Historic New England

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 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

Wallpaper fragment. Copper engraved nursery paper. Scenes of English soldiers in training, bayonet, cavalry, lancers, artillery, etc. Printed in blue, red, yellow and black.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178376

Accession Number: 2000.600

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Gray lattice framing clusters of fruit and flowers and bunches of grapes. Printed in green and white on a gray glossy ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178377

Accession Number: 2000.602

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Four vertical rows of white dots printed on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178378

Accession Number: 2000.604

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Alternating rose sprigs with buds in three purples and two greens on white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178379

Accession Number: 2000.605AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover gilt flowers and ferns printed on a gray ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178380

Accession Number: 2000.606

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. White Renaissance revival cartouche framing a floral bouquet printed in tan and brown and ornamented by a flowering vine in brown and taupe on a gray ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178381

Accession Number: 2000.607

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Renaissance revival strapwork in gray ornamented with pink and red roses and bachelor buttons in brown and blue.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178382

Accession Number: 2000.613

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Renaissance revival strapwork in gray ornamented with bleeding nearts and pinks flowers with trailing tendrils on a white polished ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178383

Accession Number: 2000.614AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Interlace ornament in green and maroon beside a row of dog teeth and beads and lozenges in red and white. Printed on a field of maroon pin-dots and a gray ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178384

Accession Number: 2000.617

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Open lattice design formed by white pin-stripes enclosing red and green rootlets on unground brown paper.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178385

Accession Number: 2000.620

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern. Raised coffer design printed in tan, brown and beige enclosing white patera on a gray field.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178386

Accession Number: 2000.623

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Grisaille ashlar blocks or coffers with egg and dart and bead and reel edges alternating with a panel of a continuous stylized berried vine.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178387

Accession Number: 2000.624

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern of highly stylized gray provencals framing green arabesques ornamented with black diaper pattern. Printed on gray ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178388

Accession Number: 2000.626

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. White renaissance revival strapwork ornamented with red roses on a white striated field on unground paper.

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178389

Accession Number: 2000.630

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Repeating tri-lobed foliate forms printed in two greens above a row of yellow, tan and brown molding. Printed on brown ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178390

Accession Number: 2000.632

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Large sunflower surrounded by scrolling foliage. Printed in brown, tan, maroon, red and yellow on a metallic gold basket weave embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178391

Accession Number: 2000.633

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Geometric tapestry pattern in orange, blue and brown surrounded by a narrow brown stripe with orange sprigs. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178392

Accession Number: 2000.636A-C

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut border. Continuous band of stylized roses and daisies and small blue five-petaled flowers. Bordered above and below by geometric elements. Printed on maroon ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178393

Accession Number: 2000.638