Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample of frieze paper. Large-scale floral and leaf pattern of poppies and vines edged with horizontal bead and spindle(?). Printed in brown, tan, beige, two pinks, blue-grey and metallic gold on textured paper.

Date: 1890-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176500

Accession Number: 1985.26.679

Wallpaper

Stripes of tan, purple, and fuchsia bordering a wide band of metallic gold, Chinese lattice with clusters of rose blossoms. Printed in three greens, salmon, peach, and brown on a cream ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176501

Accession Number: 1985.26.682

Wallpaper

Allover design of floral sprays with grass entwined with arabesques. Printed in brown, tan, grey, and pink on a beige ground.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176502

Accession Number: 1985.26.684

Wallpaper

Tile paper with rosettes and simple floral motifs in each square. Printed in red and black.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176503

Accession Number: 1985.26.685

Wallpaper

Tile pattern of alternating octagons with stylized flower motif and bellflower element. Printed in two greens and brown on an ungrounded varnished paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176504

Accession Number: 1985.26.686

Wallpaper

Continuous band of flowers, anemone? with broad rounded leaves. Printed in brown, tan, beige, buff, four greens, pink, lavender, and grey on a taupe ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176505

Accession Number: 1985.26.687

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale entwined flowering vines with berries. Printed in three browns, tan and beige on a field of metallic gold and embossed ochre ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176506

Accession Number: 1985.26.688

Wallpaper

Allover floral design of hibiscus or other exotic flower printed in brown, burnt umber, maroon, and red on a yellow field and olive green embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176507

Accession Number: 1985.26.690

Wallpaper

Large-scale scrolling foliage and stylized flowers. Printed in three browns, three greens, rust, and yellow on a varnished brown ground.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176508

Accession Number: 1985.26.692

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale, allover flowering vine, printed in pale green on an embossed metallic gold field. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176509

Accession Number: 1985.26.693

Wallpaper

Tudor rolls alternating with flowers and pomegranates, bordered by cable band and overprinted with fine black lines to imitate woven tapestry. Printed in two mauves, three browns, blue, green, yellow, and black.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176510

Accession Number: 1985.26.694

Wallpaper

Bifurcated, Athenian motif alternating with stylized four-pointed foliate element. Printed in grey, metallic gold, pale green, and tan on a light grey ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176511

Accession Number: 1985.26.695

Wallpaper

Band of feathers entwined by lace ribbon bordered above and below by rows of cable. Printed in red, pink, two browns, and metallic gold on a taupe ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176512

Accession Number: 1985.26.696

Wallpaper

Incomplete width. Large rose blossoms with clover leaves against a field of metallic green and copper stripes. Printed in three pinks, orange, yellow, white, and two greens.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176513

Accession Number: 1985.26.697

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diagonally repeating basket of flowers separated by a meandering vine of wheat and bachelor buttons. Printed in gray and white on a green embossed ground with liquid mica.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176514

Accession Number: 1985.26.698

Wallpaper

Allover design of floral sprays, daisies, lilies, and lily of the valley. Printed in red, pink, salmon, yellow, two greens, blue, white, and two greys on grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176515

Accession Number: 1985.26.699

Wallpaper

Diagonally-striped, Persian carpet design. Geometric designs printed in crimson, olive, ochre, and black against navy blue and red stripes on a beige embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176516

Accession Number: 1985.26.7

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Continuous cord with overlapping lunettes joined with fretwork. Printed in two beiges, three greens and white on a red/brown ground.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176517

Accession Number: 1985.26.702

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Exotic floral design comprising bunches of peonies, ranaculus, and a variety of other flowers. Printed in pink, reds, ochre, orange, blue, white, brown, two greens, lavender, and grey on black ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176518

Accession Number: 1985.26.704

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Delicate floral paper. Central motif consists of small daisy bouquet under a morning glory surrounded by delicate foliage trails. Prints in lavender, lilac, three greens, white, two greys, two reds, yellow and metallic gold on purplish grey paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176519

Accession Number: 1985.26.706

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rows of meandering vines with carnation and rose blossoms. Printed in brown, tan, beige, and three blues against a field of pale yellow horizontal stripes on a grey embossed ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176520

Accession Number: 1985.26.707

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale, entwined, scrolling foliate vine with stylized tulip, hydrangea and lily blossoms and parrot. Printed in burgundy, red, salmon, tan, peach, two blues, two olives greens, and pale yellow on an embossed green ground. Drop match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176521

Accession Number: 1985.26.708

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover, meandering, baroque flowers with scrolling foliage and berries. Printed in brown and tan against a metallic gold field on a floral embossed field.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176522

Accession Number: 1985.26.709

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Green stripes edged with green, continuous sprigs and alternating with narrow liquid mica and ochre stripes on a floral embossed paper. Straight match.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176523

Accession Number: 1985.26.71

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale floral design of peonies and tulips with scrolling foliage and cornucopia terminals. Printed in three blues, grey, maroon, burgundy, peach and tan on a brown ground and overprinted with black horizontal pin stripes. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176524

Accession Number: 1985.26.710

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating motifs composed of bifurcated acanthus scrolls with berry terminals. Printed in grey on a blue-grey, imitation silk moire, embossed ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176525

Accession Number: 1985.26.711

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of large peony-like blossoms printed in imitation of tapestry. Printed in burgundy, rust, peach, tan, olive, brown, and pale green. Over printed with maroon diagonal dashes on ungrounded, brown paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176526

Accession Number: 1985.26.712

Wallpaper

Imitation tapestry design of urn with fruit and flowers framed by foliate scrolls and flanked by dragons with baskets of fruit. Printed in two greens, aqua, blue, three browns, yellow, and pink on a taupe field on a black embossed ground. Straight match.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176527

Accession Number: 1985.26.713

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover stylized foliate scrolls and flowers. Reverse printed on a field of blue with light blue and metallic gold accents on ungrounded paper. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176528

Accession Number: 1985.26.716

Wallpaper

Unused sample. LArge scale design of all over chrysanthemum blossoms and buds. Printed in red, rose, two pinks, yellow, ochre, white and five greens on olive ground. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176529

Accession Number: 1985.26.717

Wallpaper

Allover design of floral sprays with peonies, lily of the valley, daffodils, and carnations against a field of narrow pink and white honey-comb, embossed stripes. Printed in three pinks, fuchsia, three greens, tan, brown, yellow, white, and pale pink liquid mica.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176530

Accession Number: 1985.26.718

Wallpaper

Stripe of meadering floral ribbon separating sprays of roses and carnations and alternating with narrow floral stripe. Printed in pink, fuchsia, two greens, yellow, purple, and blue on an ivory ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176531

Accession Number: 1985.26.719

Wallpaper

Allover design of small geometric flowers sprouting from shallow containers. Printed in pink, green, olive, brown, and fuchsia on an ivory ground. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176532

Accession Number: 1985.26.720

Wallpaper

Sprays of flowers alternating with Oriental vignettes of fisherman and figure with parasol. Printed in white, orange, yellow, two browns, red, olive, pale blue, pale green, mauve, turquoise, green, pink, ochre, and lavender on a beige embossed ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176533

Accession Number: 1985.26.721

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Narrative vignettes of a nursery rhyme which includes a husband and wife with seven children and a giant. Scenes of children sleeping, woman crying, giant with sword and child removing the giant's boots. Printed in four greens, three blues, yellow, ochre, red, rose, brown, tan and gre...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176534

Accession Number: 1985.26.722

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Sprays of pink roses with small, pink daisy blossoms entwined with ochre foliate scrolls. Printed in pink, red, two greens, ochre, and brown on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176335

Accession Number: 1985.26.457

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Continuous band of ochre peonies with small, grey blossoms bordered above and below by row of ovals and circles. Printed in ochre, tan, grey, ivory, two greens, maroon, salmon, and brown on an olive green ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176336

Accession Number: 1985.26.459

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Wide stripe with foliate medallions and bellflowers alternating horizontally with stripe of repeating sunflowers and stylized peacocks. Printed in burgundy, maroon, blue, green and tan on a brick red ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176337

Accession Number: 1985.26.46

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Band of stylized flowers with diapered foliage tied with ribbon bordered above and below by moulding. Printed in two browns, pink, two blues, green, olive green, red and black on a white ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176338

Accession Number: 1985.26.460

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized tulips against a field of chevrons ornamented with arabesques and suggested sprigs. Printed in metallic gold, salmon, peach, blue, grey, green and tan on a dark brown ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176339

Accession Number: 1985.26.461

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Delicate floral pattern of iris and peony bouquets, floral trails, and scrolled foliage. Printed in two pinks, orange/red, mauve, brown, three greens, two yellows, and white on a beige ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176340

Accession Number: 1985.26.462

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale floral pattern of meandering peonies. Printed in four pinks, three greens, tan, beige, two browns, ochre, and cream on light beige, mica ground. Rib textured paper.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176341

Accession Number: 1985.26.463

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Delicate design of stylized iris (?) set within losenge. Printed in three greens, pink, and liquid mica on dark pink ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1889-1900

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176342

Accession Number: 1985.26.466

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized fleur-de-lis, flower and loosely scrolling foliage. Prints in blue mica, silver mica, blue, white on light blue ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176343

Accession Number: 1985.26.467

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample. Pattern of vines winding around a fragmented trellis. Printed in mauve, pink, two browns, two greys, purple, white, seven shades of green on a pale green ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176344

Accession Number: 1985.26.47

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Delicate floral pattern of iris and other flowers. Printed in yellow, ochre, brown, white, two greens, red, and orange on brown/orange ground. Rib textured paper.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176345

Accession Number: 1985.26.472

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Aesthetic designed paper of stylized flowers and foliage. Printed in dark olive green, blue-grey, cream, yellow, and red on light olive green ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176346

Accession Number: 1985.26.473

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Meandering floral pattern with small cross-hatched background. Printed in three greens, light red, light pink, blue, brown on light olive ground. Rib textured paper. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176347

Accession Number: 1985.26.474