Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of reproduction Gothic wallpaper affixed to paperboard. This scenery figure pattern is an early reproduction of an 1845 French block print depicting views of a Gothic pulpit, pier, and arches. Roller-printed in four olives, two yellows, white and light orange on a light olive groun...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283311

Accession Number: 2001.281.237

Mug

Stoneware mug. Concave body with shaped base and reeded loop handle. Mustard yellow with a wide beige band and two narrow brown bands around middle.

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 283312

Accession Number: 1970.355

Mug

Earthenware mug. Shaped base with loop handle and leaf terminals. Wide band of light gray with four white bullseye circles and black "S" shapes painted on top. Light blue bands at rim and base.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 283313

Accession Number: 1970.402

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment affixed to paperboard. Rococo Revival flower and scroll pattern. Roller-printed in two grays, three blues, three greens, three pinks, white and red on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283314

Accession Number: 2001.281.238

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments removed from the back of a painting from Harwich, Massachusetts. The wallpaper is striped with several different stylized designs, including a plaid, a vine, and chevron with dots. Block-printed in dark green varnish on blue ground.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283315

Accession Number: 2001.281.239A-C

Wallpaper

Seven fragments of rainbow wallpaper in which the rainbow colors are applied to the pattern rather than the ground. The colors blend from brown (possibly red when first printed) to yellow to blue. Garlands of flowers, ribbon, and bows frame a vertically repeating figure of a fountain supported by ...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283316

Accession Number: 2001.281.240A-G

Carrington House Wallpaper Panel Fragments

Fragments cut from the top (fragments "A-E") and bottom (fragments "F-I") of an unused Chinese wallpaper panel. Handpainted birds and peacocks perched amid flowering tree with butterflies, white ground. Originally from the Captain Edward Carrington House, Providence, Rhode Island.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), hand-painted

GUSN: 283317

Accession Number: 2001.281.241.A-I

Wallpaper

Seven wallpaper fragments removed from a trunk from Cape Cod. Dorothy Waterhouse describes this as her "first paper," refering to it as "Black Bird." Poorly preserved, this blue ingrain paper's pattern is very faded. It appears to be a parrot perched on a delicate fabric swag with floral elements...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 283318

Accession Number: 2001.281.242A-G

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with an allover floral pattern block-printed in Irisé method on ungrounded red ingrain paper. Two fragments of the paper are lined with fabric, one fragment with newspaper. Other fragments of newspaper accompany the wallpaper, one bearing the date "16 November, 1844."

Date: 1830-1845

Maker: (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 283320

Accession Number: 2001.281.244A-Q

Bandbox

Square or rectangular bandbox fragment with exterior decorated with printed paper and interior lined with "Musical Visitor" periodical from 1841. Exterior paper has a diamond and circle diaper pattern block-printed in green with abstract cross element printed in each diamond and an abstract flower ...

Date: 1841-1842

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283322

Accession Number: 2001.281.243

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper from the end of a roll. Vine and spring patterned wallpaper block-printed in off-white and white on a beige satin ground. The verso carries a French Register Mark.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283323

Accession Number: 2001.281.245

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Renaissance Revival Floral Stripe pattern consisting of medallion-like elements, strapwork and floral srays placed between stripes. Early roller-print in mauve, dark red, blue, green and white on beige ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283324

Accession Number: 2001.281.246

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Marble column and panel wallpaper used to create large scale column and panel styles for halls, entries and vestibules. Paper fragment is printed in three patterns: marble (column pattern); plain polished white ground (wall pattern); and stripes of varying thicknesses (...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283325

Accession Number: 2001.281.247

Ceiling Paper Corner Border

Unused corner fragment of ceiling border paper. Stylized leaf and flower sprigs, stripe and rosette elements embellish dark maroon flocking. Roller-printed in metallic gold, dark ochre, two greens on light ochre ground. Matches Ceiling border 2001.281.248.2

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 283326

Accession Number: 2001.281.248.1

Ceiling Paper Border

Uncut fragment of ceiling border paper. Stylized leaf and flower sprigs, stripe and rosette elements embellish dark maroon flocking. Roller-printed in metallic gold, dark ochre, two greens on light ochre ground. Fragment framed in paper matting. Matches Ceiling corner border 2001.281.248.1.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 283331

Accession Number: 2001.281.248.2

Fireboard

Decorative papers from a fireboard. A sidewall paper (A), border (B) and additional decorative paper (C) affixed to one half of a fireboard canvas. The fireboard canvas has been removed from its frame. The wallpaper (A) pattern is of large-scale circular medallions framing a floral element. Diamon...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283333

Accession Number: 2001.281.249A-C

Straw Hat

Woman's straw hat with cream ribbon band around crown. Interior hat band brown grosgrain ribbon with attached plastic faux tortoishell hair comb. Peck & Peck, Straw and polyester

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

Material: straw (plant material), polyester (fiber)

GUSN: 283347

Accession Number: 2013.4.94

Hat

Woman's knit winter hat with band of rust around brim, mauve top with multicolored flowers. Mauve knit bow around crown. Wool, "Tara Handknits"

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), knitting (process)

GUSN: 283348

Accession Number: 2013.4.95

Fur Hat

Woman's fur hat

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, wool (textile), acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 283349

Accession Number: 2013.4.96

Shawl

Hand knit shawl with fringe, multi colored yarns in blue, maroon, and dark green.

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process)

GUSN: 283351

Accession Number: 2013.4.97

Cushion

Chair cushion with striped floral upholstery, rounded back straight front. Striped pink, orange, blue, green, floral pattern on cream ground. Cover stitched to inner pillow.

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 283352

Accession Number: 2013.4.98

Alarm clock, Timex, Plastic and electric wiring, Hong Kong, 1980-2000

Small l-shaped digital alarm clock. Flat rectangular base with slanted front. Snooze button on base, four button on face. Electrical cord attached to back of clock.

Date: 1980-2000

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 283353

Accession Number: 2013.4.99

Laundry Basket

Natural colored straw laundry basket with handles.

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

Material: reed (grass, material)

GUSN: 283355

Accession Number: 2013.4.101

Wind Chime

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 clothes hanger

Pink painted wire coathanger.

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 283357

Accession Number: 2013.4.103

Side chair

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

Side chair

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: 283359

Accession Number: 2011.80.4.2

Fireboard

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

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283365

Accession Number: 2001.281.250.1A-D

Fireboard Print

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

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283370

Accession Number: 2001.281.250.2

Fireboard

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

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283375

Accession Number: 2001.281.250.3AB

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283376

Accession Number: 2001.281.251

Wallpaper

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

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283377

Accession Number: 2001.281.252

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of wallpaper border from Bass River, Massachusetts. Rosette and square pattern block-printed in orange, brick red, dark red and cream on gray ground. Handmade paper. Associated with wallpaper 2001.281.291.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283618

Accession Number: 2001.281.292

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border or frieze from Bernardston, Massachusetts. Wall fragment still attached to wallpaper, see 2001.281.293.2. Vine and floral figures wrap around cylinder with Greek key pattern. Block-printed in orange, black, blue and gray with green and gray stenciling on white or off-white ground....

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283619

Accession Number: 2001.281.293.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment attached to border from Bernardston, Massachusetts. Floral stripe and garland pattern. Block-printed in red, black, violet, and white on ungrounded, laid paper.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283620

Accession Number: 2001.281.293.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Beverly Farms, Massachusetts. Floral sprig wallpaper. Flowers include roses, morning glories, lily of the valley and pansies. Block-printed in green and black on ungrounded laid paper.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283621

Accession Number: 2001.281.294

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Hale House, Beverly, Massachusetts. Earliest, or first layer, of three attached layers of wallpaper. Possibly masonry pattern. Block-printed in green, black and white on gray ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283622

Accession Number: 2001.281.295.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Hale House in Beverly, Massachusetts. Middle layer of three layers of wallpaper. Roller-printed in yellow, gray and white on gray ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283623

Accession Number: 2001.281.295.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Hale House in Beverly, Massachusetts. Uppermost layer of three layers of attached wallpapers. Chinese figure paper roller-printed in yellow, olive, and dark maroon on pale yellow or off-white ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283624

Accession Number: 2001.281.295.3

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from the Caswell House in Bolton, Massachusetts. Floral stripe paper with pattern of alternating floral vines and geometric designs. Paper is roller-printed in orange, dark maroon, two greens and gray on ungrounded paper. The background color of the stripes appears to be...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283625

Accession Number: 2001.281.296

Trunk Lining

Fragment of trunk lining from Bourne, Massachusetts. Large medallion made up of central flower, possibly a daisy, circled by wreath of leaves. Four spokes radiate from flower. Background pattern of hatchmarks. Block-printed in red and white on yellow ground wove paper.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283626

Accession Number: 2001.281.297

Trunk Lining

Two fragments of trunk lining from box or chest purchased at auction in Bourne or Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Fragment (B) is affixed to paperboard. Floral stripe pattern featuring a very large strawberry with leaves. Waterhouse Wallpaper file refers to this as "Strawberry Stripe." Waterhouse r...

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283627

Accession Number: 2001.281.298.1AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of rainbow wallpaper. Printed in ochre and yellow on blended red, yellow, blue satin ground on olive-green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283630

Accession Number: 1911.83

Wallpaper

Fragment of rainbow wallpaper. Printed in ochre and yellow on blended red, yellow, blue satin ground on olive-green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283633

Accession Number: 1911.84

Wallpaper

Two fragements of wallpaper from Braintree, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style pattern of dense, allover floral vine pattern with peacocks. Roller-printed in red on white ground. At least one older layer of wallpaper is adhered to the back of this paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283637

Accession Number: 2001.281.299AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stylized floral medallions separated by fretwork. Printed in ochre, white, green and black on beige ground.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283642

Accession Number: 1911.89

Wallpaper

Fragment of Renaissance Revival wallpaper. Pattern consists of interlacing strapwork and floral trail. Printed in light grey, white, red, green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283647

Accession Number: 1911.93

Newspaper Advertisement with "China Lady" illustration

Boston newspaper advertisement for china wares featuring illustration of woman, or "China Lady," with body made of crockery and china. The illustration is part of an advertisement that reads in part: "Britannia, Crockery, Glass, and China Wares. E. B. Mason (Late E. B. McLaughlin) At China Hall, No...

Date: 1845

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283648

Accession Number: 2001.281.300

Wallpaper

Cut fragment of striped wallpaper. Consists of alternating green and white stripes with stylized leaf motifs printed in grey and dark green.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283652

Accession Number: 1911.112

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

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