Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper from Cornish, New Hampshire. Diamond-figure half-drop pattern of stylized floral elements framed by foliate lattice. The design is overprinted with striated lines to imitate a woven surface. Roller-printed in black, ochre, maroon, olive, light green, brown and pink on pale yel...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287238

Accession Number: 2001.281.527

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Amelia" pattern with an all-over pattern of large floral sprays with roses and other flowers. Machine printed in three pinks, rose, mauve, four greens, lavender, purple and green-grey on an embossed white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287239

Accession Number: 2000.976

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Hertford" pattern with an urn filled with a floral bouquet framed by ribbon and bow knows with tasseled cord entwined with grape vines. Machine printed in pale pink on a light mauve ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287240

Accession Number: 2000.977

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Acorn" pattern with oak boughs and acorns entwined with tulips and daisies. Block printed in tan on a beige ground. Based on an English block print paper from 1879 by William Morris aand Co.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: William Morris & Co. (Designer) Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287241

Accession Number: 2000.978

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Christchurch" pattern with an all-over design of flowering vines with blossoms and tendrils. Outline in blue on a field of blue pin dots and a white ground. Based on an English block print paper from 1879 by William Morris & Co.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: William Morris & Co. (Designer) Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287242

Accession Number: 2000.980

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Cresham" pattern with repeating grid of anemones, roses, and rose buds. Machine printed in two pinks, crimson, purple, lavender and trhee greens on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287243

Accession Number: 2000.979

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments. Two rows of wallpaper border with repeating flowers printed in yellow, ochre, red, green, maroon, and tan against an embossed metallic gold field.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287244

Accession Number: 2000.1655AB

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Full pattern has alternating stripes of entwined floral vines framing a figure and a bird against a brown field and a trailing floral vine with stylized flowers. Printed in two browns, grey, blue, green, yellow, pink, and red.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287245

Accession Number: 2000.1681.1-.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of Art Nouveau floral wallpaper from Farmington, New Hampshire. Stylized rose vines and flowers form a trellis and medallion pattern. Roller-printed in two reds, pink, two greens and black on red ground. "The Grenfell / 986 / 9" printed in the selvedge. Manufactured by Becker, Smith & Page...

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: Becker, Smith & Page (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287246

Accession Number: 2001.281.528

Windsor Side Chair

Birdcage Windsor chair with seven spindles and bamboo turnings on legs, stiles, and stretchers.

Date: 1805-1825

Maker: Gragg, Samuel (American cabinetmaker, 1772-ca. 1855) (Furniture maker)

Material: tiger maple

GUSN: 287440

Accession Number: 2013.73.1

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Hancock, New Hampshire. Embossed, gilded floral sprigs are evenly spaced on a gray ground. Three different floral sprigs are represented, each sprig in its own row and the sprigs in each row alternating mirror images of each other.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287455

Accession Number: 2001.281.529

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Hancock, New Hampshire. Embossed, gilded floral sprigs figures with small bell-shaped flowers are evenly spaced on a beige ground. The fragment is torn in two.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287456

Accession Number: 2001.281.530AB

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from Hancock, New Hampshire. Embossed, gilded foliate and berry figures with delicate trailing vines on light blue ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287457

Accession Number: 2001.281.531

Wallpaper

Fragment of striped wallpaper from Hollis, New Hampshire. Stripe pattern has stylized stalk with leaves growing from either side, one side white, the other black. Between the stalks is an undulating line of white pin dots line that runs around and between black and white stylized flower heads. Bloc...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287459

Accession Number: 2001.281.532

Wallpaper

Fragments of a French wallpaper from New Hampshire. Neoclassical pattern featuring a cherub in front of a gazebo with festoons and sprays of roses. Block-printed in black, white, olive, red, and blue on gray ground. Wove paper, partial sheets. Fragment B includes a border fragment with a pattern...

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287460

Accession Number: 2001.281.533A-F

Brocatelle Fragment

Brocatelle fragment, with Renaissance Revival urns and dragons in red on a yellow ground. The large fragment is stitched together from one small and one large fragment. Four patches on back.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), bast

GUSN: 287463

Accession Number: 2010.30.1.4

Bandbox

Large round pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with wallpaper. Paper has repeating pattern of thin horizontal background stripes and pindots arranged in a geometric pattern. Paper also has framed vignettes depicting a rural countryside with deer. Block printed in green and browns on a cream ...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287488

Accession Number: 1919.395AB

Bandbox

Rectangular wooden bandbox (A) and pasteboard lid (B). Box and lid are covered with wallpaper with all-over pattern of stylized flowers and large leaves against a background of meandering lines and pin dots. Printed in blue and back on a white ground. Box is lined with plain paper. Rim of lid is cov...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 287489

Accession Number: 1920.69AB

Bandbox

Round pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered in wallpaper. Wallpaper has large-scale framed vignettes of neoclassical urns and swags. Paper is badly faded but may have originally been printed in browns and white on a gray ground. Lid is damaged

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287490

Accession Number: 1980.100AB

Bandbox

Bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with wallpaper with scrolling orange floral design on a gray patterned background. Lined with "The Union" newspaper (Washington) dated July 18, 1852.

Date: 1852-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287494

Accession Number: 1953.482AB

Bandbox

Flattened wall of bandbox lacking both bottom and lid. Covered in wallpaper with repeating stylized floral and vine motifs block printed in white on a yellow, green and blue irise background. Lined with newspaper

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287497

Accession Number: 1953.485

Box with pincushion lid

Oval pasteboard box (A) with lid (B). Box and rim of lid are covered in a French block printed wallpaper from 1810-1815. Wallpaper has repeating quatrefoils interspersed with large stylized flowers. Printed in gold, green, ink and red on ungrounded paper. Lid is a domed fabric pincushion. Pasted ins...

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287498

Accession Number: 2001.120AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the home of President Pierce, Hillsboro, New Hampshire. Tile pattern of alternating medallions and foliate sprigs in squares. Pindots outline the squares and fill the corners of the squares with sprigs. Block-printed in green and white on pink ground. Wove paper, partial she...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287499

Accession Number: 2001.281.534

Wallpaper

Two fragments of floral wallpaper from Hudson, New Hampshire. All-over, floral vine pattern in which several varieties of flowers, including morning glories, climb on thick branches. Roller-printed in two grays, black, white, and blue on ungrounded paper. Fragments affixed to paperboard.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287560

Accession Number: 2001.281.535AB

Wallpaper

Two unused wallpaper fragments with diaper pattern from Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Intersecting gold diagonal lines form a diamond pattern. The diamonds each frame a gold cross. There is a small black diamond with a quatrefoil figure at each intersection of the gold diagonal lines in the pattern. Pap...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 287565

Accession Number: 2001.281.536AB

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments of gilt-figured and striped wallpaper from Keene, New Hampshire. Stripes of alternating gilt-figures, one a single daisy sprig and the other a rose sprig and jewel, are separated by a swirling vine and flower stripe roller-printed in gray on gray ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gilding

GUSN: 287568

Accession Number: 2001.281.537AB

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments of arabesque floral wallpaper from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Pattern of vertically repeating arabesque figures with delicate floral garlands. Block-printed in gold, black, mint green, blue, pink, red, ochre and orange on glazed pink ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287585

Accession Number: 2001.281.538AB

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of wallpaper with a simple leaf pattern from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Foliate sprigs block-printed in metallic gold on beige ground. Fragment is the end of a roll.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287589

Accession Number: 2001.281.539

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of striped wallpaper from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Pattern of wide stripes, features a horseshoe-shaped spray of flowers on a background of small quatrefoil figures, alternating with narrow stripes with hash mark and dot pattern. Roller-printed in cream...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287591

Accession Number: 2001.281.540

Bandbox

Rectangular pasteboard bandbox with rounded corners without lid. Box is covered in a paper with large stylized scrolling foliage on a background of repeating abstract trefoil-like motifs. Block printed in gray and blue on a cream ground. Box has a broken fabric cord attached to to long sides for car...

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: textile materials, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287631

Accession Number: 1934.2948.1

Wallpaper18

Unused fragment of floral medallion wallpaper from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Floral medallion pattern in grisaille except for colorful floral swags. The medallion figure is made up of a fabric shade or swag with tassles draping from a floral spray. Colorful floral swag...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287632

Accession Number: 2001.281.541

Calendar Tile

Calendar tile, with transfer-printed scene depicting adjacent lean-to-houses in Quincy, Massachusetts. 1891 monthly calendar printed on reverse. Circular hole drilled into center left side of recto side for hanging.

Date: 1891

Maker: Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer) Wedgwood (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 287633

Accession Number: 2013.85.1

Wallpaper

Small, unused fragment of gilt-figured wallpaper from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Delicately detailed medallion and quatrefoil figures joined to form vertical stripes. Figures include Neoclassical elements such as foliate scrolls, floral swags, beads and trifoils. Embosse...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287647

Accession Number: 2001.281.542

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of diaper-patterned wallpaper from the Governor Bradford house, Kingston, New Hampshire. Diaper pattern formed by diagonally intersecting ribbon. Diamonds frame floral sprigs. Roller-printed in cream, tan, brown, gray, orange and red on unground paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287648

Accession Number: 2001.281.543

Ring

White gold band ring chased with single row of repeating floral blooms flanked with leaves on stippled ground. Marked inside band with hallmarks and wedding date.

Date: ca. 1929

Maker: J. R. Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: eighteen-carat gold, white gold

GUSN: 287650

Accession Number: 2013.86.1

Bandbox

Small, round pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) from New Ipswich, New Hampshire. The box is covered with a figured landscape wallpaper depicting a standing man presenting a seated woman with a bouquet of flowers in a pastoral setting. Couple wears Empire-style dress. Wallpaper is block-printed in...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287651

Accession Number: 2001.281.544AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Small Acanthus" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with large scale Aesthetic style scrolling acanthus leaves and flowers. Machine printed in tan on a cream ground. Based on an English block printed wallpaper from 1880-1910.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286877

Accession Number: 2000.920

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Willow Leaves" pattern by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY) with an all-over design of willow leaves in taupe with green veins. Screen printed on a cream ground. Based on an English block printed wallpaper from 1880-1900.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286878

Accession Number: 2000.956

Wallpaper

Six fragments of wallpaper from South Wellfleet, Massachusetts. A stylized floral bouquet is centered on a background of small sprigs. A floral stripe runs vertically along right side of pattern. Block-printed in red and white on orange ground. Laid paper, partial sheets. Fragments D and E retai...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286879

Accession Number: 2001.281.507.1A-F

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragments from South Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Flower and ribbon pattern. Pink and blue flowers are linked by ribbon festoons and bordered above and below by orange and yellow lines in a geometric pattern. Details of the border are not clear due to poor condition. Block-printed ...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286880

Accession Number: 2001.281.507.2A-E

Wallpaper Border

Small fragment of floral wallpaper border. Flower and ribbon border fragment very similar to, and found with, 2001.281.507.2A-E. Pink flowers linked by ribbon and bead garlands. Stripes with geometric pattern above and below the floral design. Block-printed in green (appears brown), blue, pink, r...

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286887

Accession Number: 2001.281.508

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment with masonry rosette pattern. Block-printed in white, dark red, and orange on gray ground.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286890

Accession Number: 2001.281.509

Wallpaper

Four fragments of wallpaper with all-over rose sprig pattern. Naturalistic rose sprigs with pink blossoms, buds and foliage over a background of grasses and foliage shadowed in blue. Roller-printed in white, two light pinks, two olives, ochre, brown and turquoise on light blue ground. Selvedge mar...

Date: 1880-1887

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

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286894

Accession Number: 2001.281.510A-D

Wallpaper

Three fragments of geometric wallpaper from South Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Repeating pattern of fleur-de-lis figures framed by tear-shaped cartouches over a background of small fleur-de-lis figures. Roller-printed in pale green, dark green, white, black and metallic silver on olive ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286897

Accession Number: 2001.281.511A-C

Wallpaper

Multiple fragments of scenery figure wallpaper from West Newton, Massachusetts. The wallpaper pattern consists of two alternating columns, each with two different alternating scenes, one large and one small. The scenes include a castle wall with towers, a timber frame cottage, an arched building w...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286926

Accession Number: 2001.281.512A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with geometric pattern from West Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Alternating, stencil-like rosette figures form an overall geometric pattern resembling a tile mosaic. Block-printed in blue and white on ungrounded, pink paper. Wove paper, partial sheets. Lathe marks, from a later wall ...

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286934

Accession Number: 2001.281.513

Wallpaper

Scenic wallpaper fragments from Winchendon, Massacusetts. Scenery and masonry square pattern with three scenery figures, each in a separate column, alternating with masonry squares. The scenes depict a cottage by a lake with a boat, a stone bridge over a waterway with swans, and a castle above a wa...

Date: 1900

Maker: York Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286937

Accession Number: 2001.281.514AB

Wallpaper

Two fragments of Rococo Revival wallpaper from Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Floral sprigs in a framework of asymmetrical foliate scrollwork. Block-printed in gray, green and either red or yellow on white ground.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286957

Accession Number: 2001.281.515.1AB

Wallpaper

Two fragments of Renaissance Revival wallpaper from Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Strapwork pattern block-printed in blue, black, brown, and white on tan ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286958

Accession Number: 2001.281.515.2AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of damask-style wallpaper from the Salisbury Mansion, Worcester, Massachusetts. Foliate and grain stalk damask. The central design element is a large "U" or lyre-shaped foliate and scroll figure. Grain stalks, or possibly hops flowers, rise from the top of the figure and dangling from its ...

Date: 1811-1817

Maker: Probably Moses Grant, Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 286959

Accession Number: 2001.281.516

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