Historic New England

Delft Tile

A burgundy and white Delft tile showing a woman seated by a bird.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), tin glaze, hand-painted

GUSN: 370710

Accession Number: 2016.188.427

Delft Tile

A burgundy and white Delft tile showing three women in the foreground sowing seeds.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), tin glaze, hand-painted

GUSN: 370711

Accession Number: 2016.188.428

Delft Tile

A burgundy and white Delft tile showing Simon of Cyrene helping Christ carry the cross.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), tin glaze, hand-painted

GUSN: 370712

Accession Number: 2016.188.429

Delft Tile

A burgundy and white Delft tile showing a young man in a landscape holding a flower.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), tin glaze, hand-painted

GUSN: 370713

Accession Number: 2016.188.430

Delft Tile

A burgundy and white Delft tile showing Jonah and the whale.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), tin glaze, hand-painted

GUSN: 370714

Accession Number: 2016.188.431

Delft Tile

A burgundy and white Delft tile showing a man working in a pastoral landscape.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), tin glaze, hand-painted

GUSN: 370715

Accession Number: 2016.188.432

Italian Tile

A blue, white, yellow, and green tile showing an animal running in a landscape.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), tin glaze, hand-painted

GUSN: 370716

Accession Number: 2016.188.433

Italian Tile

A blue, white, yellow, and green tile showing a bird flying in a landscape.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), hand-painted

GUSN: 370717

Accession Number: 2016.188.434

Delft Tile

A burgundy and white Delft tile showing architecture in a landscape. Tile is not backed with felt, surface rough and very slightly crumbly in the back.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), tin glaze, hand-painted

GUSN: 370718

Accession Number: 2016.188.435

Delft Tile

A burgundy and white Delft tile showing architecture in a landscape.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), tin glaze, hand-painted

GUSN: 370719

Accession Number: 2016.188.436

Delft Tile

A burgundy and white Delft tile showing a man walking with a cane in a landscape.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), tin glaze, hand-painted

GUSN: 370720

Accession Number: 2016.188.437

Bowl

A ceramic bowl with floral decoration in pink and green predominantly.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 370721

Accession Number: 2016.188.438

Lighter

An urn-shaped, silver colored lighter with green felt beneath the base.

Maker: unknown

Material: silvering

GUSN: 370722

Accession Number: 2016.188.439

Wooden Box

A rectangular wooden box with a wooden veneer applied in strips, fastened with a clasp.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, metal

GUSN: 370723

Accession Number: 2016.188.440

Beaded Change Purse with Mirror

A coin purse beaded with pearlescent cream beads with a metal closure and chain strap. The interior is cream colored with inner pockets and a mirror.

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (process), beads (pierced objects), metal, textiles

GUSN: 370724

Accession Number: 2016.188.441

Change Purse with Mirror

A deep purple coin purse with a ribbed body and brass colored hinge, clasp, and chain strap. The interior is cream colored with inner pockets and a mirror.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, metal

GUSN: 370725

Accession Number: 2016.188.442

Small Purse

A small, cream colored, crocheted purse with a simple strap an inner snap closure.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, crocheting

GUSN: 370726

Accession Number: 2016.188.443

Change Purse

A metal chain linked coin purse coated with white an blue enamel showing floral decoration and a bird. The purse is fastened with a metal clasp with a chain strap above.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 370727

Accession Number: 2016.188.445

Watch

A metal wrist watch.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370728

Accession Number: 2016.188.446

Change Purse

A brass colored chain linked coin purse with two chain straps at the top and dangling beads at the bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal joints

GUSN: 370729

Accession Number: 2016.188.448

Chains

Three metal chains.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 370730

Accession Number: 2016.188.449.1-.3

Eyeglasses and Case

A pair of eyeglasses.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370731

Accession Number: 2016.188.450AB

Glass Vase

A tall glass vase.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 370732

Accession Number: 2016.188.452

Glass Goblet

A pressed glass spooner with geometric designs.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 370733

Accession Number: 2016.188.453

Wine Glass

A small wine glass with a long stem and a tulip bowl with etched star designs.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 370734

Accession Number: 2016.188.454

Partial roll of floral wallpaper from Salem, Massachusetts. Naturalistic rose bouquets repeat at interval down the center of the roll. Pairs of smaller rose sprigs are printed along the edge of the paper between the bouquets. Pattern imitates the French block-print florals popular from 1820-1830s. ...

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292839

Accession Number: 2001.281.1100

Wallpaper

Six fragments of Scenery Figure wallpaper from Maine. Boat of men is pulled ashore by a single figure. Scene is framed by leaning trees, arched bridge and city in background. Block printed in three browns, two greens, orange, blue, pink and lavender. Irisé ground in blue, lavender and aqua within...

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292840

Accession Number: 2001.281.1101A-F

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of reproduction wallpaper titled "The Champlain" from Gorham, Maine. Reproduction of a French Scenery Figure wallpaper depicting a boat of men being pulled ashore by a single figure. The scene is framed by leaning trees, arched bridge, buildings and city in background. Roller-printe...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Thomas Strahan Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292841

Accession Number: 2001.281.1102

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of green flocked wallpaper from Middleboro, Massachusetts. Floral damask pattern with large-scale, stylized flower framed by serpentine foliate scroll and foliate vine. Roller-printed in metallic silver and green flocking on yellow ground with mica flakes.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: H. Scott Richmond & Co. (Manufacturer) Mott, Henry H. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 292842

Accession Number: 2001.281.1103

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of red flocked wallpaper from Middleboro, Massachusetts. Fragment is the center of pattern only. Large-scale foliate damask roller-printed in red flocking, flocking overprinted in dark red, on light cream polished ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 292845

Accession Number: 2001.281.1104

Wallpaper

Rolled display sample of yellow floral wallpaper with attached gold flocked borders from Middleboro, Massachusetts. Sidewall paper is block-printed with a large-scale, floral pattern in ochre and metallic gold on polished yellow ground. The borders, affixed at the top and bottom of the sidewall, ar...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 292846

Accession Number: 2001.281.1105

Wallpaper

Fragment of a display sample of blue floral wallpaper with attached gold flocked border from Middleboro, Massachusetts. Sidewall paper is block-printed with a large-scale floral pattern in blue and metallic gold on polished light blue ground. The border, affixed at the top of the sidewall fragment, ...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 292847

Accession Number: 2001.281.1106

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of rose medallion wallpaper from Middleboro, Massachusetts. Pattern of rose sprigs framed by small oval medallions with scalloped edges. Small bow knots tied to foliate swags form background pattern. Roller-printed in pink, red and dusty rose on red ground with mica flakes. Paper ...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 292848

Accession Number: 2001.281.1107

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of floral wallpaper with pattern of evenly spaced white floral sprigs with delicate swags of metallic gold beading hanging from each. Roller-printed in metallic gold, pale green, olive and pale blue on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 292849

Accession Number: 2001.281.1108

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of embossed wallpaper backed with cloth. Embossed pattern of all-over leafy branches growing flowers and peach-colored fruit. Butterflies fly between the branches. Embossed basket-weave background pattern. Pattern stenciled with green, orange and brown on orange ground. Appears to...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 292850

Accession Number: 2001.281.1109

Wallpaper Border

Two partial rolls of cornice or border wallpaper. The pattern, semi-circles framed by grisaille foliate scrolls against a background of blue and gold floral striped flocking, appears to be the top border or cornice of a set of matching panel papers. Block printed in three grays, pale green, metall...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 292851

Accession Number: 2001.281.1110AB

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused gilt-figure wallpaper from the William H. Greeley Homestead, New Gloucester, Maine. Diamond-shaped figures with foliate scrolls and flowers decorating upper points and hanging bell flowers and swags of beads decorating bottom point. Figures are embossed and gilded with gol...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292852

Accession Number: 2001.281.1111

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of gilt-figure wallpaper from the parlor of the William H. Greeley Homestead, New Gloucester, Maine. Wallpaper is first layer of two. Second layer is still affixed over this paper. See 2001.281.1111, unused fragment of same paper. Pattern of diamond-shaped figures with foliate scro...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292855

Accession Number: 2001.281.1112.1

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of floral wallpaper from the parlor of the William H. Greeley Homestead, New Gloucester, Maine. Wallpaper is second layer of two. First layer is still affixed. All-over floral of groups of planted stylized flowers. Roller-printed in metallic gold, black, peach and pale green on b...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292861

Accession Number: 2001.281.1112.2

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused floral wallpaper from the dining room of the William H. Greeley Homestead, New Gloucester, Maine. Loose-stemmed floral bouquets form all-over pattern. Roller-printed in black, maroon, peach and pale yellow on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292864

Accession Number: 2001.281.1113

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused floral wallpaper from the William H. Greeley Homestead, Gloucester, Maine. All-over pattern of flowers, grasses and hanging floral vines. Roller-printed in two light yellows, orange, pale green, olive, maroon and red on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292871

Accession Number: 2001.281.1114

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused wallpaper border from the William H. Greeley Homestead, Gloucester, Maine. Large, green scrolling foliate vine on peach background flanked above and below by bands of maroon and yellow stylized flowers on ochre stripe. Roller-printed in three greens, pale yellow, maroon an...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292874

Accession Number: 2001.281.1115

Wallpaper Frieze

Rolled fragment of unused wide border or frieze wallpaper from the William H. Greeley Homestead, Gloucester, Maine. Floral medallions are formed by rose bouquets printed in light greens in held by scrolling acanthus leaves framed by metallic gold foliate vines and c-scrolls. Also areas of diamond s...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292875

Accession Number: 2001.281.1116

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused floral medallion wallpaper from the William H. Greeley homestead, Gloucester, Maine. See object file for letter written by Dorothy Waterhouse to Bernard Scott describing her visit to the Greeley house in 1979.Floral medallions are formed by white and light green rose bouqu...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292876

Accession Number: 2001.281.1117

Wallpaper

Two wall fragments of scenery figure wallpaper. Swiss architectural figures frame scenic vignettes, one of a couple crossing a rustic timber bridge and the other of mountain goats on an outcrop over water with a village and mountains in the background. The water and mountains in this scene are col...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292877

Accession Number: 2001.281.1118AB

Scenic Wallpaper Frieze

One large fragment and two small pieces of a scenic wallpaper frieze. Unlike scenic panels, the design on this roll is printed on the horizontal rather than vertical. Scene depicts a pastoral landscape with old mill will waterwheel to the left and a large estate house to the right. In the foregro...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292880

Accession Number: 2001.281.1119A-C

Scenic Wallpaper "Les voyages d'Anthenor"

Partial panel of the scenic wallpaper "Les voyages d'Anthenor" manufactured by Dufour, Paris, France. The panel depicts an arcade with Corinthian columns and statues on the balustrade. Two young men in classical dress carry spears and a gold drinking horns in the foreground. A large, palm tree to ...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: Joseph Dufour (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 292881

Accession Number: 2001.281.1120

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Eastham Daisy" pattern (#21449) by Warner Company. Wallpaper has an all-over dense pattern of stylized daisies of various shapes. Roller-printed in white, tan and olive green on a yellow ground. Pattern is based on a wallpaper found in the Freeman House...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292886

Accession Number: 2001.281.832

Scenic Wallpaper

Partial panel of an unidentified scenic wallpaper. Early nineteenth-century waterfront market scene of men, probably sailors, and women socializing and examining merchandise. A woman kneels to examine fruit. Large ceramic jugs, two large anchors and a canon are nearby. Sailing vessels at anchor a...

Date: 1810-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292887

Accession Number: 2001.281.1121

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "John Wing Stripe" pattern (#21417) designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection produced by The Warner Company, Chicago. Floral stripe pattern with stripes of small vine with berries, stylized floral vines, and bamboo. Roller-printed in ...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292888

Accession Number: 2001.281.833

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