Historic New England

Linoleum

Eight complete repeats of linoleum rug fragments [a-h] and two newspaper pages [i-j]. Hopalong Cassidy theme with cowboys, horses, Bar 20 Ranch, and Topper.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: linoleum

GUSN: 297843

Accession Number: 2014.44.1A-J

Linoleum

Two linoleum rug fragments [complete repeat]. Sailboats and lighthouses on blue ground with seashell border.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: linoleum

GUSN: 297841

Accession Number: 2014.44.2A-D

This curtain panel is constructed from a machine-woven version of wool crewel embroidery on a plainweave cotton ground. The wool supplementary wefts are woven in a South Asian palampore style of a branching tree with elaborate flowers and curling leaves, worked in shades of green, yellow, brown, red...

Date: 1900-40

Maker: unknown

Material: crewel wool, cotton (textile), flannel, fringe

GUSN: 297842

Accession Number: 2014.45.1

Creamer

Cream pitcher with circular base and attached handle. Engraved with Quincy coat of arms.

Date: 1770

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 297848

Accession Number: 2009.5.46

"Bake Shop, North End, Boston"

Oil painting on canvas of the interior of a bake shope. Glass cases with jelly rolls and buns on right, entrance door on left. Window display in background.

Date: 1920-1980

Maker: Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 297847

Accession Number: 2009.5.45

Dining Table

Dining table, oval top with two part octagonal base. Top of table has a mottled green-blue finish. Underside is painted red. Call button affixed to underside of table. Two part wooden octagonal base has a painted gold finish. Each half of the table base has four legs, columnuar shape. Two halves fit...

Date: ca. 1928

Maker: Sleeper, Henry Davis, 1878-1934 (Designer)

GUSN: 297981

Accession Number: 2014.46.1A-C

Souvenir plate

Souvenir plate with white porcelain body with colorless glaze. Circular form with molded scroll shaped handles. Wide rim with molded ribbing. Handles and ribs are highlighted with over glaze gilt decoration. Small black transfer-printed oval reserve in well depicts "Gov. Langdon Mansion, Portsmouth,...

Date: 1915-1925

Maker: Portsmouth Crockery Co. (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 298099

Accession Number: 1983.169

Bookend Paper

Rolled sheet of bookend paper printed with small gold fleur de lis pattern on red ground on red paper. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298127

Accession Number: 2001.281.1254

Bookend Paper

Two rolled sheets of bookend paper printed with stylized floral pattern in green and red on ungrounded paper. Green dots surround small floral elements in red and green. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298128

Accession Number: 2001.281.1255.1-.2

Bookend Paper

Rolled sheet of bookend paper printed with stylized floral pattern in green and purple on ungrounded paper. Purple dots surround small floral elements in red and green. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298129

Accession Number: 2001.281.1255.3

Bookend Paper

Rolled sheet of bookend paper printed with gray and black wavy pattern on ungrounded paper. Overprinted with streaked metallic silver accent. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298130

Accession Number: 2001.281.1256

Bookend Paper

Four rolled sheets of bookend paper printed with small pattern of stylized flowering vines in pink, green, blue and black on light orange ground. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298131

Accession Number: 2001.281.1257.1-.4

Bookend paper

Two rolled sheets of bookend paper printed with an small pattern of leaf lattice with alternating four roses and one rose in openwork in brown on ungrounded paper. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298132

Accession Number: 2001.281.1258.1-.2

Bookend paper

Rolled sheets of bookend paper printed with an small pattern of leaf lattice with alternating four roses and one rose in openwork in red on ungrounded paper. Stamped "MADE IN ITALY" on the back.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 298133

Accession Number: 2001.281.1258.3

Wallpapered board

Wallpapered board. Top layer is an American roller-printed copy of an English block-printed design, "The Thelma" by R. Hamilton. Large Art Nouveau flowers, perhaps irises, printed in maroon, pink, and three greens on tan ground. Maroon striations create the appearance of fabric

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: After Hamilton, R. (Artist, Designer)

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 298828

Accession Number: 1986.1088

Wallpapered board

Wallpapered board. Top layer is an American roller-printed copy of an English block-printed design, "The Thelma" by R. Hamilton. Large Art Nouveau flowers, perhaps irises, printed in maroon, pink, and three greens on tan ground. Maroon striations create the appearance of fabric.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: After Hamilton, R. (Artist, Designer)

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 298829

Accession Number: 1986.1089

Fireboard

Fireboard with wallpaper. Scene of an orange tabby cat perched on top of a fish bowl watching goldfish. Scene is surrounded with Rococo revival architectural frame in two shades of brown flock. Border is a Persian designin gray, red, brown and white with flocking.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 298884

Accession Number: 1956.26

Fireboard

Fireboard with wallpaper. White floral stripe roller-printed on light gray ground. Beige accents on flowers and stripes.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 298885

Accession Number: 1953.478

Wallpapered board

Board in two pieces, with red and gray paint and several wallpaper fragments. Board had been grained at some point before paint and wallpaper were applied. Top layer of paper features mosaic-framed Ashlar rectangles and squares. Black and white on ungrounded paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, graining, paint (coating), painting (coating), wallpapers

GUSN: 300343

Accession Number: 1988.532AB

Wallpapered board

Board with many layers of wallpaper fragments. Topmost layer is Anglo-Japanese in brown, green, yellow, blue, and red (brown is flocked). Small floral with interlace and geometric designs. Other papers, from most recent to earliest, include a red floral on a brown ground with white and brown stripin...

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, molding (forming), wallpapers, flocking

GUSN: 300344

Accession Number: 1988.533

Board fragment

Board fragment, probably sheathing. One side is darker, either from staining or from exposure. Tongue and groove edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, staining

GUSN: 300345

Accession Number: 1988.535

Fireboard fragment

Wallpapered board; one of three boards used to compose a fireboard. Wallpaper is in poor condition, with white fretwork, white line-drawing leaves, and sprays of white roses with olive green leaves.

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, wallpapers

GUSN: 300346

Accession Number: 1988.536.1

Fireboard fragment

Wallpapered board, composed of two smaller boards joined with pegs and batten. These smaller boards are two of three used to form a fireboard. Wallpaper is in poor condition, with white fretwork, outlined leaves, and white rose sprays with olive green leaves. Same paper as 1988.536.1.

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, wallpapers

GUSN: 300347

Accession Number: 1988.536.2

Wallpapered board

Large board with wallpaper. Green and gold foliate "flaming" medallions on striped cream ground, with attached border of medallions connected with foliate swags.

Date: ca. 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), softwood, wallpapers, painting (coating), paint (coating)

GUSN: 300348

Accession Number: 1980.181.1

Wallpapered board

Wallpapered board with multiple layers. Earliest is a Greek key Ashlar pattern in green, black, and gray on a white ground; most recent is green and gold foliate "flaming" medallions on a striped cream paper with a wide upper border of the same. Top of board has a feathered edge; back and part of th...

Date: ca. 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), softwood, wallpapers, painting (coating)

GUSN: 300349

Accession Number: 1980.181.2

Fireboard

Fireboard with wallpaper. Flowers (mostly pink) in an urn, printed on tan ground. Wallpaper border of rose vine in pink and green. From the Parson Smith House.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 300350

Accession Number: 1953.493

Wallpapered board

Board fragment with attached wallpaper. Octagons and rectangles in a coffered design. Each octagon contains either an oval or a second octagon with a marbleized effect. Printed in white and dark gray on a light gray ground. Board has evidence of lath and plaster on opposite side; rose-head nails and...

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, wallpapers, lath

GUSN: 301001

Accession Number: 2014.48.1

Wallpapered board

Board fragment with quarter round molded bottom edge and several layers of wallpaper. Top layer has a striped pattern of c-scroll frames with scenic views of cottage houses and sailing ships. Printed in white and two browns on ungrounded paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, wallpapers, carving (processes)

GUSN: 301003

Accession Number: 2014.49.1

Painted Window Shade

Hand painted window shade depicting wooded landscape with boat on water and castle.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295604

Accession Number: 1979.91

Painted Window Shade

Hand-painted window shade depicting a wooded landscape with boat.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295605

Accession Number: 1979.92

Wallpaper

Fabric panel with long fragment of wallpaper and border attached. Wallpaper has pattern of undulating, serpentine lines forming symmetrical hourglass shapes. Between lines are grapevines and 3-leaf clovers. Printed in two blues, orange, black, grey and white on a blue ground. Border with festoons, d...

Date: 1790-1816

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 295845

Accession Number: 1972.113A

Set of curtains

Valance [.1] and two curtain panels [.2-.3] with all-over design of red roses, green leaves on light green ground. Left window overlooking front courtyard, Belfry Chamber.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295948

Accession Number: 1942.3979.1.1-.3

Set of curtains

Valance [.1] and two curtain panels [.2-.3] with all-over design of red roses, green leaves on light green ground. Right window overlooking front courtyard, Belfry Chamber.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295950

Accession Number: 1942.3979.3.1-.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scene of a large Gothic/Turkish structure (probably a cathedral) with a long, meandering bridge with stairs. A sailboat is departing and people ascend the stairs. Printed in blue, aqua, three greens, two browns, tan, grey, and pale pink on white ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 295974

Accession Number: 1971.185.4BC

Scenic Wallpaper

One panel of the scenic paper "El Dorado." Tropical foliage and a flowing river or stream in the foreground, mountain in the background. Printed in greys, greens, browns, blues, yellow, peach and lavender on an irise ground.

Date: 1849

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer) Ehrmann, Eugene (Designer)

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

GUSN: 295981

Accession Number: 1996.34.1

Sofa

Sofa with blue upholstery.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295982

Accession Number: 1966.133

Scenic Wallpaper

One panel of a the scenic paper "El Dorado." Meandering waterway and palm trees in the foreground, mountain in the background. Printed in greys, greens, browns, blues, yellow, peach and lavender on an irise ground.

Date: 1849

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer) Ehrmann, Eugene (Designer)

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

GUSN: 295984

Accession Number: 1996.34.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of feathers, scrolling foliage, swags of beads with hanging pendants. The pattern is printed in alternating stripes of greens and tans with areas of Block-printed in two greens, two browns, and white on an off-white, polished ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 295985

Accession Number: 2000.2224C

Wallpaper

Large wallpaper fragments. Pattern of feathers, scrolling foliage, swags of beads with hanging pendants. The pattern is printed in alternating stripes of greens and tans with areas of Block-printed in two greens, two browns, and white on an off-white, polished ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 295986

Accession Number: 2000.2224D

Can of Pemmican

Can of Pemmican, Metal can has a metal key opener affixed to the bottom. Can contains seedless raisins, peanuts, evaporated apples, dextrose, soy oil, hydrogenated shortening, vanilla extract, and salt.

Date: c. 1955-1965

Maker: H & M Packing Corp. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal, food

GUSN: 295987

Accession Number: 2011.119.1.1

Can of Pemmican

Can of Pemmican, Metal can has a metal key opener affixed to the bottom. Can contains seedless raisins, peanuts, evaporated apples, dextrose, soy oil, hydrogenated shortening, vanilla extract, and salt.

Date: c. 1955-1965

Maker: H & M Packing Corp. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal, food

GUSN: 295988

Accession Number: 2011.119.1.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. First layer of wallpaper attached to sheathing board. Bamboo and drapery pattern printed in white, orange, black, and blue on ochre ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: Possibly Moses Grant, Jr. & Co.

Material: wallpapers, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 296125

Accession Number: 1967.166.1.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Second layer of wallpaper attached to sheathing board. Floral bouquet in urn and two rose bouquets connected by swag of cording with tassles. Stripe of green leaves. Printed in varnish green, red, pink and white on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 296126

Accession Number: 1967.166.1.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Third [top] layer of wallpaper attached to sheathing board. Verticle stripes of foliate vine, geometric diamonds, and solid bands, printed in black and orange on beige ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 296127

Accession Number: 1967.166.1.3

Wallpapered board

Sheathing board with wallpaper adhering. White foliate and fern block printed on mustard ground. Evidence of second paper: small black net and green/red floral motifs on white ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 296254

Accession Number: 1990.303

Wallpapered board

Board fragment with wallpaper remnants on both sides. Side 1 has a striped paper with floral swags in orange, two green, white, and brown on a tan ground. Swags are poorly printed and badly aligned. Side 2 has a light blue abstract foliate pattern on a white ground (in other samples, the blue foliat...

Date: c. 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 296577

Accession Number: 1936.1203

Wallpapered board

Board/ sheathing fragment with wallpaper remnants on both sides. Side 1 has four papers: 1) Blue foliate and floral abstract stripe alternating with green vine stripe on white ground; 2) Foliate in light green and brown with brown pin dots on white ground; 3) Floral swag and in orange and two greens...

Date: c. 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 296578

Accession Number: 1936.1204

Wallpapered board

Board/ sheathing fragment with two wallpaper remnants on one side. 1) Vine and stripe in two browns alternating with blue and brown foliate stripe on white ground. 2) Blue floral stripe with green accents alternating with vine and stripe in two greens on white ground.

Date: c. 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 296580

Accession Number: 1936.1205

Wallpapered board

Board with sheathing fragment with wallpaper remnants on both sides. Side 1 has two papers: 1) foliate stripe in two greens on ungrounded paper; 2) floral swag in orange and two greens on tan striped paper. Side 2 has a blue abstract floral and foliate pattern with green accents on a white ground. T...

Date: c. 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 296581

Accession Number: 1936.1206

Wallpapered board

Board/ fragment with wallpaper attached. Floral medallion with rose sprig in pink, green, and two browns on white ground. Possibly a striped paper (stripes of medallions). Heavy loss of pigmentation.

Date: c. 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 296583

Accession Number: 2014.37.1

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