Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper from Nantucket, Massachusetts. Anglo-Japanese style pattern featuring stylized floral figures in boxes of varying sizes. Three primary figures: a yellow flowering plant on a blue background; a red flowering plant with drooping blooms on a dark olive background; and a f...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285502

Accession Number: 2001.281.442

Wallpaper

Unused floral wallpaper fragment from Nantucket, Massachusetts. Allover floral sprig pattern of daisies, ferns, clover and twigs. Roller-printed in white, pink, pale yellow, ochre, red, maroon and olive on cream ground with liquid mica wash. Marked "Wm H. Mairs Co. / 2 Rolls / 1831" in selvedge.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), mica (white pigment)

GUSN: 285505

Accession Number: 2001.281.443

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Nantucket, Massachusetts. Floral medallion and stripe pattern. Pink and green floral medallion figures over varied black stripes on green ground. Roller-printed in metallic gold and silver, light green, two pinks, red and black on green ground. Marked "3 / 1718 / D / Jane...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 285510

Accession Number: 2001.281.444.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Nantucket, Massachusetts. A variety of stylized flowers grow from the same woody trailing branches. Small birds perch and fly among the branches. Roller-printed in two grays, brown, two blues and black on a white ground with gray dots. Affixed back-to-back to medallion a...

Date: 1910-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285514

Accession Number: 2001.281.444.2

Wallpaper

Two fragments of diamond patterned wallpaper from Nantucket, Massachusetts. Black lines flanked by dots intersect to form a diamond pattern. Black and white rosettes alternate with white feathery sprig figures printed where lines intersect. Block-printed in black and white on ungrounded blue pape...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285523

Accession Number: 2001.281.318.2AB

Wallpaper

Two fragments of wallpaper from Nantucket, Massachusetts. Lozenge and rosette stripe pattern. Pink and red oval lozenge figures alternate with round rosettes to form vertical stripes. A floral pattern in ochre, now barely visible, is printed between the stripes. Block-printed in pink, red and oc...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285524

Accession Number: 2001.281.318.3AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Nantucket, Massachusetts. Geometric pattern of overlapping fans with frothy edges. Block-printed in blue, white and black on olive ground. Partial sheet of handmade, wove paper. Layer four of four from the same location. Reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings as "Robbins ...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285525

Accession Number: 2001.281.318.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Trefrey House in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Diamond shaped coffer pattern with blue centers and bead molding. Diamonds are given a three-dimensional appearance with the use of light and shadow. Roller-printed in tan, brown, blue and off-white on gray ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285535

Accession Number: 2001.281.445

Wallpaper

Three fragments of stairhall wallpaper from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Octagon and square coffer pattern block-printed in blue on rainbow ground. The octagons and squares frame foliate medallion figures block-printed in alternating rows of orange and brown. The rainbow ground is yellow, blue and...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285556

Accession Number: 2001.281.446A-C

Fireboard Paper

Four fragments of wallpaper removed from a fireboard original to Newburyport, Massachusetts. Medallion and ribbon stripe pattern on rainbow ground. A row or stripe of large medallion figures with four petals or arms, possibly meant to represent bows, are linked by ribbon with small stylized flower...

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285617

Accession Number: 2001.281.447A-D

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All over design of stems of carnations and peonies separated by patterned scrolls on a honeycomb embossed field in metallic copper. Printed in tant, rust, white, ochre, brown and metallic copper on a beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285621

Accession Number: 1985.26.417

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Repeating ribbon stripes edged in lace and outlined by flowers and separating delicate boughs with blossoms. Printed in two blues, pink, green, ochre, gray, ivory, and brown on a tan embossed ground. Straight match.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285622

Accession Number: 1985.26.425

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral border with dense foliage. Top band of lunettes and a bottom band of petals and circles. Printed in red, yellow, cream, gold, black, silver-blue and copper metallic, and brown on a taupe embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285623

Accession Number: 1985.26.142

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Meandering vine with rose and daisy blossoms. Printed in pale pink, mauve, two greens, tan and ivory on a buff-colored ground. Drop match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285631

Accession Number: 1985.26.530

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation oak wood-grained paneling. Printed in dark brown on a burnt sienna ground and varnished.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285643

Accession Number: 1985.26.589

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation damask-patterned paper with floral design. Printed in yellow, white, metallic gold, and green on lighter green rib-textured ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285655

Accession Number: 1985.26.541

Desk ornament

Small bronze desk ornament of the Temple of Vesta mounted on a circular stepped base made of a orange and rust red marble. Temple is circular, with circular roof with large center oculus, with classical columns with Corinthian capitals, one intentionally missing its upper half, surrounding a circ...

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal), marble (rock)

GUSN: 285688

Accession Number: 1990.258

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rococo Revival foliate (acanthus) scrolls printed in greens and beige on orange grounded spiral embossed paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Carey Brothers

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285690

Accession Number: 1985.26.470

Figurine of a Seated Virgil

Bronze figurine of a seated Virgil holding a tablet in his left hand and a pen in his right.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 285693

Accession Number: 1990.162.1

Figurine of a Seated Dante

Bronze figurine of a seated Dante holding a book in his left hand.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 285694

Accession Number: 1990.162.2

Pitcher

Parian ware water pitcher with leaf pattern over white bulbous body. Curved handle Exterior unglazed and interior glazed with clear glaze.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 285695

Accession Number: 1938.529

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Diamond and sprig pattern. Block-printed in white and green on yellow ground. Earliest layer of wallpaper from a sample of three unseparated layers. Pattern only partially visible.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285720

Accession Number: 2001.281.448.1

Paint box

Round porcelain paint box with lid.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 285743

Accession Number: 1966.79D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Second layer of three un-separated layers of wallpaper. Very little of the paper is visible. Probably a floral pattern with white dots. Probably block-printed in green, red and white on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1825-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285745

Accession Number: 2001.281.448.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Floral stripe pattern. White stripes with floral sprays alternate with a blue stipe with small sprigs. Roller-printed in white, blue, black and brown on ungrounded paper. Paper is unevenly matched and is patched in two places. Uppermost layer ...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 285746

Accession Number: 2001.281.448.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Newburyport, Massachusetts. First layer of two unseparated layers of wallpaper. Pattern appears to be a floral stripe roller-printed in orange, red, browns, greens and black on gray ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285749

Accession Number: 2001.281.449.1

Wallpaper

Floral stripe wallpaper fragment from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Stripe of large flowers of differing varieties overflow from a small basket is separated by narrower stripes of alternating yellow and red flowers over a ribbon of stripes and dots. Roller-printed in two reds, two greens, pale blue,...

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285750

Accession Number: 2001.281.449.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper from North Andover, Massachusetts. Simple pattern of repeating leaf with sprig figure. Block-printed in blue and green on light blue ground. Laid paper, partial sheets. Attached geometric block or step border (see 2001.281.450.2).

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285779

Accession Number: 2001.281.450.1

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment from North Andover, Massachusetts. Geometric block or step pattern with chain element. Block-printed in black, blue and brown on ungrounded paper. Attached to sidewall paper with leave pattern (see 2001.281.450.1).

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285784

Accession Number: 2001.281.450.2

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from North Andover, Massachusetts. Landscape scene pattern typical of the mulit-colored, pictorial wallpapers produced in England during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Three alternating scenes of chickens, ring-necked pheasants and grouse framed by leafy tre...

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285799

Accession Number: 2001.281.451

Wallpaper

Unused embossed wallpaper fragment from North Andover, Massachusetts. Embossed pattern of foliate scrolls over hashmark background. Probably block-printed in brown with black and metallic gold highlights on dark red ground. Varnished.

Date: 1875-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, block printing (relief printing process), metallic pigment, varnish

GUSN: 285817

Accession Number: 2001.281.452

Wallpaper

Three large wallpaper fragments from North Andover, Massachusetts. Oval medallions frame fine lined scenes of cherubs fishing with poles and nets and splashing in water. The pictorial medallions are adorned by foliate wreaths with draping vine swags. The pictorial figures are printed with an engr...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), engraving (printing process)

GUSN: 285820

Accession Number: 2001.281.453A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from North Chatham, Massachusetts. Large-scale trellis pattern with parrot perched on floral swag over an urn with flowers. Roller-printed in black, white and yellow on gray ground.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285826

Accession Number: 2001.281.454

Wallpaper

Fragment of Renaissance Revival syle wallpaper from North Brookfield, Massachusetts. Large cartouche or medallion-like figures printed in gray framed by brightly colored floral sprays. Block-printed in two grays, green, brown, two blues and red on white ground. Attached floral border (see 2001.281....

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285829

Accession Number: 2001.281.455.1

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of floral wallpaper border from North Brookfield, Massachusetts. Black flocking, overprinted in blue and gray, with metallic copper ribbon on light blue ground. Border is attached to Renaissance Revival wallpaper (see 2001.281.455.1).

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking, metallic pigment

GUSN: 285835

Accession Number: 2001.281.455.2

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Dense foliage and a row of roses in full bloom above hanging row of rosebuds. Border pattern is printed over a floral sidewall pattern. The border pattern is block-printed in white and four shades of gray with red flocked overprinting in orange and red. The sidewall patt...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285840

Accession Number: 2001.281.456

Wallpaper

Unused scenery figure wallpaper fragment from Middleton, Massachusetts. Medallion figure frames a pastoral scene of a male traveler resting against his bedroll and a tree trunk with a walking stick in one hand. A woman carrying a child on her back stands nearby.The medallion, block-printed in two ...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285852

Accession Number: 2001.281.457

Reproduction Wallpaper

Fragment of reproduction scenery figure wallpaper. Medallion figures frame two pastoral scenes. The first scene is oval and depicts a male traveler resting against a tree trunk, a woman carrying a child on her back stands nearby. The second scene is smaller and rectangular. It depicts two seated...

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285865

Accession Number: 2001.281.458

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of nursery wallpaper from Middleton, Massachusetts. Comic scenes based on nursery rhymes are presented in an assymetrical pattern of squares and circles in the Anglo-Japanese style. Branches of mountain holly, or catberry, poke out between the scenes from behind. Scenes include Tom t...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285870

Accession Number: 2001.281.459

Wallpaper

Three fragments of striped wallpaper from North Eastham, Massachusetts. Blue stripes with blue dots applied over orange ground. Stripes of orange ground are printed with white dots. Wove paper, partial sheets.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: wove paper

GUSN: 285879

Accession Number: 2001.281.460A-C

Wallpaper with border made of needlepoint pattern paper

Three wallpaper fragments from North Eastham, Massachusetts. Allover Aesthetic style floral pattern in which negative space (or background) is printed to form the pattern. Block-printed in dark ochre on dark brown ground. Heavy paperstock. A border fashioned from needlepoint pattern paper is attac...

Date: 1870-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285939

Accession Number: 2001.281.461A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Alexander House on Main Street in Northfield, Massachusetts. Marble pattern roller-printed in black, olive, gray, and peach on off-white ground. See related border fragment 2001.281.462.2.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285952

Accession Number: 2001.281.462.1

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment from Alexander House on Main Street in Northfield, Massachusetts. Novelty border depicting Native Americans sitting at a fire. Over the fire is a large pot on a tri-pod. The Native Americans wear headbands with feathers and loinclothes, one smokes a long pipe. The surround...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285957

Accession Number: 2001.281.462.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the North Reading Library, Massachusetts. Sprig and vine pattern copied from a high quality French paper (see related objects). Block-printed in gray and green on white ground. Wove paper, partial sheets.

Date: 1840-1845

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285974

Accession Number: 2001.281.463

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of vertical rows of pink roses with leaves that form mouchettes. Printed in pink and light green on a red ground.

Date: 1978-1982

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284303

Accession Number: 1995.40

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of vertical rows of roses with leaves that form mouchettes. Printed in pink and light green on a beige ground.

Date: 1978-1982

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284304

Accession Number: 1995.41

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of sprigs enclosed within a quatrefoil and metallic gold beaded circle and framed by an eight-pointed star. Central motif is bordered by metallic gold chevron and foliate sprigs. Printed in three blues, red, rose, mauve, white, and metallic gold on a white g...

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: papers (document genres)

GUSN: 284305

Accession Number: 1995.49

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Star and dot pattern. Screenprinted in two yellows on yellow-orange ground.

Maker: F. Schumacher & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284306

Accession Number: 1995.568

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample manufactured by Bradbury and Bradbury. All over foliate or "Willow" pattern printed in brown on tan ground.

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284307

Accession Number: 1995.25

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample by manufacturer Bradbury and Bradbury named "Dresser Ceiling." Geometric pattern of hexagons framing six sided star or snowflake. Printed in metallic blue on blue-gray ground.

Maker: Bradbury & Bradbury (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284308

Accession Number: 1995.31

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