Historic New England

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral sprigs on moiré pattern background. Roller-printed in three shades of beige and red on a gray satin ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273646

Accession Number: 2001.281.180

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Dark red floral sprigs printed over large scale grisaille pattern of bow knotted ribbons and roses. Roller-printed in three grays and dark red on white satin ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273647

Accession Number: 2001.281.181

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Diamond pattern with sprigs. Roller-printed in three violets, two greens, and pale blue on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273648

Accession Number: 2001.281.182

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Diaper pattern with quatrefoil. Roller-printed in two grays and green on light gray satin ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273649

Accession Number: 2001.281.183AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diamond patterned paper with sprigs. Roller-printed in tan, brown and blue on beige ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273650

Accession Number: 2001.281.184

Maid's apron

Waist apron with scalloped edges, ties at waist.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 273651

Accession Number: 2006.44.3696

Pillow

Small pillow with printed landscape scene of Wentworth-by-the-sea, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Filled with spruce needles.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 273657

Accession Number: 2006.44.3697

Hand embroidered textile with multi-colored stiching in pink, green, blue, orange, and white circles. Seamed together in three pieces along selvedges. Plain weave indigo dyed cotton. Top and bottom edges whip stitched with white thread. Left and right edges are unhemmed selvedge. Note: Chenhall term...

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 273658

Accession Number: 2006.44.3698

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with block-printed leaf pattern in brown on light brown ground. Along left side of fragment is printed a flocked laurel leaf and berry stripe overprinted in orange and brown. (See 1995.565 for a variation on this pattern). This fragment has been identified as a fragment of side...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273661

Accession Number: 2001.281.607R

Toothbrush

Ivory colored plastic toothbrush.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: S.S. Pierce Co. (Retailer)

Material: plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 273666

Accession Number: 2006.44.3699

Travel toilet kit

Small travel toilet kit containing a red plastic comb [a], metal nail file [b], and rectangular mirror [c] in a red imitation leather case [d] has a metal snap button closure.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), imitation leather, glass (material)

GUSN: 273667

Accession Number: 2006.44.3700A-D

Toilet set

Chamber set with transfer printed decoration of brown and yellow flowers: Pitcher, basin, toothbrush holder, soap dish, cylindrical chamber pot.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: Minton (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 273668

Accession Number: 2006.44.3701

Pitcher

Large pitcher with squat, bulbous body and attached handle. Transfer printed decoration of brown and yellow flowers.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: Minton (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 273669

Accession Number: 2006.44.3701.1

Basin

Large basin with transfer printed decoration of brown and yellow flowers.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: Minton (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 273670

Accession Number: 2006.44.3701.2

Toothbrush holder

Toothbrush holder, cylindrical body with bulbous base. Transfer printed decoration of brown and yellow flowers.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: Minton (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 273671

Accession Number: 2006.44.3701.3

Soap dish

Soap dish, circular lid with flat knob finial and pierced liner. Transfer printed decoration of brown and yellow flowers.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: Minton (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 273672

Accession Number: 2006.44.3701.4ab

Hand towel

Rectangular hand towel with three red stripes.

Date: 1890-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 273675

Accession Number: 2006.44.3702

Cuticle knife

Small cuticle knife. Metal blade has one curved sharp edge and one straight edge. Ivory colored plastic handle.

Date: 1890-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 273678

Accession Number: 2006.44.3703

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper border. Two rows of uncut borders. Three rose blossoms with horizontal arched stems enclosed a field of rose sprigs. Printed in two pinks, fuschia, two greens, gray and over printed with liquid mica pin dots on an ivory ground.

Date: 19000-1910

Maker: S. A. Maxwell & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273680

Accession Number: 1992.784

Wallpaper

Unused sample of Rococo-style paper. Interlacing scrolls and strapwork frame bouquets of flowers in urn. Pattern printed in grays, greens, pink, yellow, and red on light ground.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273683

Accession Number: 1987.130

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Bifurcated scrolls in green alternating vertically and horizontally with rectangular blocks outlined in white. Printed on gray ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273684

Accession Number: 1911.109

Wallpaper

Unused sample of wallpaper. Rococo inspired pattern. Central motif is an urn filled with fruit surrounded by architectural moldings mounted with shells, c scrolls and scrolled foliage. Printed in three grays on beige ground.

Date: 1925-1926

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273685

Accession Number: 2000.1429

Wallpaper

Multiple pieces of wallpaper with attached border (see border 1967.122.2) from a single room. Papers were found in a bureau drawer in the Stetson House in Hanover, Massachusetts but may originate from the Broad Oak Farm also in Hanover. Wallpaper is a striped floral pattern. A stripe of orange tu...

Date: 1815-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273690

Accession Number: 1967.122.1

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper. Diaper pattern with small rose sprigs. The diamonds are formed by a branch-like design. Roller-printed in mint and dark green, black, and gold on gray ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273693

Accession Number: 2001.281.186

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper. Strapwork diaper pattern with blue rose sprigs. Roller-printed in blue, dark olive, dark brown, and gray on ungrounded paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273697

Accession Number: 2001.281.187

Wallpaper

Small fragment of unused wallpaper. Diaper pattern with floral bouquets on pin dots. Diamonds are formed by branch-like design. Roller-printed in red, blue and dark gray on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273700

Accession Number: 2001.281.188

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Sprig pattern with stylized vines forming an ogee or diaper-like pattern. Roller-printed in brown, mustard, maroon, and white on cream ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273708

Accession Number: 2001.281.189

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral striped wallpaper in which the dominant white stripe alternates with a gray stripe. The white stripe is printed with a stylized floral vine on pin stripe. The design has jagged edges imitating weaving or needlework. The gray stripe is adorned with a gray floral ...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273710

Accession Number: 2001.281.190

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral trail pattern with numerous flowers, inlcuding tulips and roses. Roller-printed in pastel shades of green, pink, peach, yellow and tan on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273717

Accession Number: 2001.281.191

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper in four pieces from Attleboro, Massachusetts. Large scale damask pattern roller-printed in dark red on red ground with a mica wash. Multiple layers of earlier paper, including a plain paper in gray, are attached to the underside.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273718

Accession Number: 2001.281.192

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Anglo-Japanese style floral trail pattern. Flowers and foliage. Pattern appears to have not strong directional orientation, indicating it may have been used as a ceiling or sidewall paper. Roller-printed in pale yellow, yellow, orange, red, black and metallic gold on oli...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273720

Accession Number: 2001.281.193

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper. Anglo-Japanese style foliate pattern. Two vines of leaves and berries, on in solid black, form an all-over foliate pattern which overlaps stylized red flowers and angular geometric forms. Pattern does not have a strong directional orientation, may have been used as a...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273721

Accession Number: 2001.281.194

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper. Anglo-Japanese style wallpaper with numerous floral and abstract motifs. Prominent repeating motifs include a block containing a vase of leaves and fruit on a yellow background, floral medallions, and small and large bouquets with a red cabbage rose. Block-printed in ...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: Whiting & Sons (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 273722

Accession Number: 2001.281.195

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Anglo-Japanese style paper with Persian stylistic influences. A variety and abundance of ornament including pinstripes, pindots, stylized flowers, trefoils and rosettes. The dominate element is are red flowers on leafy stems. Roller-printed in red, yellow, and black on...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273724

Accession Number: 2001.281.196

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Anglo-Japanese style paper with numerous ornaments including rosettes, greek keys, trellis and stylized flowers. Pattern does not have strong directional orientation and may have been used as a ceiling or sidewall paper. The paper is embossed with a woven textile pattern...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 273726

Accession Number: 2001.281.197

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard. Anglo-Japanese style pattern made up of blocks in varying sizes. Each block contains a a different stylized flower with foliage. Pin dots, spider webs, greek keys and other geometric designs are employed as backgrounds and to frame the boxes. Roller-printe...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272763

Accession Number: 2001.281.66

Wallpaper

Four fragments of wallpaper mounted on paperboard. The paper is printed with a Landscape Figure pattern in a brown sepia-tone on off-white ground. Two pastoral scenes are visible, though the color is greatly faded and the details of the images are difficult to discern. One scene (A-B fragments) is...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272764

Accession Number: 2001.281.67A-D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Hand blocked blue and white medallions on a gray ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272779

Accession Number: 2000.289.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. White floral vine pattern accented with blue and brown berry sprigs. Block-printed on machine made green paper. Straight repeat.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272783

Accession Number: 2001.281.68

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Rose bouquets and sprigs roller-printed in peach, salmon, orange, red, two greens, and two grays on gray ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272784

Accession Number: 2001.281.69AB

Wallpaper

Three unused partial rolls of wallpaper. The pattern is composed of roses and aquaducts. Printed in two pinks, mauve, two greens, two blues, brown, purple, and lavender on a yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer)

GUSN: 272785

Accession Number: 2000.178A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Roller printed Rococo scroll and floral pattern. Pattern is roller-printed in multiple shades of brown, giving a sepia tone affect, except for select floral elements that are printed in cobalt blue. Cream color satin ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272786

Accession Number: 2001.281.70

Wallpaper

Unused partial roll of wallpaper. The Chinoiserie pattern is composed of a vignette of an Asian man sitting under a palm tree, fishing; alternating with a vignette of roses. Printed in magenta, pink, green, brown, beige, and gray on a light turquoise ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer)

GUSN: 272787

Accession Number: 2000.179

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern is composed of Roman scenery, figures, chairs, urns, bellflowers, and scrolls. Printed in blue, black, cream, and mauve on a rose ground.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer)

GUSN: 272788

Accession Number: 2000.180

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Renaissance Revival Floral Stripe. Naturalistic flowers, include roses, pansies and other flowers block-printed in pink, mauve, red, black, three greens, orange, peach, and two violets over a grisaille background of trailing ribbons and scrolls.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272789

Accession Number: 2001.281.71AB

Sign

Sign for Richard Jackson House (SPNEA), possibly 1924.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272790

Accession Number: 1924.921

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern composed of bluet flowers set within a diapered vine on a dotted background. Printed in light blue, periwinkle, and black on a turquoise ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer)

GUSN: 272791

Accession Number: 2000.181

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern composed of vignettes of putti sitting on a column base circled by a garland of ribbons and peonies; alternating with a trophy motif. Printed in two pinks, blue, white, gray, and brown on a turquoise ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer)

GUSN: 272792

Accession Number: 2000.182

Campaign badge

Campaign badge of Lynde Clay Club, 1844.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272793

Accession Number: 1924.934

Campaign badge

William Henry Harrison campaign badge, 1840.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272794

Accession Number: 1924.935

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