Handmade windchime with five shell chimes attached to wooden dowel with clear fishing line and red plastic faceted beads.
Date: 1980-2012
Maker: unknown
GUSN: 283356
Accession Number: 2013.4.102
Pink painted wire coathanger.
GUSN: 283357
Accession Number: 2013.4.103
Wooden chair with three horizontal slat back. Plain stretchers, straight legs, square wooden seat.
Date: 1920-1940
Maker: S.K. Pierce & Son (Manufacturer)
Material: oak (wood)
GUSN: 283358
Accession Number: 2011.80.4.1
GUSN: 283359
Accession Number: 2011.80.4.2
Four wallpaper fragments from the first, or earliest, of three layers of decorative paper from a fireboard. The wallpaper is block-printed with mid-sized, stylized floral medallions in green and black framed by stylized foliate and floral elements in gray on white ground. Two different medallion d...
Date: 1820-1840
Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process), laid paper
GUSN: 283365
Accession Number: 2001.281.250.1A-D
The second of three decorative papers once applied to a fireboard (see .1 and .3), printed with both an original image and a reversed image tranferred from another paper. Original paper appears to have been block-printed in three grays, black, and orange on white or off-white ground.The well preserv...
Date: 1830-1840
Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)
GUSN: 283370
Accession Number: 2001.281.250.2
Twenty-six fragments of wallpaper and four border fragments that once formed the third, or uppermost, layer of decorative papers applied to a fireboard. The wallpaper (A) is a large-scale diaper pattern with stylized floral element in each diamond and quatrefoils at the intersection of diagonals. T...
Date: 1840-1860
Material: paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 283375
Accession Number: 2001.281.250.3AB
Unused fragment of wallpaper. Floral stripe design consisting of columns of alternating large and small sprays in white and gray divided by vertical stripes formed by metallic gold vines with red berries. A metallic gold medallion is printed over the bottom of the large sprays. Roller-printed in t...
Date: 1875-1885
GUSN: 283376
Accession Number: 2001.281.251
Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral sprig and moiré with metallic gold dot and pin stripes. The white satin ground paper is printed almost entirely with gray. Non-printed areas form the pattern of rose sprigs and silk moiré. Roller-printed in two grays and metallic gold on white satin ground.
Date: 1880-1890
GUSN: 283377
Accession Number: 2001.281.252
Unused fragment of floral flocked wallpaper. Groupings of stylized flowers in maroon flocking are joined to each other by draping foliate vines. The flocking is block-printed over ochre stripes on polished cream ground.
Date: 1855-1865
Material: paper (fiber product), flocking, block printing (relief printing process)
GUSN: 283409
Accession Number: 2001.281.253
Unused fragment of wallpaper. Textile immitation pattern. Blue and white pinstripes on light blue ground is roller-printed with a medallion and vine pattern in white. In the pattern, medallion framed floral sprigs hang by strings of beads tied with bows from a diamond patterned vine with fruit.
GUSN: 283416
Accession Number: 2001.281.254
Unused wallpaper fragment. Large-scale medallion pattern with scrolling acanthus leaves, floral garlands and sconce-like vases. The paper is embossed with horizontal ribbing and c-scrolls. The pattern is roller-printed in pale yellow and liquid mica shades of gold and bronze on pale pink mica gro...
Date: 1890-1910
Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings
GUSN: 283417
Accession Number: 2001.281.255
Wallpaper fragment (A) with attached border (B). Sidewall paper (A) is block-printed with a large-scale damask pattern in blue and white on ochre ground. Paper is laid and in partial sheets. Small fragment of the paper's border (B) remains attached at the upper edge of the paper. Visible is a bead...
Date: 1810-1825
GUSN: 283429
Accession Number: 2001.281.256.1AB
Wallpaper fragment block-printed with a large-scale damask pattern in blue and black on green ground. Paper is laid and in partial sheets.
Material: paper (fiber product), laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)
GUSN: 283430
Accession Number: 2001.281.256.2
Wallpaper fragment. Delicate, all-over pattern of small floral sprigs block-printed in white on blue ground. Handmade wove paper. Reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings under the name "Treasure Chest."
Date: 1790-1810
Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process), wove paper
GUSN: 283431
Accession Number: 2001.281.257
Wallpaper fragment. Window pane checked drapery paper in chartruse and lime green ornamented by pink daisy garlands and bouquets.
Date: 1820-1825
GUSN: 283476
Accession Number: 1911.98
Fragment of scenery figure wallpaper. Pattern consists of strapwork framing scenes of rural life alternating with vignetttes of tools of learning, such as books, globe and telescope. Printed in green, grey, and brown on white, ungrounded paper.
Date: 1850-1860
GUSN: 283477
Accession Number: 1978.132
Wedding dress. Nunziatia DiFloures and George J. Rembis, September 3, 1938, Satin, Silk, and Beads, Haverhill, MA, 1938
Date: 1938
GUSN: 283478
Accession Number: 2012.121.1.1
Veil with attached headdress, Nunziatia DiFloures and George J. Rembis, September 3, 1938, Satin, Silk, and Beads, Haverhill, MA.
GUSN: 283481
Accession Number: 2012.121.1.2
Wedding ensemble: dress, veil with attached headdress, marriage certificate, Nunziatia DiFloures and George J. Rembis, September 3, 1938, Satin, Silk, and Beads, Haverhill, MA, 1938
GUSN: 283483
Accession Number: 2012.121.1.3
Unused wallpaper fragment produced by Moses Grant, Jr. and Co. Pattern is a large-scale leaf design framing medallions of feathers tied with a bow. Block-printed in red and white on an ochre ground.
Date: 1811-1817
Maker: Moses Grant, Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 283496
Accession Number: 2001.281.258
Unused wallpaper fragment manufactured by Moses Grant Jr and Company. Large-scale leaf design with folaite medallions. Roller-printed in green, white, light and dark violet on an ochre ground.
Maker: Attributed to Moses Grant, Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)
Material: laid paper
GUSN: 283499
Accession Number: 2001.281.259
Wallpaper fragment manufactured by Moses Grant, Jr. and Co. Paper appears to have been used as the cover of a journal. Marks indicating a hand sewn binding run down the middle of the fragment. Wallpaper has a large-scale grape vine pattern. Block-printed in violet and black on white ground on wov...
Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)
GUSN: 283500
Accession Number: 2001.281.260
Fragment of wallpaper affixed to paperboard. Foliate and twig pattern paper. Roller-printed in green and white on blue ingrain paper. Waterhouse labels this pattern "Oak Leaf."
Date: 1845-1855
GUSN: 283501
Accession Number: 2001.281.261
Three wallpaper fragments with flocked floral vine and stripe pattern affixed to paperboard. Fragment (A) is labeled "Original" from the Whitney Hotel. Fragments (B) and (C) are labeled as reproductions made by Nancy McClelland. Fragment (A) has a flocked green vine with black and light green over...
Date: 1820-1830
Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process), flocking, screen printing
GUSN: 283502
Accession Number: 2001.281.262A-C
Fragment of wallpaper border produced in France by Zuber et Cie. Red curtain swags with red rosettes and yellow tassels. Egg and dart border above in yellow. Block-printed in two reds, black, yellow, ochre, tan and brown. Paper beneath border appears to have a branch with pine cones and is also ...
Date: 1870-1880
Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 283503
Accession Number: 2001.281.263
Chippendale side chair. Side chair. Mahogany with birch rear seat rail maple front and side seat rails; yellow pine (probably pitch pine) corner blocks. Serpentine crest rail with central flat shell carving and carved molded ears. Pierced splat with owl's eye central design. Leather-upholstered ...
Date: 1770
Maker: Bright, George, 1726-1805
Material: mahogany (wood), birch (wood), maple (wood), yellow pine (wood, general)
GUSN: 273041
Accession Number: 1980.74.2
Chippendale side chair with shell motif.
GUSN: 273042
Accession Number: 1980.75.1
Chippendale card table.
GUSN: 273043
Accession Number: 1980.76
Dropleaf table. Mahogany with birch hinge rails; white pine and other secondary wood. Rectangular top with rectangular leaves. Top and leaves each composed of a single board. Molded skirt with cyma recta curve and ogee arch. Rests on cabriole legs with scrolled over-the-apron knee bracket and r...
Maker: Bright, George, 1726-1805 (Furniture maker)
GUSN: 273044
Accession Number: 1980.78
Ceiling paper fragment. Framing this corner fragment is a square geometric design in the corner flanked by the same landscape scene of a ruined structure with water and mountains on either side. The corner fragment features a floral design with blooms resembling hydrangea and palm leaves. Roller-...
GUSN: 273064
Accession Number: 2001.281.100
Ceiling paper fragment. This corner fragment features a landscape scene of a mill on a river. The scene is placed framed within a red diamond and is surrounded by a symmetrical block pattern outlined in metallic gold and oversized cattails. The paper is roller-printed in two reds, black, blue, wh...
GUSN: 273066
Accession Number: 2001.281.101
Red and white coverlet.
Date: 1920-1950
Maker: Bates Co. (Manufacturer)
Material: cotton (textile)
GUSN: 273067
Accession Number: 2013.8.1
Black lace shawl with sparrow design.
Date: ca. 1890
Material: silk (textile)
GUSN: 273068
Accession Number: 2013.8.2
Ceiling wallpaper fragment. Moiré patterned, non-directional paper roller-printed in white on a cream colored satin ground.
GUSN: 273069
Accession Number: 2001.281.102
Fragment of Fresco paper. A fresco horizontal border is carefully affixed to an upright vertical boarder and striped wall panel paper. The borders immitate architectural molding and includes a floral and acanthus leaf motif. Block-printed in six shades of brown on brown ground. The papers appear...
GUSN: 273070
Accession Number: 2001.281.103
Wallpaper fragment. Scenery figure paper featuring two pastoral vignettes. In the first vignette, two men seated at an outdoor table smoking as a woman serves ale. A country house is in the background with the sign "Travelers Rest." In the second vignette, a couple dances to a fiddler's tune. A...
Date: 1870-1890
GUSN: 273075
Accession Number: 2001.281.104
GUSN: 273079
Accession Number: 2001.281.105
Earthenware mug. Slightly tapered body with shaped base and ear-shaped handle. Incised band around body near top. Blue band near rim. Hand painted blue flower pot on one side, sprig of flowers in blue on the other side.
Material: earthenware
GUSN: 273080
Accession Number: 1970.373
Painted side chair, Wood, Paint, Mother of pearl, and Cane, Probably MA, 1850-1869
GUSN: 273081
Accession Number: 2012.114.1.1
GUSN: 273082
Accession Number: 2012.114.1.2
Wallpaper fragment from the Clapp House in Dorchester, Massachusetts. English Pillar and Arch pattern block-printed and stenciled. Architectural elements in light blue, gray and black on gray ground. Floral swags and leaves, in green, pink and red, adorn the architectural elements. A small piece ...
Date: 1765-1770
GUSN: 273083
Accession Number: 2001.281.106
Side chair, Wood and cane, Probably MA, 1850-1869
GUSN: 273084
Accession Number: 2012.114.2.1
GUSN: 273085
Accession Number: 2012.114.2.2
Wallpaper fragment from Barnstable, Massachusetts. Stylized Neoclassical pattern of Medallions and Squares. Block-printed on handmade paper. Squares containing a design of an urn with quatrefoil, leaves and swans alternate with squares of a foliate sunburst composed of geometric elements. Printed i...
Date: 1815-1825
GUSN: 273086
Accession Number: 2001.281.107
Wallpaper fragment from Barnstable, Massachusetts. Floral patterned paper printed with repeating open blooms, similiar to a hibiscas, and palm fronds. Block-printed in orange, yellow and red on blue ground. Multiple handmade paper pieces, cut into various sizes and attached in different direction...
Date: 1825-1835
GUSN: 273089
Accession Number: 2001.281.108
Naturalistic floral wallpaper with floral border from West Peabody, Massachusetts. The pattern is reminiscent of both Aesthetic and Anglo-Japanese styles popular in the late nineteenth century. Roller-printed in muddied greens, orange and blue on black ground. The fragment is affixed to linen.
GUSN: 273092
Accession Number: 2001.281.109
Victorian dining table in the Georgian-revival style, extension type with three leaves and a crank mechanism.
Date: 1850
Maker: Moore & Campion (Furniture maker)
Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, inlays (decorations)
GUSN: 273099
Accession Number: 1985.745
Hepplewhite tall case clock, mahogany and inlay. Dial inscribed "Allen Killey-Sandwich".
Date: 1800-1830
Material: mahogany (wood), veneer
GUSN: 273101
Accession Number: 1985.746
Queen Anne desk on frame, case fitted with one long and four short drawers. Fall front encloses pigeon-hole interior compartment. Frame has cabriole legs.
Date: ca. 1750
Material: maple (wood)
GUSN: 273102
Accession Number: 1985.747