Historic New England

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments of Renaissance Revival wallpaper with large-scale, floral cartouche pattern. White cartouches of c-scrolls, strapwork, hanging beads, and delicate floral swags frame floral elements alternately printed in ochre and brown and light and dark brown. Block-printed on gray ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283519

Accession Number: 2001.281.268AB

Wallpaper

A fragment of at least three layers of wallpaper. The uppermost layer is a striped paper with alternating floral and liquid mica stripes. The paper is roller-printed in liquid mica, two greens, light blue-green, two yellow, two pinks, and white on white ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283526

Accession Number: 2001.281.269

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral sprig pattern with naturalistic pink roses, trailing blue ribbon, and butterflies with stylized circular vines. Block-printed in gray, two blues, four greens, blue-green, red, three pinks, yellow and white on satin white ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283527

Accession Number: 2001.281.270

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments of Renaissance Revival striped wallpaper. Stripes of large-scale floral bouquets in pinks, blues, and violet with gray vases and festoons alternate with cartouches of scrolls and strapwork primarily in gray. Block-printed in gray, maroon, green, two blues, two pinks, two viole...

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283528

Accession Number: 2001.281.271AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Flocked Medallion with sprig pattern. Small repeating medallions formed by laurel leaf branches tied with bows. Medallions frame sprigs. Pindot background. Roller-printed pattern in green flocking on green ground. Ribb embossed paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process), embossed wall coverings, flocking

GUSN: 283529

Accession Number: 2001.281.272

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Allover foliate pattern roller-printed in metallic gold on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 283530

Accession Number: 2001.281.273

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Sumner Taylor House, Ashby, Massachusetts. Diaper pattern paper block-printed in three browns and white on ochre satin ground. Dorothy Waterhouse refered to this as the "Longfellow" pattern because of its use in the Longfellow House, Portland, Maine. The pattern was als...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283531

Accession Number: 2001.281.274

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Assonet, Massachusetts. Ashlar pattern blocks on a background of marble. Each ashlar block is edged with a scroll design and frames a vignette of a pastoral house. Roller-printed in gray, green and white on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283532

Accession Number: 2001.281.275

Wallpaper

Fragment of Scenery figure wallpaper representing the Crimean War, specifically the Siege of Sebastopol (1854-1855), alternating with portrait medallions of Lord Raglan and Lord Palmerston. Printed in brown, grey, red-orange, blue, white and black on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283544

Accession Number: 1978.136

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Hayes House, Barnstable, Massachusetts with floral stripe pattern. Small, stylized flowers with horizontal sprays of leaves repeat to form vertical stripes in alternating colors. Block-printed in yellow and pale red on blue ground. The yellow block print overlaps the p...

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283566

Accession Number: 2001.281.276

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Hayes House, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Diamond patterned formed by four alternating floral medallion designs. Block-printed in white and pink on gray ground. Handmade paper, partial sheets.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283567

Accession Number: 2001.281.277

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from Barnstable, Massachusetts. Large-scale foliate spray with trailing vine over diaper pattern. Roller-printed in tan, maroon, and two greens on light tan ground.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283568

Accession Number: 2001.281.278

Wallpaper

Four wallpaper fragments from Barnstable, Massachusetts. Gold striped wallpaper resembling an embossed Gilt-Figure wallpaper. Roller-printed in metallic gold stripes and figures over delicate line pattern in white on gray ground. The clearest figures are small vases containing wheat stalks. Othe...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 283569

Accession Number: 2001.281.279.1A-D

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of wallpaper border from Barnstable, Massachusetts. Embossed acanthus leaf pattern roller-printed in iridesent gold, blue and white on brown ground. Accompanied a gold stripe and figure paper, see 2001.281.279.1A-D.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283594

Accession Number: 2001.281.279.2

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from Barnstable, Massachusetts. Double diaper pattern. Background diaper has wide lines with marblized design. Foreground diaper features stylized rosettes at diagonal intersections. Roller-printed in olive, pale yellow, and two browns on ungrounded paper. Marked "16 R...

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283595

Accession Number: 2001.281.280

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of wallpaper from Barnstable, Massachusetts. Diaper and sprig pattern roller-printed in cream, tan and red on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283596

Accession Number: 2001.281.281

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of floral wallpaper from the Crocker Tavern, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Allover floral with large sprays and sprigs of pink and blue flowers. Roller-printed in gray, two blues, two pinks, three browns and green on white satin ground.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283597

Accession Number: 2001.281.282

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Crocker Tavern, Barnstable, Massachusetts mounted on paperboard. Anglo-Japanese style pattern featuring large floral bouquets among geometric shapes and figures. Striped design to immitate the look of a woven textile. American Wall Paper Manufacturer's Association logo...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283598

Accession Number: 2001.281.283

Wallpaper

Fragments of decorative paper removed from an oval bandbox associated with the library in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Large-scale floral block-printed in two greens on light green ground. Fragment (A) consists of several wallpaper pieces that have been affixed to cotton fabric.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283599

Accession Number: 2001.281.284A-F

Wallpaper

Four fragments of decorative paper from a bandbox associated with the Barnstable, Massachusetts library. Small figure, abstract pattern is block-printed in white on gray ground. An orange stripe is overpainted or stenciled on the pattern. Oval fragment (D) has an affixed label with "Miss L. Smith...

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283602

Accession Number: 2001.281.285A-D

Wallpaper

Four fragments of paper from a bandbox associated with the Barnstable, Massachusetts library. Curved stripe pattern consisting of solid lines alternating with long, spiky leaves or vines. Block-printed in mauve and white on pink ground. Wove paper in partial sheetsr.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283603

Accession Number: 2001.281.286A-D

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from Barre, Massachusetts. Half of the paper has been affixed to paperboard. Renaissance Revival scenery figure paper. Large-scale scroll and strapwork pattern frames small scenic vignettes, one of an ox wagon and the other of a waterway with cityscape. Scenery figures ...

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283605

Accession Number: 2001.281.287

Tiger Claw Bracelet

This bracelet is made from six tiger claws set in gold mounts. Each gold mount is a wide cap set at the top of the claw, delicately chased with floral designs. The mount is held in place with a set of prongs extending from a tab along the front edge of each claw. Each claw is connected to the other ...

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), keratin

GUSN: 283610

Accession Number: 1928.148

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from Selick Hedge Matthews House, Bass River, Massachusetts. Floral gilt figure paper with roller-printed trailing vine background pattern in gray on white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283611

Accession Number: 2001.281.288

Tiger Claw Brooch

This brooch is made from two tiger claws set top to top in an "S" shape, secured at the center with a decorative gold mount. The gold mount is a wide cap set at the top of the claws, delicately chased with floral designs. The mount is held in place with a set of prongs extending from a tab along the...

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), keratin

GUSN: 283612

Accession Number: 1928.149

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Blackberry" pattern with entwined blackberry vines with blossoms. Printed in two blues, two greens and gray on an pale yellow ground. Based on an English 1903 block printed paper designed by John Henry Dearle.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Dearle, J. H. (Designer) William Morris & Co. (Designer) Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287209

Accession Number: 2000.974

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with diaper pattern formed by stylized vines framing stylized blossoms. Machine printed in burnt sienna on a burgundy ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287237

Accession Number: 2000.975

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper from Cornish, New Hampshire. Diamond-figure half-drop pattern of stylized floral elements framed by foliate lattice. The design is overprinted with striated lines to imitate a woven surface. Roller-printed in black, ochre, maroon, olive, light green, brown and pink on pale yel...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287238

Accession Number: 2001.281.527

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Amelia" pattern with an all-over pattern of large floral sprays with roses and other flowers. Machine printed in three pinks, rose, mauve, four greens, lavender, purple and green-grey on an embossed white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287239

Accession Number: 2000.976

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Hertford" pattern with an urn filled with a floral bouquet framed by ribbon and bow knows with tasseled cord entwined with grape vines. Machine printed in pale pink on a light mauve ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287240

Accession Number: 2000.977

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Acorn" pattern with oak boughs and acorns entwined with tulips and daisies. Block printed in tan on a beige ground. Based on an English block print paper from 1879 by William Morris aand Co.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: William Morris & Co. (Designer) Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287241

Accession Number: 2000.978

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Christchurch" pattern with an all-over design of flowering vines with blossoms and tendrils. Outline in blue on a field of blue pin dots and a white ground. Based on an English block print paper from 1879 by William Morris & Co.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: William Morris & Co. (Designer) Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287242

Accession Number: 2000.980

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Cresham" pattern with repeating grid of anemones, roses, and rose buds. Machine printed in two pinks, crimson, purple, lavender and trhee greens on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287243

Accession Number: 2000.979

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments. Two rows of wallpaper border with repeating flowers printed in yellow, ochre, red, green, maroon, and tan against an embossed metallic gold field.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287244

Accession Number: 2000.1655AB

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Full pattern has alternating stripes of entwined floral vines framing a figure and a bird against a brown field and a trailing floral vine with stylized flowers. Printed in two browns, grey, blue, green, yellow, pink, and red.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287245

Accession Number: 2000.1681.1-.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of Art Nouveau floral wallpaper from Farmington, New Hampshire. Stylized rose vines and flowers form a trellis and medallion pattern. Roller-printed in two reds, pink, two greens and black on red ground. "The Grenfell / 986 / 9" printed in the selvedge. Manufactured by Becker, Smith & Page...

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: Becker, Smith & Page (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287246

Accession Number: 2001.281.528

Windsor Side Chair

Birdcage Windsor chair with seven spindles and bamboo turnings on legs, stiles, and stretchers.

Date: 1805-1825

Maker: Gragg, Samuel (American cabinetmaker, 1772-ca. 1855) (Furniture maker)

Material: tiger maple

GUSN: 287440

Accession Number: 2013.73.1

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Hancock, New Hampshire. Embossed, gilded floral sprigs are evenly spaced on a gray ground. Three different floral sprigs are represented, each sprig in its own row and the sprigs in each row alternating mirror images of each other.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287455

Accession Number: 2001.281.529

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Hancock, New Hampshire. Embossed, gilded floral sprigs figures with small bell-shaped flowers are evenly spaced on a beige ground. The fragment is torn in two.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287456

Accession Number: 2001.281.530AB

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

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