternating with stylized blue tulips. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Robert S. Hobbs & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 178011

Accession Number: 2000.1637

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Entwined hydrangea boughs with pink and white blossoms. Printed against a field of small, tan swirls. Printed in two greens, yellow, pink, grey and white. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178012

Accession Number: 2000.151

Cut sample of trellis and diaper patterned wallpaper. Pattern consists of large-scale trellis over-layed with rosebud sprigs and alternating with diamonds within diamonds. Printed in beige, tan, orange, dark red and four shades of green on beige ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178013

Accession Number: 1985.39

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Horizontal sculptured scrolling foliage, C-scrolls and meander floral chain waeving through the foliage. Printed white, grey, silver, gold, beige and cream on a light blue ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178014

Accession Number: 2000.387

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pattern consists of repeating medallions inset with basket of fruit alternating with a lacy square. Diapered dot background. Prints in two greys, white on taupe ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178015

Accession Number: 2000.1424

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Scenery figure paper. Scene shows medieval castle on cliff in background; middleground shows spired cathedral near bay filled with ships; foreground has a man and cattle on bridge. Prints in dark gray and white on light gray ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178016

Accession Number: 2000.1442

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stripe. Narrow tan and white stripes alternating with vertically repeating oval medallions. Printed in tan, white, green and maroon.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178017

Accession Number: 2000.659.2

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Diaper pattern composed of stylized foliate elements made from palmettes and anthemia framed by lunettes with dotted edges. Printed in pale yellow, metallic gold and copper. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1892

Maker: Warren, Lange & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178018

Accession Number: 2000.128

Wallpaper

Partial roll of repeating boughs with sunflower-like blossoms separated by star-like, geometric motifs. Printed in metallic gold, silver, copper, yellow, white and tan.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: W. Campbell & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178019

Accession Number: 2000.149

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Scenery figure paper. Delicately rendered vignette showing shepherdess feeding doves while a sheep stand by her side. Scene is set within medallion embellished with scrolled foliage and flowers. Prints in two pinks, yellow, two browns, two greens, blue, grey on light grey ground.

Date: 1900-1916

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178020

Accession Number: 2000.1443

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover foliage with pin-dots. Printed on metallic gold, tan, and brown with copper dots on a yellow ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178021

Accession Number: 2000.283

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating, stylized flower framed by metallic gold wreath and by leaves sprouting smaller stylized flowers. Printed in brown, tan, metallic gold, green, liquid mica green.

Date: 1904-1917

Maker: Hobbs, Benton & Heath (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178022

Accession Number: 2000.150

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rococo-inspired paper. Pattern consists of vertical stripes of large column inset with fretwork flanked by two smaller columns. Larger column embellished with C-scrolls, scrolled foliage, thinner columns wrapped with floral vines, central cartouche. Prints in red, brown, mauve, beige ...

Date: 1900-1916

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178023

Accession Number: 2000.1440

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment. Diaper pattern with losenges made of meandering vine framing a central floral sprig. Printed in white. Straight match.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178024

Accession Number: 2000.1620

Wallpaper

Rolled fragments. Vertical rows of delicate floral vine with berries alternating with scalloped stripe. Printed in pale yellow, red, blue, white, dark grey and black.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178025

Accession Number: 2000.175

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Scenery figure paper consisting of vertical stripe of repeating vignette of woman, child and dog, alternating with cluster of roses. Prints in two greys on taupe ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178026

Accession Number: 2000.1422

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Woody, meandering vine with boughs of blossoms. Printed in red, blue, navy blue, brown, black and metallic gold and silver on a striped, taupe field.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 178027

Accession Number: 2000.1633

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Winding floral branch with large-scale flowers and perched birds. Printed in purple, three blues, green, pink, red, taupe, black, silver and gold on a pinkish-cream ground.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178028

Accession Number: 2000.316

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover design of pink peonies and cherry blossoms on woody boughs. Printed in two pinks, brown, blue and two greens.

Date: 1920-1925

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178029

Accession Number: 2000.153

Wallpaper

Partial roll, torn in two pieces. Maroon stripes on an imitation silk moire ground in liquid mica.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178030

Accession Number: 2000.118

Wallpaper

Unused sample. The paper is a homage to Shakespeare and his work. In the center is a bust of Shakespeare framed by angels crowning him. In the surround are vignettes from his famous plays like "Romeo and Juliet". Engraved. Printed in taupe on beige.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: Lloyd (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178031

Accession Number: 2000.329

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Repeating poppy sprigs against a field of silhouetted trees. Printed in orange, red, yellow, blue, green, tan and metallic gold.

Date: 1935-1940

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178032

Accession Number: 2000.121

Wallpaper

Cut sample. Allover design of large-scale, climbing roses with thorny stems. Printed in two pinks, mauve, rose, red, tan and four greens.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178033

Accession Number: 2000.227

Wallpaper

Several rolled samples. Repeating foliate medallions against a field of scrollig foliage. Printed in white against an irise ground of blended blue and yellow.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178034

Accession Number: 2000.1623

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of woodland view framing an urn and balustrade. Printed in several shades of grey, cream, light blue and green.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178035

Accession Number: 2000.166

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. Alternating vignette of a pagoda with a fruit tree enclosed by a fence alternating with a vignette of an urn and ginger jar on a stepped base. Printed in green, blue, black, grey, white, pink and mauve.

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178036

Accession Number: 2000.1632

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Small Ashlar background with vertical stripe of kylix alternating with cluster of grapes and leaves. Prints in two greys, cream, brown on taupe ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178037

Accession Number: 2000.1428

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