Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample of frieze. Pattern shows top portion of gatework/brattishing. Prints in mustard yellow/gold, yellow, brown, dark blue, white, on light blue ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179281

Accession Number: 1995.563

Wallpaper

Unused sample border. Imitation cornice molding of bead, dentil, arabesques, shell, cabling and bosses. Prints in two browns, ochre, grey, purple, white, mauve on yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179282

Accession Number: 1995.575

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pattern consists of circles and stars on solid ground. Prints in two yellows on dark yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179283

Accession Number: 1975.568

Wallpaper

Unused sample of border. Pattern consists of top portion of gate; rosettes alternating with gate finials. Prints in blue, yellow, brown, dark red on mustard yellow/gold ground.

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179284

Accession Number: 1995.562

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Solid colored paper, bluish-grey.

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179285

Accession Number: 1995.570

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Continuous scrolling branch tied with seed pods and leaves. Printed in brown, tan, green, beige and black.

Date: 1980-1983

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179286

Accession Number: 2000.314

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Butterflies encircling a cut branch with flower blossoms and buds. Printed in green, grey, brown, yellow and olive green.

Date: 1980-1983

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179287

Accession Number: 2000.400

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover, tossed leaf pattern. Edged with rod or column and floral garlands. Prints in white, dark grey, orange, red, green, yellow on light grey ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer) Messrs. Henry Virchaux & Co.

GUSN: 179288

Accession Number: 1995.565

Unused sample of border. Classical design of lyre flanked by two swan-like creatures, surrounded by garlands of leaf and beads connected by rosettes and Princes of Wales(?) feathers. Prints in two browns, beige, grey, yellow, on green ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer) Messrs. Henry Virchaux & Co.

GUSN: 179289

Accession Number: 1995.560

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Two alternating scenes of a village in a rectangular framework and separated by four-lobed, interlaced ornament. Printed in three greys, white and green on a grey ground.

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179290

Accession Number: 1922.494A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper pattern consists of a repeating motif of an architectural structure with a fountain atop. Structure is framed by a floral spray which is gathered with a bow knot and embellished with a tassel. Printed in white on a grey ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179291

Accession Number: 1985.674

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scenery figure pattern with alternating scenes of bridges, water, sailboats, buildings. Scenes are framed by Rococo style cartouche with C-scrolls and foliage. In the background is an imitation marble pattern between the cartouches. Printed in three browns, blue, pink, white, gre...

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 179292

Accession Number: 1984.498AB

Wallpaper

Striped pattern with roses in the narrow stripe and columns of pindot flowers and horizontal pinstripes in the wide area. Paper is very faded. Printed in white and olive on a faded pink ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179293

Accession Number: 1973.107

Wallpaper

Fifteen panels of Pillar and Arch pattern wallpaper. Columns with Corinthian capitals supporting an arch, which in turn supports a bust and is draped by garlands. Ashlar pattern framing arch. Printed in black and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179294

Accession Number: 1926.960.1.1-.15

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragments Continuous pattern of stylized leaves under small arches. Top band of beading. Printed in brown, white, black on a grey ground..

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179295

Accession Number: 1926.960.2

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border. Narrow floral ribbon design. Printed in bright green, pink, white, blue, yellow and varnish green on a light blue ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179296

Accession Number: 1922.426B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Arabesque panel featuring a mythological theme, including two satyr heads spouting spiraling vines, a diamond shaped losenge with Leda and the Swan and a baccante in a mandorla. The design also includes two winged nymphs with a large wine cup and rectangular panel filled with flo...

Date: 1790-1795

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 179297

Accession Number: 1922.426A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. All over scrolling leaf and vine design with berries, and a variety of diaper patterns within the leaves and pin stripes. Printed in two whites, metal dust and rust flock on a white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179298

Accession Number: 1972.117

Wallpaper

Panel from Zuber's "Vues D'Amerique Du Nord" or "Views of North America." Views of various sites of the United States: Bay of New York; Boston Harbor; Niagara Falls; the Natural Bridge in Virginia. This scene depicts spectators on foot and horseback observing the solidiers of West Point. Printed in ...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179299

Accession Number: 1996.76

"Décor Chinois" Wallpaper

Thirty-one fragments of chinoiserie-style wall panels. Naturalistic depiction of flowers, foliage, blooming branches and butterflies. The inspiration for these panels came from 18th-century, handpainted, Chinese wallpapers. Printed in over twenty colors on a white ground.

Date: 1856-1867

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Ehrmann, Eugene (Designer) Zipelius, Hermann (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179300

Accession Number: 1929.1854.2

"Les Jardins Francais" Wallpaper

A fragment of the first panel of Zuber's "Les Jardins Francais." The panel features a statue of a putto on the back of a lion, on a pedestal at the end of a bridge. Lots of trees surround the statue. Printed in two blues, two greys, five greens, and two pinks.

Date: 1822-1836

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Mongin, Antoine-Pierre

GUSN: 179301

Accession Number: 1929.1854.1

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block-printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: Dufour, Joseph (Manufacturer) Mader, Xavier (Designer)

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

GUSN: 179302

Accession Number: 1973.101

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Landscape figure pattern with four alternating Turkish scenes. Scenes are separated by a pendant motif and stripes with small, stylized flowers. Printed in grisaille, including two greys, dark grey-brown and white on a light grey ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179303

Accession Number: 1973.102A

Wallpaper

Top border to sidewall. The pattern includes classical egg and dart mouldings and dentils with a band of a continuous, floral vine underneath and drapery swags hanging on cord with tassels suspended from medallions. Printed in two grays, three pinks, three greens, black and white on light gray groun...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179304

Accession Number: 1973.102B

Wallpaper

Ashlar patterned wallpaper fragments with attached border. Stone blocks which surround alternating motifs such as an urn and bunches of fruit. Printed in blue, green, two greys, white, brown and taupe on a grey ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179305

Accession Number: 1973.103AB

Ice Crusher

Opaque plastic ice crusher. Yellow bottom with scalloped bottom edge. White plastic square-shaped top with hinged lid, scalloped bottom edge, and stainless steel and brown plastic turn handle. Interior has metal cylinder with small blades.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), stainless steel

GUSN: 181182

Accession Number: 2005.1.1AB

Pepper shaker

Glass pepper shaker has narrow hexagonal shape and a silverscrew cap.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), silver (metal)

GUSN: 181183

Accession Number: 2006.44.2848.3

Cocktail Shaker

Clear glass cocktail shaker with tapered base. Vertical etched band decoration evenly spaced around shaker body. Stainless steel top, rounded, with a screw cap.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), stainless steel, etching (corroding)

GUSN: 181185

Accession Number: 2005.1.2AB

Dining Chair

One of a pair of side chairs. Painted black, high back chairs with rush seats, (reminiscent of a Shaker style). Five rails, ergonomically curred betwen two rears stiles tapered at top and bottom. One cylindrical rear stretcher, two on either side, and one flat slightly curred stretcher at the front....

Date: 1960

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 181186

Accession Number: 2005.1.3.1

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with gilt vine decoration on a raspberry border.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Charles Field Haviland Co. (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 181189

Accession Number: 2006.44.1960.82

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with gilt vine decoration on a raspberry border.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Charles Field Haviland Co. (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 181191

Accession Number: 2006.44.1960.81

Compote

Oval sterling silver footed compote with gold wash bowl. Flared rim with two handles each featuring a squirrel and a branch with leaves and berries.

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Maker) Shreve, Stanwood & Co. (Retailer)

Material: sterling silver, silver (metal)

GUSN: 181192

Accession Number: 2006.44.1480

Dining chair

One of a pair of side chairs. Painted black, ladder back chairs with rush seats (reminiscent of a Shaker style). Five rails, ergnomically curved betwen two rears tiles tapered at top and bottom. One cylindrical rear stretcher, two on either side, and one flat slightly curved stretcher at the front. ...

Date: 1950-1960, Probably

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 181193

Accession Number: 2005.1.3.2

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with gilt vine decoration on a raspberry border.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Charles Field Haviland Co. (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 181194

Accession Number: 2006.44.1960.85

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with gilt vine decoration on a raspberry border.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Charles Field Haviland Co. (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 181195

Accession Number: 2006.44.1960.87

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with gilt vine decoration on a raspberry border.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Charles Field Haviland Co. (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 181196

Accession Number: 2006.44.1960.88

Loving cup

Steling silver loving cup with applied fleur dis lis band around the body, two s-shaped handles, a round foot ring, and a low domed cover with a round finial made of multiple leaves.

Date: 1927

Maker: The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd. (Maker)

Material: sterling silver, silver (metal)

GUSN: 181197

Accession Number: 2006.44.1481AB

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with gilt vine decoration on a raspberry border.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Charles Field Haviland Co. (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 181198

Accession Number: 2006.44.1960.84

Wishbone Chair

Wooden arm chair with rush seats. Low stile with semi-circular crest rail, and wishbone-shaped splat. Singular (cylindrical) stretchers on front and rear posts. Rectangular stretchers on right and left sides. Natural colored, interwoven rush seats. Front legs round and polished at top, tapered at bo...

Date: 1949

Maker: Carl Hansen and Son (Manufacturer) Wegner, Hans J. , 1914-2007 (Designer)

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

GUSN: 181199

Accession Number: 2005.1.4

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with gilt vine decoration on a raspberry border.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Charles Field Haviland Co. (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 181201

Accession Number: 2006.44.1960.83

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with gilt vine decoration on a raspberry border.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Charles Field Haviland Co. (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 181202

Accession Number: 2006.44.1960.86

Decanter label

Silver decanter label in the shape of the word "Whiskey" with metal chain attached at top.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 181207

Accession Number: 2006.44.1519

Dinner Plate

Gray plate; two green bands and two white bands surrounding wider yellow band with brown semi-circles and teardrop design; brown band at edge.

Maker: Arabia (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 181212

Accession Number: 2005.1.9.1

Tea cup

Cup interior is gray with green and brown bands near rim; exterior is gray; a trim is a yellow band with brown, semicircle and teardrop design; narrower green band near bottom; gray handle.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Arabia (Manufacturer)

Material: stoneware (pottery), hand-painted, glaze

GUSN: 181217

Accession Number: 2005.1.9.2

Decanter

Round glass decanter with fluting around the base and shoulders, etched design around center, three rings applied to neck and flared rim. Faceted spherical stopper.

Maker: unknown

Material: crystal (lead glass)

GUSN: 181221

Accession Number: 2006.44.1518AB

Soup plate

Porcelain soup plate with gilt vine decoration on a raspberry border.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Charles Field Haviland Co. (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 181222

Accession Number: 2006.44.1960.93

Saucer

Gray with green bands near rim surrounding a wider yellow band with brown semicircles and teardrop design; thin brown band nearest to rim.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Arabia (Manufacturer)

Material: stoneware (pottery), hand-painted, glaze

GUSN: 181223

Accession Number: 2005.1.9.3

Salad Plate

Gray with two green bands near rim surrounding a wider yellow band with brown semicircles and teardrops design; narrow brown band closest to edge.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Arabia (Manufacturer)

Material: stoneware (pottery), hand-painted, glaze

GUSN: 181224

Accession Number: 2005.1.9.4

Dessert Plate

Gray with two green bands on rim surrounding wider yellow band with brown semicircle and teardrop design; narrow brown band near edge.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Arabia (Manufacturer) Arabia (Manufacturer)

Material: stoneware (pottery), hand-painted, glaze

GUSN: 181225

Accession Number: 2005.1.9.5

Soup plate

Porcelain soup plate with gilt vine decoration on a raspberry border.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Charles Field Haviland Co. (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 181226

Accession Number: 2006.44.1960.94

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