Historic New England

Wallpaper

Scenery figure wallpaper fragment from Hanover, Massachusetts. A pastoral landscape depicting a bridge over a river between a church and a mill is framed by Asian inspired border. The landscape alternates with a large oval figure with central medallion and symmetrical, stylized architectural figur...

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284513

Accession Number: 2001.281.400

Wallpaper

Small fragment of Gothic Revival style wallpaper part of a multilayered sample of papers from Hanson, Massachusetts. Earliest identified layer of approximately six layers is a small fragment of a Gothic style pattern roller-printed in black and white on green, ungrounded paper. Fragment attached t...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284527

Accession Number: 2001.281.401.1

Mug

Earthenware mug. Lightly ribbed body with four sections, flared rim, and molded, spurred loop handle. Dark copper luster lines around base, rim, inside of rim, and down handle. Two foliate motifs in copper luster on body.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 284528

Accession Number: 1937.1384

Wallpaper

Imprint of Renaissance Revival style wallpaper from Hanson, Massachusetts. Probable second layer of approximately six. Scroll and strapwork pattern roller-printed in red and white on gray ground. Pattern is imprinted on the back of 2001.281.401.3A-C.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284529

Accession Number: 2001.281.401.2A-C

Wallpaper

Striped wallpaper fragments from Hanson, Massachusetts. Probable third layer of approximately six. Alternating stripes of flowers, horizontal stripes with dots and scrolling vines. Roller-printed in green, red and white on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284530

Accession Number: 2001.281.401.3A-C

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment from Hanson, Massachusetts. Border for third layer of wallpaper (2001.281.401.3A-C) and the fourth paper of approximately six. Trellis pattern in salmon roller-printed over a rainbow ground. Back of paper also covered with rainbow ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284531

Accession Number: 2001.281.401.4

Window Shade Paper

Large oval cut from a paper window shade and applied, probably to a fire screen, as a decorative element. Probable fourth paper of approximately six from one location in Hanson, Massachusetts. Paper block-printed with large rosebush with orange, white and blue roses growing from a blue pot on a l...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284532

Accession Number: 2001.281.401.5AB

Wallpaper

Diaper and sprig pattern wallpaper fragments from Hanson, Massachusetts. Probable fifth paper of approximately six from the same location. Roller-printed in violet, white, two greens and two browns on ungrounded paper. Applied over wallpaper 2001.281.401.3A-C, border 2001.281.401.4 and decorative...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284533

Accession Number: 2001.281.401.6A-C

Window Shade Paper

Paper window shade applied, probably to a fire screen, as a decorative element. Uppermost layer and probably sixth paper of approximately six layers from one location in Hanson, Massachusetts. Landscape scene framed on sides and bottom with large scale scrollwork. Block-printed in white, green, bla...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284552

Accession Number: 2001.281.401.7A-D

Wallpaper Tracing

Tracing of striped wallpaper with scroll. Notes indicating colors and repeat. Tracing was found in a folder with multiple layers of wallpaper (see entries for 2001.281.401) but is not a tracing of any of those papers.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: tracing paper

GUSN: 284567

Accession Number: 2001.281.402

Wallpaper

Embossed wallpaper fragment from Harwich, Massachusetts. English or French paper with pattern of dragons and strapwork. Dragons and a devil head hold bead or floral garlands in their mouths. Brown ground paper is stenciled in green, black and four browns, roller-printed in gold and varnished.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284572

Accession Number: 2001.281.403

Box

This rectangular paper box is covered in black leather. It has a hinged lid and is lined with padded white satin. The box closes with a small hook and ring clasp on the front. It is the original box for 1927.217.1

Date: 1822-23

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), leather, satin

GUSN: 284574

Accession Number: 1927.217.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Hatchville, Massachusetts. Diaper and rosette pattern wallpaper with attached ceiling border (see 2001.281.404.2) . Two layered diaper pattern: lower layer is formed by "marblized" masonry and the upper layer features three-dimensional masonry squares with rosette figures a...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284575

Accession Number: 2001.281.404.1

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment from Hatchville, Massachusetts. Border attached to diaper pattern wallpaper fragment (2001.281.404.1). A thick textured or braided green cord and smooth, narrow orange cord twist around each other over a black background with orange edges. Roller-printed in three greens,...

Date: 18601870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284576

Accession Number: 2001.281.404.2

Grass Cloth

Small sample of grass cloth wall covering from Haverhill, Massachusetts. Printed with floral pattern in gray-green.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: grass (plant material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284579

Accession Number: 2001.281.405

Wallpaper

Small sample of Nylon wallpaper from Haverhill, Massachusetts. Screen-printed with fern branches in bronze and flocked fern and leafy branches in cream. Reflective (resembles liquid mica), light cream ground. "Hand Print by Fine" [text cut off] in selvedge.

Date: 1950-1957

Maker: unknown

Material: nylon, paper (fiber product), flocking, screen printing

GUSN: 284581

Accession Number: 2001.281.406

Box

This fitted case is covered with black leather. It contains the earrings 1929.566.1AB.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), leather

GUSN: 284582

Accession Number: 1929.566.2

Wallpaper

Small sample of Nylon wallpaper from Haverhill, Massachusetts. Flocked patten of stylized flowers and curling feathers in light cream on cream ground. Paper is reflective and embossed with small dot pattern.

Date: 1950-1957

Maker: unknown

Material: nylon, paper (fiber product), flocking, embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 284583

Accession Number: 2001.281.407

Box

Red velvet covered box with cream silk and velvet lining. Original box for cameo set 1930.177, 1930.178, 1930.179ab.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284584

Accession Number: 1930.1795

Vest button

Each button in this set of twelve is composed of a micromosaic view of an ancient Roman architectural site, in this case it is possibly a view of the Roman Forum. Each micromosaic is set in black glass and mounted in gold with an applied rope border. Each button attaches with a hook on the reverse. ...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: micromosaics, gold (metal)

GUSN: 284585

Accession Number: 1930.160.1

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Lattice-work pattern. Printed in green, gray, and black on a white ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Seller)

GUSN: 284586

Accession Number: 2000.185

Vest button

Each button in this set of twelve is composed of a micromosaic view of an ancient Roman architectural site, in this case possibly a view of the Temple of the Vestal Virgins. Each micromosaic is set in black glass and mounted in gold with an applied rope border. Each button attaches with a hook on th...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284587

Accession Number: 1930.160.2

Vest button

Each button in this set of twelve is composed of a micromosaic view of an ancient Roman architectural site. Each micromosaic is set in black glass and mounted in gold with an applied rope border. Each button attaches with a hook on the reverse. The set of twelve buttons are in their original black ...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284588

Accession Number: 1930.160.3

Vest button

Each button in this set of twelve is composed of a micromosaic view of an ancient Roman architectural site, in this case possibly Hadrian's Mausoleum. Each micromosaic is set in black glass and mounted in gold with an applied rope border. Each button attaches with a hook on the reverse. The set of ...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284589

Accession Number: 1930.160.4

Vest button

Each button in this set of twelve is composed of a micromosaic view of an ancient Roman architectural site. Each micromosaic is set in black glass and mounted in gold with an applied rope border. Each button attaches with a hook on the reverse. The set of twelve buttons are in their original black ...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284590

Accession Number: 1930.160.5

Vest button

Each button in this set of twelve is composed of a micromosaic view of an ancient Roman architectural site, in this case the Coliseum. Each micromosaic is set in black glass and mounted in gold with an applied rope border. Each button attaches with a hook on the reverse. The set of twelve buttons a...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284591

Accession Number: 1930.160.6

Vest button

Each button in this set of twelve is composed of a micromosaic view of an ancient Roman architectural site. Each micromosaic is set in black glass and mounted in gold with an applied rope border. Each button attaches with a hook on the reverse. The set of twelve buttons are in their original black ...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284592

Accession Number: 1930.160.7

Vest button

Each button in this set of twelve is composed of a micromosaic view of an ancient Roman architectural site, in this case the Pantheon. Each micromosaic is set in black glass and mounted in gold with an applied rope border. Each button attaches with a hook on the reverse. The set of twelve buttons a...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284593

Accession Number: 1930.160.8

Wallpaper

Two unused wallpaper samples. Pattern consists of floral bouquets and an aqueduct. Printed in three pinks, two blues, purple, brown, green, and lavender on a white ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer)

GUSN: 284594

Accession Number: 2000.186AB

Vest button

Each button in this set of twelve is composed of a micromosaic view of an ancient Roman architectural site. Each micromosaic is set in black glass and mounted in gold with an applied rope border. Each button attaches with a hook on the reverse. The set of twelve buttons are in their original black ...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284595

Accession Number: 1930.160.9

Vest button

Each button in this set of twelve is composed of a micromosaic view of an ancient Roman architectural site. Each micromosaic is set in black glass and mounted in gold with an applied rope border. Each button attaches with a hook on the reverse. The set of twelve buttons are in their original black ...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284596

Accession Number: 1930.160.10

Vest button

Each button in this set of twelve is composed of a micromosaic view of an ancient Roman architectural site, in this case possibly the Temple of the Vestal Virgins, the same as button .2. Each micromosaic is set in black glass and mounted in gold with an applied rope border. Each button attaches with...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284597

Accession Number: 1930.160.11

Vest button

Each button in this set of twelve is composed of a micromosaic view of an ancient Roman architectural site. Each micromosaic is set in black glass and mounted in gold with an applied rope border. Each button attaches with a hook on the reverse. The set of twelve buttons are in their original black ...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 284598

Accession Number: 1930.160.12

Vest button box

This box is the original black leather case with white silk and red velvet lining for the set of twelve buttons. The box closes with a push-button tab and is hinged across the back.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), leather, velvet (fabric weave), satin

GUSN: 284599

Accession Number: 1930.160.13

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of grapes on a vine with ribbons, roses, and butterflies. Printed in three greens, blue, pink, lavender, orange, brown, mauve, and white on a light yellow ground. Not a full repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Nancy McClelland, Inc. (Retailer)

GUSN: 284600

Accession Number: 2000.187

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from Hingham, Massachusetts. Four different scenes of trees form a repeating pattern. Roller-printed in three greens, ochre, maroon and cream on light cream ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284601

Accession Number: 2001.281.408

Box

This horseshoe-shaped, leather-covered box is lined in sea-green velvet on the base and white satin on the lid. It houses the set of earrings and brooch 1933.1693.1AB and 1933.1694 but may not be original to the set.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), leather, velvet (fabric weave), satin

GUSN: 284602

Accession Number: 1933.1693.2

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Chinoiserie pattern with a musician and seated figure with dogs, surrounded by cherry blossom trees.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Caillard, Robert (Designer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer) Katzenbach and Warren (Retailer)

GUSN: 284603

Accession Number: 2000.188

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Holliston, Massachusetts. Stylized foliate pattern roller-printed in pink on light gray ground. First layer of a sample of three layers of wallpaper and one frieze. Paper is only partially visible under upper layers.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284612

Accession Number: 2001.281.409.1

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of alternating vignettes of a classically dressed kneeling woman near trees and a vignette with a bird; the background is leaves with stripes and drapery. Printed in three blues on a light blue ground.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer)

GUSN: 284613

Accession Number: 2000.189

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Holliston, Massachusetts. Large-scale medallion and scroll pattern on pebble embossed paper. Roller-printed in two tans and metallic bronze on cream ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 284614

Accession Number: 2001.281.409.2

Wallpaper Frieze

Fragment of wallpaper frieze from Hollinston, Massachusetts. Immitation chintz or needlework pattern. Roller-printed in black, red, blue, yellow, green and tan on cream ground. Appears to be a frieze, based on the horizontal orientation of the pattern and horizontal border along the lower edge. T...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284615

Accession Number: 2001.281.409.3

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of a vignette of two brids sitting on a nest of flowers alternating with a vignette of lillies and roses encircled by floral garland. Printed in two blues, brown, pink, beige, green, and white on a yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer)

GUSN: 284616

Accession Number: 2000.190

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Holliston, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style wallpaper with stylized floral pattern. Roller-printed in ochre, white, pale yellow, tan, cream and metallic gold on cream ground. Third layer of wallpaper. Only partially covers second layer.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 284618

Accession Number: 2001.281.409.4