Historic New England

Children's Mug

Children's pearlware mug. Blue transfer printed design of a young boy and girl hitting a shuttlecock with a paddle. Blue line encircles exterior upper lip of mug as well as the center of the handle.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, pearlware

GUSN: 44115

Accession Number: 1970.1310.944

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Rectangular wreath with inscription,"A PRESENT FOR MARY" in the center, black and transfer-printed.

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44125

Accession Number: 1970.1310.954

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Red handpainted flowers with green leaves. Brown transfer-printed lettering in the center, "Thomas". Pink lusterware accents on the upper rim of mug.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44132

Accession Number: 1970.1310.961

Children's Mug

Children's earthenware mug. Purple background with black transfer-printed design over top. The image is of a young boy pushing a young woman in a wheel barrow.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44135

Accession Number: 1970.1310.965

Children's Mug

Children's mug with canary yellow background. Red transfer-printed design with inscription in center. Directly around the inscription is an elongated octagon and a floral wreath encircles that.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44217

Accession Number: 1970.1310.1048

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper fragment (one of three). Continuous vine of stylized flowers. Block-printed in grey, white, yellow, two pinks, blue and green on a black ground.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 294219

Accession Number: 1920.325.2

Wallpaper

Walllpaper fragment. All over arcs crowned with foliage in a heavily dotted ground. Elements are too stylized to permit naturalistic interpretation. Printed in black and white on tan. Straight match.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294220

Accession Number: 1920.324B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment (one of three). Block-printed with floral sprig pattern, including stylized tulips and lilacs. Printed in blue and gray on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294227

Accession Number: 1920.325.1C

Wallpaper fragments. Sidewall panel paper part of a fresco set (see 1988.43.1). Pattern of taupe, tan and black guilloche on a red field bordered by bead and reel molding delineate a panel with stylized diaper pattern cut from a field of beige strapwork.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294229

Accession Number: 1988.43.2F

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral-trail pattern with a meandering green vine spouting different flowers: carnations, clematis and peony blossoms. Printed in orange, red, pink, white and green on a light blue ground. Straight repeat. British tax stamps on verso.

Date: 1770-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 294230

Accession Number: 1978.140G-I

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner is oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with white fabric. The center of the banner is a larg...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, textile materials

GUSN: 294235

Accession Number: 1972.112.1

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner is oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with white fabric. The center of the banner is a larg...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, textile materials, metal

GUSN: 294253

Accession Number: 1972.112.2

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner an oblong oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with wallpaper. The wallpaper backing is strip...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, découpage (image making technique)

GUSN: 294281

Accession Number: 1972.112.3

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment. Trophy Paper. Pattern consists of vertical stripes behind bouquets and trophies of war, including shield, arrows and quiver, flag and sword. Prints in black and white on yellow ground.

Date: 1770-1785

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294440

Accession Number: 1978.141.1B

Table

Dropleaf table, oblong center leaf with two hinged scalloped leaves. One long drawer. Twist reeded legs with casters.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 294670

Accession Number: 1963.355

Wallpaper

Wallpaper in Coffin House Parlor, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Original to Parlor and still intact on walls.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294675

Accession Number: 1963.412

Fireboard

Fireboard with breadboard ends. One side covered with wallpaper. Includes a laid paper with pale blue ground covered with overall vine motif with grapes, flowers, and pears in green, gold and blue.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294758

Accession Number: 1985.670

Wallpaper border

Multiple pieces of wallpaper border attached wallpaper (see wallpaper 1967.122.1) from a single room. Papers were found in a bureau drawer in the Stetson House in Hanover, Massachusetts but may originate from the Broad Oak Farm also in Hanover. The border is a continuous floral vine block printed ...

Date: 1815-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294764

Accession Number: 1967.122.2

Wallpaper

Large fragment of floral and column stripe wallpaper. Grey ground with floral vine printed in blues, browns, pink, white, yellow. Columns printed in blues and brown. Straight repeat.

Date: 178701790

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294765

Accession Number: 1965.7.1B

Portrait of Abigail Penfield Harwood (1779-1867)

Half-length portrait of Abigail Penfield Harwood. The older woman has gray hair and dark eyes. She is seated and wearing a black dress with white lace collar and white lace bonnet. Oil paint on panel. Not framed.

Date: 1836

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

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

GUSN: 294780

Accession Number: 2014.34.1

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

Fireboard

Fireboard with multiple layers of wallpaper. Top layer is a foliate c-scroll pattern in brown or gold on a pink ground. Selvedge marked "Gossler & Wilt/W.P. Co. Phila". United States.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, wallpapers

GUSN: 301005

Accession Number: 2014.50.1

Wallpaper from fireboard

Wallpaper, probably from a fireboard, mounted on canvas and stretched on a wooden frame. Plain black paper with some green streaks; difficult to discern whether this is from a pattern or age.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, canvas

GUSN: 301012

Accession Number: 2014.51.1

Framed collection of wallpaper samples

Framed collection of wallpaper and wallpaper border samples from the Jackson Homestead, Newton, MA. Many floral papers (some embossed), an Aesthetic floral design, several Anglo-Japanese papers and one Japanese leather paper. Arranged into a collage and mounted under glass in a plain silver metal fr...

Date: 1865-1900

Maker: Jackson Homestead (Collector)

Material: wallpapers, embossing, glass (material)

GUSN: 301009

Accession Number: 2014.52.1

Wallpaper fragments

Wallpaper fragments attached to cardboard. Architectural arch pattern with a floral urn and figure. Grisaille. Probably England, mid-18th century.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, cardboard

GUSN: 301011

Accession Number: 2014.53.1

Painted sign

Painted sign board. "4 | Rescue." Two metal rings at top for hanging. Wood and paint. United States.

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, paint (coating)

GUSN: 301014

Accession Number: 2014.54.1

Wallcovering

Rolled handpainted wallcovering, with large section cut out. Rose vines and bushes in green and pink on yellow ground. Paint and canvas. W. Lemeke, Phillipson Studios, New York.

Date: 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint), oil painting (technique), mural painting (image-making)

GUSN: 301016

Accession Number: 2014.55.1

Wallpapered board

Large board with wallpaper attached to both sides. Side one features green octagonal vignettes with cherubs/ putti and urns on an ungrounded paper. Side two is in poor condition, but is possibly a pink fretwork pattern on a cream ground. United States.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Frederick Beck & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 301018

Accession Number: 2014.56.1

Fireboard

Fireboard fragment with attached wallpaper. Allover peapod design in green and brown on tan ground. Border of floral and grass sprigs in black on olive ground. Evidence of earlier paper, small diaper pattern of green diamonds on tan ground, below peapod paper. Board has tongue and groove edge.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood, carving (processes)

GUSN: 301676

Accession Number: 1968.38.5

Wallpapered board

Board fragment with wallpaper fragments on both sides. Side one features a remanant of a floral vine and stripe in red, green, and grey on a white ground; side two features an allover meandering ivy vine in green and grey on white ground. One edge of the board is broken; the other has a groove. From...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood, carving (processes)

GUSN: 301677

Accession Number: 1969.342.7

Wallpapered board

Cedar board in two pieces with wallpaper attached. Wallpaper has a honeycomb design of hexagons containing a stylized winged pattern. Printed in white, gray, and red on a yellow ochre ground. Board is feather edged at top.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood, cedar (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 301757

Accession Number: 2014.58.1AB

Wainscoting or paneling

Wainscoting or paneling board. Stained a dark mahogany color. Feather edged at top and bottom

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, staining, carving (processes)

GUSN: 301760

Accession Number: 2014.59.1

Wainscoting or paneling

Wainscoting or paneling board with feathered edges at top and bottom. Stained a dark color, perhaps mahogany. One small cut nail.

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, carving (processes), staining

GUSN: 301761

Accession Number: 2014.59.2

Wallpapered Board

Board with tongue and groove edges and two layers of wallpaper. First (earliest) layer is a block printed floral design, printed in irise blue and brown over white on ungrounded paper. Design consists of large six-petalled flowers; each petal contains a foliate design. Around the flowers are meander...

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood, carving (processes)

GUSN: 301762

Accession Number: 1969.414D

Wallpapered board

Board with tongue and groove edges and two layers of wallpaper. First (earliest) layer is a block printed floral design, printed in irise blue and brown over white on ungrounded paper. Design consists of large six-petalled flowers; each petal contains a foliate design. Around the flowers are meander...

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood, carving (processes)

GUSN: 301764

Accession Number: 1969.414E

Wallpapered board

Board with tongue and groove edges and two layers of wallpaper. First (earliest) layer is a block printed floral design, printed in irise blue and brown over white on ungrounded paper. Design consists of large six-petalled flowers; each petal contains a foliate design. Around the flowers are meander...

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood, carving (processes)

GUSN: 301765

Accession Number: 1969.414F

Wallpapered board

Board with tongue and groove edges and two layers of wallpaper. First (earliest) layer is a block printed floral design, printed in irise blue and brown over white on ungrounded paper. Design consists of large six-petalled flowers; each petal contains a foliate design. Around the flowers are meander...

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood, carving (processes)

GUSN: 301766

Accession Number: 1969.414G

Wallpapered board

Board with tounge and groove edge and two layers of wallpaper. Broken along both edges. First (earliest) layer of wallpaper is a block printed with concave-edged diamonds and foliate vines in black and white on a blue ground. The second paper is block printed with stripes of diaper pattern, foliate ...

Date: ca. 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood, carving (processes)

GUSN: 301767

Accession Number: 1968.32.5

Floorboard

Floorboard with black, yellow, and red stenciling on a white background. Some sections are hand-painted with a blue, red and white stencil pattern of diamonds and ovals.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, stenciling, paint (coating)

GUSN: 302032

Accession Number: 1959.254M

Floorboard

Floorboard with black, yellow, and red stenciling on a white background. Some sections are hand-painted with a blue, red and white stencil pattern of diamonds and ovals.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, stenciling, paint (coating)

GUSN: 302033

Accession Number: 1959.254O

Floorboard

Floorboard with black, yellow, and red stenciling on a white background. Some sections are hand-painted with a blue, red and white stencil pattern of diamonds and ovals.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, stenciling, paint (coating)

GUSN: 302034

Accession Number: 1959.254P

Floorboard

Floorboard with black, yellow, and red stenciling on a white background. Some sections are hand-painted with a blue, red and white stencil pattern of diamonds and ovals.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: softwood, stenciling, paint (coating)

GUSN: 302035

Accession Number: 1959.254R

Wallpaper

Wallpaper. White and green Baroque floral pattern on a dark blue ground. Stamped #10498.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302038

Accession Number: 1981.98

Window Shade

Paper window shade. Bird of paradise in yellow, blues, red, green, purple, brown, and white on a light blue ground. Bird motif is framed by a printed floral and scrollwork border in similar colors. Reverse is plain light blue.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302039

Accession Number: 1929.573

Reproduction Wallpaper

Wallpaper roll, "Otis Damask." Block printed floral motif in light green and white on light blue or gray ground.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302040

Accession Number: 2000.408A

Reproduction Wallpaper

Wallpaper roll, "Otis Damask." Block printed floral design in mauve and white on a dark mauve ground.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302042

Accession Number: 2000.409

Reproduction Wallpaper

Wallpaper, cut repeat, "Otis Damask." Block printed floral design in gray and white on yellow ground.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302043

Accession Number: 2000.410

Reproduction Wallpaper

Wallpaper roll, "Otis Damask" pattern. Block printed in white and beige on gold ground.

Maker: Thomas Strahan Company (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302045

Accession Number: 2000.411A

Reproduction Wallpaper

Wallpaper roll, "Lady Pepperrell" pattern. Imitation 'print room' motif, with three 'prints' framed and connected by trophies, flowers, and C-scrolls. Framed scenic views feature horses, riders, and rustic buildings. Printed in gray, brown, white, and black, on a pink ground.

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302047

Accession Number: 2000.412A

Reproduction Wallpaper

Wallpaper roll, "New Hampshire Bird." Vignettes of a wren-like bird framed by floral and foliate vine elements. Machine printed [?] in browns, yellows, and greens on a green ground. Printed "Nancy McClelland Inc. / New Hampshire Bird" in left selvage edge.

Maker: Nancy McClelland Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 302048

Accession Number: 2000.417A

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