Historic New England

Wallpaper

Small fragment of unused wallpaper. Diaper pattern with floral bouquets on pin dots. Diamonds are formed by branch-like design. Roller-printed in red, blue and dark gray on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273700

Accession Number: 2001.281.188

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Sprig pattern with stylized vines forming an ogee or diaper-like pattern. Roller-printed in brown, mustard, maroon, and white on cream ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273708

Accession Number: 2001.281.189

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral striped wallpaper in which the dominant white stripe alternates with a gray stripe. The white stripe is printed with a stylized floral vine on pin stripe. The design has jagged edges imitating weaving or needlework. The gray stripe is adorned with a gray floral ...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273710

Accession Number: 2001.281.190

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral trail pattern with numerous flowers, inlcuding tulips and roses. Roller-printed in pastel shades of green, pink, peach, yellow and tan on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273717

Accession Number: 2001.281.191

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper in four pieces from Attleboro, Massachusetts. Large scale damask pattern roller-printed in dark red on red ground with a mica wash. Multiple layers of earlier paper, including a plain paper in gray, are attached to the underside.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273718

Accession Number: 2001.281.192

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Anglo-Japanese style floral trail pattern. Flowers and foliage. Pattern appears to have not strong directional orientation, indicating it may have been used as a ceiling or sidewall paper. Roller-printed in pale yellow, yellow, orange, red, black and metallic gold on oli...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273720

Accession Number: 2001.281.193

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper. Anglo-Japanese style foliate pattern. Two vines of leaves and berries, on in solid black, form an all-over foliate pattern which overlaps stylized red flowers and angular geometric forms. Pattern does not have a strong directional orientation, may have been used as a...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273721

Accession Number: 2001.281.194

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper. Anglo-Japanese style wallpaper with numerous floral and abstract motifs. Prominent repeating motifs include a block containing a vase of leaves and fruit on a yellow background, floral medallions, and small and large bouquets with a red cabbage rose. Block-printed in ...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: Whiting & Sons (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 273722

Accession Number: 2001.281.195

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Anglo-Japanese style paper with Persian stylistic influences. A variety and abundance of ornament including pinstripes, pindots, stylized flowers, trefoils and rosettes. The dominate element is are red flowers on leafy stems. Roller-printed in red, yellow, and black on...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273724

Accession Number: 2001.281.196

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Anglo-Japanese style paper with numerous ornaments including rosettes, greek keys, trellis and stylized flowers. Pattern does not have strong directional orientation and may have been used as a ceiling or sidewall paper. The paper is embossed with a woven textile pattern...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 273726

Accession Number: 2001.281.197

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral Trail pattern with Anglo-Japanese style and Persian style influences. Roller-printed in yellow, red, light blue and tan on black ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273727

Accession Number: 2001.281.198

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Persian style floral pattern roller-printed in red, yellow, two browns and metallic gold on mustard ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273728

Accession Number: 2001.281.199

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of wallpaper with Aesthetic-style floral pattern with Persian influences. Red flowers and berries on meandering olive stems with metallic gold and black accents. Roller-printed in red, orange, light brown, metallic gold and black on light olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273729

Accession Number: 2001.281.200

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Large-scale, stylized palmette pattern exhibiting Persian stylistic influences. Central palmette framed by strapwork and scrolling foliate garlands. Roller-printed in metallic gold, gold, white, and dark gray on light gray ground. Paper embossed with pebble textured.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273730

Accession Number: 2001.281.201

Wallpaper

Two uncut borders. Neo-classical vases with flowers float above repeating festoons of white fabric and gold strapwork. The outer edges of the border is pre-cut around the pattern forming repeating arches. Roller-printed in metallic gold, white and two grays on semi-translucent white liquid mica g...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273731

Accession Number: 2001.281.202AB

wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Anglo-Japanese style scenic figure pattern. Multiple scenic views are framed by stylized foliage. Visible scenes include swans swimming near a fountain with a gazebo in the background, two figures rowing boats past a tent-like structure with an aquaduct in the background, ...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273732

Accession Number: 2001.281.203

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Art Nouveau style wallpaper with abstracted floral scrolling repeat pattern. Roller-printed in pale yellow and metallic gold on white ground. The paper is embossed with an all over pebble pattern.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273735

Accession Number: 2001.281.204

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Arts and Crafts style paper with large scale stylized medallion and foliate fleur-de-lis pattern. Roller-printed in red, three greens, tan, and gold on brown ground and finished with varnish.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273736

Accession Number: 2001.281.205

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with Scenic Figure pattern. Scene of two figures rowing a small boat on a calm body of water past a large house. The scene is framed in a medallion and surrounded by Neo-Classical foliate and c-scrolls, bead and ribbon garlands, and rosettes. Roller-printed in olive, tan and re...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273737

Accession Number: 2001.281.206

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper with a Scenic Figure pattern. C-scrolls form medallions framing four grouped scenes, two large and two small. The upper left scene depicts an old man, leaning against a building, with a child on his lap. The upper right scene depicts goats drinking at a body of water. Lower ...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 273750

Accession Number: 2001.281.207

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with a Scenic Figure pattern. Stick trellis with quatrefoil element frames three scenes depicting a European village on a river with mountains in the background. Roller-printed in white, two grays, three greens, yellow, blue, orange, tan, two browns and salmon on gray ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273751

Accession Number: 2001.281.208

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Scenic figure pattern with three repeating vignettes. Vignettes are of a mounted figure feeding his horses before a well, a group of men hunting water fowl, and a woman standing in water speaking to a man on horseback. Roller-printed in two greens, yellow, orange, blue, ...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273756

Accession Number: 2001.281.209

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment with scenery figure pattern. Pastoral scene of farm animals and peasants under a blue sky with bluff and houses in the distance. The central figures are a boy in a bright blue coat, a steer, a goat, and a lamb. Roller-printed in white, black, orange, yellow, salmon, gray...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273758

Accession Number: 2001.281.210

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. Pillar and arch pattern featuring three classical figures within a baldacchinno under an arch. The arch itself is slightly pointed with Gothic columns to which shields and flags are attached. Two putti rest atop the arch. Printed in black, white and blue on gray ground.

Maker: Reed, Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272405

Accession Number: 2000.420

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. All over design of delicate scrolling foliate vines. Printed in gray on ivory ground.

Date: 1965-1980

Maker: McClelland, Nancy (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 272410

Accession Number: 2000.413

Wallpaper

Partial roll of unused wallpaper. Diaper pattern formed by elongated lozenges with quatre-foils at the intersections and framing alternating flower heads and dotted Xs. Printed in pink, orange and black on cinnamon brown ground.

Date: 1965-1975

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272412

Accession Number: 2000.414

Wallpaper

Partial roll of unused wallpaper. Drapery and Bamboo pattern consisting of vertical bamboo stalk sprouting flowers and leaves flanked by swags of fabric gathered with cording. Printed in maroon, green, gray and white on light blue ground.

Date: 1965-1975

Maker: McClelland, Nancy (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272414

Accession Number: 2000.415

Wallpaper

Partial roll of unused wallpaper. Drapery and Bamboo pattern consisting of vertical bamboo stalk sprouting flowers and leaves flanked by swags of fabric gathered with cording. Printed in maroon, black, cream and beige on pink ground.

Date: Mid-twentieth century

Maker: McClelland, Nancy (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272422

Accession Number: 2000.416

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Striped pattern composed of vertical rows of bamboo interwined with floral vines alternating with stripes of pink blossoms. Printed in four greens, four blues, two pinks, white, gray and black on light yellow ground.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer) SPNEA (Commissioner)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272423

Accession Number: 2000.418

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment of unused wallpaper. Pillar and Arch pattern featuring three classical figures within a baldacchinno under an arch. The arch itself is slightly pointed with Gothic columns to which shields and flags are attached. Two putti rest atop the arch. Printed in black and white on gray groun...

Date: 1975

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272424

Accession Number: 2000.419

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Lattice design of ogee openings separated by small diamonds. Printed in cream, tan and dark brown on brown ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272471

Accession Number: 2000.1653

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Imitation needlepoint or tapestry pattern of large scale scrolling foliage. Printed in white, black and indigo blue.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272477

Accession Number: 2000.1656A-G

Wallpaper

Two boards with multiple layers of wallpaper in various designs.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 272480

Accession Number: 2008.40.2.1-.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper attached to a board. Figure with sheep on a brown ground. From the Hancock Tavern, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272481

Accession Number: 2008.40.4

Wallpaper

Fragment three of three. Pattern of vertical floral sprigs along edge, dotted background, and centralized landscape figure. Figure mostly missing. Printed in white, two shades of green, brown and blue on a periwinkle ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272490

Accession Number: 1924.894

Square Table

Square table with detachable base. Table top fits into slots on table frame base. Cylidrical legs.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 287796

Accession Number: 2013.4.1

Pair of Side Chairs

Pair of green painted side chairs. Square slat back. Original cane seats have been replaced with a cushion covered in green nylon.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 287808

Accession Number: 2013.4.2.1-.2

Rectangular Side Table

Small rectangular side table with two shelves. Arched legs, slightly mission-like in style. Diamond shaped brass tag affixed between legs [where they join base] engraved with a tree in a circle enclosing an "R".

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 287809

Accession Number: 2013.4.3

Bookcase

Three shelf bookcase with open slat back and sides.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 287797

Accession Number: 2013.4.4

Bookcase

Shelves are not adjustable. Top, sides, shelves are painted white. Back is unfinished.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), paint (coating)

GUSN: 287817

Accession Number: 2013.4.5

Slant-top Desk on Frame

Slant-top desk on frame with single drawer. Drawer has square wooden drawer pulls. Desk interior has cubbyholes with two small drawers.

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 287798

Accession Number: 2013.4.6

Electric Table Lamp

Electric table lamp, molded white glass with floral decoration with brass. Square white marble base. Lamp has a Supreme 75 Watt Soft White bulb in the socket.

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), marble (rock)

GUSN: 287799

Accession Number: 2013.4.7

Floor Lamp

Electric floor lamp. White painted metal with an adjustable neck and circular base.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 287801

Accession Number: 2013.4.8

Floor Lamp

Floor lamp painted taupe with molded white glass shade covered by a removable painted metal shade with pattern of gold ivy.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, glass (material)

GUSN: 287802

Accession Number: 2013.4.9

Footstool

Rectangular footstool with a rush top and painted black legs and stretchers.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 287811

Accession Number: 2013.4.10

Footstool

Circular footstool with four wooden legs. Cross-stitched top has multi colored flowers on a dark gray ground. Brown velvet sides.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), cotton (textile), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 287805

Accession Number: 2013.4.11

Footstool

Rectangular footstool with cross-stitched top of a multi-color floral pattern with scrolls on navy blue ground. Four cabriole legs with rams head feet.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 287810

Accession Number: 2013.4.12

Wallpaper

Small wallpaper fragment found in a series of layers of paper at the Silas Dean House, Wethersfield, Connecticut. Pattern consists of narrow cobalt blue stripe with linked diamonds running up the center alternating with a stripe of small circles. Printed in cobalt blue, purple, orange, and cream o...

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272536

Accession Number: 1971.158.3A

Wallpaper

Two fragments of wallpaper, one with attached border (B). Wallpaper (A) is an all over shell or flame pattern background with cartouches framing a palmette motif. Printed in two yellow, two tans, and dark green on a cream ground. The border fragment (B) is a stylized scroll and floral pattern prin...

Date: Late nineteenth century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272553

Accession Number: 1979.4.2AB

Washcloth

Washcloth, white with pale green seashell pattern, reversible

Date: 1980-2012

Maker: unknown

Material: terry

GUSN: 272556

Accession Number: 2013.4.39

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