Historic New England

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Grape Ivy" pattern (#23031) designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company, Chicago. Wallpaper has ajn all-over dennse pattern of trailing vines of grape leaves. Roller-printed in two greens, two pinks and ...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292922

Accession Number: 2001.281.849

Paper Window Shade

Unused paper window shade. Rolled shade decorated with large rectangle of orange rose buds framing a large orange rose bouquet. Roller-printed in black, taupe, two greens, two oranges, red and blue on brown ground. Brown ground applied to both sides of paper.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292923

Accession Number: 2001.281.1133

Paper Window Shade

Unused paper window shade. Rolled shade decorated with a large rectangle framing stylized vase of flowers. Flowers also decorate corners of the rectangle. Roller-printed in black, red, yellow, white, cream and two browns on brown ground. Ground applied to both sides of paper.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292924

Accession Number: 2001.281.1134

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper in the "Bayside" pattern (#23171) designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company. Wallpaper has a large grid pattern with the grid being composed of densely packed small grape leaves. Each square in the grid contains three larg...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292925

Accession Number: 2001.281.850

Wallpaper

Two rolled fragments of a Chinoiserie pattern wallpaper. Colorful birds perch and fly among meandering branches with flowers and seed pods. Roller-printed in black, three greens, two blues, purple, two pinks, maroon, gray, white, yellow, brown and tan on polished black ground.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292926

Accession Number: 2001.281.1135AB

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Mary Wade" pattern (#23064) designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company, Chicago. Wallpaper is printed with a geometric tile pattern featuring a stylized floral and foliate medallion in a sixteen-sided t...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292927

Accession Number: 2001.281.851

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of embossed, gilt-figure wallpaper. Branches of embossed and gilded acorns over block-printed leaves. Block-printed in two browns and tan on taupe ground.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292928

Accession Number: 2001.281.1136

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Polite Parlor" pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company, Chicago. The wallpaper features a floral trail pattern with undulating vertical lace ribbons intertwined with roses, other flowers and ...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292929

Accession Number: 2001.281.852

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Robert Fulton" pattern (#23104) designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company, Chicago. The wallpaper has a large-scale scenic patter which commemorates the invention of the steamship by Robert Fulton. Lar...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292930

Accession Number: 2001.281.853

Reproduction Wallpaper

Two partial rolls of reproduction wallpaper in the "Queen Anne" pattern (#23193) designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company, Chicago. The wallpaper has a large-scale floral spray pattern featuring carnations and other flowers. Both rolls are roller-...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292932

Accession Number: 2001.281.854AB

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of striped wallpaper. Brown stripes with gold dots edged on each side by teal stripes with gold accents resembling gimp or galloon trim. Roller-printed in brown, teal and metallic gold on tan ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292933

Accession Number: 2001.281.1137

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper with large-scale pattern of putti and other neo-classical motifs. Two putti, with a goat between them, stand on a large foliate swag wrapped with ribbon holding up a large basket of fruit. Two cockatoos are perched above the basket. Block-printed in cream and two grays on ...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292935

Accession Number: 2001.281.1138

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Toll Gate" pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company, Chicago. The wallpaper has a large scale pattern of scalloped-edged cartouches enclosed in a trellis work frame. Each cartouche contains a ...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic paint

GUSN: 292937

Accession Number: 2001.281.856

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Wilton Toile" pattern designed by Binnie B. Wilson for the Waterhouse Collection manufactured by The Warner Company. Chicago. Wallpaper has a large scenic pattern imitating a toile textile. A series of rural vignettes are shown including: a seated coupl...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Warner Company (Manufacturer) Wilson, Binnie B. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292939

Accession Number: 2001.281.857

Reproduction Wallpaper

Two partial rolls of reproduction wallpaper in the "Braintree Stripe" pattern by Katzenbach and Warren. The wallpaper has vertical stripes composed of six-pointed stars in circles alternating with stripes of a vine with feather-like leaves. Dividing these stripes are stripes with a geometric diamon...

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292940

Accession Number: 2001.281.858AB

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Dandelion Stripe" pattern by Katzenbach and Warren. Wallpaper has a vertical stripe pattern with two alternating stripes. One stripe has highly abstracted dandelion leaves atop two large solid stripes. The other is a highly abstracted eyelet lace motif....

Date: 1959-1970

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292941

Accession Number: 2001.281.859

Fresco Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of frieze or border paper from a fresco set of wallpapers. Together with matching sidewall and dado papers, this upper border would have formed panels imitating elaborate Rococo-style architectural molding. Block-printed in cream, tan and brown with green flocking and gold foil accen...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292942

Accession Number: 2001.281.1139

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of wallpaper with diamond and tassel pattern imitating upholstery. A cord and tassels hang from diamonds framing floral sprigs. The diamonds form the corners within a larger diamond pattern. Diamonds are outlined with cord and gimp accented by round tacks. Background grid pattern ...

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292943

Accession Number: 2001.281.1140

Wallpaper

Two rolled fragments of striped wallpaper with stylized floral figures. White, purple and gray stripes appear to be applied with a pan or trough printing technique. The figures are block-printed in metallic gold, orange and black on gray ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292944

Accession Number: 2001.281.1141AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper with abstracted floral medallion pattern. Roller-printed in metallic gold, brown, white and blue on olive ground.

Date: 880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 292945

Accession Number: 2001.281.1142

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of wallpaper with rose and ivy medallion pattern. Block-printed in four grays and metallic gold on polished white ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 292946

Accession Number: 2001.281.1143

Children's Mug

Children's earthenware mug. Purple background with black transfer-printed design over top. The image is of a young boy pushing a young woman in a wheel barrow.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44135

Accession Number: 1970.1310.965

Children's Mug

Children's mug with canary yellow background. Red transfer-printed design with inscription in center. Directly around the inscription is an elongated octagon and a floral wreath encircles that.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44217

Accession Number: 1970.1310.1048

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper fragment (one of three). Continuous vine of stylized flowers. Block-printed in grey, white, yellow, two pinks, blue and green on a black ground.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 294219

Accession Number: 1920.325.2

Wallpaper

Walllpaper fragment. All over arcs crowned with foliage in a heavily dotted ground. Elements are too stylized to permit naturalistic interpretation. Printed in black and white on tan. Straight match.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294220

Accession Number: 1920.324B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment (one of three). Block-printed with floral sprig pattern, including stylized tulips and lilacs. Printed in blue and gray on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294227

Accession Number: 1920.325.1C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Sidewall panel paper part of a fresco set (see 1988.43.1). Pattern of taupe, tan and black guilloche on a red field bordered by bead and reel molding delineate a panel with stylized diaper pattern cut from a field of beige strapwork.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294229

Accession Number: 1988.43.2F

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral-trail pattern with a meandering green vine spouting different flowers: carnations, clematis and peony blossoms. Printed in orange, red, pink, white and green on a light blue ground. Straight repeat. British tax stamps on verso.

Date: 1770-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 294230

Accession Number: 1978.140G-I

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner is oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with white fabric. The center of the banner is a larg...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, textile materials

GUSN: 294235

Accession Number: 1972.112.1

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner is oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with white fabric. The center of the banner is a larg...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, textile materials, metal

GUSN: 294253

Accession Number: 1972.112.2

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner an oblong oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with wallpaper. The wallpaper backing is strip...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, découpage (image making technique)

GUSN: 294281

Accession Number: 1972.112.3

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment. Trophy Paper. Pattern consists of vertical stripes behind bouquets and trophies of war, including shield, arrows and quiver, flag and sword. Prints in black and white on yellow ground.

Date: 1770-1785

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294440

Accession Number: 1978.141.1B

Table

Dropleaf table, oblong center leaf with two hinged scalloped leaves. One long drawer. Twist reeded legs with casters.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 294670

Accession Number: 1963.355

Wallpaper

Wallpaper in Coffin House Parlor, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Original to Parlor and still intact on walls.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294675

Accession Number: 1963.412

Fireboard

Fireboard with breadboard ends. One side covered with wallpaper. Includes a laid paper with pale blue ground covered with overall vine motif with grapes, flowers, and pears in green, gold and blue.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 294758

Accession Number: 1985.670

Wallpaper border

Multiple pieces of wallpaper border attached wallpaper (see wallpaper 1967.122.1) from a single room. Papers were found in a bureau drawer in the Stetson House in Hanover, Massachusetts but may originate from the Broad Oak Farm also in Hanover. The border is a continuous floral vine block printed ...

Date: 1815-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294764

Accession Number: 1967.122.2

Wallpaper

Large fragment of floral and column stripe wallpaper. Grey ground with floral vine printed in blues, browns, pink, white, yellow. Columns printed in blues and brown. Straight repeat.

Date: 178701790

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294765

Accession Number: 1965.7.1B

Portrait of Abigail Penfield Harwood (1779-1867)

Half-length portrait of Abigail Penfield Harwood. The older woman has gray hair and dark eyes. She is seated and wearing a black dress with white lace collar and white lace bonnet. Oil paint on panel. Not framed.

Date: 1836

Maker: Powers, Asahel L. (American painter, 1813-1843) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 294780

Accession Number: 2014.34.1

Portrait of Eleazer Van Ness Harwood (1816-1880)

Half-length portrait of Eleazer Van Ness Harwood. The young man has dark hair and dark eyes. He is seated and wearing a white shirt, black coat, waistcoat, and neck cloth. He has a small triangular gold brooch pinned to his waistcoat and is holding a book in his left hand. Oil paint on mattress tick...

Date: 1836

Maker: Powers, Asahel L. (American painter, 1813-1843) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), ticking

GUSN: 294781

Accession Number: 2014.34.2

Framed letter

Framed letter regarding portraits by Asahel Powers. Allen Harwood to his sister Elizabeth Harwood.

Date: 1836

Maker: Harwood, Allen Penfield, 1818-1893 (Author)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 294782

Accession Number: 2014.34.3

'Poodle' Skirt

Skirt, black wool felt with appliqued design of a white poodle wearing a plaid kilt, sash, and matching plaid tam with feather.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Filene's (Department Store) (Retailer)

Material: wool (textile), fur

GUSN: 294796

Accession Number: 2014.35.1

Dress

Mother of the bride pink chiffon and silk dress [2014.35.2a], embroidered with pink flowers, green leaves, beading and sequins. Zipper and hook and eye closures up back and lined bodice attached to interior at shoulder straps, with boning. With custom made pink silk half slip [2014.35.2b] and pink ...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Monet of Chestnut Hill (Retailer)

Material: chiffon, embroidering, beads (pierced objects), silk (fiber), sequins (spangles)

GUSN: 294797

Accession Number: 2014.35.2A-C

Fur Jacket

Silver mink fur jacket [2014.35.3.1] with cream colored satin lining. Jacker has two pockets and three rhinestone buttons down front. With original plastic S. Sack Fur's hanger [2014.35.3.2]. Jacket is stored in a fabric garment bag with a detachable metal hanger insert [2014.35.3.3ab].

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Human Form Hanger Co. S. Sacks Furs Modee Home

Material: mink, silk (fiber), rhinestone, plastic (organic material), metal, kapok (fiber)

GUSN: 294798

Accession Number: 2014.35.3.1-.3AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of foliate wallpaper from the Chellis Estate, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. Large-scale, foliate damask pattern roller-printed in light tan and green on blue ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 294840

Accession Number: 2001.281.1209

Wallpaper

The Pillar and Arch wallpaper on the walls of the central hall of the Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine. The paper is an 1898 reproduction of the original commissioned by Emily Tyson and Elise Tyson [Vaughan]. Bouquet of flowers in an urn flanked by Corinthian columns draped with floral garlands...

Date: 1898

Maker: Gregory and Brown Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 294852

Accession Number: 1949.1098.1

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of trellis and vine wallpaper from the Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine. Block printed in two grays and two greens on light gray ground.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Probably Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 294855

Accession Number: 1949.1178

Wallpaper

Two cut samples of reproduction Pillar and Arch wallpaper made for the front hall of the Hamilton House, South Berwick Maine. Bouquet of flowers in an urn flanked by Corinthian columns draped with floral garlands. Printed in white, brown and black on a blue ground.

Date: 1898

Maker: Gregory and Brown Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 294863

Accession Number: 1949.1098.2BC

Windsor armchair

Windsor armchair with a history of use by Levi Packard (1761-1844) of North Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294902

Accession Number: 1993.538

Scenic Wallpaper

One of twenty-five fragments of the French scenic wallpaper "Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique" (also known as "Les Voyages du captaine Cook"). The scenic is loosely based on the celebrated events of Captian James Cook's exploration of the Pacific, which brough the captain to his violent death there ...

Date: 1804-1806

Maker: Dufour, Joseph (Manufacturer) Charvet, Jean-Gabriel (Designer)

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

GUSN: 294907

Accession Number: 1954.229.1

Scenic Wallpaper

One of twenty-five fragments of the French scenic wallpaper "Les Sauvages de la Mer Pacifique" (also known as "Les Voyages du captaine Cook"). The scenic is loosely based on the celebrated events of Captian James Cook's exploration of the Pacific, which brough the captain to his violent death there ...

Date: 1804-1806

Maker: Dufour, Joseph (Manufacturer) Charvet, Jean-Gabriel (Designer)

GUSN: 294923

Accession Number: 1954.229.2

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