Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral sprig and moiré with metallic gold dot and pin stripes. The white satin ground paper is printed almost entirely with gray. Non-printed areas form the pattern of rose sprigs and silk moiré. Roller-printed in two grays and metallic gold on white satin ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283377

Accession Number: 2001.281.252

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of floral flocked wallpaper. Groupings of stylized flowers in maroon flocking are joined to each other by draping foliate vines. The flocking is block-printed over ochre stripes on polished cream ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283409

Accession Number: 2001.281.253

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of wallpaper. Textile immitation pattern. Blue and white pinstripes on light blue ground is roller-printed with a medallion and vine pattern in white. In the pattern, medallion framed floral sprigs hang by strings of beads tied with bows from a diamond patterned vine with fruit.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283416

Accession Number: 2001.281.254

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Large-scale medallion pattern with scrolling acanthus leaves, floral garlands and sconce-like vases. The paper is embossed with horizontal ribbing and c-scrolls. The pattern is roller-printed in pale yellow and liquid mica shades of gold and bronze on pale pink mica gro...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283417

Accession Number: 2001.281.255

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment (A) with attached border (B). Sidewall paper (A) is block-printed with a large-scale damask pattern in blue and white on ochre ground. Paper is laid and in partial sheets. Small fragment of the paper's border (B) remains attached at the upper edge of the paper. Visible is a bead...

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283429

Accession Number: 2001.281.256.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment block-printed with a large-scale damask pattern in blue and black on green ground. Paper is laid and in partial sheets.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283430

Accession Number: 2001.281.256.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Delicate, all-over pattern of small floral sprigs block-printed in white on blue ground. Handmade wove paper. Reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings under the name "Treasure Chest."

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283431

Accession Number: 2001.281.257

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Window pane checked drapery paper in chartruse and lime green ornamented by pink daisy garlands and bouquets.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283476

Accession Number: 1911.98

Wallpaper

Fragment of scenery figure wallpaper. Pattern consists of strapwork framing scenes of rural life alternating with vignetttes of tools of learning, such as books, globe and telescope. Printed in green, grey, and brown on white, ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283477

Accession Number: 1978.132

Wedding Dress

Wedding dress. Nunziatia DiFloures and George J. Rembis, September 3, 1938, Satin, Silk, and Beads, Haverhill, MA, 1938

Date: 1938

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 283478

Accession Number: 2012.121.1.1

Veil

Veil with attached headdress, Nunziatia DiFloures and George J. Rembis, September 3, 1938, Satin, Silk, and Beads, Haverhill, MA.

Date: 1938

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 283481

Accession Number: 2012.121.1.2

Marriage Certificate

Wedding ensemble: dress, veil with attached headdress, marriage certificate, Nunziatia DiFloures and George J. Rembis, September 3, 1938, Satin, Silk, and Beads, Haverhill, MA, 1938

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 283483

Accession Number: 2012.121.1.3

Wallpaper fragment

Unused wallpaper fragment produced by Moses Grant, Jr. and Co. Pattern is a large-scale leaf design framing medallions of feathers tied with a bow. Block-printed in red and white on an ochre ground.

Date: 1811-1817

Maker: Moses Grant, Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 283496

Accession Number: 2001.281.258

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment manufactured by Moses Grant Jr and Company. Large-scale leaf design with folaite medallions. Roller-printed in green, white, light and dark violet on an ochre ground.

Date: 1811-1817

Maker: Attributed to Moses Grant, Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: laid paper

GUSN: 283499

Accession Number: 2001.281.259

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment manufactured by Moses Grant, Jr. and Co. Paper appears to have been used as the cover of a journal. Marks indicating a hand sewn binding run down the middle of the fragment. Wallpaper has a large-scale grape vine pattern. Block-printed in violet and black on white ground on wov...

Date: 1811-1817

Maker: Attributed to Moses Grant, Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 283500

Accession Number: 2001.281.260

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper affixed to paperboard. Foliate and twig pattern paper. Roller-printed in green and white on blue ingrain paper. Waterhouse labels this pattern "Oak Leaf."

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283501

Accession Number: 2001.281.261

Wallpaper Borders

Three wallpaper fragments with flocked floral vine and stripe pattern affixed to paperboard. Fragment (A) is labeled "Original" from the Whitney Hotel. Fragments (B) and (C) are labeled as reproductions made by Nancy McClelland. Fragment (A) has a flocked green vine with black and light green over...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283502

Accession Number: 2001.281.262A-C

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of wallpaper border produced in France by Zuber et Cie. Red curtain swags with red rosettes and yellow tassels. Egg and dart border above in yellow. Block-printed in two reds, black, yellow, ochre, tan and brown. Paper beneath border appears to have a branch with pine cones and is also ...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 283503

Accession Number: 2001.281.263

Wallpaper border

Two fragments of wallpaper border with repeating flower and s-curve leaf pattern. Block-printed in black, white, green, pink and red on blue ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283506

Accession Number: 2001.281.264AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment with square tile pattern. Alternating blue and white tiles with floral medallion designs. Roller-printed in blue, black, mustard, and green on white ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283507

Accession Number: 2001.281.265

Wallpaper

Five fragments of a damask pattern wallpaper. Large-scale damask pattern with some strapwork is roller-printed in dark gray over a small figure, line drawn, floral pattern printed in green in gray ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283511

Accession Number: 2001.281.266A-E

Wallpaper

Fragments of large-scale floral wallpaper. Pattern of stylized flowers and scrolling leaves. Roller-printed in cobalt blue on blue-gray ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283514

Accession Number: 2001.281.267A-C

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

Side Chair

Chippendale side chair with shell motif.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273042

Accession Number: 1980.75.1

Card Table

Chippendale card table.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273043

Accession Number: 1980.76

Dropleaf Table

Dropleaf table. Mahogany with birch hinge rails; white pine and other secondary wood. Rectangular top with rectangular leaves. Top and leaves each composed of a single board. Molded skirt with cyma recta curve and ogee arch. Rests on cabriole legs with scrolled over-the-apron knee bracket and r...

Date: 1770

Maker: Bright, George, 1726-1805 (Furniture maker)

GUSN: 273044

Accession Number: 1980.78

Wallpaper

Ceiling paper fragment. Framing this corner fragment is a square geometric design in the corner flanked by the same landscape scene of a ruined structure with water and mountains on either side. The corner fragment features a floral design with blooms resembling hydrangea and palm leaves. Roller-...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273064

Accession Number: 2001.281.100

Wallpaper

Ceiling paper fragment. This corner fragment features a landscape scene of a mill on a river. The scene is placed framed within a red diamond and is surrounded by a symmetrical block pattern outlined in metallic gold and oversized cattails. The paper is roller-printed in two reds, black, blue, wh...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273066

Accession Number: 2001.281.101

Coverlet

Red and white coverlet.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: Bates Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 273067

Accession Number: 2013.8.1

Shawl

Black lace shawl with sparrow design.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 273068

Accession Number: 2013.8.2

Wallpaper

Ceiling wallpaper fragment. Moiré patterned, non-directional paper roller-printed in white on a cream colored satin ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273069

Accession Number: 2001.281.102

Wallpaper

Fragment of Fresco paper. A fresco horizontal border is carefully affixed to an upright vertical boarder and striped wall panel paper. The borders immitate architectural molding and includes a floral and acanthus leaf motif. Block-printed in six shades of brown on brown ground. The papers appear...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273070

Accession Number: 2001.281.103

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scenery figure paper featuring two pastoral vignettes. In the first vignette, two men seated at an outdoor table smoking as a woman serves ale. A country house is in the background with the sign "Travelers Rest." In the second vignette, a couple dances to a fiddler's tune. A...

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273075

Accession Number: 2001.281.104

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scenery figure paper featuring two pastoral vignettes. In the first vignette, two men seated at an outdoor table smoking as a woman serves ale. A country house is in the background with the sign "Travelers Rest." In the second vignette, a couple dances to a fiddler's tune. A...

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273079

Accession Number: 2001.281.105

Mug

Earthenware mug. Slightly tapered body with shaped base and ear-shaped handle. Incised band around body near top. Blue band near rim. Hand painted blue flower pot on one side, sprig of flowers in blue on the other side.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 273080

Accession Number: 1970.373

Side Chair

Painted side chair, Wood, Paint, Mother of pearl, and Cane, Probably MA, 1850-1869

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273081

Accession Number: 2012.114.1.1

Side Chair

Painted side chair, Wood, Paint, Mother of pearl, and Cane, Probably MA, 1850-1869

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273082

Accession Number: 2012.114.1.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Clapp House in Dorchester, Massachusetts. English Pillar and Arch pattern block-printed and stenciled. Architectural elements in light blue, gray and black on gray ground. Floral swags and leaves, in green, pink and red, adorn the architectural elements. A small piece ...

Date: 1765-1770

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273083

Accession Number: 2001.281.106

Side chair

Side chair, Wood and cane, Probably MA, 1850-1869

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273084

Accession Number: 2012.114.2.1

Side Chair

Side chair, Wood and cane, Probably MA, 1850-1869

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273085

Accession Number: 2012.114.2.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Barnstable, Massachusetts. Stylized Neoclassical pattern of Medallions and Squares. Block-printed on handmade paper. Squares containing a design of an urn with quatrefoil, leaves and swans alternate with squares of a foliate sunburst composed of geometric elements. Printed i...

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273086

Accession Number: 2001.281.107

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Barnstable, Massachusetts. Floral patterned paper printed with repeating open blooms, similiar to a hibiscas, and palm fronds. Block-printed in orange, yellow and red on blue ground. Multiple handmade paper pieces, cut into various sizes and attached in different direction...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273089

Accession Number: 2001.281.108

Wallpaper

Naturalistic floral wallpaper with floral border from West Peabody, Massachusetts. The pattern is reminiscent of both Aesthetic and Anglo-Japanese styles popular in the late nineteenth century. Roller-printed in muddied greens, orange and blue on black ground. The fragment is affixed to linen.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273092

Accession Number: 2001.281.109

Dining Table

Victorian dining table in the Georgian-revival style, extension type with three leaves and a crank mechanism.

Date: 1850

Maker: Moore & Campion (Furniture maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, inlays (decorations)

GUSN: 273099

Accession Number: 1985.745

Tall Case Clock

Hepplewhite tall case clock, mahogany and inlay. Dial inscribed "Allen Killey-Sandwich".

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 273101

Accession Number: 1985.746

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

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

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