Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Textile pattern. A diaper-like design with pine motifs. Printed in three blues on a white ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178892

Accession Number: 1965.138

Wallpaper

Three fragments. Cells within rectangles of cut marble patterning framed by rosettes. Printed in brown, rust, yellow, black, blue and beige on beige ground.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178893

Accession Number: 1980.203A-C

Wallpaper

Two fragments. Strapwork design with horizontal lines printed in white and brown on a light grey ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178894

Accession Number: 1987.145AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over floral design printed in green on white ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178895

Accession Number: 1930.956

Wallpaper

Fragments. Japanese leather paper with large-scale scrolling flowers, foliate and berries in orange, green and yellow on a brown, pebble embossed surface.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178896

Accession Number: 1987.117.1-.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Appears to be Aesthetic style floral with checked lattice. Printed in pale yellow, olive and black on tan ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178898

Accession Number: 1988.65.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale diaper pattern composed of white tracery frames outlined in blue and enclosing blue diamond elements. Straight repeat.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178899

Accession Number: 1988.65.1

Wallpaper

Fragments. Diaper pattern. Brown stylized sprig enclosed within turquiose ogee frames overprinted in maroon on unground paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178900

Accession Number: 1988.66AB

Wallpaper

Fragments. Large-scale diaper pattern. Stylized, floral medallion in black and white enclosed within diamonds formed by zig-zag lines. Printed on brown ground. Paper has a blue cast.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178901

Accession Number: 1980.202AB

Fragment. Organic/abstract stripe. Lobed elements in black and pink attached to a vertical black line outlined by white feathering lines and enclosed within scalloped border edged in spikes. Printed on yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178902

Accession Number: 1922.306

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Gray stripes interrupted by scrolls framing maroon sprigs on alternating green, olive, purple and blue fields. Printed on a maroon stylized diaper field on buff ground. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178903

Accession Number: 1942.624

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pillar and arch design. Full repeat shows two columns with shields and flags supporting a gothic arch which frames three figures in classical dress beneath a canopy. Printed in black and white on a blue ground.

Date: 1786-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178798

Accession Number: 1998.6374

Wallpaper

Vertical stripe with metallic and embossed neoclassical arabesques and bouquets. Black, mauve, white, purple, yellow, metallic gold on a tan ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178800

Accession Number: 1971.186

Wallpaper

Meandering ribbon-like form with foliage. Green, white, ochre on a grey ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178801

Accession Number: 1916.323

Wallpaper

Fragment mounted on fabric netting. Blue sky with clouds. The dark blue has been handpainted. White and gray printed on a light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178802

Accession Number: 1919.351

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wide, alternating pink and yellow stripes over which is printed by white floral meander.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178803

Accession Number: 1973.115.2

Wallpaper Border

Border fragment. Interwoven delicate floral vines edged by a row, top and bottom, of egg and dart pattern. Orange, black and varnish green printed on a light blue ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178804

Accession Number: 1973.115.1B

Wallpaper

Large, stylized floral pattern. Red and white printed on a grey ground.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178805

Accession Number: 1973.115.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Stylized scrolling foliate elements with iris-like flower forms. Printed in yellow, pink and brown on a beige ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178806

Accession Number: 1972.185

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with a grid pattern formed by foliate vertical divides and feathered horizontal divides. Within the squares are a variety of motifs including a floral wreath (or ring) with an arrow through the center, grapes, cherries, lillies, an urn, and an open box. Printed in gray, pink, oliv...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178807

Accession Number: 1972.186

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Hand blocked trailing vine with tendrils and cone shapes sprouting single leaf. Printed in red, blue and black on pale blue ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178808

Accession Number: 1972.24A

Wallpaper border

Wallpepr border fragment attached to 1972.24A. Floral design with two white flowers (roses?) alternating with cluster of orange/red blossoms with blue foliage. Printed on blue-gray ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178809

Accession Number: 1972.24B

Wallpaper

Scrolling foliage, pin dots. Colors are hard to decipher due to excessive discoloration. White on a brown ground?

Date: 1850-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178810

Accession Number: 1980.205E

Wallpaper

Colonial house within foliated medallion.

Date: 1935-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178811

Accession Number: 1980.205B

Wallpaper

Foliated stripe pattern. White, peach, tan on an ash grey ground. Layer underneath is included in 1980.205A

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178812

Accession Number: 1980.205C

Wallpaper

A composite fragment of about four different papers. Outermost layer depicts a colonial house within a foliated medallion. Two shades of green, black, red, beige, brown, white, pink and blue on a beige ground.

Date: 1935-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178813

Accession Number: 1980.205D

Wallpaper

A composite of about four layers. Two of the layers are seen in 1980.205C.

Date: Twentieth Century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178814

Accession Number: 1980.205A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped paper. Continuous sprouting pink and tan flowers with delicate stem and leaves bordered by white geometric stripe and alternating with repeated flowering plant in an urn on a dotted field. All printed on mustard ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178815

Accession Number: 1982.276A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Foliate platerwork. Rosettes alternating with bifurcated husk and foliate element with rosette in center. Bordered horizontally by tongue moulding. Printed in brown, tan, white and black on a green field.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178816

Accession Number: 1982.276B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized flowers and foliage, scrolls, linear framework. Printed in orange, white and brown on a grey ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178817

Accession Number: 1982.277.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Chevrons with abstract flowers and pin dots. Printed in white, green on a light blue ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178818

Accession Number: 1982.277.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern with circular reserves and scattered floral bunches. Printed in two blues, yellow, two olives, pink, red, black on a light olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178819

Accession Number: 1982.277.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripes. Repeated Neo-grec, stylized palmette forms in ochre and metallic gold on a green field and bordered by delicate reverse printed vine alternating with plain stripes. Straight repeat.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178820

Accession Number: 1971.174.4A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover widely spaced flower blossoms with stylized linear tendrils printed in white, blue, yellow, tan, pink and metallic gold.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178821

Accession Number: 1971.174.6A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Horizontally mounted striped paper with foliate vine. Probably hung vertically. Printed in brown, black, taupe, tan and white. Straight repeat.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178822

Accession Number: 1971.174.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Broad vertical bands with floral and grapevines alternating with narrow stripes of repeated hanging pendant. Printed in grey, beige and metallic gold on pink ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178823

Accession Number: 1971.174.3A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pieces too small to determine design. Possibly Rococo scrolls. Bottom edge is cut along pattern to create scallops. Straight repeat.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178824

Accession Number: 1971.174.3B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Spiral (possibly terminal of a scroll) printed in brown, tan, ochre and metallic gold on black flock.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178825

Accession Number: 1971.174.4B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Anglo-Japanese allover repeat of flowers and geometric patterns. Printed in olive, tan, ochre and peach?, on a beige, burlap-textured ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178826

Accession Number: 1971.174.5A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral border of red poppies? and yellow daisies. Less stylized than coordinating paper. Printed in maroon, red, yellow, olive and black.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178827

Accession Number: 1971.174.5B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Continuous curvilinear pattern in brown and yellow with entwined flowers in white and blue and pink and yellow on pale yellow ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178828

Accession Number: 1971.174.6B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover dense floral and leaf with berried vine. Printed in green and grey on possibly polished white ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178829

Accession Number: 1971.174.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Alternating narrow and wide stripes in maroon and stripe of wide green band with scalloped edges on unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178830

Accession Number: 1971.149

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral pattern. Delicate meandering vine with pin dots. Printed in rust and grey on an unground paper.

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178831

Accession Number: 1976.134

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. A narrow border with stylized flowers and foliage connected by curved and overlapping lines. Printed in black and orange on unground paper.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178832

Accession Number: 1999.55B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Stylized flowers in a diaper or knot pattern with pin dots. Printed in light blue and black on a yellow ground.

Date: 1800-1820

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

GUSN: 178833

Accession Number: 1999.55A

Wallpaper

Fragments of grasscloth on paper backing. Design of overall, widely separated exotic birds. Flowers (including daisies) and willow boughs. Green, fushia, grey and blue on tan ground.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178834

Accession Number: 1971.147

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Overlapping oriental vignettes printed in green, sage, two blues, purple, lavender, two pinks, black, brown, orange and yellow on unground paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178835

Accession Number: 1923.315

Wallpaper

Vignettes separated by birds, lush vegetation, architectural structures. Three greens, red, pink, orange, purple, white, brown, beige, aqua on unground paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178836

Accession Number: 1923.314

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Stylized striped ribbon pinched by beads with floral elements mid-way between the beads. Printed in tan, green, black, rust, brown on a tan ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178837

Accession Number: 1971.146B

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