Historic New England

Printing block

Wooden printing block-cross pattern separated by tiny rosettes.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 243697

Accession Number: 2010.91.9

Wallpaper sample

Wallpaper sample, large white and pink flowers over arched trellis with pink, blue, and brown birds on gray ground. Twentieth-century block print.

Date: 1922

Maker: Nancy McClelland, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 243698

Accession Number: 2010.91.10

Scenic wallpaper from a fireboard. Four men and a boy with a camel rest on a grassy bank by a river. White stone building in background with minaret. Brown and green leaf border at top and bottom, geometric border at sides. Glued to canvas. Possibly Zuber.

Date: ca. 1825

Maker: Possibly Zuber & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers, painting (image-making)

GUSN: 243699

Accession Number: 2010.91.11

Fireboard

Wallpaper from fireboard, pasted on artist board. Unidentified scenic wallpaper of men and women on horseback riding and resting in front of a large stone house. Black and green flocked floral border with gilt detailing.. Glued to board. Possibly Zuber.

Date: ca. 1825

Maker: Possibly Zuber & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers, painting (image-making)

GUSN: 243700

Accession Number: 2010.91.12

Wallpaper

Framed scenic wallpaper fragment. A man in a striped turban and red pants stands on a fortification wall next to a yellow cannon with green wheels. Unidentified panoramic wallpaper. Plain black wood frame. Possibly made in France.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, painting (image-making)

GUSN: 243701

Accession Number: 2010.91.13

"Les Jardins Francais" Wallpaper Fragment

Framed wallpaper panel of "Les Jardins Francais." Fragment of panel 16. Scene of several black women in a garden near a stream. Plain wood frame, painted green.

Date: 1836-1837

Maker: Zuber & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers, painting (image-making)

GUSN: 243702

Accession Number: 2010.91.14

Wallpapered board

Wallpapered board. Side 1: wallpaper with grisaille pattern of vertical lines of leaves and small flowers with geometric medallions. Side 2: Small pink, green, and blue flowers on a tan ground. Side 1 has the same geometric pattern as the wallpaper in an upstairs closet at the Swett-Ilsley House in ...

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 243707

Accession Number: 2010.92.1-.2

Toastmaster Automatic Heater

Toastmaster Automatic Heater, Model 9B1. Beige powdercoated steel and chrome, with plastic control dial and feet, brown plastic power cord.

Date: 1960-1969

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243741

Accession Number: 2009.6.1.1

Instruction Booklet for the Toastmaster Automatic Heater

Original instructional booklet/advertisement for the Toastmaster Automatic Heater, Model 9B1.

Date: 1960s

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243742

Accession Number: 2009.6.1.2

Ceiling boards

Ten sponge painted boards with white stripe and wave design on pink ground. Visible joist marks.

Date: 1676-1700

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 243776

Accession Number: 2008.25.1

Ceiling board

Sponge painted board with white stripe and wave design on pink ground. Visible joist marks. Only one half length of the board has painted decoration.

Date: 1676-1700

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243780

Accession Number: 2008.25.1.1

Ceiling board

Sponge painted board with white stripe and wave design on pink ground. Visible joist marks.

Date: 1676-1700

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243781

Accession Number: 2008.25.1.2

Ceiling board

Sponge painted board with white stripe and wave design on pink ground. Visible joist marks.

Date: 1676-1700

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243782

Accession Number: 2008.25.1.3

Ceiling board

Sponge painted board with white stripe and wave design on pink ground. Visible joist marks.

Date: 1676-1700

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243783

Accession Number: 2008.25.1.4

Ceiling board

Sponge painted board with white stripe and wave design on pink ground. Visible joist marks.

Date: 1676-1700

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243784

Accession Number: 2008.25.1.5

Ceiling board

Sponge painted board with white stripe and wave design on pink ground. Visible joist marks.

Date: 1676-1700

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243785

Accession Number: 2008.25.1.6

Ceiling board

Sponge painted board split into two halves with white stripe and wave design on pink ground. Visible joist marks.

Date: 1676-1700

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243786

Accession Number: 2008.25.1.7AB

Ceiling board

Sponge painted board with white stripe and wave design on pink ground. Visible joist marks. Board A has on oval slot cut out of one end. Board B has an oval tab at one end. Both pieces fit together to form one length of board.

Date: 1676-1700

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243787

Accession Number: 2008.25.1.8AB

Ceiling board

Sponge painted board with white stripe and wave design on pink ground. Visible joist marks.

Date: 1676-1700

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243788

Accession Number: 2008.25.1.9

Ceiling board

Sponge painted board with white stripe and wave design on pink ground. Visible joist marks.

Date: 1676-1700

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243789

Accession Number: 2008.25.1.10

Ceiling boards

Eight painted boards with white scroll and fleur-de-lis pattern on salmon colored ground. Visible joist marks on some boards.

Date: 17th century

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 243790

Accession Number: 2008.25.2

Ceiling board

Painted board with white scroll and fleur-de-lis pattern on salmon colored ground. Visible joist marks. Tongue edge and groove edge.

Date: 17th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243791

Accession Number: 2008.25.2.1

Ceiling board

Painted board with white scroll and fleur-de-lis pattern on salmon colored ground. Four visible joist marks. Tongue edge and straight edge.

Date: 17th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243792

Accession Number: 2008.25.2.2

Ceiling board

Painted board with white scroll and fleur-de-lis pattern on salmon colored ground. Three visible joist marks. Tongue edge and groove edge.

Date: 17th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243793

Accession Number: 2008.25.2.3

Ceiling board

Painted board with white scroll and fleur-de-lis pattern on salmon colored ground. Tongue edge and groove edge.

Date: 17th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 243794

Accession Number: 2008.25.2.4

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246958

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.3

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246959

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.4

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246960

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.5

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246961

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.6

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246962

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.7

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246963

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.8

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246964

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.9

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca.1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246965

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.10

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246966

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.11

Original fabric fragments

Original upholstery fragments removed from 1969.1201.1. Blue and white toile pattern of Rococo vines and swags, crest supporting rural farm scene of a rooster, rabbit, and a woman on a swing. 1890s reprint of a 1780 Jean Baptiste Huet design "L'escarpolette" (The Swing).A-seat cover; B-back cover; C...

Date: 1930-1939

Maker: Reproduction of Huet, Jean Baptiste (Designer)

GUSN: 246997

Accession Number: 1969.1201.1A-G

Original fabric fragments

Original upholstery fragments removed from 1969.1201.2. Blue and white toile pattern of Rococo vines and swags, crest supporting rural farm scene of a rooster, rabbit, and a woman on a swing. 1890s reprint of a 1780 Jean Baptiste Huet design "L'escarpolette" (The Swing).A-seat cover; B-back cover; C...

Date: 1930-1939

Maker: Reproduction of Huet, Jean Baptiste (Designer)

GUSN: 247005

Accession Number: 1969.1201.2A-F

Set of 12 Soup Spoons

Set of 12 silver soup spoons, each with a scrolled floral decoration. Each spoon has the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), engraving (action)

GUSN: 247022

Accession Number: 2002.29.9