Historic New England

Wallpaper

Two rolled samples. Large-scale, baroque flowers and acanthus-like, foliated scrolls printed in green in imitation of damask.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176920

Accession Number: 1985.778AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Heavily embossed paper printed in gold/copper in imitation of silk moire ribbons.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176921

Accession Number: 1985.848

Wallpaper

Two partial rolls. Metallic gold, tan and burnt sienna cording interrupted by bellflowers printed below a row of cream beading.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176922

Accession Number: 1985.12

Wallpaper

Large, beige flowers accented with metallic gold alternating with a floral vine against a mauve strapwork stripe.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176923

Accession Number: 1985.11

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern formed by alternating stylized fleur-de-lis in tan and outlined in metallic gold. Printed on a polished cream ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176924

Accession Number: 1985.835

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover floral design of peonies, lilies, daffodils, and passion flowers. Printed in cream, tan, brown, and olive green against a metallic gold field on an ochre ground and over printed with sepia pin stripes. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176925

Accession Number: 1985.795A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wide white stripes entwined with white and tan flowers. Printed on a polished peach ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176926

Accession Number: 1985.809

Wallpaper

Large-scale, meandering foliate vine with flowers and flower buds, flanked by graduated stripes. Printed in beige and outlined with blue pindots.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176927

Accession Number: 1985.10

Wallpaper

Partial rollof wallpaper. Large-scale grisaille Rococo scrolls entwined with flowers. Printed in two greys, orange, blue, rose, purple and maroon.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176928

Accession Number: 1985.14

Wallpaper

Vertical stripes composed of grey rods entwined with morning glories with pink and purple blossoms alternating with reds entwined by grey, foliate scrolls. Printed in two pinks, rose, two purples, lavender, two greys and three greens.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176929

Accession Number: 1985.767

Wallpaper

Bouquets of flowers and berries printed in metallic gold.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176930

Accession Number: 1985.775

Wallpaper

Continuous vertical row of grey, white and maroon flower baskets tied with ribbons and flanked by morning glory vines.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176931

Accession Number: 1985.776

Wallpaper

Tile pattern of foliate forms within grid of repeating squares and separated by dotted lines. Printed in green, olive and black.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176932

Accession Number: 1985.780

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover flower and foliage design, including stylized irises, printed in red, black and metallic gold against a turquoise field.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176933

Accession Number: 1985.782

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. Meandering floral vine with peach colored blossom and berries. Printed in two shades of olive green, two shades of peach and metallic gold. Straight match.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: J.J.L. & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176934

Accession Number: 1985.783

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Allover floral vine and berries with stylized flowers and leaves. Printed in black, red, orange, khaki and outlined in metallic gold.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176935

Accession Number: 1985.784

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Plain, beige colored, embossed paper.

Date: 1920-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176936

Accession Number: 1985.785

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Vignette of stream flowing through woods. Printed in four blues, three greens, cream, grey and brown. Overprinted with fine, horizontal pin stripes to create tapestry design. Drop match.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176937

Accession Number: 1985.787

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Clusters of yellow roses and rose garlands framed by metallic gold C-scrolls against a field of imitation silk moire accented with liquid mica.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: Standard Papers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176938

Accession Number: 1985.788

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Meandering floral vine of joined branches with peony-like blossoms and berries. Exotic plummed bird is perched on bough. Printed in two pinks, rose, two blues, grey, black, maroon, metallic gold and silver against a faux marble ground. Drop match.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176939

Accession Number: 1985.790

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Plain, black, glossy paper.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176940

Accession Number: 1985.792

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Vignette of a stream and waterfall framed by large-scale roses and rosebuds. Printed in four greens, pink, two mauves, maroon and white. Overprinted with a maroon net design.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Standard Papers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176941

Accession Number: 1985.793

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral brocade. Printed in olive, burnt sienna, orange, salmon and blue on maroon ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177098

Accession Number: 1969.577.3

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rose wreaths enclosed within liquid mica and ochre cartouches joined by petite, foliate vines imposed against light blue stripes on a white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177099

Accession Number: 1969.577.15

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Vertical stripe. Broad green stripe bordered by two narrow stripes in same color on green ungrounded pulp paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177100

Accession Number: 1969.788A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Vertical maroon stripe on maroon unground pulp paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177101

Accession Number: 1969.787A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Green ingrain paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177102

Accession Number: 1969.792B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover pattern of large-scale apple blossoms and boughs. Printed in white, tan, grey, yellow and metallic silver on pink ground.

Date: 1934-1945

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177103

Accession Number: 1969.798B

Wallpaper

Unused sample of Anglo-Japanese ceiling wallpaper. Stylized flowers within octagons and surrounded by alternating fields of stylized sprigs and concentric circles. Printed in tan, pea green and maroon on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177104

Accession Number: 1969.794A

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border sample. Continuous horizontal beading over bead and entwined ribbon. Printed in brown, white, red and blue on beige ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177105

Accession Number: 1969.792D

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover floral design (including chrysanthemums) in metallic gold and burnt sienna on heavily embossed, pebble-textured paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177106

Accession Number: 1969.793A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Bifurcated scrolls printed in pale green, tan, white liquid mica and red over lattice-like elements printed in same colors. Printed on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Benton Heath & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177107

Accession Number: 1969.795A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover, densely arranged thistle sprigs and flower heads. Printed in green on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177108

Accession Number: 1969.577.11

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Dense floral vine. Elements are tightly organized in "Morris - Arts & Crafts" manner. Printed in brown and tan against a cream field on a grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177109

Accession Number: 1969.577.14A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Frieze. Seated putti on a bough playing violin enclosed within a rose and scroll border with border with bow knot at top. Below scroll is horizontal band of scrollwork and lyre. Printed in yellow, peach, green, blue, ochre, three pinks, three pale greens and metallic gold with clear s...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177110

Accession Number: 1969.577.7

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Rows of bouquets of roses alternating with bouquets of tulips and phlox and bouquets of peonies and larkspur. Printed in two pinks, two blues, two greens, red, yellow and white on a pink ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177111

Accession Number: 1969.786B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Vignettes of houses alternating with small medallions; one with hunting gear, the second with gardening tools. Printed in tan, brown, red, blue and white on beige gound. Straight repeat.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177112

Accession Number: 1969.792C

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Small stylized taupe vine bordered by white and green horizontal bands. Printed on green-grey ground.

Date: 1934-1940

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177113

Accession Number: 1969.796C

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover repeated geometric elements composed of paterae within interlaced rectangular frames. Printed in blue and white on unground paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177114

Accession Number: 1969.583.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over neoclassical rosettes surrounded by foliate scrolls and bead garland. Printed in green and metallic gold on white ground.

Date: 1890

Maker: Warren Fuller and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177115

Accession Number: 1969.583.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Morning glory sprigs on a green ground with dashes. Printed in blue, orange, green and brown.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177116

Accession Number: 1969.583.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripe. Broad rinceaux alternating with narrower losenges with centered rosettes.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177117

Accession Number: 1969.584.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Stripes in brown and black with yellow geometric patterned squares alternating with vertical stripe of naturalistic flowers and grasses.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177118

Accession Number: 1969.584.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripe. Geometric green and orange bands flanking dark brown palmettes on unground paper, and alternating with reverse printed, allover stylized leaves.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177119

Accession Number: 1969.584.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Overall baroque floral in imitation of cut velvet. Mustard, red, white on a yellow-green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177120

Accession Number: 1969.578.11A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern. Allover grid of octagons and circles printed in green and two lavenders with gold dust on a light green ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177121

Accession Number: 1969.596A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Urn with fruit flanked by foliate scrolls and cornucopia. Printed in five shades of brown and accented with metallic gold on a brown flocked ground.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177122

Accession Number: 1940.976B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Medium-sized meandering leaves and branches with some berried terminals. Printed in ochre, tan, rust and metallic gold and silver on beige ground embossed with basket weave texture. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1901

Maker: Warren Fuller and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177123

Accession Number: 1969.594