Historic New England

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment, attached to 1922.12A. Grisaille and taupe intertwined bands on a burgundy striped, flocked field and grey ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179082

Accession Number: 1922.12.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Vignette of a woman seated with flower basket. Printed in grey, taupe, black, white and three greens on a pale green ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179083

Accession Number: 1922.13A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. A pastoral scene of three sheep by a tree and fence. Printed in two browns, three greens, black and white on a light green ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179084

Accession Number: 1922.13B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments of strapwork and floral paper. Printed in grey, two greens, red, pink, blue, yellow on white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179085

Accession Number: 1922.19

Wallpaper fragment with meandering, rustic grape vine framing a diaper patterned urn filled with a bouquet of roses, tulips, snapdragons and sweet peas. Printed in two tans, two greens, two blues, red, two pinks, and yellow on white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: Possibly Howell & Brothers (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179086

Accession Number: 1922.12.1AB

Wallpaper

Three unused fragments of Gothic Revival paper. Pattern consists of vignette of Gothic arch/window with exterior view of arched gate set against greenery and a blended sky. Vignette surrounded by floral and leaf swags. Printed in brown, red, green, blue on white, polished ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179087

Accession Number: 1922.23A-C

Wallpaper

Ten wallpaper fragments of foliated columns and arches with centered medallions on a patterned field. Printed in two greens, yellow, rust, teal and burnt sienna on a blue-grey ground.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179088

Accession Number: 1922.22A-J

Wallpaper

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

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179089

Accession Number: 1978.133

Wallpaper

Fragments. Strapwork wallpaper printed in blue, taupe and brown on white ground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: Blanchard and Rose (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179090

Accession Number: 1978.130AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stylized floral medallion separated by fretwork. Printed in ochre, white, green and black on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179091

Accession Number: 1978.134

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragments. Renaissance Revivial, grey strapwork ornamented with flowers and framing a green urn with maroon bouquet. Printed on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179092

Accession Number: 1978.125AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from end of roll. Repeating floral sprays in six designs printed in rose, red, yellow, blue and green on a light blue, brushed ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179093

Accession Number: 1978.129

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment of strapwork and floral paper. Printed in grey, two greens, red, pink, blue, yellow on white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179094

Accession Number: 1978.126

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments of Gothic Revival wallpaper [.1-.2]. Pattern consists of vignette of Gothic window with exterior view of arched gate set against blended sky and greenery. Vignette surrounded by floral and leaf swags. Printed in brown, red, green, blue on white, polished ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179095

Accession Number: 1978.127.1-.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Red flower baskets with pink, blue and yellow flowers on a field of white meandering vines. Printed on polished grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179096

Accession Number: 1978.124

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Stylized diaper pattern. Flower bouquets sprouting from scrolls and framed by scalloped lattice. Printed in turquoise on a light green ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179097

Accession Number: 1978.128

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Gothic arbor with fretwork and tracery framing taupe, brown, peach and grey foliate. Printed on a beige, polished ground. Straight match.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179098

Accession Number: 1978.135

School Book Cover

Wallpaper fragment. Allover stylized flowers on berried stems. Printed in brown, yellow and rose on a white ground.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179099

Accession Number: 1966.196

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Geometric pattern of interlaced lines that form diamonds, hexagons and star shapes with flowers inside the various shapes. Printed in blue on unground paper.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179100

Accession Number: 1971.1014.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. A simple rainbow paper with solid color ground and the woodblock printing the rainbow effect. Patterning of diamonds or diapered with a foliate wreath and stylized flower in the center. Printed in yellow, orange, red on a grey ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179101

Accession Number: 1971.1014.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Allover dense floral and foliate pattern. Printed in blue, white, grey, mustard on a light blue ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179102

Accession Number: 1971.1010A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Vertical curvilinear stripe with stylized floral ornament. Scrolls surround it. In between stripes is a long vertical rose vine or branch. Printed in two blues, two browns on white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179103

Accession Number: 1971.1011AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Striped pattern. Wide stripe with a pattern of wavy ameoba-like shapes alternate with a vertical column of four-lobed flowers. White squiggly lines and meandering vines fill recesses between stripes. Printed in three greens and white on a pale orchid ground.

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179104

Accession Number: 1932.2665

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of scrolling foliage surrounding a shell with a spray of flowers inside. Printed in mauve, green and ochre.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179105

Accession Number: 1932.2664

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Rainbow paper with an irise ground. The design consists of a basket of flowers framed by large acanthus leaves.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179106

Accession Number: 1955.194

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover delicate scrolling foliage with flower in the center of the scroll. Printed in grey, white, red, yellow on a grey ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179107

Accession Number: 1974.221b

Wallpaper

Fragment. Landscape vignettes framed by architectural moulding with Renaissance and Gothic elements. Printed in brown, various beiges and lighter browns, two greens, various blues on beige paper.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179108

Accession Number: 1971.153

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment. Landscape figure of woman and child feeding dog sitting on hind legs. Vignette separated by flowers and peacock feather motif. Printed in black, blue and white.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179109

Accession Number: 1998.14

Wallpaper

Fragment of foliate wallpaper. Various leaves (including oak), berries and winding vines. A diaper pattern composed of curved lines fills space between leaves. Red and white printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179110

Accession Number: 1998.15A

Wallpaper

Fragment of foliate wallpaper (1 of 3). Various leaves (including oak), berries, and winding vines. A diaper pattern composed of curved lines fills space between leaves. Red and white printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179111

Accession Number: 1998.15B

Wallpaper

Fragment (1 of 3) of foliate wallpaper. Various leaves (including oak), berries and winding vines. A diaper pattern composed of curved lines fills space between leaves. Red and white printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179112

Accession Number: 1998.15C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Single sheet of reproduction wallpaper with entwined flowering vine with dotted serpentine stripe and dotted circles with scrolled edges. Cream on unground or plain varnished paper.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179113

Accession Number: 1990.606

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Two sheets of reproduction diaper patterned wallpaper. Pale yellow diamonds formed by zig-zag edges on unground paper.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179114

Accession Number: 1990.605AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Single sheet of early 20th-c. reproduction paper. Continuous leafy vine alternating with diaper patterned stripe. Printed in white on blue/grey paper.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179115

Accession Number: 1990.618

Wallpaper

Fragment. Petite-scale pillar and arch design. Fluted columns with decorative keystone arches framing floral bouquest in an urn. Printed in black and white on grey ground.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179116

Accession Number: 1990.609

Wallpaper

Fragment. Geometric tile pattern of circular floral medallions within octagons alternating with squares enclosing stylized foliate medallions. Printed in black and white on grey ground.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179117

Accession Number: 1990.614

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Aesthetic floral paper. Prints in dark olive, maroon, yellow, black on green ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179450

Accession Number: 1995.553

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Floral design of meandering roses and other flowers and leaves. Prints in green, yellow, cream, maroon on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179451

Accession Number: 1995.552

Wallpaper

Unused rolls and samples. Scrolled foliage and peony design. Prints in metallic gold, pink, tan on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: Whiting & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179452

Accession Number: 1995.551

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Ashlar style paper composed of imitation masonry inset with classical motif of urn and scrolled foliage and stylized rosette. Prints in four greys, white on grey ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179453

Accession Number: 1995.545

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Floral trail design of stylized flower and leaf. Prints in white mica on grey ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179454

Accession Number: 1995.548

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Pattern composed of vine medallions inset with stylized lily and leaves; wavy-lined background. Printed in maroon, yellow on ochre ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179455

Accession Number: 1995.550

Wallpaper

Partial wallpaper roll. Repeating, entwined, metallic gold poppies against a field of maroon poppy blossoms.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 179456

Accession Number: 2001.82

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper sample. Pheasants and other birds perched upon pine tree branches. Printed in four shades of green.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 179457

Accession Number: 2001.83

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Tynecastle. Pattern of thick strapwork, scrolling foliage and Tudor rose. Embossed on red linine backed with paper.

Date: 1874-1900

Maker: Morton, W. Scott

GUSN: 179458

Accession Number: 1961.369

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Tynecastle canvas. Thick strapwork, scrolling foliage and Tudor rose. Stenciled in red and green on a gilt ground. Embossed on linen, backed with paper and backed with muslin.

Date: 1874-1900

Maker: Morton, W. Scott

Material: Tynecastle canvas, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179459

Accession Number: 1961.368

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Tynecastle canvas. Neoclassical pattern with a large urn, drapery swags, foliage, flowers and a trophy with a torch. Embossed linen backed with paper.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Probably Morton, W. Scott

GUSN: 179460

Accession Number: 1961.365

Wallpaper

Unused sample. allover, dense, stylized, floral pattern. Embellished with colored dots. Printed in blue, green, mustard, red-brown, and salmon on a white ground.

Date: 1891

Maker: Jeffrey & Co. (Printer) Morris, William

GUSN: 179461

Accession Number: 1961.361