Historic New England

Wine glass

One of a pair of hand blown stemmed glasses with ogee bowls, unadorned drawn stems, and conical folded feet. Glass-tip pontil scar.

Date: 1780-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288390

Accession Number: 1958.502.2

Fragment of striped wallpaper from the study of the Governor's Mansion, Augusta, Maine. Central stripe features eight-pointed star figure flanked by sold colored stripes, then wide stripes in the ground color with a centered stylized vine. Paper is embossed with a fine ribbed texture. Roller-prin...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 288391

Accession Number: 2001.281.586

Reproduction Wallpaper

Sample of reproduction wallpaper used in the study of the Blaine House, Augusta, Maine. Central stripe features eight-pointed star figures flanked by sold colored stripes, then wide stripes in the ground color with a centered stylized vine running down the center. Paper is embossed with a fine rib...

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 288392

Accession Number: 2001.281.587

Wine glass

One of a set of nine hand-blown stemmed glasses with conical bowls, conical folded feet, and glass-tip pontil scars.

Date: 1780-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288393

Accession Number: 1958.293.1

Wine glass

One of a set of nine hand-blown stemmed glasses with conical bowls, conical folded feet, and glass-tip pontil scars.

Date: 1780-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288394

Accession Number: 1958.293.2

Wine glass

One of a set of nine hand-blown stemmed glasses with conical bowls, conical folded feet, and glass-tip pontil scars.

Date: 1780-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288395

Accession Number: 1958.293.3

Wine glass

One of a set of nine hand-blown stemmed glasses with conical bowls, conical folded feet, and glass-tip pontil scars.

Date: 1780-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288396

Accession Number: 1958.293.4

Wine glass

One of a set of nine hand-blown stemmed glasses with conical bowls, conical folded feet, and glass-tip pontil scars.

Date: 1780-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288397

Accession Number: 1958.293.5

Wine glass

One of a set of nine hand-blown stemmed glasses with conical bowls, conical folded feet, and glass-tip pontil scars.

Date: 1780-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288398

Accession Number: 1958.293.6

Wine glass

One of a set of nine hand-blown stemmed glasses with conical bowls, conical folded feet, and glass-tip pontil scars.

Date: 1780-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288399

Accession Number: 1958.293.7

Wine glass

One of a set of nine hand-blown stemmed glasses with conical bowls, conical folded feet, and glass-tip pontil scars.

Date: 1780-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288400

Accession Number: 1958.293.8

Wine glass

One of a set of nine hand-blown stemmed glasses with conical bowls, conical folded feet, and glass-tip pontil scars.

Date: 1780-1805

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288401

Accession Number: 1958.293.9

"Birds and Blossoms" Wallpaper

Four wallpaper panels removed from the first floor dining room of 77 Mount Vernon Street, Boston. "Birds and Blossoms" pattern designed by Charles Burchfield and printed by M.H. Birge.

Maker: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim (American painter, draftsman, and illustrator, 1893-1967) (Designer) M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 288403

Accession Number: 1992.185A-D

Wine glass

One of a set of three hand blown stemmed glasses with incurved bucket bowls, singular annular knops on the stems, and conical folded feet. Glass-tip pontil scars.

Date: 1745-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288476

Accession Number: 1958.292.1

Wine glass

One of a set of three hand blown stemmed glasses with incurved bucket bowls, singular annular knops on the stems, and conical folded feet. Glass-tip pontil scars.

Date: 1745-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288478

Accession Number: 1958.292.2

Wine glass

One of a set of three hand blown stemmed glasses with incurved bucket bowls, singular annular knops on the stems, and conical folded feet. Glass-tip pontil scars.

Date: 1745-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glass

GUSN: 288479

Accession Number: 1958.292.3

Side chair

One of a set of eight side chairs with pierced splats, carved serpentine crest rails carved with shells and volutes, cabriole legs with carved shells on knees, and claw-and-ball feet. Seats covered in brown velvet cloth patterned with diamonds.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), silk (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 288480

Accession Number: 1958.288.1

Side chair

One of a set of eight side chairs with pierced splats, carved serpentine crest rails carved with shells and volutes, cabriole legs with carved shells on knees, and claw-and-ball feet. Seats covered in brown velvet cloth patterned with diamonds.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), silk (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 288481

Accession Number: 1958.288.2

Side chair

One of a set of eight side chairs with pierced splats, carved serpentine crest rails carved with shells and volutes, cabriole legs with carved shells on knees, and claw-and-ball feet. Seats covered in brown velvet cloth patterned with diamonds.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), silk (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 288482

Accession Number: 1958.288.3

Side chair

One of a set of eight side chairs with pierced splats, carved serpentine crest rails carved with shells and volutes, cabriole legs with carved shells on knees, and claw-and-ball feet. Seats covered in brown velvet cloth patterned with diamonds.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), silk (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 288483

Accession Number: 1958.288.4

Side chair

One of a set of eight side chairs with pierced splats, carved serpentine crest rails carved with shells and volutes, cabriole legs with carved shells on knees, and claw-and-ball feet. Seats covered in brown velvet cloth patterned with diamonds.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), silk (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 288484

Accession Number: 1958.288.5

Side chair

One of a set of eight side chairs with pierced splats, carved serpentine crest rails carved with shells and volutes, cabriole legs with carved shells on knees, and claw-and-ball feet. Seats covered in brown velvet cloth patterned with diamonds.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), silk (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 288485

Accession Number: 1958.288.6

Side chair

One of a set of eight side chairs with pierced splats, carved serpentine crest rails carved with shells and volutes, cabriole legs with carved shells on knees, and claw-and-ball feet. Seats covered in brown velvet cloth patterned with diamonds.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), silk (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 288486

Accession Number: 1958.288.7

Side chair

One of a set of eight side chairs with pierced splats, carved serpentine crest rails carved with shells and volutes, cabriole legs with carved shells on knees, and claw-and-ball feet. Seats covered in brown velvet cloth patterned with diamonds.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), silk (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 288487

Accession Number: 1958.288.8

Wallpaper Sample Book

Trade catalog or sample book titled "Silk Wallpapers Engraved by Walcrest." Catalog is a small fandeck with cardboard covers secured by a single metal brad. Catalog contains 25 samples of wallpapers depicting textured silk (all Pattern No. 688) in different colorways. Produced by Stamford Wall Paper...

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Stamford Wall Paper Company, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), metal

GUSN: 288492

Accession Number: 2001.281.700

Wallpaper Sample Book

Trade catalog or sample book titled "Plain Ground and Silk Wallpapers" by Katzenbach and Warren. Catalog is a small fandeck with dark green cardboard covers and is secured by a single metal brad. Catalog contains 7 samples of textured silk wallpaper (pattern # 685 XG) and 43 samples of plain ground...

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), metal

GUSN: 288493

Accession Number: 2001.281.701

Wallpaper Sample Book

Trade catalog or sample book titled "Plain Ground Wallpapers" manufactured by Katzenbach and Warren. Catalog is a small fandeck with beige cardboard covers and is secured by a single metal brad. Catalog contains 72 samples of plain ground wallpaper (pattern # 30 PG) in different colorways and one sa...

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), metal

GUSN: 288494

Accession Number: 2001.281.702

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of flocked wallpaper border. Narrow border with pattern of alternating square, block-printed medallions and stylized palmettes printed on flocking. Block-printed in cream, gray, white and red flocking on white ground. Flocking is overprinted in orange and black.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 289572

Accession Number: 2001.281.667

Fire screen

Rectangular wool, silk and glass bead embroidered firescreen depicting a spray of flowers in black, brown, white and gray. Stand has acorn finial, S-curved legs and scroll feet.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), crewel wool, glass (material)

GUSN: 289573

Accession Number: 1958.238

Fire screen

Fire screen with rounded brass bottom and top bars, wrought iron uprights to which is attached iron mesh. In front, mesh has curving iron wire ornament. Uprights have tear-drop shaped brass finials.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 289576

Accession Number: 1958.235

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of floral wallpaper border with trimmed edge. Naturalistic pink flowers and buds on green leafy branches or grasses. Flocked red background is overprinted with black to emulate shadow. Block-printed in two greens, two browns, yellow, two pinks, mauve, red, black and red flocking on olive g...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 289577

Accession Number: 2001.281.668

Reproduction Wallpaper

Five unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "French Tassel" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Pattern has a central motif of a rose-filled basket with adjacent leaf and flower sprays on either side. The basket is printed over two garlands, one of which curves upward; the other curves...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 289578

Accession Number: 2001.281.742.1-.5

Andiron

One of a pair of wrought iron and brass andirons with ball-shaped finials, turned posts and snake feet. Ball shaped log stops and andiron finials have horizontal bands in middle.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 289579

Accession Number: 1958.236.1

Andiron

One of a pair of wrought iron and brass andirons with ball-shaped finials, turned posts and snake feet. Ball shaped log stops and andiron finials have horizontal bands in middle.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 289580

Accession Number: 1958.236.2

Wallpaper Border

Two fragments of flocked wallpaper border. Narrow border with band of green flocking overprinted with light green greek key pattern. Flocking is interrupted by pink, block-printed medallion figures and striped edges. Block-printed in two pinks, fuschia, purple and dark green flocking. Flocking ...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 289581

Accession Number: 2001.281.669AB

Wallpaper Border

Two matching fragments of flocked wallpaper border. Block-printed stylized flower with symmetrical leaves and scrolls extending on either side. The flower figure repeats over an upper band of green flocking overprinted with light green quatrefoils, a middle band of beads, and a lower band of curve...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 289582

Accession Number: 2001.281.670AB

Reproduction Wallpaper

Two unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "General Samuel McClellan" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale coffered design in imitation of plaster work. Large quatrefoils frame trophies composed of drums, flags, horns, pikes and swords. Pattern is based on an...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 289583

Accession Number: 2001.281.743.1-.2

Wallpaper Border

Small fragment of flocked wallpaper border with only partial pattern. Band of green flocking overprinted with light green and black. Other pattern elements block printed in metallic gold and brown on cream ground including circles cradled by stripe along upper edge, partial medallion, stripes alon...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 289584

Accession Number: 2001.281.671

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of flocked wallpaper border. Central band of green flocking overprinted with black fleur-de-lis and light green heart-shaped figures. The rest of pattern elements, which imitate carved molding, are block-printed in metallic gold and two browns on ochre ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 289585

Accession Number: 2001.281.672

Reproduction Wallpaper

Four unused samples of reproduction wallpaper in the "General Thayer" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a simple repeating pattern of small circular flowers and squares. Wallpaper is a reproduction of an American block-printed paper dating from 1780-1810. Remnants of the paper w...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 289586

Accession Number: 2001.281.744.1-.4

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of flocked wallpaper border. Center brown band block-printed with metallic gold medallion pattern. Upper and lower bands of green flocking overprinted in light green and black leaf figures.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 289587

Accession Number: 2001.281.673

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of flocked wallpaper border. Sprays of roses and leaves over upper band of gray with lower band of green flocking overprinted with foliate sprays in brown and black. The lower edge is bordered in gold-colored beaded molding. Block-printed in yellow, tan, brown, two grays and green flockin...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 289588

Accession Number: 2001.281.674

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of ribbon and bead wallpaper border. Realistic blue ribbon intertwined with gray string of beads over upper band of gray with white grass sprigs and lower band of blue with blue shadowing. Gray stripes at upper and lower edges. Block-printed in white, five shades of blue and three shades ...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 289594

Accession Number: 2001.281.675

Wallpaper Border

Four fragments of block-printed wallpaper border. Border imitates architectural molding featuring four-petaled rosettes and oval medallions in yellow against green. Block-printed in ochre, brown, yellow, black and two green on ungrounded paper. Fragment (A) is a pair of uncut borders. Fragments ...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 289603

Accession Number: 2001.281.676A-D

Window valance

White lace valance with ruffle.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), polyester (fiber)

GUSN: 289605

Accession Number: 2012.66.16.1

Curtain panel

White lace curtain panel,

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), polyester (fiber)

GUSN: 289606

Accession Number: 2012.66.16.2

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of flocked wallpaper border. Pattern of centered, beaded rosettes alternating with small floral and leaf springs. The two elements are connected with symmetrical, elongated and stylized acanthus leaves that flank the rosettes, forming a central, longitudinal main design. Upper band of ver...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 289607

Accession Number: 2001.281.677

Curtain panel

White lace curtain panel,

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), polyester (fiber)

GUSN: 289609

Accession Number: 2012.66.16.3

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of flocked wallpaper border. Quatrefoil medallion in gold and purple against black flocking overprinted with light green. Lower edge is a ribbon of small tan and gold quatrefoil figures. Block-printed in tan, metallic gold, brown, purple and black flocking on ungrounded paper. Flocking o...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 289612

Accession Number: 2001.281.678

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of three uncut wallpaper borders. Chain pattern in pink and black on red flocking with gold upper and lower edges. Block-printed in tan, gold and red flocking on ungrounded paper. Flocking overprinted in pink and black.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 289613

Accession Number: 2001.281.679

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