Historic New England

Wallpaper

Partial roll of Lincrusta Walton wallpaper. The Lincrusta is mustard yellow and molded into a foliate and lattice pattern applied to a paper backing. Fragment (A) has detached from the rest of the roll (B).

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273400

Accession Number: 2001.281.120AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction "Peacock Paper" from the Wayside, Concord, Massachusetts. Vignettes of colorful birds, including peacocks. Roller-printed in two blues, two greens, two pinks, two grays, and black on a white ground with horizontal gray pinstripes and small diamond pattern. The paper ...

Date: 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273402

Accession Number: 2001.281.121

Wallpaper

Roll of unused Japanese Leather wallpaper from Boston retailer A.H. Davenport. Embossed paper pattern of flowers and strapwork. Stenciled in red with gold ground. Japanese characters stamped in left selvedge.

Date: 1883-1916

Maker: A.H. Davenport (Retailer) Probably Rottman & Co. (Importer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273404

Accession Number: 2001.281.122

Wallpaper

Two partial rolls and one fragment of Japanese Leather wallpaper from Boston retailer A.H. Davenport. "Peacocks and Amorini" pattern designed by Walter Crane features arabasque motifs with putti, peacocks, comedy tragedy masks, trophy, floral garland and scrolling flora. Stenciled in green on gold ...

Date: 1887

Maker: A.H. Davenport (Retailer) Probably Rottman & Co. (Importer) Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273406

Accession Number: 2001.281.123A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment once part of the stock of Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. "Sunflower" pattern designed by William Morris. Lush pattern of sunflowers, meandering vines and grape clusters. Block-printed in burnt sienna on a metallic gold ground. Paper is embossed with a pebble texture and varnish...

Date: 1879

Maker: Morris, William (Designer) Jeffrey & Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 273407

Accession Number: 2001.281.124

Portrait of Abigail May Brewer (1769-1849)

Portrait of an older woman wearing a sheer white cap tied under her chin, white lace shawl, and black dress. Sitter has dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. Signed lower left corner "H.C. Pratt 1841." Plain gilt frame.

Date: 1841

Maker: Pratt, Henry Cheever (American painter, 1803-1880) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 273410

Accession Number: 2013.21.1

Wallpaper

Partial roll of embossed wallpaper from Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Pattern has central rose medallion flanked by winged female figures reaching for grape clusters. Also includes pheonix, floral garlands and ribbon. Paper ground is dark copper with pattern stenciled in gold.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Retailer) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273413

Accession Number: 2001.281.125

Wallpaper

Partial roll of embossed wallpaper from Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Central shield medallion flanked by griffin. Design also includes pod-like floral garland, acanthus leaves and scrolls. Paper has a dark copper ground. Pattern is either printed or stenciled in light copper and silver.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: A.H. Davenport (Retailer) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273414

Accession Number: 2001.281.126.1

Wallpaper

Partial roll of embossed wallpaper from Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Central shield medallion flanked by griffin. Design also includes pod-like floral garland, acanthus leaves and scrolls. Paper is printed or stenciled in red, orange, two tans, dark brown, and two greens on a brown ground and...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: A.H. Davenport (Manufacturer) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273416

Accession Number: 2001.281.126.2AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll of embossed wallpaper from Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Large scale floral and foliate pattern. Pattern is iridenscent silver on mauve ground with background stenciled in green.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: A.H. Davenport (Retailer) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273418

Accession Number: 2001.281.127

Wallpaper

Partial roll of embossed wallpaper from Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Large scale stylized palmette and floral pattern. Roller-printed in brown, orange, and green on yellow ground. Embossed with numberous small geometric patterns.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: A.H. Davenport (Retailer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273419

Accession Number: 2001.281.128

Wallpaper

Partial roll of embossed wallpaper from Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Large scale ogee fretwork with stylized acanthus leaf. Gold ground with design elements stenciled in copper, red, and dark brown.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: A.H. Davenport (Retailer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273421

Accession Number: 2001.281.129

Rocking Chair

Arrow back rocking chair with arms. Rocker has replaced crest rail and added comb back. Comb is pointed and stencilled with five spindles. Crest rail is grain painted and stenciled with fruit. Green wash painted over red graining. Rockers appear to be original. Arms have been stripped.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), graining, stenciling

GUSN: 273422

Accession Number: 1959.312

Corner Chair

Corner chair with ring vase, and turned front stretchers, double stretchers on all sides. Ring vase and turned stiles. Front legs terminate with spanish feet, rear legs have simple turned feet. Painted rush seat. Simple arm rest with ogee crest.

Date: 1700-1730

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood)

GUSN: 273424

Accession Number: 1959.394

Bookcase

Enclosed bookcase with ogee bracket feet on wooden casters. Thumb molded top and beaded molding. Two doors with glass inserts. Rococo Revial gilt metal escutcheon and handle.

Date: 1880-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), veneer

GUSN: 273425

Accession Number: 1959.395

Card Table

Sheraton swing leg card table with serpentine front. Front veneered with book matched crotch maple. Four reeded and turned legs, diamond and stripe inlay along bottom of apron and edges of top. Ovolo corners.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood), veneer, inlay (process)

GUSN: 273426

Accession Number: 1959.396

Candlestand

Oval tilt top candlestand, ring turned pedestal on tripod base, spade feet.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood)

GUSN: 273427

Accession Number: 1959.402

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with loop handle. Heavy dark blue ground with repeated scene of seated man and woman standing with parasol. Dark blue border (1 1/8" wide) with flowers on inside of rim, and outside of handle painted solid dark blue.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 273429

Accession Number: 1970.1310.633

Mug

Earthenware mug. Shaped base and squared handle with pointed tip. Blue transfer printed landscape scene flanked by two large urns. Landscape includes water, mountains, boat, and a building with two towers. Blue decorative border on inside of rim, and floral design on handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 273443

Accession Number: 1970.409

Mug

Earthenware mug. Shaped base, flared rim, and loop handle. Blue transfer printed landscape scene, partially repeated, with water, trees, and a picturesque gabled building with elaborate cornices and finials. Blue floral border on inside of rim, and matching floral design on handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 273445

Accession Number: 1970.354

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with loop handle. Hand painted in blue with large oval floral motif flanked by two leafy stems. Blue cross-hatched border around rim, blue line around base, and blue turkey-track decoration on handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 273446

Accession Number: 1970.404

Wallpaper

Partial roll of embossed wallpaper from the stock of Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Large scale quatrafoil and lattice pattern. Gold ground with design elements stenciled in dark brown, green, and dark gold.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: A.H. Davenport (Retailer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273452

Accession Number: 2001.281.130

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper embossed in low-relief from the stock of Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Large scale floral pattern of lilies and roses. The paper's embossed texture and the shadowing, striping and dots within the pattern immitate the look of a woven textile. Roller-printed in two shades o...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: A.H. Davenport (Retailer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273453

Accession Number: 2001.281.131

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper embossed in low-relief from the stock of Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Damask floral pattern roller-printed in cream and tan on a dark mauve ground. The paper's embossed texture and pattern immitate the look of a textile.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: A.H. Davenport (Retailer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273454

Accession Number: 2001.281.132

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the stock of Boston retailer A. H. Davenport. Imitation of 18th-century French silk brocade. Large floral bouquet featuring roses with floating lacy ribbon and bowknots. Block-printed in two greens, two browns, tan, rose, ochre and gilt on a dark blue ground. Straight match....

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: A.H. Davenport (Retailer) Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 273455

Accession Number: 2001.281.133

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with a Scenic Figure pattern. Stick trellis with quatrefoil element frames three scenes depicting a European village on a river with mountains in the background. Roller-printed in white, two grays, three greens, yellow, blue, orange, tan, two browns and salmon on gray ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273751

Accession Number: 2001.281.208

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Scenic figure pattern with three repeating vignettes. Vignettes are 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. Roller-printed in two greens, yellow, orange, blue, ...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273756

Accession Number: 2001.281.209

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment with scenery figure pattern. Pastoral scene of farm animals and peasants under a blue sky with bluff and houses in the distance. The central figures are a boy in a bright blue coat, a steer, a goat, and a lamb. Roller-printed in white, black, orange, yellow, salmon, gray...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273758

Accession Number: 2001.281.210

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Asian style, themed Scenic Figure paper made in Germany for the French market. Pattern is block-printed in black on yellow ground and embossed. Scenes include a figure on horseback, figures with umbrellas, a pagoda with attached raised walkway, a bridge over lily pads and ...

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273759

Accession Number: 2001.281.211

Mug

Earthenware mug. Shaped base with loop handle and leaf terminals. Mochaware decoration with vareigated loops on white ground and solid bands above and below, in brown, light blue, and burnt orange.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, mocha ware

GUSN: 273760

Accession Number: 1970.385

Mug

Earthenware mug. Shaped base and loop handle with leaf terminals. Mochaware decoration with vareigated loops on blue ground, with solid bands above and below in blue and brick red.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, mocha ware

GUSN: 273761

Accession Number: 1970.388

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and pointed terminals. Mochaware decoration with marbelized pattern in blue, orange, and brown. Reeded bands at rim and base, overpainted with light green.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, mocha ware

GUSN: 273771

Accession Number: 1970.386

Wallpaper Sample Book

Wallpaper sample book "Birge Quick Wallcoverings: No. 1"

Date: 1955

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273793

Accession Number: 1995.555

Wallpaper

Four panels of French scenic wallpaper. Handpainted on sheets of paper 39 1/4 inches wide by 105 inches hight. The painted pattern of each section is approximately 37 inches high, the remainder being sky. Written in ink on the reverse of one panel: "Environs de Paris / de 31 a 40." Two of the sec...

Date: 1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273794

Accession Number: 1995.556A-D

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral pattern with foliage in Anglo-Japanese color palette. Roller-printed in red, two greens, tan, brown, and liquid mica on yellow ground. "National Wall Paper Company" and "454" printed in selvedge.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: National Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273840

Accession Number: 2001.281.212

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. All over floral with maple leaves block-printed in light blue, mint green, and brown on light gray ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273854

Accession Number: 2001.281.213

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Long, narrow fragment of floral pattern paper. Block-printed with Irisé technique in pale yellow or white, light blue, and dark blue. Ground appears to be gray. Length indicates this may be a bandbox paper or border.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273858

Accession Number: 2001.281.214A-D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments removed from the Harris Gray Otis House. Nursery paper. Engraved scenes of figures and animals in imitation of toile. Scenes are framed by scrolling acanthus leaf festoons and grape vine arbors.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273871

Accession Number: 2000.1660A-D

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Aesthetic style floral vine pattern. Bamboo shoots in receding colors form the background, vibrantly colored floral vines the foreground. Block-printed in tan, brown, white, red, three shades of pink and three shades of green on a highly polished gray ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273887

Accession Number: 2001.281.215

Sofa

Sofa with straight back and tubular crest rail with carved floret finials. Cylidrical arms contain drawers with exterior upholstery and wooden knob pulls. Feet carved with Ionic scrolls, rosettes, and acanthus leaves. Brass castors.

Date: 1826

Maker: Hancock, William, 1794- (Furniture maker)

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 273902

Accession Number: 2013.24.1

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Bouquet and sprig pattern. Large bouquets of pink and white apple blossoms alternate with small sprigs of violet flowers. Block-printed in twenty-four colors: yellow, white, three olives, four greens, red, two pinks, three mauves, three browns, blue, aqua, four violets ...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273903

Accession Number: 2001.281.216

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment with sprig pattern. Sprigs of purple pansies alternate with branches with pink berries. Block printed in cream, four browns, three aqua greens, four pinks, yellow, mustard, five violets and three greens on gray ground. Light gray stripes, printed on top of the ground, ru...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273908

Accession Number: 2001.281.217

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral bouquet and stripe pattern. Large bouquets of violet pansies and lavender alternate with smaller bouquets of the same. Stripes of metallic gold pindots run behind the bouquets. Block-printed in pink, two violets, lavender, three greens, two blue-greens, yellow,...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273913

Accession Number: 2001.281.218

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral bouquet and sray pattern. Bouquets of pink and violet flowers and grasses alternate with small sprays of pink flowers and smaller sprays of violet flowers. Block-printed in metallic gold, tan, yellow, two browns, two grays, three pinks, olive, four greens, black ...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273920

Accession Number: 2001.281.219

Wallpaper

Two matching wallpaper fragments. Large scale floral pattern of naturalistic poppies on leafy stems. Roller-printed with thin color . Visible streaking of colors. Pattern colors very faded and/or significantly changed, making it difficult to discern original shades. Appears to be printed in thr...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273927

Accession Number: 2001.281.220AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Large scale diaper with enclosed sprig pattern is made more complex by Greek key diagonals defining foreground diamonds and hatchmark diagonals defining background diamonds. The result is an overall argyle pattern. Roller-printed in orange, brown, gray, two blues, three...

Date: 1865-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273929

Accession Number: 2001.281.221

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe pattern with Neo-classical motifs. Dark gray stripes featuring yellow quatrefoil design alternate with light gray stripes with cartouches framing a maple leaf decorated wallshelf under a garland. Narrow horizontal stripes form background. Roller-printed i...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273930

Accession Number: 2001.281.222

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Block-printed sprays of pink and white roses alternate with sprays and sprigs of red and white apple blossoms. Floral elements are connected by thin leafy trails. Background of gray stripes on a highly polished white ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273931

Accession Number: 2001.281.223

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe pattern block-printed in white, two grays and maroon on polished cream ground. A central, large stripe of bouquets, baskets of flowers, and bows is flanked by stripes of small sprigs evenly spaced along a pinstripe. Running along the left edge of the paper...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273932

Accession Number: 2001.281.224

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of wallpaper, probably a showroom sample. Large-scale, floral stripe immitation of fabric. A large branch with exotic flower, fruit and leaf grow vertically over a background of pindots in a cloud-like pattern. The branch is framed on either side by wavy, stylized trailing vines w...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273934

Accession Number: 2001.281.225

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