Historic New England

Fireboard

Fragment of peapod and vine wallpaper removed from fireboard. Vine and peapod printed in olive green and brownish-red on tan ground. Attached border, see 1968.38.4b.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177319

Accession Number: 1968.38.4a

Fireboard

Fragment of small floral and ribbon paper from fireboard. Printed in red and blue on ungrounded paper. Repeat?

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177320

Accession Number: 1968.38.1

Wallpaper

Vertical floral stripes separated by vertical strips of lattice. Diaper pattern with dots within each losenge. Green, red, white and pink. Printed on a blue ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177321

Accession Number: 1968.32.2

Wallpaper

Three fragments. Green floral on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177322

Accession Number: 1968.32.4

Wallpaper

Fragments. Border. Blue and white palmettes alternating with black flock zig-zag chevrons overprinted with metallic gold V's on bright blue ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177323

Accession Number: 1968.33.1B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Appears to be foliate design in white with veining accented in tan. Printed in buff on white paper, now grey.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177324

Accession Number: 1968.33.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Solid blue plain paper. No pattern visible.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177325

Accession Number: 1968.33.1A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Tile pattern of alternating octagons framing stylized flowerhead and vines and squares framing quatrefoils. Printed in beige and maroon on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177326

Accession Number: 1968.34

Wallpaper

Fragments. Medium-sized sprays of leaves, grass and single flower stem printed in green, tan, yellow and white alternating with beige, glossy flower sprig on grey ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177327

Accession Number: 1968.35

Wallpaper

Fragments. Stripe. Stylized foliate vine with berries in green, orange and maroon alternating with vine with clematis-like flowers outlined in orange.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177328

Accession Number: 1968.36

Wallpaper

Fragments. Appears to be floral design in black and white on grey ground. Pieces too small to discern pattern.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177329

Accession Number: 1968.37A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Ashlar blocks. Octagons with green and brown centers alternating with squares outlined in maroon. Printed on buff paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177330

Accession Number: 1968.37B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover design of chrysanthemum and daisy flower heads printed in deep gold, orange and yellow on metallic silver ground. Drop match.

Date: 1950-1958

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177331

Accession Number: 1980.250.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Floral border of tulips and cyclamen on horizontal band of overlapping scallop shapes. Printed in brown, tan, yellow, pink and white.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177332

Accession Number: 1980.249B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover, small-scale spiral vine with flower head terminals. Printed in aqua on light blue ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177333

Accession Number: 1980.249A

Fragment. Small, stylized flowers with stems framed by bellflower wreath and separated by medallions with hearts. Printed in brown, grey, yellow, pink, maroon and ivory on beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177334

Accession Number: 1980.250.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Stripe composed of continuous serpentine vine with circles, and alternating with sprigs on a field of dashes. Printed in green, purple, orange and beige on a pale green ground. Straight match.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177335

Accession Number: 1980.250.1

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Birds flying amongst flowers, branches and tall grass.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177336

Accession Number: 1968.39

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral stripe. Blue roses on a zig-zag pin-stripe ground. Unground paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177337

Accession Number: 1968.40.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral and foliage design densely arranged over a green field. Printed in red, yellow, light blue, black and green on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177338

Accession Number: 1968.40

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover yellow floral design, look like wild strawberries in bloom (?). Printed on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177339

Accession Number: 1968.44.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical grey stripe with vine bearing orange and green leaves flanked by beading and alternating with wider plain stripe on white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177340

Accession Number: 1968.44.1

Wallpaper

Two fragments of wallpaper border. Intersecting line leaf motif. Prints in black, brown and tan on white ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177341

Accession Number: 1968.45.1B

Wallpaper

Two fragments of allover, stylized floral patterned paper. Printed in blue and green on beige ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177342

Accession Number: 1968.45.2B

Wallpaper

Two fragments of allover, stylized floral patterned paper. Prints in green and yellow on beige ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177343

Accession Number: 1968.45.2A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Vertical striped pattern with horizontal pinstripes. Vertical meandering vine with flowers or berries. Printned in green, brown, orange and white on a grey or blue ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177344

Accession Number: 1968.45.4A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical striped pattern with horizontal pinstripes. Vertical meandering vine with flowers or berries. Printed in green, brown, orange, white on a grey or blue ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177345

Accession Number: 1968.45.4B

Wallpaper

Fragments. The sidewall piece is a striped pattern with a spray or bouquet of flowers of daisies in the wide space between stripes. The stripes have geometric diamond shapes. Printed in green, black, orange and grey on cream ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177346

Accession Number: 1968.45.3

Wallpaper

Two fragments of aesthetic style border. Pattern consists of stylized fan and floral motifs. Prints in yellow, reds, maroon, white and black on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177347

Accession Number: 1968.45.5

Wallpaper

Fragment. Indecipherable pattern. Printed in olive, red and black.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177349

Accession Number: 1968.45.4C

Wallpaper

Eight fragments of wallpaper. Tossed leaf pattern printed in brown and black on a white ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177350

Accession Number: 1968.45.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Densely arranged foliage with berries and floral design with asymetrical strapwork scrolled elements. Printed in metallic gold and olive with fine vertical black lines over design.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177351

Accession Number: 1968.41

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripe, solid blue stripe alternating with stripe of running vine beads and foliage elements on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177352

Accession Number: 1968.42

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover foliate design with leaves and vaguely seaweed-looking forms. Printed in red, yellow and green on grey ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177353

Accession Number: 1968.43

Wallpaper

Five fragments. Pattern is hard to decipher. Stylized leaves and berries or flowers. Printed in orange, green and black on a white ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177354

Accession Number: 1968.47

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Meandering vine with stylized tropical flowers and seed pods. Printed in two greens, light blue, pink, grey and taupe. Drop match.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178058

Accession Number: 2000.1621

School Book Cover

Fragment of masonry wallpaper, attached to portfolio cover. Printed in white, black on grey, ungrounded paper (greyish-green). (Back is covered with a paper in the Renaissance-Revival style, printed in whiet, red, green and pink on greyish-green ungrounded paper.)

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178059

Accession Number: 1966.197

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating, stylized floral sprig with entwined stem against a field of vertical and horizontal dashes. Printed in four shades of blue.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Janeway & Carpender (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178060

Accession Number: 2000.158

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Meandering chestnut tree boughs with blossoms. Printed in three browns, cream and navy blue. Drop match.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178061

Accession Number: 2000.1622

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized roses and irises in a geometric and curvilinear framework on a finely striped or woodgrain background. Printed in transparent washes of color - blue, green, brown and red on a graduated brown ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Shand Kydd Ltd (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178062

Accession Number: 2000.331AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Portrait of George Washington in a triangle atop a pillar ornamented with a cannon and flags. Portrait is flanked by two columns holding urns with floral vines that form a canopy. Printed in ivory, green, blue, yellow, pink and red on gray ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Nancy McClelland Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178063

Accession Number: 2000.1619

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Floral bouquet and urn, floral garland / wreath. Embellished with swags of ribbon and bowknots on a background of vertical and horizontal lines of various thickness. Printed in three greens and white on engraved, plaid "woven" ground.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178064

Accession Number: 2000.285AB

Travel Curling Iron heater

Tin travel curling iron heater.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 178065

Accession Number: 2000.1694

Wallpaper

Roll. Square grid of four-pointed stars designed to appear three-dimensional. Printed in dark grey.

Date: 1984

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178066

Accession Number: 2000.402a

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Large-scale design of palm trees and leaves. Printed in five shades of green, grey and ochre. Overprinted with dark green, modulating, horizontal lines to imitate grass cloth.

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178067

Accession Number: 2000.152

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped pattern of alternating diamonds and vines. Printed in orange/red on an ochre ground.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178070

Accession Number: 2000.2215

Wallpaper

Fragment. Too small a sample to decipher entire pattern, but there appears to be thin and narrow stripes along with flowers. Printed in brown, orange, black, blue and lavender on an ochre ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178071

Accession Number: 2000.2212.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of floral swags, swags of beads and tassels. Printed in blue on a yellow ground. Yellow ground has faded to white where it is not covered.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178072

Accession Number: 2000.2214.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating pattern of geometric shapes like the hexagon, separated by flowers. Printed in two blues and white on light grey ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178073

Accession Number: 2000.2211

Scrapbook

Rainbow scrapbook cover. A pattern of large scrolling foliage with flowers, vines with grape leaves and a column or cornucopia shape with an abundance of flowers bursting out and large acanthus leaves on the side. Printed in white and light taupe on an 'irise' ground of greens and pinks.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178074

Accession Number: 2000.2212

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