Historic New England

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Heavily embossed paper in imitation of jute or burlap painted red and then gilded.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178302

Accession Number: 2000.163

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Grid composed of stylized Art Nouveau lily motifs. Printed in pink, olive and blue on a field of tan, horizontal, dashed lines.

Date: 1895-1905

Maker: Gilbert W.P. Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 178303

Accession Number: 2000.1635

Wallpaper

Partial roll of plain, black paper.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178304

Accession Number: 2000.1636

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of ferns and grasses. Printed in two light greens, white and metallic gold.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178305

Accession Number: 2000.1638

Partial roll of scenery figure paper. Repeating vignettes of a mounted figure feeding his horses before a well, a group of men hunting water fowl, and a woman standing in water speaking to a man on horseback. Printed in two greens, yellow, orange, blue, white, grey and maroon.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178306

Accession Number: 2000.1639

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover pattern of repeating clusters of pink and blue blossoms framed by blue leaves. Overprinted with black, undulating lines on a liquid mica gold field. Straight match.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178307

Accession Number: 2000.1640

Wallpaper

Cut sample, rolled. Large-scale, Baroque, stylized flower framed by scrolling foliage. Printed in yellow, ochre and metallic gold. Drop match.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178308

Accession Number: 2000.1641

Wallpaper

Cut sample. Diapered and foliated cartouche draped with beaded swags connected to strapwork stripe. Printed in red and orange. Straight match.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178309

Accession Number: 2000.1644

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating vignettes of English sports; golf, tennis, riding, racing, rugby, cricket and racing. Printed in blue, yellow, orange, brown.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178310

Accession Number: 2000.1647

Wallpaper

Partial roll of uncut borders. Repeating stylized flower blossoms in red, blues and brown, framed by C-scrolls and bordered above and below by repeating floral sprigs. Printed against a metallic gold field.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178311

Accession Number: 2000.169

School Book Cover

Diaper pattern with floral medallion in the center of each losenge and separated by small diamonds. Printed in blue, red and white on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178312

Accession Number: 2000.2216

Wallpapered Book Cover

School book covered with a wallpaper patterned with horizontal stripes. Wide stripes have ovals surrounded by diagonal pinstripes. Printed in black, green and white on a blue ground. This could be a stripe pattern, but more probably a sheet of uncut borders.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178313

Accession Number: 2000.2218

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Allover pattern of densely arranged, small-scale, grey leaves.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178314

Accession Number: 2000.228

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral border. Pattern consists of three rows of roses, in various sizes and groupings, alternating with architectural-type motifs, on a background with a gros-grain ribbon effect. Prints in two pinks, two greens, blue, brown, white on light pink ground.

Date: 1902-1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178315

Accession Number: 2000.266

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral pattern with broad stripes. Printed in white, two greys, two blues, olive, gold, red, two pinks and yellow on a silver/grey and silver/blue ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178316

Accession Number: 2000.2231

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Quatrefoil, egg and dart design. Printed in orange, brown on beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178317

Accession Number: 2000.268

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale grisaille roses, lilies, and poppies entwined with foliated scrolls. Printed in three grays and white on a pale pink ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178318

Accession Number: 2000.274

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped design of notched "pipes" with repeating floral and twig motif. Printed in green and red on a white ground. Drop match.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178319

Accession Number: 2000.277

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating sprays of roses whose stems are tied with a berried vine. Overprinted with a fine screen. Printed in pale yellow and light green on a green ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: O D Case's Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178320

Accession Number: 2000.279A-D

Wallpaper

Fragments (9 pieces). Renaissance Revival stripe. Cartouches framing flowers and allover diaper pattern. Printed blue and brown on unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178321

Accession Number: 2000.280A-I

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped pattern. Printed in yellow on an ochre ground with liquid mica.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178322

Accession Number: 2000.281A-D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Anglo-Japanese style. Dense, overlapping foliage with flowers. Stylized flowers. Geometric framework of circles, triangles and squares. Printed in two greens, gold, black, silver-grey and magenta on a light olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178323

Accession Number: 2000.282

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral design. Printed in maroon, orange, olive, black and gold on a khaki green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178324

Accession Number: 2000.284

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large and small fleur-de-lis with irregular stripes. Printed in two greens, gold, silver and cream on an ochre ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178325

Accession Number: 2000.286

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped white on white satin paper.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178326

Accession Number: 2000.290

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grey dots in diamond pattern on a polished, white ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178327

Accession Number: 2000.291

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stripe pattern. Light bluish/grey, vertical stripes on a polished, white ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178328

Accession Number: 2000.292

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Yellow stripe on green ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178329

Accession Number: 2000.294

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Moire patterned paper. Printed in white and silver on a white ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178330

Accession Number: 2000.295

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Alternating stripes of light and dark grey overprinted by silver mica stripes.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178331

Accession Number: 2000.296

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped pattern. Vertical pin-stripes printed in purple-pink and white on a white ground. Grosgrain embossed.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178332

Accession Number: 2000.297

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped pattern. Vertical stripes printed in purple and white on a white ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178333

Accession Number: 2000.298

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped pattern. Prints in light blue-grey on white, polished ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178334

Accession Number: 2000.299

29 Chestnut Street

Black and white framed photograph of house at 29 Chestnut Street in Salem, Massachusetts. The house has three floors and a widow's walk on the roof. There are three chimnies and the doorway has four fluted columns and an arched window above with a pronounced keystone. There is a metal fence in front...

Maker: Salem Art Shop (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198739

Accession Number: 2006.44.622

Tea service

Porcelain tea service consisting of teacups, saucers, plates, cream pitcher, sugar bowl and teapot. White bodies, blue floral detail and monogram "MWD."

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198740

Accession Number: 2006.44.2883

Teapot

Porcelain teapot. White body, blue floral detail and monogram "MWD."

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198745

Accession Number: 2006.44.2883.1AB

View of the Island of Qalnr Approaching Honolulu Looking Toward Pearl Harbor

A watercolor painting on paper of an island . There is water in the lower third of the picture and the island is in the center. The island has shrubbery and a purple mountain shadow. The sky is purple and pink with clouds. The wood frame has bronze plating on outer and inner edge.

Maker: Bridgman, Lewis Jesse, 1857-1931 (Painter) Brooks Reed Gallery (Dealer)

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), bronze (metal)

GUSN: 198747

Accession Number: 2006.44.623

Sugar bowl

Porcelain sugar bowl. White body, blue floral detail and monogram "MWD."

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198748

Accession Number: 2006.44.2883.2AB

Cream pitcher

Porcelain cream pitcher with saucer. White bodies, blue floral detail and monogram "MWD."

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198751

Accession Number: 2006.44.2883.3AB

Teacup

Porcelain teacup with a white body, blue floral detail and monogram "MWD."

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198754

Accession Number: 2006.44.2883.4

Saucer

Porcelain saucer with white body, blue floral detail and monogram "MWD."

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198757

Accession Number: 2006.44.2883.5

Bread-and-butter plate

Porcelain bread-and-butter plate with white body, blue floral detail and monogram "MWD."

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198759

Accession Number: 2006.44.2883.6

La Grange Bleneau

Print of an unknown house. There are two gentlemen conversing in the foreground. The man to the left is wearing a coat and carrying a hat and a cane. The man on the right is dressed as a hunter with a top hat and a gun over his shoulder. A third figure is leaning against a stone wall reading a book....

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198760

Accession Number: 2006.44.624

Dessert plate

Porcelain dessert plate with white body, blue floral detail and monogram "MWD"

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198761

Accession Number: 2006.44.2883.7

Tea service

Porcelain tea service with teapot, cream pitcher and sugar bowl. White bodies, gold trim floral detail and poloychrome floral decorations with fluted sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198762

Accession Number: 2006.44.2885

La Grange East View

Print of a castle with a moat. The castle has three towers. The two far towers are flying pennants. There is a large weeping willow in the center left and foliage surrounding the castle and in the foreground. The wood frame is painted black and has a gilt decorative inner border of laurel leaves.

Date: 1826

Maker: Fisher, Alvan, 1792-1863 (Artist) Deroy, Isidore Laurent, 1797-1886 (Engraver)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198763

Accession Number: 2006.44.625