Historic New England

Photograph

Framed black and white photograph of Jane Tucker as a young woman with dark curly hair. Woman is wearing a dark v-neck blouse with pearls. Plain wood frame.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287834

Accession Number: 2013.4.114

Photograph

Framed black and white photograph of an elderly gentleman with a mustache. Man is wearing a suit, dress shirt, and tie. Plain wood frame.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287829

Accession Number: 2013.4.115

Photograph

Framed color photograph of a mountain top observatory. Gold painted wood frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: color photography

GUSN: 287830

Accession Number: 2013.4.116

Photograph

Framed color photograph of a coyote in the snow. Plain wood frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: color photography

GUSN: 287831

Accession Number: 2013.4.117

Certificate

Framed certificate "Independence Day 1992. Jane Tucker named Honorary Marshal, Wiscasset, Maine". Brown molded plastic frame.

Date: 1992

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 287832

Accession Number: 2013.4.118

Award

Framed certificate. State of Maine Historic Preservation Award presented to Jane Tucker by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. Black painted wood frame. Label explaining award pasted on back.

Date: unknown

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 287833

Accession Number: 2013.4.119

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper with floral spring and fibbon stripe alternating with a band of silver accents over light blue and white stripes with a serpantine dot pattern and flowers.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: York Card & Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), mica (white pigment)

GUSN: 287838

Accession Number: 2013.106.1

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper with beige or light tan background with alternating stripes of fruit and leaves on small dotted matrix and stripes of ivy in a faux jacquard print.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287840

Accession Number: 2013.106.3

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper with yellow and silver circle and foliate pattern on a ochre background.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Janeway & Carpenter

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287842

Accession Number: 2013.106.5

Brooch

Fishing rod and creel brooch. Rod balanced atop basket with fishtail sticking out of the top. Small chain connects the tip of the rod to the bottom of the basket.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Beaucraft, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 287860

Accession Number: 2013.111.1

Brooch

Small submarine pin. Sleek submarine with rounded nose and small propeller. The Kinney Company.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 287861

Accession Number: 2013.111.2

Brooch

Submarine pin. Submarine has a squared off blunted nose. Row of portholes along top edge. Conning tower marked "GD". No visible makers mark.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 287862

Accession Number: 2013.111.3

Purse

Beaded purse [A] with gold chain and clasp in original white Thomas Long Company box [B, C]. Boston, MA.

Date: 1915-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), beads (pierced objects), metal, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287863

Accession Number: 2013.112.1A-C

Tracing of a Wallpaper Pattern

Pencil tracing on tracing paper of Neoclassical wallpaper pattern. The traced wallpaper covers an old trunk from the Woodward House, Waban, Massachusetts (see trunk 2001.281.555.1). The tracing itself was found inside the trunk. The wallpaper pattern is of repeating floral bouquets joined by festoo...

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: tracing paper

GUSN: 287877

Accession Number: 2001.281.555.2

Center Table

Center table with octagonal top and carved pedestal base. Base decorated with interlocking chain, scroll, and floral medallion patterns. Four flat rectangular feet.

Date: 1919

Maker: Bacon, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1856-1940 (Maker)

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 287884

Accession Number: 2013.119.1

Bracelet

Bracelet made of blue and clear glass stones set in cast white metal plated in rhodium. Marked

Date: 1937-1942

Maker: Trifari, Krussman, and Fishel, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material), plating (metal coating), metal

GUSN: 287965

Accession Number: 2013.139.1

Wallpapered Boards

Five wallpapered boards. Wallpaper patterned with alternating medallions with solid and latticework backgrounds. Each medallion frames a flower. Printed in white, pinks, and greens on a blue ground. Removed from a circa 1744 Georgian home in Marblehead, MA.

Date: ca. 1740

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287967

Accession Number: 2013.140.1

Hooked rug in frame

Hooked rug and working frame. Rug has pattern printed on base fabric with partially completed hooking of multicolored morning glories, peonies, and lilies. The rug background is unfinished. Rug is stretched and affixed to frame with cotton ties and t-shaped straight pins.

Date: 1960-2012

Maker: Roaf, Luceille Moore, 1932-2014 (Maker)

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile), pine (wood)

GUSN: 287968

Accession Number: 2013.141.1

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revival wallpaper from Laconia, New Hampshire. Repeating image of a gazebo or tower among foliage. Roller-printed in blue, brown, and white on an off-white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287974

Accession Number: 2001.281.556

Wallpaper

Medallion and vine stripe wallpaper from Nashua, New Hampshire. Block-printed in blue on pale pink ground. Wove paper, partial sheets.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287975

Accession Number: 2001.281.557

Wallpaper

Fragment of scenic figured wallpaper from Naushua, New Hampshire. Repeating pastoral scene of farm animals and peasants. A boy in blue jacket, cow, goat, and sheep are central figures. Structures in background. Scene framed by foliage. Roller-printed in grays, greens, browns, blues, salmon, yellow, ...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287976

Accession Number: 2001.281.558

Wallpaper

Three unused fragments of floral stripe wallpaper from New Boston, Massachusetts. Pattern of gray stripes on polished white ground. Primary stripe is printed with sprigs of grasses and blue and violet flowers. Roller-printed in gray, two greens, two blues, ochre, brown, and two violets on a polish...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288245

Accession Number: 2001.281.559A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment of stylized scroll and flower wallpaper from New Boston, Massachusetts. Stylized scrolling stems sprout clover leaves and flowers with orange centers. Roller-printed in black, orange, two tans and metallic gold on gray ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 288248

Accession Number: 2001.281.560

Wallpaper

Two fragments of striped wallpaper from Newfields, New Hampshire. Pattern imitates a striped textile. Multi-color chevron stripes alternate with stripes with highly stylized floral figures and panels similar to Persian patterns. Roller-printed in light blue, red, yellow, light green and tan on nav...

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 288251

Accession Number: 2001.281.561AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper printed with haying scene from New Hampton, New Hampshire. Pastoral landscape scene depicting men and a woman haying and filling a horse-drawn wagon. There is a house in the background. Roller-printed in two blues, gray, white, black, two greens, two reds, ochre, pale ...

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288255

Accession Number: 2001.281.562

Wallpaper

Striped wallpaper fragment from Orford, New Hampshire. Foliate sprigs and snowflake-like medallions alternate on strapwork stripes. Roller-printed in maroon, green, and gray on light gray or white polished ground.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288256

Accession Number: 2001.281.563

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Pattern imitating marble blocks separated by a leaf and berry vine border. Block-printed in red and green on ungrounded paper. Paper may be handmade. A strip of cotton fabric affixed between two layers of the wallpaper, presumably to smooth the a...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 288257

Accession Number: 2001.281.564

Wallpaper with attached border

One long wallpaper fragment, now in two parts, of a floral vine and stripe pattern from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The paper is block-printed in black, green and pink on white ground. Laid paper, partial sheets. Fragment (A) retains a deteriorated fragment of the paper's floral border block-printed...

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 288258

Accession Number: 2001.281.565.1AB

Drawing of a wallpaper pattern

Drawing of Fforal vine and stripe wallpaper pattern (see 2001.281.565.1ab). Wallpaper pattern is reproduced using pencil and colored with green, black and pink felt tip markers on a sheet of plain paper.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288260

Accession Number: 2001.281.565.2

Wallpaper border

Fragment of wallpaper border with landscape scene from Wilmont Flat, New Hampshire. Wide border is printed with the repeating image of Mount Vernon in a pastoral landscape. Roller-printed in white, ochre, two browns, four greens, black and two grays on pink ground.

Date: 1865-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288261

Accession Number: 2001.281.566.1

Wallpaper border

Fragment of wallpaper border from Wilmont Flat, New Hampshire. Wide border with the repeating pastoral landscape scene of a steepled church, bridge, and river in the distance. Roller-printed in white, ochre, two browns, four greens, black and two grays on pink ground.

Date: 1865-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 288262

Accession Number: 2001.281.566.2

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP2-316 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has alternating motifs of octagons filled with stylized flowers and square medallions arranged in horizontal rows. Screen-printed in green and rust on ...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 288600

Accession Number: 2001.281.714.8

Serving table

Dropleaf table with two leaves, legs turned above and reeded below. Plain dowel feet.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 288601

Accession Number: 1958.308

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP2-316 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has alternating motifs of octagons filled with stylized flowers and square medallions arranged in horizontal rows. Screen-printed in green and rust on ...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 288602

Accession Number: 2001.281.714.9

Wallpaper

Unused gilt-figured wallpaper from Portland, Maine that forms the end of a roll. The design encorporates two repeating rows of embossed and gilded naturalistic floral sprigs: one row of alternating large and medium size sprigs and one row of small sprigs. Direction of all sprigs alternates. Gold le...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 288603

Accession Number: 2001.281.600

Wallpaper or Printed Decorative Paper

Fragment of unused paper from Portland, Maine. Asymmetrical pattern of holly sprigs with berries roller-printed in two greens, black, liquid mica and red on a polished, light cream-colored ground. This was probably a decorative paper rather than a wallpaper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), mica (white pigment)

GUSN: 288604

Accession Number: 2001.281.601

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused floral wallpaper from Portland, Maine. Stylized flowers and buds on curling stems form a dense, all-over floral pattern in a tan palette with orange and mica accents. Roller-printed in liquid mica, pale yellow, tan, brown and orange on creamy yellow ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), mica (white pigment)

GUSN: 288623

Accession Number: 2001.281.602

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused floral wallpaper from Portland, Maine. Meandering floral vine with peach-colored blossoms and berries. Roller-printed in two shades of olive green, two shades of peach and metallic gold on light cream ground. Straight match.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: J.J.L. & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 288667

Accession Number: 2001.281.603

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused Anglo-Japanese floral wallpaper from Portland, Maine. Asymmetrical pattern of flowers among a patchwork of geometric and naturalistic patterns. Flowers include stylized tulips and bleeding hearts. Patterns include Greek key, honeycomb, and diamonds. Paper is embossed with a pebb...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 288669

Accession Number: 2001.281.604

Wallpaper

Fragment of imitation-textile wallpaper from Portland, Maine. Wallpaper achieves the look of a woven textile with a subtle, all-over floral pattern. The pattern is constructed of horizontal striping in metallic gold and brown on gold ground. The paper is embossed with an irregular texture.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 288696

Accession Number: 2001.281.605

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused medallion wallpaper from Portland, Maine. Acanthus leaves form heart-shaped medallions radiating c-scrolls from the sides and a fan of flowers from the top. The paper is embossed with nautilus spirals and is roller-printed in two shades of peach, brown and metallic gold on ochre ...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 288700

Accession Number: 2001.281.606

Wallpaper

Seventeen matching fragments of a Neoclassical set of panel and border wallpapers from the Hayes House (1810), South Berwick, Maine. Elements include an upper border or frieze block-printed horizontally on one roll (fragments a-d), sidewall panels printed vertically (fragments e-o) and a chair rail,...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 288701

Accession Number: 2001.281.607A-Q

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP1-316 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has allover pattern of stylized flower sprigs and leaves. Screen-printed in green on a yellow ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed in...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 288702

Accession Number: 2001.281.714.10

Serving tray

Black-painted tin(?) rectangular tray with painted scene of a man on horseback with fence and tree in background. Design of flowers and leaves on everted rim.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), paint (coating)

GUSN: 288710

Accession Number: 1958.309

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP1-316 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has allover pattern of stylized flower sprigs and leaves. Screen-printed in green on a yellow ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed in...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 288711

Accession Number: 2001.281.714.11

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP1-316 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has allover pattern of stylized flower sprigs and leaves. Screen-printed in green on a yellow ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed in...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 288712

Accession Number: 2001.281.714.12

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP1-316 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has allover pattern of stylized flower sprigs and leaves. Screen-printed in green on a yellow ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed in...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 288713

Accession Number: 2001.281.714.13

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP1-316 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has allover pattern of stylized flower sprigs and leaves. Screen-printed in green on a yellow ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed in...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 288714

Accession Number: 2001.281.714.14

Fire screen

Wood framed fire screen with tufted needlepoint front, depicting a cherub framed by cream and gold roses and green leaves. Cherub enhanced with black, gray, and white beads. Wood stand has center post with turned vase-shaped finial, cabriole legs, and spade feet.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), crewel wool, glass (material)

GUSN: 288715

Accession Number: 1958.312

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused sample of reproduction wallpaper in pattern number LP1-316 part of the "Liberty" collection produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Wallpaper has allover pattern of stylized flower sprigs and leaves. Screen-printed in green on a yellow ground. Part of a collection of unbound samples housed in...

Date: 1950-1965

Maker: Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), screen printing

GUSN: 288716

Accession Number: 2001.281.714.15

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