Historic New England

Portrait of Allen Penfield Harwood (1818-1893)

Half-length portrait of Allen Penfield Harwood. The young man has dark hair and blue-gray eyes. He is seated and wearing a white shirt with a black coat, waistcoat, and neck cloth. He has a small gold brooch with a portrait of an unknown man pinned to the center of his shirt. Oil on panel. Not frame...

Date: 1836

Maker: Powers, Asahel L. (American painter, 1813-1843) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 287865

Accession Number: 2013.113.1

Portrait of Elizabeth Harwood (1814-1882)

Half-length portrait of Elizabeth Harwood. The woman has dark hair and dark eyes. She is seated and is wearing a black dress with a black lace belt and white lace chemisette. She has a small gold brooch pinned at her neck. Oil paint on mattress ticking. Not framed.

Date: 1836

Maker: Powers, Asahel L. (American painter, 1813-1843) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), ticking

GUSN: 287866

Accession Number: 2013.113.2

Tracing of a Wallpaper Pattern

Pencil tracing on tracing paper of Neoclassical wallpaper pattern. The traced wallpaper covers an old trunk from the Woodward House, Waban, Massachusetts (see trunk 2001.281.555.1). The tracing itself was found inside the trunk. The wallpaper pattern is of repeating floral bouquets joined by festoo...

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: tracing paper

GUSN: 287877

Accession Number: 2001.281.555.2

Center Table

Center table with octagonal top and carved pedestal base. Base decorated with interlocking chain, scroll, and floral medallion patterns. Four flat rectangular feet.

Date: 1919

Maker: Bacon, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1856-1940 (Maker)

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 287884

Accession Number: 2013.119.1

Bracelet

Bracelet made of blue and clear glass stones set in cast white metal plated in rhodium. Marked

Date: 1937-1942

Maker: Trifari, Krussman, and Fishel, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material), plating (metal coating), metal

GUSN: 287965

Accession Number: 2013.139.1

Wallpapered Boards

Five wallpapered boards. Wallpaper patterned with alternating medallions with solid and latticework backgrounds. Each medallion frames a flower. Printed in white, pinks, and greens on a blue ground. Removed from a circa 1744 Georgian home in Marblehead, MA.

Date: ca. 1740

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287967

Accession Number: 2013.140.1

Hooked rug in frame

Hooked rug and working frame. Rug has pattern printed on base fabric with partially completed hooking of multicolored morning glories, peonies, and lilies. The rug background is unfinished. Rug is stretched and affixed to frame with cotton ties and t-shaped straight pins.

Date: 1960-2012

Maker: Roaf, Luceille Moore, 1932-2014 (Maker)

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile), pine (wood)

GUSN: 287968

Accession Number: 2013.141.1

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revival wallpaper from Laconia, New Hampshire. Repeating image of a gazebo or tower among foliage. Roller-printed in blue, brown, and white on an off-white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287974

Accession Number: 2001.281.556

Wallpaper

Medallion and vine stripe wallpaper from Nashua, New Hampshire. Block-printed in blue on pale pink ground. Wove paper, partial sheets.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287975

Accession Number: 2001.281.557

Wallpaper

Fragment of scenic figured wallpaper from Naushua, New Hampshire. Repeating pastoral scene of farm animals and peasants. A boy in blue jacket, cow, goat, and sheep are central figures. Structures in background. Scene framed by foliage. Roller-printed in grays, greens, browns, blues, salmon, yellow, ...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287976

Accession Number: 2001.281.558

Wallpaper

Three unused fragments of floral stripe wallpaper from New Boston, Massachusetts. Pattern of gray stripes on polished white ground. Primary stripe is printed with sprigs of grasses and blue and violet flowers. Roller-printed in gray, two greens, two blues, ochre, brown, and two violets on a polish...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288245

Accession Number: 2001.281.559A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment of stylized scroll and flower wallpaper from New Boston, Massachusetts. Stylized scrolling stems sprout clover leaves and flowers with orange centers. Roller-printed in black, orange, two tans and metallic gold on gray ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 288248

Accession Number: 2001.281.560

Wallpaper

Two fragments of striped wallpaper from Newfields, New Hampshire. Pattern imitates a striped textile. Multi-color chevron stripes alternate with stripes with highly stylized floral figures and panels similar to Persian patterns. Roller-printed in light blue, red, yellow, light green and tan on nav...

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 288251

Accession Number: 2001.281.561AB

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

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of wallpaper with a simple leaf pattern from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Foliate sprigs block-printed in metallic gold on beige ground. Fragment is the end of a roll.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287589

Accession Number: 2001.281.539

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of striped wallpaper from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Pattern of wide stripes, features a horseshoe-shaped spray of flowers on a background of small quatrefoil figures, alternating with narrow stripes with hash mark and dot pattern. Roller-printed in cream...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287591

Accession Number: 2001.281.540

Bandbox

Rectangular pasteboard bandbox with rounded corners without lid. Box is covered in a paper with large stylized scrolling foliage on a background of repeating abstract trefoil-like motifs. Block printed in gray and blue on a cream ground. Box has a broken fabric cord attached to to long sides for car...

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: textile materials, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287631

Accession Number: 1934.2948.1

Wallpaper18

Unused fragment of floral medallion wallpaper from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Floral medallion pattern in grisaille except for colorful floral swags. The medallion figure is made up of a fabric shade or swag with tassles draping from a floral spray. Colorful floral swag...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287632

Accession Number: 2001.281.541

Calendar Tile

Calendar tile, with transfer-printed scene depicting adjacent lean-to-houses in Quincy, Massachusetts. 1891 monthly calendar printed on reverse. Circular hole drilled into center left side of recto side for hanging.

Date: 1891

Maker: Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer) Wedgwood (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 287633

Accession Number: 2013.85.1

Wallpaper

Small, unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Delicately detailed medallion and quatrefoil figures joined to form vertical stripes. Figures include Neoclassical elements such as foliate scrolls, floral swags, beads and trifoils. Embosse...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287647

Accession Number: 2001.281.542

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of diaper-patterned wallpaper from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Diaper pattern formed by diagonally intersecting ribbon. Diamonds frame floral sprigs. Roller-printed in cream, tan, brown, gray, orange and red on unground paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287648

Accession Number: 2001.281.543

Ring

White gold band ring chased with single row of repeating floral blooms flanked with leaves on stippled ground. Marked inside band with hallmarks and wedding date.

Date: ca. 1929

Maker: J. R. Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: eighteen-carat gold, white gold

GUSN: 287650

Accession Number: 2013.86.1

Bandbox

Small, round pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) from New Ipswich, New Hampshire. The box is covered with a figured landscape wallpaper depicting a standing man presenting a seated woman with a bouquet of flowers in a pastoral setting. Couple wears Empire-style dress. Wallpaper is block-printed in...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287651

Accession Number: 2001.281.544AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment, orange / red flocked arabesques or wrought iron motif on gold tortoiseshell metallic ground.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flock papers

GUSN: 287652

Accession Number: 2013.87.1

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments, gray flocked medallions on blue ground.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flock papers

GUSN: 287653

Accession Number: 2013.87.2.1-.3

Raggedy Andy doll

"Raggedy Andy" rag doll with cloth body, bright red yarn hair, a painted face, eyes made from buttons. Dressed in cloth play suit of blue shorts, red and white check tunic with white round collar and ribbon tie at center front. Black shoes are integral to body construction (not removeable), as are r...

Date: 1949

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), yarn, acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 287654

Accession Number: 2013.88.1

Raggedy Andy doll

"Raggedy Andy" cloth-bodied doll with painted face, red yarn hair, and applied button eyes. Doll is dressed in cotton play suit of blue short pants with white buttons for faux drop front closure, red and white check tunic with white round collar and pink/red ribbon string tie. Black cloth shoes and ...

Date: 1968

Maker: Knickerbocker Doll and Toy Company

Material: cloth dolls, yarn, acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 287655

Accession Number: 2013.88.2

Raggedy Ann doll

Raggedy Ann is a cloth-bodied doll with red yarn hair, a painted face, and applied button eyes. Doll is dressed in a printed pink, blue, and white cotton gown with white ruffled collar and separate white cotton pantalets. Black shoes and red and white striped stockings are integral to doll body (not...

Date: 1976

Maker: Knickerbocker Doll and Toy Company

Material: cloth, yarn, acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 287656

Accession Number: 2013.88.3

"My Friend Mandy doll"

"My Friend Mandy" doll by Fisher Price (United States, 1977-1985). Blonde hair with white shoes and floral pink nightgown. Shoes are removable. The Fisher Price "My Friend" dolls were manufactured from the mid-seventies through 1985. They are 16" tall, have vinyl heads, arms, and legs with painted ...

Date: 1977-1985

Maker: unknown

Material: acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 287657

Accession Number: 2013.88.4

My Friend Mikey doll

My Friend Mikey doll. The Fisher Price "My Friend" dolls were manufactured from the mid-seventies through 1985. They are 16" tall, have vinyl heads, arms, and legs with painted facial features and rooted hair. The body is cloth with a posing mechanism inside which allows them to sit or stand. This ...

Date: 1982-1984

Maker: Fisher-Price

Material: vinyl, cloth

GUSN: 287658

Accession Number: 2013.88.5

"Chatter Telephone" Pull Toy

Fisher Price pull telephone, a part of children's twentieth century toys. Pull telephone includes a yellow pull cord and connected telephone with cord. Phone has a dial and bell along with a face; eyes move when body rolls.

Date: 1962-1970

Maker: Fisher-Price (Manufacturer)

Material: wood (plant material), acrylic (plastic), hand-painted, metal, yarn, thread

GUSN: 287664

Accession Number: 2013.88.11

Berry basket

Berry basket made of checker woven ash splints. Basket has a square bottom, curved sides, circular rim. Carved wood handle.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), weaving

GUSN: 287665

Accession Number: 2013.88.12

Storage basket

"Fancy" basket [a] with cover [b] made of ash splints. Basket is cylindrical in shape with rows of twisted splint decoration along the top and bottom edges and on the cover.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: Possibly Penobscot people (Maker)

Material: ash (wood)

GUSN: 287666

Accession Number: 2013.88.13AB

Storage basket

Rectangular storage basket made of ash splints. Basket has carved wood handles.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood)

GUSN: 287667

Accession Number: 2013.88.14

Satchel or Shopping Basket

Basket made of woven ash splints for carrying personal items. Basket has a rectangular base, flexible sides with stepped edges and a pair of woven handles.

Date: 1870-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), weaving

GUSN: 287668

Accession Number: 2013.88.15

Yarn basket

Ash splint and braided sweet grass yarn basket [a] with braided grass handles and cover [b]. Cover has hole in center for yarn to pass through. Possibly Passamaquoddy. Section of weaving under cover and basket interior still retain the original green color.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), sweetgrass (material)

GUSN: 287669

Accession Number: 2013.88.16AB

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