Historic New England

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Piazza room of The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Collected as part of a wallpaper restoration project taking place at the property in 1967-1968. Diamond patterned paper in which pattern and background printed with small dashes giving the pattern a great deal of tex...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284122

Accession Number: 2001.281.357

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the main hallway of The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Collected as part of a wallpaper restoration project taking place at the property in 1967-1968. Striped pattern imitating grasscloth wallcovering. Paper is embossed with a small, delicate scroll pattern. Roller-pri...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 284123

Accession Number: 2001.281.358

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the dining room of The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Un printed ungrounded red paper.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284128

Accession Number: 2001.281.359

Planet Jr. Wheeled Seeder

Planet Jr. wheeled seeder. Small metal seed hopper, painted green attached to a larger front wheel with two wooden arms. As the front wheel turns the seed drops out of the bottom of the hopper. As the seed drops through the hole the metal shoe opens a furrow for the seed to fall into. The back pair ...

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: S.L. Allen & Company (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 284130

Accession Number: 2013.36.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from the Terrace Room, The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Floral damask pattern roller-printed in dark red on red ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284132

Accession Number: 2001.281.360A-E

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Mrs. Hawthorne's Parlor, The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Plain, ungrounded red paper. Notes indicate that the paper was installed by former property owner Mrs. D. L. Lothrop in 1899 and removed as part of a wallpaper restoration project undertaken by the National Par...

Date: 1899

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284135

Accession Number: 2001.281.361

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from President Eliot's House, Cotuit, Massachusetts. High quality English paper with very fine pindot background, possibly roller-printed, beneath a block-printed flowering vine pattern. Floral pattern printed in brown, pink, red and two greens. Pindot background printed...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284146

Accession Number: 2001.281.362

Fabric Sample

Fabric sample of silk and rayon. Flowering green vines with pink, white, yellow, and brown bulbs and flowers and green leaves on a champange background. Three additional swatches attached in alternative colors. Attached border sample. Same pattern was used in the Green Room of the White House during...

Date: 1960-1963

Maker: Scalamandré

Material: silk (fiber), rayon, brocading

GUSN: 284150

Accession Number: 2013.37.1

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from President Eliot's House, Cotuit, Massachusetts. All over floral pattern in which rose, tulip, carnation and other flowers appear to bloom from the same meandering vine. Roller-printed in cream, two pinks, red, three greens, yellow, two blues and brown on a white grou...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: William Campbell Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284151

Accession Number: 2001.281.363

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Stylized leaf figure framed by a fluer-de-lis lozenge pattern. Paper is roller-printed in tan, ochre and red on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284152

Accession Number: 2001.281.364.1AB

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Three varieties of colored marble are framed by a three-dimensional screen. Roller-printed in gray, green, white, gold, silver, brown, salmon and red on white ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284153

Accession Number: 2001.281.364.2A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment of more than five layers of nineteenth and early twentieth century wallpapers from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Uppermost paper is a small floral figure paper roller-printed in two grays on brown ground with a floral border. The border is printed in gray, pale blue, cream, pale pink, and brown o...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284154

Accession Number: 2001.281.365

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Badly deteriorated floral wallpaper. Pattern is difficult to discern but a small fragment protected by the overlap of another piece of paper reveals original bright green leaves, red striping, and pale pink flowers and dots on a bright yellow ground. ...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284155

Accession Number: 2001.281.366.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Probably foliate scrolling pattern. Paper in poor condition, pattern difficult to discern. Block-printed in mint green and possibly white or gray. White ground or ungrounded. Handmade sheets of wove paper. Layer two of three.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284157

Accession Number: 2001.281.366.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Masonry wallpaper with foliate medallion figures. Roller-printed in green on ungrounded paper. Layer three of three. Paper striped by lathe applied over it.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284158

Accession Number: 2001.281.366.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Anglo-Japanese style floral pattern. Roller-printed in yellow, black, white and red on olive ground. Two layers of the same paper. Upper layer soiled considerably.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284159

Accession Number: 2001.281.367

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Floral sprigs on pinstripes. Paper is in poor condition. Pattern probably block-printed in green, blue and coral, over white pinstripes on ungrounded, blue paper. First layer of two. This fragment still attached to upper layer fragment (see 2001.28...

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284160

Accession Number: 2001.281.368.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Pattern difficult to determine. Probably a Renaissance Revival style stripe based on visible floral bouquets and swags with scroll and strapwork cartouches. Roller-printed in white, blue, green, two pinks and red on ungrounded paper. Second layer of ...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284161

Accession Number: 2001.281.368.2A-D

Wallpaper

Fragment of Scenery Figure wallpaper representing the Crimean War, specifically the Siege of Sebastopol (1854-1855), alternating with portrait medallions of Lord Raglan and Lord Palmerston. Roller-printed in brown, grey, red-orange, blue, white and black on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284168

Accession Number: 2001.281.369A-I

"King Ahasuerus" Wallpaper

Five fragments of "King Ahasuerus" wallpaper from the Harrison Black House, Dedham, Massachusetts. American Pillar and Arch pattern depicting a view of King Ahasuerus through a festooned architectural archway. The King is on a throne under an elaborate canopy. Block-printed in white and black on t...

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284172

Accession Number: 2001.281.370A-F

Wallpaper Tracing

Pencil tracing of a floral paper with tassles. Original paper located in an upstairs room of the Harrison Black House, Dedham, Massachusetts.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284175

Accession Number: 2001.281.371

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Dedham, Massachusetts. Striped wallpaper with stylized Neo-classical elements. Blue geometric stripes alternate with white stripes of stylized neo-classical figures. Block-printed in white and blue on ungrounded, blue paper.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284180

Accession Number: 2001.281.372

Wallpaper

Unused landscape scene wallpaper fragments from Dracut, Massachusetts. Two brightly colored vignettes of dancers and grape harvesters framed by grape vines. Mediterranean landscape. Roller-printed in at least eighteen colors on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: Heywood, Higgenbottom & Smith (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284181

Accession Number: 2001.281.373A-F

Pair of earrings

Wedding jewelry set in original case. Cultured pearl earrings set in gold prong settings with s-shaped ear wire fasteners. Earrings no longer retain their original gold and pearl drops (visible in 1887 photograph of Margaret Duncan Phillips).

Date: ca. 1871

Maker: Shreve, Crump & Low (Retailer)

Material: gold (metal), pearl (animal material)

GUSN: 284182

Accession Number: 2006.44.30.2AB

Jewelry box

Wedding jewelry set in original case. Circular jewelry case with hinged lid. The case exterior is covered in blue silk. The case interior has a white silk lining with fitted compartments for the gold and pearl necklace with cross pendant and earrings.

Date: 1871

Maker: Shreve, Crump & Low (Retailer)

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 284183

Accession Number: 2006.44.30.3

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

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment manufactured by Moses Grant, Jr. and Co. Paper appears to have been used as the cover of a journal. Marks indicating a hand sewn binding run down the middle of the fragment. Wallpaper has a large-scale grape vine pattern. Block-printed in violet and black on white ground on wov...

Date: 1811-1817

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

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

GUSN: 283500

Accession Number: 2001.281.260

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper affixed to paperboard. Foliate and twig pattern paper. Roller-printed in green and white on blue ingrain paper. Waterhouse labels this pattern "Oak Leaf."

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283501

Accession Number: 2001.281.261

Wallpaper Borders

Three wallpaper fragments with flocked floral vine and stripe pattern affixed to paperboard. Fragment (A) is labeled "Original" from the Whitney Hotel. Fragments (B) and (C) are labeled as reproductions made by Nancy McClelland. Fragment (A) has a flocked green vine with black and light green over...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process), flocking, screen printing

GUSN: 283502

Accession Number: 2001.281.262A-C

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of wallpaper border produced in France by Zuber et Cie. Red curtain swags with red rosettes and yellow tassels. Egg and dart border above in yellow. Block-printed in two reds, black, yellow, ochre, tan and brown. Paper beneath border appears to have a branch with pine cones and is also ...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 283503

Accession Number: 2001.281.263

Wallpaper border

Two fragments of wallpaper border with repeating flower and s-curve leaf pattern. Block-printed in black, white, green, pink and red on blue ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283506

Accession Number: 2001.281.264AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment with square tile pattern. Alternating blue and white tiles with floral medallion designs. Roller-printed in blue, black, mustard, and green on white ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283507

Accession Number: 2001.281.265

Wallpaper

Five fragments of a damask pattern wallpaper. Large-scale damask pattern with some strapwork is roller-printed in dark gray over a small figure, line drawn, floral pattern printed in green in gray ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283511

Accession Number: 2001.281.266A-E

Wallpaper

Fragments of large-scale floral wallpaper. Pattern of stylized flowers and scrolling leaves. Roller-printed in cobalt blue on blue-gray ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283514

Accession Number: 2001.281.267A-C

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