Historic New England

Mirror Knob

Round amber-colored mirror knob with a star motif and metal trim. One of a set of nine.

Date: 1835-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 60818

Accession Number: 1942.2642.4

Mirror Knob

Round amber-colored mirror knob with a star motif and metal trim. One of a set of nine.

Date: 1835-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 60819

Accession Number: 1942.2642.5

Mirror Knob

Round amber-colored mirror knob with a star motif and metal trim. One of a set of nine.

Date: 1835-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 60820

Accession Number: 1942.2642.6

Mirror Knob

Round amber-colored mirror knob with a star motif and metal trim. One of a set of nine.

Date: 1835-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 60821

Accession Number: 1942.2642.7

Mirror Knob

Round amber-colored mirror knob with a star motif and metal trim. One of a set of nine.

Date: 1835-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 60822

Accession Number: 1942.2642.8

Mirror Knob

Round amber-colored mirror knob with a star motif and metal trim. One of a set of nine.

Date: 1835-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 60823

Accession Number: 1942.2642.9

Table Cover

Rectangular table scarf printed in an allover design of red, blue, and yellow with a border.

Date: 1820-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 60824

Accession Number: 1942.2643

Portrait of Petrarch

Bust-length portrait of a man; three-quarter view; orange toga over head; olive and acanthus wreaths.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: AFTER Bergeret (Maker) Noel & Massele (Engraver) Desnoyers, Augte. (Publisher)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 60825

Accession Number: 1942.2646

Portrait of Augusta, Princess of Brunswick and Lunenburg

Half-length portrait of a woman with her head to the right; wearing a yellow gown and robe with ermine trim. Bottom of print reads "Her Royal Highness, Augusta, Hereditary Priness of Brunswick & Lunenburg."

Date: 1720-1750

Maker: AFTER Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792 (Maker) Corbalt, Philip (Engraver) Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794 (Publisher)

Material: mezzotint (process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 60826

Accession Number: 1942.2647

Needlework Picture

Needlework picture depicting a bouquet of multicolored flowers tied by a red ribbon.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, wool (textile)

GUSN: 60827

Accession Number: 1942.2649

One of a Pair of Silhouettes

Young woman with chignon in a positive cut, full-length profile. She holds a small nosegay of flowers and a purse.

Date: 1845

Maker: Possibly Edouart, Auguste (Maker)

GUSN: 60828

Accession Number: 1942.2651.1

One of a Pair of Silhouettes

Young man with beard cut in a full-length profile holding a top hat in his right hand.

Date: 1845

Maker: Possibly Edouart, Auguste (Maker)

GUSN: 60829

Accession Number: 1942.2651.2

Silhouette

Positive cut full length silhouette with ink wash depicting a woman wearing a decorative hair comb and holding her cockatoo. Black painted wood frame.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: Hubard, William James (Maker)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 60830

Accession Number: 1942.2652

Painting

Exterior scene of a fort, the Hudson River, and an American flag with a scroll border.

Date: 1825-1874

Maker: After Bartlett (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 60831

Accession Number: 1942.2653

Figurine

Polychrome figurine of a woman holding a child's hand and a basket.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware

GUSN: 60832

Accession Number: 1942.2654

Figurine

Polychrome figurine on a square pedestal of a man, bust length in an eighteenth century uniform.

Date: 1795-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware

GUSN: 60833

Accession Number: 1942.2655

Figurine

Red and brown figurine of a standing female allegorical figure with large bird.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware

GUSN: 60834

Accession Number: 1942.2656

Writing Desk

Desk and bookcase. Mahogany primary wood and veneers. White pine secondary wood. Bookcase has flat top with narrow overhang, two tiers of drawers, and narrow, hinged doors. Desk has two drawers, arched skirt, and rests on tapered legs. Replaced brasses.

Date: 1795-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: inlay (process), mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 60835

Accession Number: 1942.2657

Mirror Knob

Round yellow-colored mirror knob with a star motif and metal trim.

Date: 1835-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 60836

Accession Number: 1942.2658

Wallpaper

Fragment of Renaissance Revival wallpaper. Pattern consists of interlacing strapwork and floral trail. Printed in light grey, white, red, green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283647

Accession Number: 1911.93

Newspaper Advertisement with "China Lady" illustration

Boston newspaper advertisement for china wares featuring illustration of woman, or "China Lady," with body made of crockery and china. The illustration is part of an advertisement that reads in part: "Britannia, Crockery, Glass, and China Wares. E. B. Mason (Late E. B. McLaughlin) At China Hall, No...

Date: 1845

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283648

Accession Number: 2001.281.300

Wallpaper

Cut fragment of striped wallpaper. Consists of alternating green and white stripes with stylized leaf motifs printed in grey and dark green.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283652

Accession Number: 1911.112

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper from a house on Wellington Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. Pebble embossed paper with geometric pattern of overlapping or stacked diamonds. Each diamond has a greek key-like element framing a stylized sprig or trefoil. Roller-printed in red, green, black, two b...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283653

Accession Number: 2001.281.301

Wallpaper

Four wallpaper fragments from a house on Wellington Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. Art Nouveau style wallpaper with large-scale, stylized floral pattern. Roller-printed in red, green and black on a bronze ground. Paper is embossed with a wood grain pattern and varnished after printing.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283654

Accession Number: 2001.281.302A-D

Children's Mug

Porcelain mug. Shaped base with spurred loop handle. Red transfer printed floral motifs on both sides, over painted with green, red, yellow, blue, and pink.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, transfer printing, hand-painted

GUSN: 283661

Accession Number: 1970.1310.123

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from a home on Wellington Street, South Boston, Massachusetts. Art Nouveau style wallpaper with large-scale stylized floral with scrolling foliage pattern. Embossed floral pattern on bronze ground. The pattern interior is further embossed with fine diagonal striations. The back...

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283670

Accession Number: 2001.281.303

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper from a home on Wellington Street, South Boston, Massachusetts. Art Nouveau style floral damask embossed on dark bronze ground. Flowers and stems form an ogee pattern. The pattern is embossed on a dark bronze ground. The pattern's embossed outline resembles stitching and its i...

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283673

Accession Number: 2001.281.304

Scenic Wallpaper Display Sample

Five small-scale showroom samples of a scenic wallpaper. Paper depicts a view of "Beacon Hill" in Boston, Massachusetts by "HAN-TEC." Sample indicates the full scale scenic came in four sections, labeled A through D. Screened in green, blue, red, white, two browns and black with a background print...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, screen prints

GUSN: 283677

Accession Number: 2001.281.305A-E

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard labeled "Crocker" from Brewster, Massachusetts. Floral Aesthetic style paper with foreground pattern of asymmetrical, densley arranged flowers and foliage roller-printed in greens, browns, red and orange. Background foliate pattern roller-printed in yellow ...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283678

Accession Number: 2001.281.306

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard labeled "Crocker" from Brewster, Massachusetts. Floral, Aesthetic style paper with asymmetrical pattern of sprays with turquiose and red flowers and olive palm fronds. Roller-printed in two shades of turquoise, red, dark maroon, fuchsia, yellow, and three s...

Date: 1880-1887

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

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283679

Accession Number: 2001.281.307

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard labeled "Crocker" from Brewster, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style paper with dense, asymmetrical floral pattern roller-printed in two yellows, red, dark maroon, black and dark olive on olive ground. Olive ground color is badly deteriorated and has largely di...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283681

Accession Number: 2001.281.308

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard labeled "Crocker" from Brewster, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style paper with dense, asymmetrical foliate pattern roller-printed in black, yellow, maroon and orange on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283682

Accession Number: 2001.281.309

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: 283684

Accession Number: 1911.79

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from a mid-nineteenth century house, now demolished, in Brewster, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style wallpaper with large-scale floral pattern roller-printed in brown in the foreground and a second smaller-scale floral pattern roller-printed in green in the background. Foreground p...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283685

Accession Number: 2001.281.310A-E

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: 283686

Accession Number: 1911.80

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard from Brewster, Massachusetts. Floral stripe pattern roller-printed in green, gray and dark red on white ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283687

Accession Number: 2001.281.311

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Brewster, Massachusetts. Pattern of repeating floral bouquets with trailing vines. This early American paper is roller-printed in green, red, pink and blue on an undetermined ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283688

Accession Number: 2001.281.312

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: 283689

Accession Number: 1911.104

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: 283690

Accession Number: 1911.105

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper from Brookline, Massachusetts. Mock flocked, or paper imitating a flocked wallpaper, with floral damask pattern. Roller-printed in dark red and black on dark cinnamon ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283691

Accession Number: 2001.281.313

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revival stripe wallpaper. Pattern consists of stripes of Ionic columns alternating with Gothic cornice, scrolled leaves and quatrefoils over fluted columns. Printed in brown and white on a pale gray ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283692

Accession Number: 1911.76

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revival stripe wallpaper. Pattern consists of stripes of Ionic columns alternating with Gothic cornice, scrolled leaves and quatrefoils over fluted columns. Printed in brown and white on a pale gray ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283693

Accession Number: 1911.77

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revival stripe wallpaper. Pattern consists of stripes of Ionic columns alternating with Gothic cornice, scrolled leaves and quatrefoils over fluted columns. Printed in brown and white on a pale gray ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283694

Accession Number: 1911.148

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the General John Walker House in Burlington, Massachusetts. Floral striped wallpaper. Stripes of floral sprigs and leaves block-printed in green varnish, black and white alternate with narrower stripes of dots and dashes printed in white. Light blue ground. Wove paper in p...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 283695

Accession Number: 2001.281.314.1

Wallpaper

Three fragments of striped wallpaper from the General John Walker House, Burlington, Massachusetts. Sprig, cattail and ribbon stripes block-printed in black and white on blue ground. The wallpaper is printed on blue ingrain paper in partial sheets. Fragment [C] was used to make the reproduction wa...

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283705

Accession Number: 2001.281.314.2A-C

Reproduction Wallpaper

Sample fragement of Waterhouse Wallhangings reproduction wallpaper "Strawberry Stripe." For original fragments found as trunk lining in Bourne, Massachusetts, see 2001.281.298.1AB. Roller-printed in red and dark red to immitate block printing. Mustard ground.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283712

Accession Number: 2001.281.298.2

Armchair

Empire style armchair with scrolled arms, slip-seat, and saber legs. Dutch floral marquetry inlay on crest, arms, seat rail, and legs.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), marquetry

GUSN: 283718

Accession Number: 2006.44.1471

Apple Cooker

Two microwave apple cookers in original box. White plastic base with corresponding lid, molded to depict an apple. Lid snaps closed with small hole on top to release heat.

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 283724

Accession Number: 2011.80.99.1A-2B

Wallpaper border

Wallpaper border fragment. Trailing vine with berries, possibly raspberries, printed in three blues on light blue ground. Brown flocked background overprinted in black and red.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283727

Accession Number: 2009.31.2

Wallpaper Roll

Partial roll of wallpaper. Diaper pattern formed by black dotted lines with red and black stars at the intersections and framing reverse printed ivory centers. On unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283728

Accession Number: 1929.980B

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