Historic New England

Wallpaper

Walllpaper fragment. All over arcs crowned with foliage in a heavily dotted ground. Elements are too stylized to permit naturalistic interpretation. Printed in black and white on tan. Straight match.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 176687

Accession Number: 1920.324A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Moses Grant Jr. & Co. Leaf and medallion design in white and black on cinnamon ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 176690

Accession Number: 1930.1619

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pastoral scenic paper. Printed in black and white on grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176691

Accession Number: 1930.1624

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Stephen Robbins House, Lexington, Massachusetts. Three-dimensional block and white chaining on blue ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176692

Accession Number: 1971.2

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border sample. Curvilinear "ribbon" in orange outlined in yellow on a black field and bordered by narrow band of yellow fretwork. Printed on orange ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176694

Accession Number: 1971.5A

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover ornamental and stylized flowers (poppies?) and vine. Printed in magenta, purple, red, blue, green, black and metallic gold on off-white, pebble embossed paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176695

Accession Number: 1971.13

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. The design consists of a slightly pointed arch springing from Gothic columns to which shields and flags are attached. Two putti rest on top of the arch and three figures in classical garb are under a canopy within the arch. Yellow ground.

Date: 1786-1800

Maker: Appleton Prentiss (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176696

Accession Number: 1966.488

Wallpaper

Unused Sample. Left side trimmed. Garlands and arabesque frame and connect "sculptural" group of 3 Cupids - 2 seated playing instruments; 1 standing holding an arrow. Printed on pink ground. Paper has basket weave, embossing. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176697

Accession Number: 1968.49

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Overall repeat, octagonal panels with foliage are separated from marbelized, rectangular panels by marbelized strips.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176698

Accession Number: 1968.50

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation granite: black and white random, free-hand speckles on grey ground. Random repeat.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176699

Accession Number: 1968.51

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border sample. Grisaille ribbon and bow with green ruffles on a light blue ground with orange edges. Fragment (A) is a wall fragment. Fragments (B) and (C) are unused and uncut samples of the same border.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176700

Accession Number: 1917.51A-C

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border sample. Border has ribbon moulding with bow knots and scalloped edges, with feathers and is framed by reel moulding. Printed in two blues, yellow, orange, black, white, green, grey and taupe on a black ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176701

Accession Number: 1971.30

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral medallion and wheat pattern. Printed in three greens and white on a polished green ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176702

Accession Number: 1956.M25

Wallpaper

Fragment. Bead and reel moulding printed in grisaille on a red field. Printed on a light grey ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176703

Accession Number: 1971.5B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments probably from the Stephen Robbins House, Lexington, Massachusetts. Three-dimensional block wallpaper, alternating with star element. Printed in white, black and varnish green on blue ground. Some fragments with attached border (see 1917.1583b).

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176704

Accession Number: 1917.1583

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of flocked rosebud border. Printed in light green, white and four pinks with olive green flock, over printed with black and bright green on polished green ground. Border is printed over sidewall pattern of floral medallions on wheat background. Another fragment of this border design exi...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176705

Accession Number: 1930.1622

Wallpaper

Fragments. Three-dimensional diamond wallpaper. Printed in black, grey and white, varnish green on pale green ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 176706

Accession Number: 1971.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Narrow borders composed of neat and stylized serpentine vine with suggested flowers. Printed in black and white on grey. Straight repeat.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176707

Accession Number: 1985.31

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Renaissance Revival strapwork printed in grey, tan and brown on white polished ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176708

Accession Number: 1985.2C

Wallpaper

Fragment. Masonry paper with raised marble panels bordered by ivy scrolls. Printed in three greys on a polished, white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176709

Accession Number: 1985.4

Wallpaper

Fragments. Indians or other indiginous people shown making a basket. Thatched roofed building with flag, probably a mission or garrison? shown with palm trees, butterfly and dragonfly. Printed in green, black, pink and orange on sky blue ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176710

Accession Number: 1930.1616

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral designs (possibly cherry or apple blossoms) against a field of small, stylized floral elements. Paper has pebbled surface. Printed in metallic gold, maroon, black, ochre and taupe on an olive ground.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176711

Accession Number: 1968.48

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral-acanthus scrolls around a centrally placed urn holding a floral spray. Printed in blue, brown, tan, yellow, pink and maroon on olive ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176712

Accession Number: 1968.53

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rococo foliate scrolls, stylized flower and fleur-de-lis. Has brocade-like horizontal lines running through design. Printed in teal, black, metallic gold and blue on blue-grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176713

Accession Number: 1968.62

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Large-scale Renaissance Revival stripe with strapwork intertwined with rose garlands. Printed in two browns, ochre and bright blue on tan ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176714

Accession Number: 1971.14

Wallpaper

Fragment. Stylized foliage forms, each unit being bilaterally symmetrical around its vertical axis. Printed in grey and green on white ground. Straight repeat. Repeat height of 19" includes selvedge.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176715

Accession Number: 1971.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Geometric moulding shaded to appear three dimensional. Printed in maroon flock with black and pink and bordered below by row of beading in tan, brown, yellow and metallic gold.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176717

Accession Number: 1971.5C

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover floral pattern - Lotus? with thick, intertwining stems. Printed in white on ochre ground and paper embossed with swirled liner. Straight repeat.

Date: 1899-1910

Maker: Allen-Higgins Wall Paper Co. (Manufacturer) Short, Myron W.

GUSN: 176718

Accession Number: 1968.69

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating fan shape with central floral motif surrounded by foliate scrolls. Printed against alternating green and light green stripes. Printed in white and two shades of green on a light green ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176719

Accession Number: 1971.2194

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral pattern with scrolling foliage. Printed in white, gold and copper mica and khaki on a sand ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Cresswell & Washburn (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176720

Accession Number: 1968.64

Wallpaper

Fragment of striped wallpaper. Pattern consists of alternating stripes of ogees, circles and four-petaled flowers with stripe of stylized palm and sprig leaf. Printed in brown, tan and green on buff ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176721

Accession Number: 1930.1621

Wallpaper

Border sample. The pattern is architectural with palmettes, a bit of fretwork, and equal sized geometric rectangles in a row. Printed in red flocking, brown, chestnut and metallic gold on a peach ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176722

Accession Number: 1971.28

Wallpaper

Unused sample of three different elaborately patterned boards with stripes separating each panel. Printed in browns and tans with green, red, yellow and black stripe.

Date: 1855-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176723

Accession Number: 1971.19

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pattern of meandering and interwinding leafy vines. Two shades of light grey, brown, printed on white satin ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176724

Accession Number: 1971.25

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Vertical stripes. Naturalistic floral sprigs repeat vertically on stripes which alternate with stripes bearing a geometric and stylized floral pattern. Printed in three greens and glossy white on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176725

Accession Number: 1971.36

Wallpaper

Unused striped wallpaper fragment. Continuous floral vine reverse printed in red and alternating with tan and ochre honeycomb stripe bordered by reform style elements in maroon and orange. Straight match.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176726

Accession Number: 1968.114A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Anglo-Japanese, naturalistic flowers and foliage entwined around Oriental lattice. Printed in grey, green, black, turquoise, red and purple on olive ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176727

Accession Number: 1971.21

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Vertical stripe - Broad stripes on which lavender oval plaques bearing a bow, arrow and quiver are crowned by oval alternate vertically with flowers. Printed in two browns, two greens, magenta, pink and lavender on beige polished ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176728

Accession Number: 1971.15

Wallpaper

Cut sample. Three-dimesional diaper pattern probably alternating with stripe composed of two entwined ribbons ornamented with daisy sprigs. Printed in two browns, tan, cream and ivory.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176729

Accession Number: 1971.7

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Vine and sprig wallpaper. White and off-white on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176730

Accession Number: 1971.37

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Repeated red and black quatrefoils within circles and alternating with yellow fleur-de-lis stylized element within pink diamonds.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176731

Accession Number: 1968.114B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Garlands and arabesques framing and connecting group of "sculptural" cupids, one standing with arrow, two seated with lute and horn. Printed in two browns and ochre on turquoise, basket weave, embossed ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176732

Accession Number: 1968.54

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Border. Grid pattern imitating textile, tapestry. Stylized foliate forms alternate with arabesques consisting of an urn flanked by griffins, all highly stylized. Printed in black and metallic gold on taupe ground. Paper embossed with basket weave texture.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176733

Accession Number: 1968.56

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grid pattern imitating mosaic tile, stylized foliate forms alternate with arabesques consisting of an urn, flanked by griffins. All highly stylized. Printed in black and metallic gold on terracotta, basket weave embroidered ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176734

Accession Number: 1968.55

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper border fragment. No pattern. Printed in a deep burgundy or crimson with a matte finish.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176735

Accession Number: 1971.18B

Wallpaper

Stylized blue floral pattern printed in blue on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1808-1810

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176736

Accession Number: 1971.181.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern maroon and metallic gold dust diamond pattern with open crosses and stylized flowers at the intersection.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176737

Accession Number: 1968.57

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Lush, meandering foliage with flowers (daffodils and tulips). Stenciled in tan and gold on a gold ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1898

Maker: Paul Balin (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177259

Accession Number: 1981.127.2

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Embossed paper by Paul Balin called "Orange Walnuts." Design of pomegranates, fruits and leaves trail on an embossed lattice background. Printed in two greens, brown, blue, red, pink and yellow on brown ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Paul Balin (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177260

Accession Number: 1981.97

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper patterned cartouches flanked by dragons and draped with pomegranate swags. Printed in four shades of brown, olive green, orange, red and dark green on a brown ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Paul Balin (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177261

Accession Number: 1981.129

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