Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment of Art Nouveau floral wallpaper from Farmington, New Hampshire. Stylized rose vines and flowers form a trellis and medallion pattern. Roller-printed in two reds, pink, two greens and black on red ground. "The Grenfell / 986 / 9" printed in the selvedge. Manufactured by Becker, Smith & Page...

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: Becker, Smith & Page (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287246

Accession Number: 2001.281.528

Windsor Side Chair

Birdcage Windsor chair with seven spindles and bamboo turnings on legs, stiles, and stretchers.

Date: 1805-1825

Maker: Gragg, Samuel (American cabinetmaker, 1772-ca. 1855) (Furniture maker)

Material: tiger maple

GUSN: 287440

Accession Number: 2013.73.1

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Hancock, New Hampshire. Embossed, gilded floral sprigs are evenly spaced on a gray ground. Three different floral sprigs are represented, each sprig in its own row and the sprigs in each row alternating mirror images of each other.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gilding, embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 287455

Accession Number: 2001.281.529

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Hancock, New Hampshire. Embossed, gilded floral sprigs figures with small bell-shaped flowers are evenly spaced on a beige ground. The fragment is torn in two.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gilding, embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 287456

Accession Number: 2001.281.530AB

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Hancock, New Hampshire. Embossed, gilded foliate and berry figures with delicate trailing vines on light blue ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gilding, embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 287457

Accession Number: 2001.281.531

Wallpaper

Fragment of striped wallpaper from Hollis, New Hampshire. Stripe pattern has stylized stalk with leaves growing from either side, one side white, the other black. Between the stalks is an undulating line of white pin dots line that runs around and between black and white stylized flower heads. Bloc...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287459

Accession Number: 2001.281.532

Wallpaper

Fragments of a French wallpaper from New Hampshire. Neoclassical pattern featuring a cherub in front of a gazebo with festoons and sprays of roses. Block-printed in black, white, olive, red, and blue on gray ground. Wove paper, partial sheets. Fragment B includes a border fragment with a pattern...

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287460

Accession Number: 2001.281.533A-F

Brocatelle Fragment

Brocatelle fragment, with Renaissance Revival urns and dragons in red on a yellow ground. The large fragment is stitched together from one small and one large fragment. Four patches on back.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), bast

GUSN: 287463

Accession Number: 2010.30.1.4

Bandbox

Large round pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with wallpaper. Paper has repeating pattern of thin horizontal background stripes and pindots arranged in a geometric pattern. Paper also has framed vignettes depicting a rural countryside with deer. Block printed in green and browns on a cream ...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287488

Accession Number: 1919.395AB

Bandbox

Rectangular wooden bandbox (A) and pasteboard lid (B). Box and lid are covered with wallpaper with all-over pattern of stylized flowers and large leaves against a background of meandering lines and pin dots. Printed in blue and back on a white ground. Box is lined with plain paper. Rim of lid is cov...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 287489

Accession Number: 1920.69AB

Bandbox

Round pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered in wallpaper. Wallpaper has large-scale framed vignettes of neoclassical urns and swags. Paper is badly faded but may have originally been printed in browns and white on a gray ground. Lid is damaged

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287490

Accession Number: 1980.100AB

Bandbox

Bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with wallpaper with scrolling orange floral design on a gray patterned background. Lined with "The Union" newspaper (Washington) dated July 18, 1852.

Date: 1852-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287494

Accession Number: 1953.482AB

Bandbox

Flattened wall of bandbox lacking both bottom and lid. Covered in wallpaper with repeating stylized floral and vine motifs block printed in white on a yellow, green and blue irise background. Lined with newspaper

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287497

Accession Number: 1953.485

Box with pincushion lid

Oval pasteboard box (A) with lid (B). Box and rim of lid are covered in a French block printed wallpaper from 1810-1815. Wallpaper has repeating quatrefoils interspersed with large stylized flowers. Printed in gold, green, ink and red on ungrounded paper. Lid is a domed fabric pincushion. Pasted ins...

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287498

Accession Number: 2001.120AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the home of President Pierce, Hillsboro, New Hampshire. Tile pattern of alternating medallions and foliate sprigs in squares. Pindots outline the squares and fill the corners of the squares with sprigs. Block-printed in green and white on pink ground. Wove paper, partial she...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287499

Accession Number: 2001.281.534

Wallpaper

Two fragments of floral wallpaper from Hudson, New Hampshire. All-over, floral vine pattern in which several varieties of flowers, including morning glories, climb on thick branches. Roller-printed in two grays, black, white, and blue on ungrounded paper. Fragments affixed to paperboard.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287560

Accession Number: 2001.281.535AB

Wallpaper

Two unused wallpaper fragments with diaper pattern from Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Intersecting gold diagonal lines form a diamond pattern. The diamonds each frame a gold cross. There is a small black diamond with a quatrefoil figure at each intersection of the gold diagonal lines in the pattern. Pap...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 287565

Accession Number: 2001.281.536AB

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments of gilt-figured and striped wallpaper from Keene, New Hampshire. Stripes of alternating gilt-figures, one a single daisy sprig and the other a rose sprig and jewel, are separated by a swirling vine and flower stripe roller-printed in gray on gray ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gilding

GUSN: 287568

Accession Number: 2001.281.537AB

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments of arabesque floral wallpaper from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Pattern of vertically repeating arabesque figures with delicate floral garlands. Block-printed in gold, black, mint green, blue, pink, red, ochre and orange on glazed pink ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287585

Accession Number: 2001.281.538AB

Spinning wheel

This small upright wheel is painted black. It has turned tall maidens and short legs. There is no associated distaff present.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286787

Accession Number: 1969.399

Wallpaper

Fragments. All fragments have an alternating grid of square and round medallions containing stylized floral motifs. Printed in yellow, orange, cream and gold on a gold ground. Fragments C through F show up to three other layers of earlier paper under the upper paper.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286788

Accession Number: 1996.143.1059A-F

Wallpaper

Fragments. Eleven wallpaper fragments showing up to five layers of different wallpapers and one border.

Date: 19th to 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286789

Accession Number: 1996.143.1062A-K

Wallpaper

Fragments. Wallpaper fragments with three layers of paper. Most predominant paper shows fretwork cartouches containing floral bouquets. Printed in pink, cream, purple and metallic silver on gray ground.

Date: Twentieth Century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286790

Accession Number: 1996.143.1060A-C

Wallpaper

Two fragments of Art Nouveau wallpaper from the Whitney House, Stow, Massachusetts. Large scale design incorporating stylized flowers, vines and fruit into arch or striped pattern. Roller-printed in olive on olive ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286791

Accession Number: 2001.281.501AB

Drawing of Wallpaper

Watercolor sketch of wallpaper with Gothic arches and bouquets of flowers. Colors include blues, greens orangges and pinks.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286792

Accession Number: 1917.160

Drawing of Wallpaper

Watercolor drawing of wallpaper in the "neat stripes and vines" motif. Blue on cream paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286793

Accession Number: 1917.161

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with three bands in varying tones of gray. May have been a window shade sample.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286794

Accession Number: 1916.138

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Massachusetts featuring a rose bouquet medallion alternating with a scene of a bird on a branch with berries. Background pattern of rosettes and pin dots. Block-printed in pink, dark pink (or red), gray and white with light and dark green varnish on blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286795

Accession Number: 2001.281.502

Wallpaper

Unused samples. Panel with swags and cherubs frolicking with a lioness, alternating with a panel with an urn. Printed in gray-green and brown on ivory ground.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286796

Accession Number: 1966.2137A-G

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper fragment, joined at central motif, with large scale design of quatrefoils and C-scrolls printed in brown, tan and white on light blue ground, framed by blue reverse printed foliate pattern. One additional layer of paper underneath.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286797

Accession Number: 2000.361

Wallpaper Border

Fragments. Wallpaper border with ribbon swag on engraved ground printed to simulate woven cloth. Block printed in four greens on pale green ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286798

Accession Number: 2000.327AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Japanese leather paper fragment with heavily embossed design of meandering floral vines with birds perched on the stems. Printed in metallic gold against a red ground.

Date: 1884-1916

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286799

Accession Number: 2000.1685

Wallpaper

Fragments. Wallpaper with all over design of leafy vines entwined with climbing rose vines with pink blossoms. Block pritned

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286800

Accession Number: 2000.1688A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with stylized floral vine pattern from Townsend, Massachusetts. Stylized vines or branch with light-colored leaves undulate up the paper. Red flowers and berries highlighted with gold accents. Roller-printed in red, orange, black, olive, metallic gold and gray on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286801

Accession Number: 2001.281.503

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with repeating rows of three-lobed leaves with flower blossoms. Printed in green and black.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286802

Accession Number: 2000.1691

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample in the "Crace Tile" pattern. Large tile design of quatrefoils framed by interlaced and tri-lobed floral elements. Block printed in orange and peach on an aubergine ground. Manufactured by Cole & Son, London. Originally printed by J. G. Crace, England, 1850-1860.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286804

Accession Number: 2000.861

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample printed in the "Celtic" pattern by Cole & Son, London. Design features stylized morning glories on an interlaced field with undulating foliate vines. Block printed in blue-grey and grey on a green ground. Based on an English design of 1890.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286806

Accession Number: 2000.862

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral wallpaper from Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Roller-printed, large-scale floral and scroll pattern reminiscent of Neo-classical designs. Marked "Design Patented October 24, 1893." Stamped on verso with M.M. Birge & Sons trademark logo and pattern number 2218 AF.

Date: 1893

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286807

Accession Number: 2001.281.504

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallaper printed in the "Celtic" pattern by Cole & Son, London. Design features stylized morning glories on an interlaced field with undulating foliate vines. Block printed in cream and brown on a dark ochre ground. Based on an English design of 1890.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286808

Accession Number: 2000.863

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Royston" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a rococo design of flower bouquets alternating with bouquets of fruit including apples, pineapples, grapes and cherries connected by flowering scrolls. Block printed in ochre on a striated yellow and brown ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286810

Accession Number: 2000.869

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Strawberry" pattern by Cole & Son (London) featuring diagonally repeating strawberry plants with flowers and berries printed in green, white, pink and yellow and outlined in metallic gold. Block printed on a striated navy blue ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286811

Accession Number: 2000.864

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Vaughan" design by Cole & Son (London) with a Moorish tile design of quatrefoils within lozenges and geometric frames. Screen printed in aubergine, metallic gold and copper on a mauve ground.

Date: 20th C.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286813

Accession Number: 2000.865

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Crace Diaper" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by fleurons within lozenges with stylized flowers at the intersections. Block printed in pale grey-green on a white ground. Based on a pattern designed by Augustus W. N. Pugin for J. G. Crace (...

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286814

Accession Number: 2000.868

Wallpaper

Three fragments of flocked rose wallpaper from Webster, Massachusetts. Large roses block-printed in four reds and four to five greens over black flocked ground. The design is visibly raised above the ground surface. Fragments are affixed to piece of paperboard.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286817

Accession Number: 2001.281.505AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Flower Spray" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with repeated sprays of stylized flowers and flower buds on a field of stylized floral sprigs. Block printed in tan on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286819

Accession Number: 2000.860

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Clandon" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a diaper pattern formed by simple berried vine framing eight-pointed star or stylized flower. Block printed in aubergine on a bright red ground. Pattern is based on a flocked English pattern of 1810-1820; however, flocking...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286820

Accession Number: 2000.867

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Haddon Hall" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with large scale Moorish tile design. Block printed in brown on white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286821

Accession Number: 2000.870

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Whickham" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a stylized floral trail with bellfowers bordered by stylized sprigs on a dotted field. Block printed in peach on a cream ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286822

Accession Number: 2000.874

Photograph

Black-and-white photograph of a painting of William D. Nickels. Modern black frame.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, glass (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 286826

Accession Number: 1958.363

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Chinese Trellis" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a trellis design of samll joined octagons. Block printed in three blues on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286828

Accession Number: 2000.875

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