Historic New England

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295284

Accession Number: 1973.101.4

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295285

Accession Number: 1973.101.5

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295286

Accession Number: 1973.101.6

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295287

Accession Number: 1973.101.7

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295288

Accession Number: 1973.101.8

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295289

Accession Number: 1973.101.9

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295290

Accession Number: 1973.101.10

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295291

Accession Number: 1973.101.11

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295292

Accession Number: 1973.101.12

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295293

Accession Number: 1973.101.13

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295294

Accession Number: 1973.101.14

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295295

Accession Number: 1973.101.15

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295296

Accession Number: 1973.101.16

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295297

Accession Number: 1973.101.17

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295298

Accession Number: 1973.101.18

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295299

Accession Number: 1973.101.19

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295300

Accession Number: 1973.101.20

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295301

Accession Number: 1973.101.21

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295302

Accession Number: 1973.101.22

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295303

Accession Number: 1973.101.23

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295304

Accession Number: 1973.101.24

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295305

Accession Number: 1973.101.25

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295306

Accession Number: 1973.101.26

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295307

Accession Number: 1973.101.27

Pillow sham

Pillow sham, green cotton sateen. Rectangular sham covers the entire width of the bed and drapes down the sides.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 295310

Accession Number: 1942.4760.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper with stylized moire pattern in squares separated by leaves. Block-printed in white, two shades of olive, and two green on cream or yellow ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 295317

Accession Number: 1972.110.1

Wallpaper

Transfer of a painted design once on plaster at the French House (see 1972.118.1) dating to circa 1800. Transfer appears on the reverse of wallpaper later installed on top of the painted plaster. The wallpaper itself is an early twentieth century floral with gemetric boarder in pink, gray and meta...

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: Possibly Graves, Noah (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 295353

Accession Number: 1972.118.2

"Décor Chinois" Wallpaper

Thirty-one fragments of chinoiserie-style wall panels. Naturalistic depiction of flowers, foliage, blooming branches and butterflies. The inspiration for these panels came from 18th-century, handpainted, Chinese wallpapers. Printed in over twenty colors on a white ground.

Date: 1856-1867

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295373

Accession Number: 1929.1854.2.1

"Décor Chinois" Wallpaper

Thirty-one fragments of chinoiserie-style wall panels. Naturalistic depiction of flowers, foliage, blooming branches and butterflies. The inspiration for these panels came from 18th-century, handpainted, Chinese wallpapers. Printed in over twenty colors on a white ground.

Date: 1856-1867

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295374

Accession Number: 1929.1854.2.2

"Décor Chinois" Wallpaper

Thirty-one fragments of chinoiserie-style wall panels. Naturalistic depiction of flowers, foliage, blooming branches and butterflies. The inspiration for these panels came from 18th-century, handpainted, Chinese wallpapers. Printed in over twenty colors on a white ground.

Date: 1856-1867

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295375

Accession Number: 1929.1854.2.3

"Décor Chinois" Wallpaper

Thirty-one fragments of chinoiserie-style wall panels. Naturalistic depiction of flowers, foliage, blooming branches and butterflies. The inspiration for these panels came from 18th-century, handpainted, Chinese wallpapers. Printed in over twenty colors on a white ground.

Date: 1856-1867

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295377

Accession Number: 1929.1854.2.4

Tea Napkins

Twelve white silk tea napkins with hand painted floral sprays in center and silk fringe along sides.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 103682

Accession Number: 2008.28.5.1-12

Table Runner

White silk table runner with hand painted floral sprays and silk fringe at ends.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 103683

Accession Number: 2008.28.5.13

Envelope

Paper envelope containing hand painted tea napkins and table runner, painted white and purple floral spray on front with handwritten note.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 103684

Accession Number: 2008.28.5.14

Shawl

Ivory silk shawl with embroidered floral pattern and crocheted silk fringe along each edge.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), crocheting

GUSN: 103685

Accession Number: 2008.28.6.2

Shawl Box

Hinged wood box covered in black lacquer and painted yellow flowers at corners of lid, center painted "Mehaffey," metal hinges and lock in front.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 103686

Accession Number: 2008.28.6.1

Doll Dress

White cotton dress with pink rosebuds, short flared sleeves, gathered waist, full skirt, lace trim at sleeves, collar and chest.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103690

Accession Number: 2008.34.3.6

Coffee Percolator

Aluminum coffee percolator with tapered body, s curve spout, black c shaped handle, and stepped round base with two electric prongs, removable lid with teardrop shaped glass finial. Removable aluminum strainer inside and detachable black and white cord.

Date: ca. 1915

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 103694

Accession Number: 2008.46.1A-E

Universal Electric Percolator Box

Rectangular cardboard box with black label with orange border.

Date: ca. 1915

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103695

Accession Number: 2008.46.2

Pen Nib on Original Card

Metal pen nib attached to original cardboard card featuring a castle and lake scene over a bust portrait of a young man and a scrolling leaf and thistle border in white on an orange background.

Date: ca. 1846

Maker: Joseph Gillott's (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103696

Accession Number: 2008.41