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Case

This is the original fitted case for the pair of bracelets 2006.44.14.1AB. It is a modified oval with a dome lid attached by a leather-covered hinge to the base. It has a central divider to create two compartments, one for each bracelet. It is covered in textured brown leather with gilt embossing, a...

Date: ca. 1899

Maker: Tiffany & Co. (Retailer)

Material: leather, silk (textile), metal

GUSN: 284072

Accession Number: 2006.44.14.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper from Centerville, Massachusetts. Renaissance Revival style pattern of interlacing strapwork. Block-printed in white, brown and blue on tan ground. Paper is affixed to and wraps around a piece of paperboard. Associated with Captain Phinney of Centerville.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284099

Accession Number: 2001.281.348

Wallpaper

Three matching fragments of wallpaper from the Old Crosby House, Main Street, Centerville, Massachusetts. Tapestry Landscape pattern of trees and shrubs in a pastoral landscape. Roller-printed in greens, browns and black on a pale light green ground. Pattern is overlaid with a horizontal black pi...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284100

Accession Number: 2001.281.349A-C

Wallpaper

Three fragments of a stripe and sprig patterned wallpaper from an old school in Centerville, Massachusetts. Stripes of blue rose sprigs on a cream background alternate with brown stripes with small blue dot and dash figures in blue. Roller-printed in two blues, brown and cream on ungrounded paper....

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284101

Accession Number: 2001.281.350.1A-C

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments from a school in Centerville, Massachusetts. Persian style floral pattern roller-printed in white, pale yellow, olive, black and red on light green ground. Floral ceiling border is attached to each fragment, see 2001.281.350.3A-C. Fragment of earlier layer of paper attac...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284102

Accession Number: 2001.281.350.2A-C

Wallpaper border

Three fragments of wallpaper border from a school in Centerville, Massachusetts. Floral border with large yellow flowers alternating with clusters of three small yellow flowers on a leafy vine. Roller-printed in yellow, orange, black, red and metallic gold on olive ground. Border applied to wallpa...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 284103

Accession Number: 2001.281.350.3A-C

Wallpaper

Unused gilt-figured wallpaper fragment acquired in Chatham, Massachusetts. Narrow stripes of embossed, gilded floral figures roller-printed on a gray ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284104

Accession Number: 2001.281.351

Wallpaper

Two fragments of unused gilt-figured wallpaper aquired in Chatham, Massachusetts. Vines with large leaves and trios of small flowers grow up a straight rod forming narrow stripes that alternate with floral figures. Pattern is embossed and gilded on a gray ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284105

Accession Number: 2001.281.352AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment acquired in Chatham, Massachusetts. Bouquets of red lilies tied with bows of red ribbon. Background pattern of repeating triple stripes roller-printed in pale blue liquid mica on white ground. The Robert Graves Co., pattern number 6876H.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284109

Accession Number: 2001.281.353

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of wallpaper border from the Whitney Hotel once located in either Chelmsford or Lowell, Massachusetts. Border frament includes two scenes with classical motifs. One scene is of birds on a nest and the second is of winged angels holding a urn. A narrow diamond ribbon runs along upper and ...

Date: 1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284110

Accession Number: 2001.281.354

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments from the Louisa May Alcott House in Concord, Massachusetts. Floral sprig and diamond pattern paper. Naturalistic floral sprigs are framed by thin lined diamonds with a background of pindot stripes. Roller-printed in white and dark gray on gray ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284111

Accession Number: 2001.281.355A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment of "Peacock Paper" reproduction, torn in two, from The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Vignettes of colorful birds, including peacocks. Roller-printed in two blues, two greens, two pinks, red, gray, brown, tan, two mauves, white and black on a light lavender ground with small diamond p...

Date: 1900-1908

Maker: Sanderson (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284112

Accession Number: 2001.281.356AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Piazza room of The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Collected as part of a wallpaper restoration project taking place at the property in 1967-1968. Diamond patterned paper in which pattern and background printed with small dashes giving the pattern a great deal of tex...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284122

Accession Number: 2001.281.357

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the main hallway of The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Collected as part of a wallpaper restoration project taking place at the property in 1967-1968. Striped pattern imitating grasscloth wallcovering. Paper is embossed with a small, delicate scroll pattern. Roller-pri...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 284123

Accession Number: 2001.281.358

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the dining room of The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Un printed ungrounded red paper.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284128

Accession Number: 2001.281.359

Planet Jr. Wheeled Seeder

Planet Jr. wheeled seeder. Small metal seed hopper, painted green attached to a larger front wheel with two wooden arms. As the front wheel turns the seed drops out of the bottom of the hopper. As the seed drops through the hole the metal shoe opens a furrow for the seed to fall into. The back pair ...

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: S.L. Allen & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: wood (plant material), metal, paint (coating)

GUSN: 284130

Accession Number: 2013.36.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from the Terrace Room, The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Floral damask pattern roller-printed in dark red on red ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284132

Accession Number: 2001.281.360A-E

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Mrs. Hawthorne's Parlor, The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Plain, ungrounded red paper. Notes indicate that the paper was installed by former property owner Mrs. D. L. Lothrop in 1899 and removed as part of a wallpaper restoration project undertaken by the National Par...

Date: 1899

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284135

Accession Number: 2001.281.361

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from President Eliot's House, Cotuit, Massachusetts. High quality English paper with very fine pindot background, possibly roller-printed, beneath a block-printed flowering vine pattern. Floral pattern printed in brown, pink, red and two greens. Pindot background printed...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284146

Accession Number: 2001.281.362

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Fabric Sample

Fabric sample of silk and rayon. Flowering green vines with pink, white, yellow, and brown bulbs and flowers and green leaves on a champange background. Three additional swatches attached in alternative colors. Attached border sample. Same pattern was used in the Green Room of the White House during...

Date: 1960-1963

Maker: Scalamandré

Material: silk (fiber), rayon, brocading

GUSN: 284150

Accession Number: 2013.37.1

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from President Eliot's House, Cotuit, Massachusetts. All over floral pattern in which rose, tulip, carnation and other flowers appear to bloom from the same meandering vine. Roller-printed in cream, two pinks, red, three greens, yellow, two blues and brown on a white grou...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: William Campbell Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284151

Accession Number: 2001.281.363

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Stylized leaf figure framed by a fluer-de-lis lozenge pattern. Paper is roller-printed in tan, ochre and red on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284152

Accession Number: 2001.281.364.1AB

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Three varieties of colored marble are framed by a three-dimensional screen. Roller-printed in gray, green, white, gold, silver, brown, salmon and red on white ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284153

Accession Number: 2001.281.364.2A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment of more than five layers of nineteenth and early twentieth century wallpapers from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Uppermost paper is a small floral figure paper roller-printed in two grays on brown ground with a floral border. The border is printed in gray, pale blue, cream, pale pink, and brown o...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284154

Accession Number: 2001.281.365

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Badly deteriorated floral wallpaper. Pattern is difficult to discern but a small fragment protected by the overlap of another piece of paper reveals original bright green leaves, red striping, and pale pink flowers and dots on a bright yellow ground. ...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284155

Accession Number: 2001.281.366.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Probably foliate scrolling pattern. Paper in poor condition, pattern difficult to discern. Block-printed in mint green and possibly white or gray. White ground or ungrounded. Handmade sheets of wove paper. Layer two of three.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284157

Accession Number: 2001.281.366.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Masonry wallpaper with foliate medallion figures. Roller-printed in green on ungrounded paper. Layer three of three. Paper striped by lathe applied over it.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284158

Accession Number: 2001.281.366.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Anglo-Japanese style floral pattern. Roller-printed in yellow, black, white and red on olive ground. Two layers of the same paper. Upper layer soiled considerably.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284159

Accession Number: 2001.281.367

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Floral sprigs on pinstripes. Paper is in poor condition. Pattern probably block-printed in green, blue and coral, over white pinstripes on ungrounded, blue paper. First layer of two. This fragment still attached to upper layer fragment (see 2001.28...

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284160

Accession Number: 2001.281.368.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from Cotuit, Massachusetts. Pattern difficult to determine. Probably a Renaissance Revival style stripe based on visible floral bouquets and swags with scroll and strapwork cartouches. Roller-printed in white, blue, green, two pinks and red on ungrounded paper. Second layer of ...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284161

Accession Number: 2001.281.368.2A-D

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. Roller-printed in brown, grey, red-orange, blue, white and black on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284168

Accession Number: 2001.281.369A-I

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Desk on Frame

Queen Anne desk on frame, case fitted with one long and four short drawers. Fall front encloses pigeon-hole interior compartment. Frame has cabriole legs.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 273102

Accession Number: 1985.747

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Dress fragment

Fragment of a printed muslin fabric with brown floral motif. In an envelope marked "October 26, 1891" with an accompanying letter giving history as being from a dress worn by Dorothy Quincy, wife of Governor John Hancock.

Date: ca. 1780

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273103

Accession Number: 1985.749

Mug

Earthenware mug (mochaware). Cylindrical with leaf terminal handle. Two brown bands at rim and base, with parallel wavy lines in blue slip around middle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, mocha ware

GUSN: 273234

Accession Number: 1970.407

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and acanthus-type leaf decoration in relief on handle. Blue and tan body with incised bands. Painted with floral swags and border in gold.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 273235

Accession Number: 1970.419

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Large scale pattern with central shield or medallion radiating foliated scrolls terminating in flowers. Block printed in red, two grays, white and metalic silver. Paper has a rib texture and white ground.

Date: 1950-1957

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273236

Accession Number: 2000.1686

Wallpaper

Fragment of four uncut wallpaper borders. Gray leaf with architectural molding edge against red background. Block printed in two grays, white, black, yellow and red. Borders printed on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273238

Accession Number: 1918.894

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Stoughton, Massachusetts. Wide, large scale striped pattern. One stripe features alternating vignettes of a red urn with a green marble ashlar. The vignettes of this stripe are framed in borders with c-scrolls. The other stripe is alternating ashlars of gray and green marb...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273268

Accession Number: 1935.980

Wallpaper

Wallpaper and border fragments from the Timothy Johnson House, North Andover, Massachusetts. Pillar and arch pattern paper (A) with border (B) of leaves under small arches topped with a band of beading. Block-printed in black, brown and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273271

Accession Number: 2001.281.110AB

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments from the General Sylvanus Thayer House in Braintree, Massachusetts. Entwined, stylized floral vine and dotted ribbon with continuous dotted vine. Block-printed in white on blue paper.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273291

Accession Number: 2001.281.111A-C

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment from the Clapp House, Dorchester, Massachusetts. Stylized floral and foliate border with architectural motif along one edge. Block-printed in three blues, yellow, orange, tan and brown on probable tan ground. Brick red colored flock surrounds pattern and is printed with ...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273292

Accession Number: 2001.281.112

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Middleton, Massachusetts. Large fragment of fresco wallpaper upright, or Montant, decorated with a vertical border on left side and a central stripe ornamentation consisting of a fruit bowl alternating with a fountain framed by a pillar and arch. Printed in white, tan, brow...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273293

Accession Number: 2001.281.113

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Whipple House, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Large-scale floral spray pattern featuring a carnation. Stenciled in yellow, green, pink, blue and purple and block-printed in varnish red and black on unground paper. English tax stamp on verso.

Date: 1750-1760

Maker: (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 273294

Accession Number: 2001.281.114

Bandbox Paper

Unused roll of bandbox paper. Paper depicts a wagon scene with men and dogs. Block-printed in white, pink, dark and light green, and brown varnish on blue ground.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273364

Accession Number: 2001.281.115

Bandbox Paper

Four fragments of unused bandbox paper from Providence, Rhode Island. Paper depicts a men working around a horse drawn wagon with their dogs. Block-printed in white, pink, dark and light green, and green varnish on blue ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 273366

Accession Number: 2001.281.116A-D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Striped pattern printed in alternating white and blue geometric design. Block-printed on sheets of handmade blue paper with brown ground. Wallpaper has been taped and pinned to backing paper and rolled.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273367

Accession Number: 2001.281.117

Wallpaper

Embossed wallpaper fragment with geometric oblong and flower design. Roller-printed in glossy green and red on gold ground. Manufacturers stamp on verso reads "PEERLESS / SIDEWALL No. 4700." Fragment probably removed from a sample book.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273368

Accession Number: 2001.281.118

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Looking Glass

Looking glass with gilt frame and molded cornice. Concave side moldings with applied gilt spheres. Gilt rope turning along top and bottom edge. Lower panel appears to have old mirrored glass. Upper panel has eglomise liberty and independence. Eagle with Lady Liberty and globe surrounded by a swagged...

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), verre églomisé

GUSN: 273369

Accession Number: 1959.303

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper roll. Stripe patterned paper in which mulitcolor geometric stripe with quatrefoils alternates with a cream stripe. Roller-printed in brown, dark brown, red, green, golden brown and cream on tan satin ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273371

Accession Number: 2001.281.119

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Sewing Table

Sewing table, drop-leaf with three drawers and gathered basket (reupholstered). Turned barley twist legs ending in tapered foot with original casters. Interior of work basket lined with marbelized paper. Pulls replaced.

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood), veneer

GUSN: 273372

Accession Number: 1959.307