Historic New England

Dress fragment

Fragment of a printed muslin fabric with brown floral motif. In an envelope marked "October 26, 1891" with an accompanying letter giving history as being from a dress worn by Dorothy Quincy, wife of Governor John Hancock.

Date: ca. 1780

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273103

Accession Number: 1985.749

Mug

Earthenware mug (mochaware). Cylindrical with leaf terminal handle. Two brown bands at rim and base, with parallel wavy lines in blue slip around middle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, mocha ware

GUSN: 273234

Accession Number: 1970.407

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and acanthus-type leaf decoration in relief on handle. Blue and tan body with incised bands. Painted with floral swags and border in gold.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 273235

Accession Number: 1970.419

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Large scale pattern with central shield or medallion radiating foliated scrolls terminating in flowers. Block printed in red, two grays, white and metalic silver. Paper has a rib texture and white ground.

Date: 1950-1957

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273236

Accession Number: 2000.1686

Wallpaper

Fragment of four uncut wallpaper borders. Gray leaf with architectural molding edge against red background. Block printed in two grays, white, black, yellow and red. Borders printed on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273238

Accession Number: 1918.894

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Stoughton, Massachusetts. Wide, large scale striped pattern. One stripe features alternating vignettes of a red urn with a green marble ashlar. The vignettes of this stripe are framed in borders with c-scrolls. The other stripe is alternating ashlars of gray and green marb...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273268

Accession Number: 1935.980

Wallpaper

Wallpaper and border fragments from the Timothy Johnson House, North Andover, Massachusetts. Pillar and arch pattern paper (A) with border (B) of leaves under small arches topped with a band of beading. Block-printed in black, brown and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273271

Accession Number: 2001.281.110AB

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments from the General Sylvanus Thayer House in Braintree, Massachusetts. Entwined, stylized floral vine and dotted ribbon with continuous dotted vine. Block-printed in white on blue paper.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273291

Accession Number: 2001.281.111A-C

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment from the Clapp House, Dorchester, Massachusetts. Stylized floral and foliate border with architectural motif along one edge. Block-printed in three blues, yellow, orange, tan and brown on probable tan ground. Brick red colored flock surrounds pattern and is printed with ...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273292

Accession Number: 2001.281.112

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Middleton, Massachusetts. Large fragment of fresco wallpaper upright, or Montant, decorated with a vertical border on left side and a central stripe ornamentation consisting of a fruit bowl alternating with a fountain framed by a pillar and arch. Printed in white, tan, brow...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273293

Accession Number: 2001.281.113

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Whipple House, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Large-scale floral spray pattern featuring a carnation. Stenciled in yellow, green, pink, blue and purple and block-printed in varnish red and black on unground paper. English tax stamp on verso.

Date: 1750-1760

Maker: (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 273294

Accession Number: 2001.281.114

Bandbox Paper

Unused roll of bandbox paper. Paper depicts a wagon scene with men and dogs. Block-printed in white, pink, dark and light green, and brown varnish on blue ground.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273364

Accession Number: 2001.281.115

Bandbox Paper

Four fragments of unused bandbox paper from Providence, Rhode Island. Paper depicts a men working around a horse drawn wagon with their dogs. Block-printed in white, pink, dark and light green, and green varnish on blue ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 273366

Accession Number: 2001.281.116A-D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Striped pattern printed in alternating white and blue geometric design. Block-printed on sheets of handmade blue paper with brown ground. Wallpaper has been taped and pinned to backing paper and rolled.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 273367

Accession Number: 2001.281.117

Wallpaper

Embossed wallpaper fragment with geometric oblong and flower design. Roller-printed in glossy green and red on gold ground. Manufacturers stamp on verso reads "PEERLESS / SIDEWALL No. 4700." Fragment probably removed from a sample book.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273368

Accession Number: 2001.281.118

Looking Glass

Looking glass with gilt frame and molded cornice. Concave side moldings with applied gilt spheres. Gilt rope turning along top and bottom edge. Lower panel appears to have old mirrored glass. Upper panel has eglomise liberty and independence. Eagle with Lady Liberty and globe surrounded by a swagged...

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), verre églomisé

GUSN: 273369

Accession Number: 1959.303

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper roll. Stripe patterned paper in which mulitcolor geometric stripe with quatrefoils alternates with a cream stripe. Roller-printed in brown, dark brown, red, green, golden brown and cream on tan satin ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273371

Accession Number: 2001.281.119

Sewing Table

Sewing table, drop-leaf with three drawers and gathered basket (reupholstered). Turned barley twist legs ending in tapered foot with original casters. Interior of work basket lined with marbelized paper. Pulls replaced.

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood), veneer

GUSN: 273372

Accession Number: 1959.307

Tea table

Tilt-top tea table with ring turned pedestal base, tripod base with shaped pad feet. Base in original mahogany, pine top has been mahoganized. Base has notch carving.

Date: 1780-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 273375

Accession Number: 1959.309

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with spurred loop handle. Blue transfer printed scenes with chinoiserie theme. Blue transfer printed geometric border on inside of rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 273398

Accession Number: 1970.410

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

Fragment of unused wallpaper from a house on Wellington Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. Pebble embossed paper with geometric pattern of overlapping or stacked diamonds. Each diamond has a greek key-like element framing a stylized sprig or trefoil. Roller-printed in red, green, black, two b...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283653

Accession Number: 2001.281.301

Wallpaper

Four wallpaper fragments from a house on Wellington Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. Art Nouveau style wallpaper with large-scale, stylized floral pattern. Roller-printed in red, green and black on a bronze ground. Paper is embossed with a wood grain pattern and varnished after printing.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283654

Accession Number: 2001.281.302A-D

Children's Mug

Porcelain mug. Shaped base with spurred loop handle. Red transfer printed floral motifs on both sides, over painted with green, red, yellow, blue, and pink.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, transfer printing, hand-painted

GUSN: 283661

Accession Number: 1970.1310.123

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from a home on Wellington Street, South Boston, Massachusetts. Art Nouveau style wallpaper with large-scale stylized floral with scrolling foliage pattern. Embossed floral pattern on bronze ground. The pattern interior is further embossed with fine diagonal striations. The back...

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283670

Accession Number: 2001.281.303

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper from a home on Wellington Street, South Boston, Massachusetts. Art Nouveau style floral damask embossed on dark bronze ground. Flowers and stems form an ogee pattern. The pattern is embossed on a dark bronze ground. The pattern's embossed outline resembles stitching and its i...

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283673

Accession Number: 2001.281.304

Scenic Wallpaper Display Sample

Five small-scale showroom samples of a scenic wallpaper. Paper depicts a view of "Beacon Hill" in Boston, Massachusetts by "HAN-TEC." Sample indicates the full scale scenic came in four sections, labeled A through D. Screened in green, blue, red, white, two browns and black with a background print...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, screen prints

GUSN: 283677

Accession Number: 2001.281.305A-E

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard labeled "Crocker" from Brewster, Massachusetts. Floral Aesthetic style paper with foreground pattern of asymmetrical, densley arranged flowers and foliage roller-printed in greens, browns, red and orange. Background foliate pattern roller-printed in yellow ...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283678

Accession Number: 2001.281.306

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard labeled "Crocker" from Brewster, Massachusetts. Floral, Aesthetic style paper with asymmetrical pattern of sprays with turquiose and red flowers and olive palm fronds. Roller-printed in two shades of turquoise, red, dark maroon, fuchsia, yellow, and three s...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283679

Accession Number: 2001.281.307

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard labeled "Crocker" from Brewster, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style paper with dense, asymmetrical floral pattern roller-printed in two yellows, red, dark maroon, black and dark olive on olive ground. Olive ground color is badly deteriorated and has largely di...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283681

Accession Number: 2001.281.308

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard labeled "Crocker" from Brewster, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style paper with dense, asymmetrical foliate pattern roller-printed in black, yellow, maroon and orange on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283682

Accession Number: 2001.281.309

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283684

Accession Number: 1911.79

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from a mid-nineteenth century house, now demolished, in Brewster, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style wallpaper with large-scale floral pattern roller-printed in brown in the foreground and a second smaller-scale floral pattern roller-printed in green in the background. Foreground p...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283685

Accession Number: 2001.281.310A-E

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283686

Accession Number: 1911.80

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard from Brewster, Massachusetts. Floral stripe pattern roller-printed in green, gray and dark red on white ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283687

Accession Number: 2001.281.311

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Brewster, Massachusetts. Pattern of repeating floral bouquets with trailing vines. This early American paper is roller-printed in green, red, pink and blue on an undetermined ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283688

Accession Number: 2001.281.312

Wallpaper

Fragment of Scenery figure wallpaper representing the Crimean War, specifically the Siege of Sebastopol (1854-1855), alternating with portrait medallions of Lord Raglan and Lord Palmerston. Printed in brown, grey, red-orange, blue, white and black on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283689

Accession Number: 1911.104

Wallpaper

Fragment of Scenery figure wallpaper representing the Crimean War, specifically the Siege of Sebastopol (1854-1855), alternating with portrait medallions of Lord Raglan and Lord Palmerston. Printed in brown, grey, red-orange, blue, white and black on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283690

Accession Number: 1911.105

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper from Brookline, Massachusetts. Mock flocked, or paper imitating a flocked wallpaper, with floral damask pattern. Roller-printed in dark red and black on dark cinnamon ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283691

Accession Number: 2001.281.313

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revival stripe wallpaper. Pattern consists of stripes of Ionic columns alternating with Gothic cornice, scrolled leaves and quatrefoils over fluted columns. Printed in brown and white on a pale gray ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283692

Accession Number: 1911.76

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revival stripe wallpaper. Pattern consists of stripes of Ionic columns alternating with Gothic cornice, scrolled leaves and quatrefoils over fluted columns. Printed in brown and white on a pale gray ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283693

Accession Number: 1911.77

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revival stripe wallpaper. Pattern consists of stripes of Ionic columns alternating with Gothic cornice, scrolled leaves and quatrefoils over fluted columns. Printed in brown and white on a pale gray ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283694

Accession Number: 1911.148

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the General John Walker House in Burlington, Massachusetts. Floral striped wallpaper. Stripes of floral sprigs and leaves block-printed in green varnish, black and white alternate with narrower stripes of dots and dashes printed in white. Light blue ground. Wove paper in p...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 283695

Accession Number: 2001.281.314.1

Wallpaper

Three fragments of striped wallpaper from the General John Walker House, Burlington, Massachusetts. Sprig, cattail and ribbon stripes block-printed in black and white on blue ground. The wallpaper is printed on blue ingrain paper in partial sheets. Fragment [C] was used to make the reproduction wa...

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 283705

Accession Number: 2001.281.314.2A-C

Reproduction Wallpaper

Sample fragement of Waterhouse Wallhangings reproduction wallpaper "Strawberry Stripe." For original fragments found as trunk lining in Bourne, Massachusetts, see 2001.281.298.1AB. Roller-printed in red and dark red to immitate block printing. Mustard ground.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283712

Accession Number: 2001.281.298.2

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