The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:          Lyman White, 1800-1880                                                       

Title:               Stencil and ornament collection

Dates:             1818-ca.1900

Call No.:         Col. 721

Acc. No.:         04x22

Quantity:        6 boxes (ca. 3 cu.ft.)

Location:        18 H 3-5

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Lyman White was born in Easton, Massachusetts, on March 8, 1800, the son of Adonijah White.  He died in Boston in 1880.  He was a chair and ornamental painter, successful enough to be elected to the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association in 1837. 

 

Lyman’s brother Samuel Dexter White (1804-1836) also became an ornamental painter, as did Samuel’s son Jarvis Dexter White (March 30, 1830-1915).  Jarvis served his apprenticeship with John Green, Jr.  Both Lyman and his nephew Jarvis worked as varnishers for the Chickering Piano Company for many years.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

A large assortment of stencils, as well as other designs, to be used in decorating furniture.  Some of the designs have been pricked or perforated in order to transfer the outline to another surface.  Many of the stencils show signs of having been used with bronzing powders.  The designs include arrows, stars, shells, some mythological scenes, and name stencils for the piano makers Chickering & Sons and Hallet Davis & Co.  Also with the collection is a wooden box which held various stenciling supplies, and a cone-shaped rock which was probably used for mixing paints.  The stenciling supplies have been removed from the wooden box and housed separately.  Among the supplies are bronzing powders, a container with combs which were probably used for graining, a pad, a stone, a brush, a knife, a burnishing tool, and some other miscellaneous supplies and tools.

 

Lyman White’s certificate of membership in the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association is part of this collection, as is Jarvis White’s certificate of completion of his apprenticeship, as attested by the Massachusetts Mechanic Association.  As well, the collection includes two printers’ style sheets, showing a variety of border patterns; a photo of Lyman White; price lists from Moody, Webster, & Co.’s Papier Mache works and from Robert Mayer & Co. for bronzing powders; printed plates from French books showing ornamental designs, part of an ad for the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association’s tenth exhibition; an advertising booklet of Chickering & Sons’ piano-fortes (printed 1857); two drawings done by Lyman White in 1818; and a few other prints and newspaper articles.

           

 

ORGANIZATION

 

Stencils and drawings that were framed together or that were in folders together have been kept together.         

 

 

PROVENANCE

           

Transferred from the museum collection.

 

 

RELATED MATERIAL:

 

The museum collection includes a chair painted and stenciled by Lyman White, museum accession number 2003.0043.  The chair was made between 1825 and 1840.  Some of the stencils in this collection match the decorations on the chair.  This collection was acquired at the same time as the chair.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

People:

            White, Jarvis Dexter, 1830-1915.

            Gebelein, George Christian, 1878-1945.

 

Topics:

            Chickering & Sons.

            Hallett Davis and Company (Boston, Mass.)

            Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.

            Massachusetts Mechanic Association.

Moody, Webster, & Co.

            Stencil work – Patterns.

            Stencils and stencil cutting.

            Decoration and ornament.

            Furniture painting – MassachusettsBoston.

            Tools.

            Printing – Specimens.

 

            Stencils (images).

            Price lists.

Decorative painters.

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 18 H 3-5

 

 

Box 1:

 

04x22.1           stencil: four arcs around a cross formed of leaves

 

04x22.2           stencil: bellflowers

           

04x22.3           stencil: scalloped designs with twiggy design in between

 

04x22.4           stencil: half of a sunburst, with an arrow and flowers

           

04x22.5           stencil: a flower-like design, the petals scalloped as in .3 (but smaller)

           

04x22.6           stencil: a star-burst

 

04x22.7           stencil: an oval sunburst

           

04x22.8           stencil: circle of arcs with flowers inside

 

04x22.9           stencil: a circle of arcs, evidently meant to highlight the design in .8

 

04x22.10-13    stencils: a series of shells, with a copy of the completed design

 

04x22.14         stencil: a circle of scalloped designs, with twiggy designs in between, complements .3

 

04x22.15         stencil: a round saw-tooth design (which could complement a design like that in .14)

 

04x22.16         pinpricking: drawing with an obelisk, bow and arrow, and leaves

           

04x22.17         stencil: a circular design similar to .14 but with a saw-tooth circle in the middle

           

04x22.22         stencil: floral pattern

 

04x22.23a-b    stencils: arrows

 

04x22.24-.25   pinprick designs: round patterns flanked by decorative scrollwork, probably meant for chair backs

 

04x22.26-.27   Stencil and design: shells, similar to .10-.13 [see also .29-.31]

 

04x22.28         stencils: a circle of stars, different sized circles, and two bean shapes

 

04x22.29-.31   stencils and design: shells, to be used with .26-.27

 

 

04x22.37         stencil: two arcs and two commas

 

04x22.38         stencil: a series of arcs

 

04x22.39         stencil: a leaf

 

04x22.40         pinpricking: cartouche

 

04x22.41         pinpricking: Native American with a bow

 

04x22.42         stencil: a drawing compass

 

04x22.43-44    pinpricking: overlapping circles and ovals

 

04x22.45         stencil: resembles a carrot with leaves

 

04x22.46         stencil: circles of various sizes, a half moon, and a lima bean

 

04x22.47         print of Lafayette, with a grid penciled on top

 

04x22.48         stencil: right angle

 

04x22.49         pinpricking: urn in middle of scroll work

 

04x22.50         scrap of paper, with a design cut off one end, and another design stenciled onto the paper

 

04x22.51         stencil: plumes, with a pencil sketch

 

04x22.52         stencil: series of lines

 

04x22.53         folder labeled “Variety,” which contained numbers .37-.52

 

04x22.54         stencil: arcs with arrow

 

 

04x22.60         folder labeled: Border for the top of a center table, with gilt stripes outside of the bronze work, used on a rosewood stained center table, 1825,” items .61-.65 were in this folder (see also .124a-i)

 

04x22.61         stencil: series of leaves

 

04x22.62         stencil: series of arcs and other design features

 

04x22.63         stencil: two arcs around a flower

 

04x22.64         stencil: series of scalloped designs arranged in a circle

 

04x22.65         stencil: straight lines radiating out from the middle of a circle

 

04x22.66a-b    folder labeled: “Variety of ornaments for bronzing & otherwise,” items .67-.120 were inside this folder  

 

04x22.67         pinpricking: series of feathers and circles, part of which is drawn and part only pricked

 

04x22.68         stencil: series of arcs inside a rope border

 

04x22.69         stencil: series of arcs, probably meant to be used with .70                     

 

04x22.70         stencil: series of arcs with floral design in the middle

 

04x22.71         stencil: series of arcs

 

04x22.72         stencil: single straight line

 

04x22.73         pinpricking: circle with schools and an arrow, part of which is drawn and part only pricked

 

04x22.74         pinpricking: elaborate series of designs, part of which is drawn and part only pricked

 

04x22.75-77    stencils: series of arcs

 

04x22.78         pinpricked design: eagle with shield, a lyre, roses, and scroll work, partly pricked

 

04x22.79         pinpricked design: various ornaments

 

04x22.80         stencil: straight line of saw-tooth patterns

 

04x22.81         printed embossed piece of paper

 

04x22.82         stencil: a line

 

04x22.83-84    printed embossed pieces of paper, same design on both but with different colors

 

04x22.85-88    stencils: lines    

 

04x22.89         stencil: design   

 

04x22.90         pinpricked design: arrow

 

04x22.91         scrap of paper out of one end of which a design was cut

 

04x22.92         stencil: arrow

 

04x22.93         stencil: three sides of a box

 

04x22.94         stencil: two crescents

 

04x22.95         stencil: a little round design

 

04x22.96         stencil: commas and arcs

 

04x22.97         stencil: three sides of a box

 

04x22.98         stencil: two crescents

 

04x22.99         stencil: short line

 

04x22.100       stencil: scalloped shapes in a cross, with a pencil design

 

04x22.101-102            stencils: arc

 

04x22.103       stencil: two commas and two half arrows          

 

04x22.104       stencil: circular saw-tooth design with a floral motif in center

 

04x22.105       stencil: two arcs

 

04x22.106       stencil: three little scalloped designs, joined in the middle

 

04x22.107       stencil: a little floral design

 

04x22.108       stencil: an arc

 

04x22.109       scrap of paper

 

04x22.110       stencils: floral design inside an arc and a little round design

 

04x22.111       stencil: series of small circles

 

04x22.112       stencil: circular saw-tooth design with floral design in middle

 

04x22.113       drawing: ornamental work

 

04x22.114       scrap of paper left over from cutting out a design

 

04x22.115       stencil: arcs with circles and a floral design

 

04x22.116       scrap of paper left over from cutting out a design

 

04x22.117       transfer decal: Chickering and Sons Imported Upright Piano Foprte, Patented July 1868, Boston & New York, with a copy of a medal won at the Paris Exhibition of 1867 [for another copy see .130a]

 

04x22.118-120            scraps of paper

 

04x22.121a      folder labeled “Designs for Nameboards,” .121b-k were inside this

 

04x22.121b-k  designs, stencils, and pinprickings found in .121a, including ornamental scrollwork and half an oval sunburst

 

04x22.122a      broadside for a concert turned into a folder labeled “Ornaments for Name Boards,” items .122b-r were found inside this

 

04x22.122b-k  designs, stencils, and pinprickings (mostly the latter) found in .122a, including ornamental scrollwork, a right angle, and a compartment

                        .122b is a pinpricked design labeled “Apothecary drawer”;

                        .122p: print of “Sampson [sic] Slaying the Lion”;

                        .122q: print from work of Salvator Rosa, showing a lad and a monk (see also .124i);

                        .122r: print of a man and woman under a trellis, she with lute by her side and he holding a wreath above her head

 

04x22.123a      folder which held items .123b-e

 

04x22.123b     stencil: rectangle outlines by decorative leaves, labeled “used on ground name board”

 

04x22.123c      stencil: same design as .123b, but not labeled               

 

04x22.123d     drawing: decorative leaves and scrolls

 

04x22.123e      scrap of paper, “died in” written on one side

 

04x22.124a      folder labeled “Center ornament used on the top of rosewood stained center table, 1825,  .124b-j were in this folder (see also .60-.65)

 

04x22.124b-c  stencils: arcs

 

04x22.124d     stencil: straight lines forming an eight-pointed star

 

04x22.124e      stencil: a little decorative leaf

 

04x22.124f      print entitled “The Shipwreck,” showing a man and a woman embracing, has a verse

 

04x22.124g      print showing a girl sitting by a brook and reading a book, with a verse, the name John L. Taylor (printed on the paper, not written), and dated 1837

 

04x22.124h      print entitled “Leila,” depicts a girl playing a guitar, seated next to a man, with a woman bringing a tray to the rusticated table at which the man is seated

 

04x22.124i       print of boy and monk, labeled Salvator Rosa (same as .122q)

 

04x22.124j      scrap of blue paper

 

04x22.125a      folder labeled “Ornaments,” items .125b-i were in this folder

 

04x22.125b-f   pinpricked designs: an assortment of designs, including a kneeling person and scrolls

 

04x22.125g      drawing of man with large circle

 

04x22.125h      scrap of blue paper

 

04x22.125i       printed label for “Best Lead Pencils for Drawing”

 

04x22.126a      folder labeled “Shell Ornaments,” items .126b-e were in this folder

 

04x22.126b-e  stencils: parts of various shells

 

04x22.128a      folder, unlabeled, contained items .128b-g

 

04x22.128b     stencil: long arrow

 

04x22.128c      lettered sign: “Square Grand.” 

 

04x22.128d     lettered sign: “Hallet, Davis & Co., Boston

 

04x22.128e-g  stenciled labels reading “Hallet, Davis & Co., Boston,” in various styles of letters          

 

04x22.130a      folder, unlabeled, made out of green embossed paper, contained items .130b-t: found inside the folder: the notation B [inside a square] 363, a print of an urn holding flowers and flanked by decorative scroll work and cornucopias, and a transfer decal for Chickering & Sons, the same as described in .117

 

04x22.130b-t   various prints and designs:

                        .130b   seal of the state of Maine;

                        .130c   coat of arms surmounted by a crown, bears mottos “Dieu et Mon Droit” and “E Pluribus Unum”;

                        .130d   fleur de lis;

                        .130e   seal of the city of Boston, Mass.;

                        .130f    seal, perhaps of a state, Native American in the middle;

                        .130g   label on green paper: cupid flying over a city, surrounded by ornamental scrollwork;

.130h   print of a nude woman (a goddess?) pulling an arrow out of a quiver, with a verse;

.130i    page from Penny Magazine with picture and description of the Warwick Vase; stuck to the page is a textile label on green paper with decorative shells and scrollwork and a woman in classical garb;

.130j    editorial cartoon, “The Log Cabin Tumbled in, The Empire State Redeemed,” with rooster on top of a barrel of Whig principles, and a raccoon caught by its tail, from the New Hampshire Argus and Spectator, vol. 18;

.130k   goddess(?) riding horse that has a fish tail, a grid has been drawn on top of the design;

.130l    four heads, including woman in medieval headdress and man in wide-brimmed hat;

.130m  title page from “Original Poetic Effusions … from the pen of A.S.C.,” Boston, 1822, with print of winged woman playing a lyre’

.130n   print of ornamental scrollwork with title “Keepsake 1833”;

.130o   print of dog firing a toy cannon;

.130p   trade card of D. Russell, Boston, advertising professional and visiting cards, decorated with urn filled with flowers and fruits;

.130q   title page from “The Rover: A Weekly Magazine of Select Tales,” 1843, with picture of sailboat framed by flowers;

.130r    drawings of three designs: an eagle with a shield, a scrolled page with     leaves, and an assortment of tools(?);

.130s    scrap of an invitation to a ball, on other side is written: “Width of name board for upright”;

.130t    print of a lion, no. 1

 

04x22.131a      folder labeled “Ornament used on old fashioned iron plate at Chickerings,” folder contained items .131b-l

 

04x22.131b-k  assorted stencils

 

04x22.131l       pinpricked design

 

 

Box 2:

 

04x22.132a      a group of pages sewn together, “Massachusetts” is written on the outside, but inside is written “Ornaments used in name board about the year 1835-1840,” in between the pages of this signature were found items .132b-q

 

04x22.132b-q  stencils and guide lines, stencils include arcs, straight lines, right angles, and decorative scrollwork

 

04x22.133a      folder labeled “Ornament for Bronzing,” contained items .133b-f

 

04x22.133b-f   assorted stencils, including a flying(?) woman and designs to make a lyre

 

04x22.134a      folder labeled “Ornaments for a fancy border,” contained items .134b-p

 

04x22.134b-p  assorted stencils, including flowers and leaves   

 

04x22.135-.137           three different pinpricked designs; .137 may have been for a name board

 

04x22.138       pinpricking

 

04x22.139-.141           three different stencils, .140 and .141 may have been used together

 

04x22.142       a stencil, perhaps meant to be used with .140-.141

 

04x22.143       stencil: plumes

 

04x22.144       pinpricking

 

04x22.145       stencil: plumes, may have been used for a name board

 

04x22.146       stencil: stylized flower and leaves

 

04x22.147       stencil: series of short lines

 

04x22.148       template, probably for a name board

 

04x22.149       pinpricking labeled “Center of chair back,” ornamental scrollwork

 

04x22.150       stencil: sun flanked by two flowers, with carrot-shapes

 

04x22.151       drawing of ornamental leaves labeled “Used on pillar of a painted table”

 

04x22.152       colored design showing moon and stars between two cornucopias; on back is written the colors to be used

 

04x22.153       pencil sketch of a design very similar to that in .152, labeled “Chair back center”

 

04x22.154       stencil: circular design with flower petals(?)

 

04x22.155       pencil sketch of a lion, signed Lyman White, 1818 (on paper watermarked Whatman, 1805)

 

04x22.156-.159           four sketches of various ornamental designs

 

04x22.160-.162           three sketches of various ornamental designs

 

04x22.163       stencil: shapes with four lobes

 

04x22.164       folder labeled “Ornament for bronzing shell ornament (nothing was inside this folder)

 

04x22.165       pencil sketch of ornamental scroll work

 

04x22.166       pinpricking of ornamental scroll work

 

04x22.167-168            two sketches of ornamental scroll work

 

04x22.169       stencil: arcs

 

04x22.170       stencil: two short lines of different widths and lengths

 

04x22.171-173            sketches of ornamental scroll work, .171 is labeled Boston

 

04x22.174       stencil: arcs

 

04x22.175       pinpricking of ornamental scroll work

 

04x22.176       stencil: part of a lyre

 

04x22.177       pinpricking of ornamental scroll work, part missing, probably intended to outline a name board

 

04x22.178       pen and ink drawing of ornamental scrollwork

 

04x22.179       stencil of sunburst pattern

 

04x22.180       outline drawing, perhaps for a name board

 

04x22.181       stencil: line pointed at both ends

 

04x22.182       pencil sketches of ornamental designs

 

04x22.183       template, probably for a name board

 

04x22.184       pencil sketch of ornamental designs

 

04x22.185       pinpricked drawing of what appears to be the capital of a column, with a cross

 

04x22.186a      drawing of a design labeled “Apothecary Drawers”

 

04x22.186b     design similar to .186a, but is pinpricked, also labeled “Apothecary Drawer”

 

04x22.187       pinpricking: cloud-like shapes

 

04x22.188       pinpricking: griffins on either side of a shield

 

04x22.189       printed rectangular template, perhaps for a name board

 

04x22.190       stencil: swirls

 

04x22.191       pinpricking

 

04x22.192a-b  drawings of decorative scroll work, with mythological creatures

 

04x22.193-.196           various decorative drawings, .195 has the colors noted; .196 includes birds

 

04x22.197       drawing of decorative frieze                 

 

04x22.198       drawing of a frame, labeled “From a drawing in a M.S. in the British Museum.  Date beginning of the 16th century.”

 

04x22.199       pinpricking of a swirled design

 

04x22.200       stencil: head of Christ, on which is written “But he answered him nothing”

 

04x22.201a      drawing of a group of musical instruments, labeled “Used on a pannel [sic] of this size, on the front of a small organ.  Made by Eben Goodrich, 1826”

 

04x22.201b-e  pinpricked drawing of music and two lutes, plus template and stencils for the same design

 

04x22.202       pinpricked drawing of organ and brass instruments

 

04x22.203       drawing of design “to be used on name board (1838),” with ornamental scroll work and eagle bearing a shield

 

04x22.204       pinpricked drawing labeled “Ornament,” showing music and musical instruments

 

04x22.205       transfer decal reading “Patent, Chickering. Boston” (another copy is .207)

 

04x22.206       transfer decal: “Chickering & Sons, No. [blank space], Boston

 

04x22.207       same as .205

 

04x22.208       drawing of “Grand Gold Medal of Honor awarded to Chickering & Sons, Exposition Universale, Paris, 1867”

 

04x22.209       sketch of round design reading “Chickering & Sons. Boston

 

04x22.210       transfer decal for Currier & Co., Boston, with decorative border

 

04x22.211-212            stenciled designs reading “Chickering. Boston

 

04x22.213-214            two different stenciled designs reading “Chickering & Sons.”

 

04x22.215       stenciled designs reading “Chickering & Sons, New York

 

04x22.216       same as .214

 

04x22.217       advertisement for Chickering & Sons’ Piano-forte Manufactory, Tremont Street, Boston, with a picture of their factory

 

04x22.218-.219           drawings of circles with eagles on top (two different designs)

 

04x22.220       drawing of a medal labeled “With the Decoration of the Cross of the Legion of Honor”

 

04x22.221       template for some decoration

 

04x22.222       drawing of a small crown

 

04x22.223       stenciled designs reading “Chickering & Sons” [note: extremely fragile, do not attempt to remove]

 

04x22.224       drawing of a chair with heavily carved legs and back

 

04x22.225       drawing of a chair

 

04x22.226       drawing of a work table or desk

 

04x22.227       drawing of a grave marker for Lyman White, to be made of granite, with dimensions indicated

 

04x22.228       drawing of a man’s nose and mouth

 

04x22.229       drawing of a “pattern for window curtain,” or window shade, includes a basket of flowers

 

04x22.230       drawing of a Greek or Roman soldier pulling a bow, signed Lyman White, 1818

 

04x22.231       decorative designs, including part of a Greek key pattern

 

04x22.232       drawing of a design in the Renaissance style

 

04x22.233       drawing of an eagle atop a rectangle, with an anchor next to it

 

04x22.234       print of a stage coach drawn by four horses, labeled Augusta Stage Office, taken from a newspaper (ads are on back)

 

04x22.235       label(?) bearing a design of military paraphernalia, with the word Bath

 

04x22.236       print of the “Principal Entrance, Mt. Auburn [Cemetery]”

 

04x22.237       embossed label, showing a lion, the goods were “warranted strong”

 

04x22.238       newspaper cartoon of “The Reporter,” showing a man writing

 

04x22.239       part of the circular advertising “The Tenth Exhibition” of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, held after 1865, a drawing depicts Faneuil and Quincy Halls, Boston, where the exhibition is to be held

 

04x22.240       a print of Mr. Gottschalk, sitting at a Chickering piano

 

04x22.241       printed photograph of the Massachusetts Nautical Schoolship Nantucket, probably 20th century

 

04x22.242       photograph of a man, identified elsewhere as Lyman White, labeled on back G.W. Black, 173 Washington St., Boston

 

04x22.243       bill from J.T. Brown & Co., Pharmacists, for various drugs, including extract of dandelion, no date

 

04x22.244a-f   letter from Wm. W. Field, New York City, to Jarvis White, in care of Chickering & Sons, Boston, February 15, 1868, White encloses some new styles of stencils, mentions that he was the first to introduce paper stencils to the trade in Boston 25 years ago; includes four stencil designs (numbered 2, 3, 4, 7), includes envelope

 

04x22.245       Robert Mayer & Co., New York, Pricelist of French Bronze Powders – one sheet, showing different colors of powders

 

04x22.246       printed page: Recueil d’ornaments et de decorations, no. 37: Ecussons, showing three decorative designs

 

04x22.247       newspaper page from Zion’s Herald, April 4, 1900, the photo on the first page is surrounded by decorative scrollwork designed by E.L. Moore

 

04x22.248       advertising book: “Chickering & Sons’ Piano-Fortes at the Exhibitions of 1856,” printed in Boston in 1857, the book is bound with embossed covers, it includes pictures of the different models of pianos available from the company

 

04x22.249       a series of newspaper clippings, from around 1900, different topics

 

04x22.252       certificate from the Massachusetts Mechanic Association testifying that Jarvis D. White has finished his apprenticeship with John Green, Jr., signed by J. Chickering, president, W.C. Bond, vice president, and Fred Simpson, secretary, March 15, 1851

 

 

 

Box 3: oversize

 

04x22.18         stencil: circle in center, flanked by decorative plumes and arrows

 

04x22.19         stencil: labeled “Chair top, 1825,” with a pattern of circles and lines (see also .35)

 

04x22.20         stencil: pattern of arcs and stylized flowers

 

04x22.21         stencil: arcs with rope border

 

04x22.32         stencil: labeled “Center of Chair back,” with a lattice design

 

04x22.33         stencil: labeled “Border for chair top,” a lattice design

 

04x22.34         stencil: lattice border with a decorative oval in the center

 

04x22.35         stencil: lattice border

 

04x22.36         stencil: labeled “Ornament used on tops of chairs,” same as .19, see also .129c-d

 

04x22.55         folder labeled “Ornament gilded and scratched on the back & front of rosewood stained sofa or couch, 1825,” items .56-.59 were in this folder

 

04x22.56-.59   four of related   design motifs, all of which have been pinpricked, .58 and .59 are curved

 

04x22.127a      folder labeled “Aurora,” items .127b-.127f were inside this folder

 

04x22.127b     large pinpricked design: goddess Aurora standing in chariot drawn by two horses (see also .127f)

 

04x22.127c      medium pinpricked design: Aurora lounging in chariot drawn by two horses

 

04x22.127d     pinpricking, similar to .127c

 

04x22.127e      drawing of Aurora lounging in chariot drawn by two horses

 

04x22.127f      print used as basis for .127b

 

04x22.129a      folder made from a page of Scientific American. items .129b-f were found inside this folder

 

04x22.129b     stencil: labeled “Border – a strip to be put on the edge of the cheek(?), stripe of gold,” lattice pattern

 

04x22.129c      stencil: labeled “Center of Chair Back,” with pattern of dots and lines, similar to .36

 

04x22.129d     stencil, larger version of .129c

 

04x22.129e-f   stencils: wing shape and petal shapes

 

 

04x22.250       certificate of membership for Lyman White, chair and ornamental painter, in the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, October 26, 1837

 

04x22.251       printer’s style sheet for a number of different border patterns

 

04x22.253       photograph of an unknown man

 

04x22.254-256            printed plates from Etudes Elementairs de Lavis, plates 3, 8, 38, showing a variety of ornamented designs

 

04x22.257-.259           printed plates from Encyclopedie des Arts & Metiers, showing a variety of ornaments

 

04x22.260       printer’s style sheet, showing a variety of border designs

 

04x22.261       printed price sheet from Moody, Webster, & Co.’s Papier Mache Works, Boston, showing an assortment of ornaments available from them

 

04x22.262       portfolio in which some of the stencils were found, bound in marbled covers, with leather spine and corners, warped and worn

 

 

Box 4:

 

04x22.263       cone-shaped stone, probably used for mixing paints.

 

 

Box 5:

 

04x22.264       wooden box which held the contents of Box 6.  The lid of this box (which is detached) is also in box 6.

 

 

Box 6:

 

An assortment of items found in the wooden box now housed in Box 5, plus the lid of that wooden box (it was detached).  A print of the Statue of Liberty is attached to the underside of the box lid.  Among the items found in the wooden box were a cigar box, several packets of bronzing powders, a metal container holding combs which were probably used for graining, solder, a pad, a stone, pencil leads, a small stencil for L. White, a brush, a small knife with a wooden handle, a burnishing tool, and other supplies used for stenciling and decorating furniture.  In 1938, Samuel White of East Sandwich, Mass., sent some of the bronzing powders to George Gebelein, the Boston silversmith, to be tested for gold content.  Gebelein’s replied that he found no trace of gold.