Historic New England

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Floral stripe pattern. White stripes with floral sprays alternate with a blue stipe with small sprigs. Roller-printed in white, blue, black and brown on ungrounded paper. Paper is unevenly matched and is patched in two places. Uppermost layer ...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 285746

Accession Number: 2001.281.448.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Newburyport, Massachusetts. First layer of two unseparated layers of wallpaper. Pattern appears to be a floral stripe roller-printed in orange, red, browns, greens and black on gray ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285749

Accession Number: 2001.281.449.1

Wallpaper

Floral stripe wallpaper fragment from Newburyport, Massachusetts. Stripe of large flowers of differing varieties overflow from a small basket is separated by narrower stripes of alternating yellow and red flowers over a ribbon of stripes and dots. Roller-printed in two reds, two greens, pale blue,...

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285750

Accession Number: 2001.281.449.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper from North Andover, Massachusetts. Simple pattern of repeating leaf with sprig figure. Block-printed in blue and green on light blue ground. Laid paper, partial sheets. Attached geometric block or step border (see 2001.281.450.2).

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 285779

Accession Number: 2001.281.450.1

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment from North Andover, Massachusetts. Geometric block or step pattern with chain element. Block-printed in black, blue and brown on ungrounded paper. Attached to sidewall paper with leave pattern (see 2001.281.450.1).

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 285784

Accession Number: 2001.281.450.2

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from North Andover, Massachusetts. Landscape scene pattern typical of the mulit-colored, pictorial wallpapers produced in England during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Three alternating scenes of chickens, ring-necked pheasants and grouse framed by leafy tre...

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285799

Accession Number: 2001.281.451

Wallpaper

Unused embossed wallpaper fragment from North Andover, Massachusetts. Embossed pattern of foliate scrolls over hashmark background. Probably block-printed in brown with black and metallic gold highlights on dark red ground. Varnished.

Date: 1875-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, block printing (relief printing process), metallic pigment, varnish

GUSN: 285817

Accession Number: 2001.281.452

Wallpaper

Three large wallpaper fragments from North Andover, Massachusetts. Oval medallions frame fine lined scenes of cherubs fishing with poles and nets and splashing in water. The pictorial medallions are adorned by foliate wreaths with draping vine swags. The pictorial figures are printed with an engr...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), engraving (printing process)

GUSN: 285820

Accession Number: 2001.281.453A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from North Chatham, Massachusetts. Large-scale trellis pattern with parrot perched on floral swag over an urn with flowers. Roller-printed in black, white and yellow on gray ground.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285826

Accession Number: 2001.281.454

Wallpaper

Fragment of Renaissance Revival syle wallpaper from North Brookfield, Massachusetts. Large cartouche or medallion-like figures printed in gray framed by brightly colored floral sprays. Block-printed in two grays, green, brown, two blues and red on white ground. Attached floral border (see 2001.281....

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285829

Accession Number: 2001.281.455.1

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of floral wallpaper border from North Brookfield, Massachusetts. Black flocking, overprinted in blue and gray, with metallic copper ribbon on light blue ground. Border is attached to Renaissance Revival wallpaper (see 2001.281.455.1).

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking, metallic pigment

GUSN: 285835

Accession Number: 2001.281.455.2

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Dense foliage and a row of roses in full bloom above hanging row of rosebuds. Border pattern is printed over a floral sidewall pattern. The border pattern is block-printed in white and four shades of gray with red flocked overprinting in orange and red. The sidewall patt...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process), flocking

GUSN: 285840

Accession Number: 2001.281.456

Wallpaper

Unused scenery figure wallpaper fragment from Middleton, Massachusetts. Medallion figure frames a pastoral scene of a male traveler resting against his bedroll and a tree trunk with a walking stick in one hand. A woman carrying a child on her back stands nearby.The medallion, block-printed in two ...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285852

Accession Number: 2001.281.457

Reproduction Wallpaper

Fragment of reproduction scenery figure wallpaper. Medallion figures frame two pastoral scenes. The first scene is oval and depicts a male traveler resting against a tree trunk, a woman carrying a child on her back stands nearby. The second scene is smaller and rectangular. It depicts two seated...

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285865

Accession Number: 2001.281.458

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of nursery wallpaper from Middleton, Massachusetts. Comic scenes based on nursery rhymes are presented in an assymetrical pattern of squares and circles in the Anglo-Japanese style. Branches of mountain holly, or catberry, poke out between the scenes from behind. Scenes include Tom t...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285870

Accession Number: 2001.281.459

Wallpaper

Three fragments of striped wallpaper from North Eastham, Massachusetts. Blue stripes with blue dots applied over orange ground. Stripes of orange ground are printed with white dots. Wove paper, partial sheets.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: wove paper

GUSN: 285879

Accession Number: 2001.281.460A-C

Wallpaper with border made of needlepoint pattern paper

Three wallpaper fragments from North Eastham, Massachusetts. Allover Aesthetic style floral pattern in which negative space (or background) is printed to form the pattern. Block-printed in dark ochre on dark brown ground. Heavy paperstock. A border fashioned from needlepoint pattern paper is attac...

Date: 1870-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285939

Accession Number: 2001.281.461A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Alexander House on Main Street in Northfield, Massachusetts. Marble pattern roller-printed in black, olive, gray, and peach on off-white ground. See related border fragment 2001.281.462.2.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285952

Accession Number: 2001.281.462.1

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment from Alexander House on Main Street in Northfield, Massachusetts. Novelty border depicting Native Americans sitting at a fire. Over the fire is a large pot on a tri-pod. The Native Americans wear headbands with feathers and loinclothes, one smokes a long pipe. The surround...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 285957

Accession Number: 2001.281.462.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the North Reading Library, Massachusetts. Sprig and vine pattern copied from a high quality French paper (see related objects). Block-printed in gray and green on white ground. Wove paper, partial sheets.

Date: 1840-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 285974

Accession Number: 2001.281.463

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the North Reading Library, Massachusetts. Ashlar pattern of three-dimensional blocks with central floral element. Blocks are separated by vertical foliate vine. Block-printed in green and white on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285975

Accession Number: 2001.281.464

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the North Reading Library, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style allover foliate pattern with stylized fruit and flowers. Persian stylistic influences. Roller-printed in light olive, maroon and metallic gold on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 285992

Accession Number: 2001.281.465

Wallpaper

Fragment of Renaissance Revival style stripe wallpaper from the North Reading Library, Massachusetts. Large-scale cartouche with scrolls, strapwork and beads frame floral bouquet. Central cartouche element is flanked on both sides by partial stripes in the same style. Block-printed in red and whit...

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 285998

Accession Number: 2001.281.466

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Square lozenges with concave corners separated by rosettes on faux marbleized background. Block printed in two greens and three grays on light gray ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286001

Accession Number: 1992.173

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments from the North Reading Library, Massachusetts. The fragments made up of unmatched layers and patches of the same wallpaper. Full pattern not visible. Appears to be an Aesthetic style version of a damask with central floral figure encircled by floral vines and scrolling, styli...

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286010

Accession Number: 2001.281.467AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Floral pattern with irises, tulips, carnations in a foliate surround. Printed in pink, blue, green, tan and dark green on a green ground.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286011

Accession Number: 1961.343

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Printed with foliage vine on striped background, stripes and dots, and abstract negative-space design on striped background. Printed in marron, pale blue and green on beige ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286018

Accession Number: 1993.14

Wallpaper

Five fragments of wallpaper from Norwell, Massachusetts. Block-printed teardrop and tassle pattern. Groups of five green and black teardrop-shaped figures with white floral hanging tassels repeat across a light blue ground in off-set rows. Block-printed in green, black and white on blue ground. La...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 286033

Accession Number: 2001.281.468.1A-E

Wallpaper Border

Five wallpaper border fragments from Norwell, Massachusetts. Ribbon and Bow border. Block-printed in white, red, brown, two greens, peach and gray on blue ground. Border for sidewall 2001.281.468.1A-E

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 286063

Accession Number: 2001.281.468.2A-E

Wallpaper

Five narrow strips of wallpaper from Norwell, Massachusetts. Geometric stripe pattern. A central column of small black diamonds is flanked on both sides by vine stripes in red on a pink background, vine stripes in black, then columns of diamonds and dots. Block-printed in black and red on light b...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 286087

Accession Number: 2001.281.469A-E

Trunk Lining

Fragment of wallpaper used to line a trunk. Printed with a geometric diamond pattern. Diamond-shaped figures, consisting of a chevron of black hatchmarks that float over a diamond of white hatchmarks, repeat to form an allover geometric pattern. Block-printed in black and white on pink ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: wove paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 286095

Accession Number: 2001.281.470

Wallpaper

Fragment of oatmeal paper from the F. Holland Day House in Norwood, Massachusetts. The back of the paper is imprinted with an Arts and Crafts style floral pattern of blue morning glory and yellow chrysanthemums among swirling green foliage. Block-printed in blue, green and yellow on light green gr...

Date: 1890-1990

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286215

Accession Number: 2001.281.471

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Osterville, Massachusetts. Scenery figure pattern with alternating large and small cartouche figures, draped with pink roses, framed pastoral landscape scenes. Large figure depicts a house and a bridge beside a waterway with mountain in the background. The small figure dep...

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286222

Accession Number: 2001.281.472

Wallpaper

Two fragments of wallpaper from Plymouth, Massachusetts. Pattern of medallions resembling stylized flowers over stripes. Small, scallope-edged medallions with green, radiating foliate figures and red dots at their centers. The medallions, perhaps originally white or light blue, repeat in rows over...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 286301

Accession Number: 2001.281.473AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Ville de Lyon" pattern with a broad stripe composed of green vine-like borders framing wreath of flowering vines. Machine printed in two purples, lavender, mauve, rose, pink, and three shades of green on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287200

Accession Number: 2000.966

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Foliage" pattern with and all-over design of three types of entwined foliage. Machine printed in taupe, tan and green on a teal background. Based on an English block print paper from 1899 designed by John Henry Dearle

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Dearle, J. H. (Designer) William Morris & Co. (Designer) Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287201

Accession Number: 2000.967

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Garden Party -- Bowery" pattern with a striped design composed of three trailing ivy vines. Machine printed in two shades of blue-grey, teal, green and black on an ivory ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287202

Accession Number: 2000.968

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Rose and Peony" pattern with an all-over design of large scale peony and rose blossoms. Machine printed in mauve, rose, two pinks, blue, two greens, taupe and grey on a white ground. Based on an English machine print paer of 1917.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287203

Accession Number: 2000.969

Wallpaper

Cut sample of gilt-figured wallpaper from Concord, New Hampshire. Pattern of large and small floral sprays block-printed in three greens, peach, red, and dark orange then embossed and gilded with gold leaf. Gray ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 287204

Accession Number: 2001.281.526

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Garden Party - In My Garden" pattern with an all-over design of meandering honeysuckle vines. Machine printed in three greens, two pinks, rose, tan, peach and grey on an ivory ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287205

Accession Number: 2000.970

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Castles in the Air" pattern with broad blue stripes alternating with grey and tan stripes and overprinted with a white screened baroque floral design. Machine printed.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287206

Accession Number: 2000.971

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Rutland" pattern with a repeating grid of small scale lozenge-shaped fleurons. Machine printed in yellow on a light yellow ground,.

Date: 20th c

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287207

Accession Number: 2000.972

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Sweet Briar" pattern with an all-over design of entwined flowering briar vines. Block printed in teal, blue-green, mauve, pink and taupe on a white ground. Based on a Morris & Company block print paper from 1911 designed by John Henry Dearle.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer) Dearle, J. H. (Designer) William Morris & Co. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287208

Accession Number: 2000.973

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Blackberry" pattern with entwined blackberry vines with blossoms. Printed in two blues, two greens and gray on an pale yellow ground. Based on an English 1903 block printed paper designed by John Henry Dearle.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Dearle, J. H. (Designer) William Morris & Co. (Designer) Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287209

Accession Number: 2000.974

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with diaper pattern formed by stylized vines framing stylized blossoms. Machine printed in burnt sienna on a burgundy ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287237

Accession Number: 2000.975

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper from Cornish, New Hampshire. Diamond-figure half-drop pattern of stylized floral elements framed by foliate lattice. The design is overprinted with striated lines to imitate a woven surface. Roller-printed in black, ochre, maroon, olive, light green, brown and pink on pale yel...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287238

Accession Number: 2001.281.527

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Amelia" pattern with an all-over pattern of large floral sprays with roses and other flowers. Machine printed in three pinks, rose, mauve, four greens, lavender, purple and green-grey on an embossed white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287239

Accession Number: 2000.976

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Hertford" pattern with an urn filled with a floral bouquet framed by ribbon and bow knows with tasseled cord entwined with grape vines. Machine printed in pale pink on a light mauve ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287240

Accession Number: 2000.977

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Acorn" pattern with oak boughs and acorns entwined with tulips and daisies. Block printed in tan on a beige ground. Based on an English block print paper from 1879 by William Morris aand Co.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: William Morris & Co. (Designer) Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287241

Accession Number: 2000.978

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Christchurch" pattern with an all-over design of flowering vines with blossoms and tendrils. Outline in blue on a field of blue pin dots and a white ground. Based on an English block print paper from 1879 by William Morris & Co.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: William Morris & Co. (Designer) Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287242

Accession Number: 2000.980

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