Historic New England

Wallpaper Sample Book

W.H.S.Lloyd sample book of "Japanese Grass Cloths for Wall Coverings"

Date: undated

Maker: unknown

Material: grass (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 360040

Accession Number: 2022.99.1

"Green Worm" Wallpaper

Vermiculated light green pattern on darker green ground.

Date: ca. 1808

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360042

Accession Number: 1971.2180

Webelos Scouts of America uniform

Blue long sleeve uniform shirt with blue buttons, Webelos scout decorated with patches, ribbons, and pins.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360460

Accession Number: 2023.3.1

Screened Cake Stand

Screened cake stand. Stands on four legs with hinged door. One door in front. Solid wood back and wire screen at each end and at each side of the door. Shelf has a half-circle cut out in front.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, wire

GUSN: 360537

Accession Number: 1938.1384

Trunk

Large wooden trunk. Interior lined with London newspaper.

Date: 17th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360538

Accession Number: 1945.447

Table

Rectangular table with turned legs and no drawer

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 360681

Accession Number: 2006.44.3740

Dropleaf Table

Drop Leaf Table with spiral-turned legs

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 360682

Accession Number: 2006.44.3741

Mattress

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360684

Accession Number: 2006.44.3742.2AB

Box Spring

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360685

Accession Number: 2006.44.3742.3

Fabric Fragment

Eight pieces of fabric, printed cotton; white with dark blue flowers

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360905

Accession Number: 1984.1271.1-.8

Fabric Fragment

Printed cotton fragments; white with abstract black and brown design

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360906

Accession Number: 1984.1272

Fabric Fragment

White fabric, creased, discolored along edges and folds.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360907

Accession Number: 1984.1274

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments original to Corey House (c. 1777) in Westport, Massachusetts - shapes of grey, white, and black.

Date: ca. 1777

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 361365

Accession Number: 2023.15.1A-F

Reproduction Wallpaper

Reproduction of wallpaper (see 2023.15.1A-F) with grey background, white and black laurel leaves and light pink diamonds with black dots with radiating white lines.

Date: 2023

Maker: Adelphi Paper Hangings, LLC

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 361366

Accession Number: 2023.15.2

Platter\n

Large platter with tan and gilt border and floral motif in center, original to the Eustis Estate.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 361367

Accession Number: 2023.16.1

Black leather poncho embriodered in repeating palm and scroll pattern in light pink, orange, and dark pink. Neck, edges, and cener bound with black leather and botton edges adorned with bundles of leather fringe.

Date: 1970-1979

Maker: Roberts, Samuel

Material: leather, embroidering, fringe

GUSN: 361368

Accession Number: 2023.17.1

Bells

Wooden board having three house-jingle bells attached

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361414

Accession Number: 1942.437

Side chair

Side chair Prince of Wales, oval shaped back splat, containing four blue plumes, gathered at bottom with carved and painted blue ribbon. Crest decorated with delicately painted roses and greenery. Similar decoration also present on front and outer surfaces of front legs. Red and gold decoration. Squ...

Date: c. 1892-1900

Maker: A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Maker)

GUSN: 361554

Accession Number: 2023.36.1

Doily

Hand-made crocheted flax doily, made by Sarah Moore Towne.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361559

Accession Number: 2023.37.2

Mirror\n

Looking glass in an oval shape with carved wooden frame. Frame is carved with decorative fruits, including blueberries and strawberries. Frame is painted black with gilt trim along interior edge.

Date: 1900-1960

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 361569

Accession Number: 2023.40.1

Straw

Small hank of braided straw for bonnet making

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361623

Accession Number: 1927.766

Sheet

White flat sheet

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361624

Accession Number: 1993.789

Chair

One from a pair of side chairs with caned seats, turned stiles and legs, four turned posts between the crest rail and splat rail

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361661

Accession Number: 1942.4736

Chair

One of a pair of side chairs with caned seats, turned stiles and legs, four turned posts between the crest rail and splat rail

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 361662

Accession Number: 1942.4737

Pair of Doorknobs

Pair of decorative glass door knobs from the veranda of the Jonathan and Mary L. Stone residence (built 1875-1876), 26 High Street, Revere, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 361666

Accession Number: 2022.1.3AB

Bible

Large leather bound copy of the Bible, Philadelphia, Printed and published by M. Carey, No. 121 Chesnut St. 1816.

Date: 1816

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), leather

GUSN: 361707

Accession Number: 1977.189

Bed warmer

Brass bed warming pan.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 361723

Accession Number: 1918.1481

Plate

Pewter plate, SE in Crown.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 361736

Accession Number: 1958.69

Print

Print of George Washington in Aesthetic Movement carved and gilded frame. Frame is painted black and gilded interior features decorative flowers and gadrooning.

Date: 1893-1943

Maker: Foster Brothers

Material: wood (plant material), gilding, gadrooning, prints (visual works)

GUSN: 361759

Accession Number: 2023.44.1

Silhouette

Framed oval silhouette of George Washington

Date: 1893-1943

Maker: Foster Brothers

Material: paper (fiber product), silhouettes

GUSN: 361760

Accession Number: 2023.44.2

Silhouette

Framed oval silhouette of Martha Washington

Date: 1893-1943

Maker: Foster Brothers

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), silhouettes

GUSN: 361761

Accession Number: 2023.44.3

Bandbox

Bandbox with fitted cover and covered by wallpaper with design of green and white flowers separated by green and white decorative borders. Interior is lined with an October 1825 edition of the Newport Mercury. Name "Caroline Holley" written inside.

Date: 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, newspapers

GUSN: 361764

Accession Number: 2023.45.1AB

Shoes

One pair of embroidered slippers with thick cardboard soles. Shoes appear Chinese in origin. Two faded characters inked in red on the inside of each slipper. Part of an assembled "Turkish" children's costume in nine pieces.

Date: c. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering

GUSN: 358031

Accession Number: 2021.40.9AB

Jacket

Navy-colored jacket with cream collar and green embroidered trim. Square decorative buttons on the cuffs of both sleeves. Part of a boy's Scottish Highland costume ensemble in eight pieces.

Date: 1890s

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 358032

Accession Number: 2021.40.10

Vest

Child's vest with flannel front and brown back. Vest held together with square buttons. Label on back reads: "M.A. Sleicht / Juvenile Warehouse / 9. Stafford Street / Bond Street, W." Part of a boy's Scottish Highland costume ensemble in eight pieces.

Date: 1890s

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 358033

Accession Number: 2021.40.11

Skirt

One flannel skirt with black silk ribbon rosettes. Detached label reads: "Au Petit Ecossais / P. Delaveau / Tailleur pour enfants / 91 Rue de Richelieu 91 Paris." Part of a boy's Scottish Highland costume ensemble in eight pieces.

Date: 1870s

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 358034

Accession Number: 2021.40.12

Socks

One pair of knit ankle length socks. Part of a boy's Scottish Highland costume ensemble in eight pieces.

Date: 1870s - 1890s

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 358035

Accession Number: 2021.40.13AB

Socks

One pair of knit knee length socks Part of a boy's Scottish Highland costume ensemble in eight pieces.

Date: 1870s - 1890s

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 358036

Accession Number: 2021.40.14AB

Sash

One flannel sash with a metal clasp. Detached label reads: "Au Petit Ecossais / P. Delaveau / Tailleur pour enfants / 91 Rue de Richelieu 91 Paris." Part of a boy's Scottish Highland costume ensemble in eight pieces.

Date: 1870s

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 358037

Accession Number: 2021.40.15

Cap

One flannel cap with one bird feathers and an attached gold-colored brooch. Part of a boy's Scottish Highland costume ensemble in eight pieces.

Date: 1890s

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), feather (material)

GUSN: 358038

Accession Number: 2021.40.16

Velvet Evening Coat

Floor length velvet evening coat in burgundy with folded lapel, three-button enclosure, and pink corded trim.

Date: 1940s

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 358244

Accession Number: 2022.8.1

Two-Piece Velvet Outfit

Two-piece velvet outfit in burgundy with a floor-length skirt and matching top. Button-up blouse has long sleeves, capped with a ruffle detail, and high neckline.

Date: 1940s

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 358245

Accession Number: 2022.8.2AB

Painting, "Fishing Fleet"

This painting depicting ten sailing vessels, three in the foreground and seven farther out in Narragansett Bay.

Date: 1902

Maker: Whitaker, George William, 1841-1916

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 358266

Accession Number: 2022.9.1

Business Sign for Carl Fisher

Plaster sign for Carl Fisher, musical instrument dealer; by John Hayes, 1920s, Revere, Massachusetts

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 358323

Accession Number: 2022.13.1

Portrait of Daniel Robinson Sortwell

One of three oval pastel portraits of the Sortwells. Framed in elaborately gilded rectangular wood and gesso frames, now glassed over. Portrait depicts man with brown, short hair and full beard. Sitter wears a dark suit jacket over white button down, collared shirt and black ribbon tie. Ornate chair...

Date: c. 1866-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: drawings (visual works), pastels (visual works), paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 358348

Accession Number: 1958.328.3

Kettle stand

Chippendale style reproduction. Four-legged, galleried square topped stand. Paper label on skirt inside reads: W.J. Sloan, CARPETS, RUGS, + UPHOLSTERY - 3536 - Interior Decorations, Broadway + 19th St, New York. Fret work gallery with scroll work at corners and pointed arches with diamonds above a...

Date: 1920-50

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 358407

Accession Number: 1966.379

Interior Scene of a Kitchen

Interior scene depicting an unknown Colonial Revival style kitchen.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas board, images (object genre)

GUSN: 358450

Accession Number: 2022.16.1

Watercolor, "Jackson House"

Watercolor landscape image depicting Jackson House looking eastward, including dirt road leading to the left of the house and clothesline with white sheets. Cream colored matting; framed.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Attributed to Brown, Mathes (Artist)

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 358599

Accession Number: 2022.19.1

Handless Cup

Handless porcelain cups with gilded rims. Four gilded dots on exterior of cup.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 358841

Accession Number: 1995.413.2

Handless Cup

Porcelain handless cups with gilded rims. Four gilded dots on exterior of cup.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 358842

Accession Number: 1995.413.3

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