Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Ceiling paper. Allover pattern of metallic gold starbursts with red, dotted centers. Printed on pale yellow ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177083

Accession Number: 1969.789A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Ceiling paper. Allover design of stylized floral/ snowflake forms. Printed in light olive and metallic gold on beige ground.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: W.N. Peak (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177084

Accession Number: 1969.577.6

Wallpaper

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

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177086

Accession Number: 1969.791B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover floral sprays of lilacs, irises, peonies, and other flower blossoms. Printed in tan, grey, salmon, olive and metallic gold on beige ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: Janeway & Carpender (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177087

Accession Number: 1969.577.12

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover floral, poppies, daisies and wheat, printed in light green, grey and white and outlined in metallic gold on pale pink ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: W.N. Peak (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177088

Accession Number: 1969.786A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Large-scale, allover foliate with feathers. Printied in liquid mica copper, silver, gold and pink on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

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

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177089

Accession Number: 1969.577.13A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Striped paper. Pink, white, blue and liquid mica grey stripes on light pink ground. Straight match.

Date: 1945-1955

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177090

Accession Number: 1969.789B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Repeated cluster of three flower heads printed in two pinks, white and grey against a field of dotted ovals and on a blue ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177091

Accession Number: 1969.795B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Vertical stripe. Bands of small dotted elements alternating with narrow stripes bordering abstract leaf shapes. Printed in green and liquid mica on white. Straight repeat.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177092

Accession Number: 1969.787B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Clusters of apples, grapes and wheat printed in two pinks, taupe, tan and beige on pink ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1945-1955

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177093

Accession Number: 1969.788B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Sprays of grass in cadmium red, grey and silver liquid mica loosely arranged on a beige ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177094

Accession Number: 1969.794B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Repeated floral medallion enclosing bellflowers and separated by Tudor rose elements. Printed in white, green and beige on grey-green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177095

Accession Number: 1969.793B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Diaper pattern formed by tan and taupe ivy vines enclosing green, taupe and beige medallions on green-grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1934-1940

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177096

Accession Number: 1969.796B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale lilac boughs and blossoms. Printed in brown, tan, blue and metallic gold on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Warren Fuller and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177097

Accession Number: 1969.577.2

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

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. Diaper pattern with concentric diamonds and flowers. Roller printed in purple, green, brown and light blue on a white unground.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177013

Accession Number: 1967.196A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Design of six-sided cells with rosette inside. Diamonds, with fleurions inside, separate the cells. Printed in red, taupe, white and brown on a light brown ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177014

Accession Number: 1967.204.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern with scalloped lines and pin dots. Inside each losenge is a three-lobed form with jagged edges and enclosed is a fleur-de-lis type ornament. Printed in blue, pink, orange-yellow, red and light blue on a white ground.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177015

Accession Number: 1967.204.1

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover, white, foliate scroll with two color green chrysanthemums. Printed on a white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177016

Accession Number: 1967.172

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Reproduction of a rainbow paper in two greens, grey, yellow on ungrounded paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177017

Accession Number: 1967.175

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment of fruit set in coffered octagonals. Fruit motif consists of pomegranates, pinecone and apples. Printed in light and dark greys, and blue on green ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177018

Accession Number: 1967.180

Wallpaper

Fragment. Unused sample. Reform style diaper pattern. Stylized floral element in green, purple and orange enclosed by white provencals. Straight repeat.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177019

Accession Number: 1967.185

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern with overlapping lines forming the losenges. Within each losenge are stylized four-lobed flowers with flower in the center. Printed in soft pink, green, orange and red on a white ground.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177020

Accession Number: 1967.186

Wallpaper

Fragment. Faded diaper pattern with leaf and floral ornament. Inside each losenge is a four-lobed shape with stylized flowers. Printed in two purples, green, two browns on an unground paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177021

Accession Number: 1967.188

Wallpaper

Fragment. All ver foliate pattern (leaves are printed with pattern, i.e. horizontal lines, scales, etc.) Printed in grey, green and white on a white ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177022

Accession Number: 1967.190

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover, thin, vertical stripes in background field. In foreground are bouquets framed by vines and alternates with sprigs. Printed in blue, white, brown on an ungrounded pink paper.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177023

Accession Number: 1967.191

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Marble tiles. Diagonal grid of octagons and rectangles printed in blue and grey veining with brown outlines on grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177024

Accession Number: 1967.192

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pattern of strapwork, with recesses filled with repeating circles and squares. Seaweed and acanthus leaves.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177025

Accession Number: 1967.194

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover diaper pattern. Printed in red, green and grey-blue on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177026

Accession Number: 1967.197

Wallpaper

Six framgents. Large scrolls, maybe strapwork, with foliage. Scrolls are embellished with dots and a weave pattern. Printed in green, red-brown, taupe on a white unground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177027

Accession Number: 1967.198

Wallpaper

Three fragments. Guilloche pattern embellished with beads and floral vines. Printed in blue and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177028

Accession Number: 1967.199

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern with scrolling foliage in the edges of each losenge. Enclosed in losenge is a floral and foliate bunch. Each cell is joined by a medallion that looks like a patera, with a spring inside. Printed in red, blue, green and pink on a natural unground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177029

Accession Number: 1967.200