Historic New England

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

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

Wallpaper

Fragment. Balustrade in grisaille with blue ground. Probably dado paper.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177124

Accession Number: 1969.589

Wallpaper

Brown, green, white on a gold ground. Rhonish landscape; castle atop riverside crag. Imitation leather.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177125

Accession Number: 1969.605

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Continuous band of grey flowers and reddish-brown berries with yellow centers. Printed on a dark brown ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177126

Accession Number: 1969.580.4B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Continuous vertical stripe of roses in brown, tan and maroon alternating with stripe of white flowers on grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177127

Accession Number: 1969.580.4A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diagonal grid of stylized floral cartouches separated by fleur-de-lis. Printed in maroon, gold, olive and light green on ground with horizontal pinstripes.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177128

Accession Number: 1969.581.2

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Allover, stylized snowflake-type floral. Pale yellow, tan and red on beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177129

Accession Number: 1969.581.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Woodgrain paper in tan and ochre.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177130

Accession Number: 1969.581.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small sprig set off by strapwork, against a vaguely Gothic grid background. Printed in blue, brown and green on a white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177131

Accession Number: 1969.585.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Initmation of cut velvet, diagonal grid of scrolled cartouche forms. Painted in two greens, olive green, mint green and black on unground, buff colored paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177132

Accession Number: 1969.581.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Foliate C-scrolls in white green and red on unground? paper.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177133

Accession Number: 1969.585.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral in pink, maroon, olive green and yellow on a grey (once white?) ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177134

Accession Number: 1969.585.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fagments. Undulating acanthus leaves framing rosettes. Printed in brown, maroon, tan and yellow on burnt sienna flocked field.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177135

Accession Number: 1969.590.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Border of three overlapping daisies in white and gold alternating with gold husks on green field. Printed in two browns, tan, ochre, two greys, white and two greens.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177136

Accession Number: 1969.590.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Small diaper pattern in peach with maroon floral element at intersection on a polished light peach ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177137

Accession Number: 1969.591.1A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Bead and reel horizontal band with suspended husk or "gimp" printed in grisaille "in front" of blue scalloped raised panels. Printed on off-white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177138

Accession Number: 1969.591.2B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. White lattice and two, blue ivy foliage and vine with yellow berries printed on unground paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177139

Accession Number: 1969.591.2A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Flocked border. Six-sided star in metallic gold and tan outlined in dark green and red on maroon flocked field. Printed on peach ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177140

Accession Number: 1969.591.1B

Wallpaper

Rainbow wallpaper with yellow to orange blended floral medallions and serpentine foliate curves in white on a blended polished ground of green, yellow and orange.

Date: 1830-1831

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177141

Accession Number: 1969.576

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale, allover design of red and black berries on a brown stem with meandering grass or vine in white. Printed on a taupe ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177142

Accession Number: 1969.588

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Anglo-Japanese stylized flowers and foliage with Japanese medallions and shells. Printed in olive, tan, black and orange-red on ochre ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177143

Accession Number: 1969.593

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Ceiling paper. Moon, stars and sunbursts printed in tan, grey and metallic gold on cream ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177144

Accession Number: 1969.599

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Anglo-Japanese floral pattern. Asymmetrical arrangement of flowers within geometric frames and in filled with geometric patterns. Printed in maroon, turquoise, orange, olive and metallic gold on black ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177145

Accession Number: 1969.600

Wallpaper

Vertical stripes. Plain broad stripe framed by narrower stripe. Burgundy printed on a red ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177146

Accession Number: 1969.606

Wallpaper Fragment

Wallpaper fragment. Large feathery leaves and flowers. Embossed. Silver mica, gold mica, sand, light brown on a white ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Robert S. Hobbs & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177147

Accession Number: 1969.783A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Greek key pattern stripe with stylized leaf ornaments, fretwork and lobed cartouches within stripes. Printed in two shades grey, crimson, brown, black and white on a pale grey-blue ground

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177148

Accession Number: 1969.580.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Renaissance Revival. Stripe. Repeating red and green schematic flowers within blue and green cartouches bordered by diaper pattern stripe. Printed on polished white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177149

Accession Number: 1969.580.2

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover floral pattern with branches of dogwood, roses. Grey, brown, beige dark blue on a blue ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177150

Accession Number: 1969.783B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Border. Narrow border with twisted foliage in two greys and black and maroon edges.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177151

Accession Number: 1969.586.1B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern printed in ochre with light green diamonds printed in the center, from which "rootlets" grow. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177152

Accession Number: 1969.586.2

Wallpaper Fragments

Three fragments. Very stylized floral pattern with branches and berries. Printed in blue and pale blue on a white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177304

Accession Number: 1977.586.1A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Serpentine green and white stripes framing continuous diaper pattern. Printed on bright blue ground.

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177305

Accession Number: 1977.585.2C

Wallpaper Fragment

Wallpaper fragment. Scrolling pattern with leaves. Printed in grey on a white polished ground.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177306

Accession Number: 1977.585.3

Wallpaper Border

Border fragment. Metallic gold scrolls alternating with pink and black leaves and berries on a red, flocked ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177307

Accession Number: 1977.585.3A

Wallpaper Fragment

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of carnations and leaves in pink and green on white ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177308

Accession Number: 1977.585.4

Wallpaper Fragment

Fragment. Large floral pattern of meandering vines with a variety of flowers springing forth. Printed in two shades of brown, gold, grey, white on a grey ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177309

Accession Number: 1977.586.2AB

Wallpaper

Fragments of diaper pattern wallpaper from the Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm. Pattern of floral vines with alternating sprigs and large, floral bunches. Roller-printed in two browns, burgundy on a tan ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177310

Accession Number: 1986.1943.2A-D

Wallpaper

Fragment. Reform style pattern with a stripe and a stiff, floral vine inside. Stylized flowers flank the sides of the stripe. Printed in yellow, brown, black , orane, burgundy on a grey ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177311

Accession Number: 1986.1943.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Meandering foliate (ginko) vines. Printed in burgundy, dark green, gold and black on an ochre ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177312

Accession Number: 1986.1943.4

Fireboard

Fragment. The scenery figure paper comes from a fireboard and features a framed scene focused on a bridge leading to a port town on the other side. Gentlemen and ladies in the foreground engage in conversation. Printed in three blues, three greens, grey, white, red, beige and two browns on a slate g...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177313

Accession Number: 1949.1099

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment of border. Pattern of alternating small and large cartouches with roses and sprigs. Pin dots surround the framwork. Printed in white, green, brown and blue on a natural unground.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177314

Accession Number: 1971.48B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern with a four-lobed shape on quatrefoil enclosed within losenge. Flower in the very center. Printed in blue, orange, white and brown on unground paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177315

Accession Number: 1971.48A

Fireboard

Fragment of diaper patterned paper from fireboard. Large diamond pattern printed in light brown, smaller diamond set inside larger diamond printed in green. Pinkish-beige ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177316

Accession Number: 1968.38.2