Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused samples. Roller printed floral paper with meandering branches and dots creating a stpling effect. Printed in grey, red and blue on a cream or white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176757

Accession Number: 1971.12

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stylized meandering vine printed in red on an unground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176758

Accession Number: 1971.181.2

Border fragment. Pattern of architectural dentils and mouldings. Three-dimensional scrolled brackets or mullions with leaves alternating with rosettes. Block printed in white and three shades grey ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176759

Accession Number: 1971.182

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border sample. Guilloche pattern enriched with rosettes. Printed in three shades of brown, light olive green, gold, gold glitter on a gold ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176760

Accession Number: 1971.20

Wallpaper

Fragment. Octagonal coffers alternating with rosettes. Printed in brown and black on a grey ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176761

Accession Number: 1971.2195

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Mid-nineteenth century marble paper. Pattern consists of trompe l'oeil marble in rectangular cells framed by chevrons or zig-zag lines. Between each rectangle are bellflowers and rosettes. Printed in grey, black and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176762

Accession Number: 1971.22

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pattern of willow leaves with berries or flowers. Printed in green, black and red on a light olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176763

Accession Number: 1971.23

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Geometric pattern with diamonds, zig-zag lines, dots and chevrons. Printed in white, red, mauve on yellow ochre.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176764

Accession Number: 1971.24

Wallpaper

Border sample. Floral pattern with roses and a bottom band of diamonds. Printed in three shades of red, three shades of green, dark brown and blue on a coffee ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176765

Accession Number: 1971.27

Wallpaper

Border sample. A classical architectural moulding pattern. Rosettes and triglyph-like elements. Printed in yellow, brown, two greens, black on a tan ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176766

Accession Number: 1971.29

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut border. Wide black flock band bordered above by narrow egg and dart moulding and below by beading. Printed in ochre, tan and brown and metallic gold.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176767

Accession Number: 1971.31

Wallpaper

Unused border sample. Design of interlacing and circles with stylized tulip or bellflower framed by repeat fretwork. Printed in two reds, brown and sand on cream ground.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176768

Accession Number: 1971.32

Wallpaper

Fragments of Renaissance Revival stripe paper with interlacing, arabesques and pin dots. Printed in green on a white satin ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176769

Accession Number: 1971.33

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Unused sample. Aesthetic, allover floral paper derived from Anglo-Japanese Style. Printed in red, olive, yellow and black on grey-green ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176770

Accession Number: 1971.34

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Vertical striped moire. Renaissance revival elements on left bordered by undulating cable. Printed in two browns, tan, grey, blue and cream on a polished white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176771

Accession Number: 1971.35

Wallpaper

Unused border. Floral pattern with roses. Printed in two pinks, two reds, three greens, two blues, mustard and gold.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176772

Accession Number: 1971.38

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Meandering, thorny ivy vines. Printed in two shades of green on a white satin ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176773

Accession Number: 1971.39

Wallpaper

Unused paper. Overall pattern of small, wavy lines printed in ivory on a beige polished ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176774

Accession Number: 1971.40

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Classical architectural moulding patterns including Greek key, cord, bead and reel, leaf. Printed in black flock, mustard, gold, brown and red on a sand ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176775

Accession Number: 1971.41

Wallpaper

Four fragments pieced together creating a frame. Flocked and embossed paper of scrolling foliage and rope. Printed in two shades of blue, black and gold.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176776

Accession Number: 1971.42

Wallpaper

Fragment. Central motif in grisaille is of stylized flower or pine with interlacing scrolls, framed by fretwork and rosettes. Printed in three shades of grey and two shades green on a light grey ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176777

Accession Number: 1971.43

Wallpaper

Fragment. Printed in red.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176778

Accession Number: 1971.44

Wallpaper

Fragment. Meandering band of stylized flowers printed in two greens, yellow and red and outlined in black, bordered top and bottom by row of white ovals framing green continuous beading. Printed on beige ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176779

Accession Number: 1971.6

Wallpaper

Fragment. Marble masonry paper of octagonal and rectangular blocks with alternating pattern of shell and flower motifs. Printed in brown and green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176780

Accession Number: 1971.8

Wallpaper

Fragment. Repeating white wreaths on a field of meandering metallic gold vines with rootlets and black berries on grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176781

Accession Number: 1971.9

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Diaper pattern. Pale green losenges with central berry motif in red and orange and outlined in dark green. Straight match.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176782

Accession Number: 1985.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grisaille floral and foliate plasterwork on a brown field and accented with green floral sprays.

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176783

Accession Number: 1985.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover pattern of rectangular blocks with mirror images of stylized flowers and leaves with fretwork on the corner of the blocks. Printed in grey, green and black on a white ground.

Date: 1840-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176784

Accession Number: 1985.6

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Design of billowing leaves and diamonds with snowflake-like shapes, framed by scrollwork. Printed in green, brown and white on a tan unground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176785

Accession Number: 1985.7

Wallpaper

Two fragments of floral stripe wallpaper and one fragment of matching borer. Pattern consits of solid green stripe edged in brown and tan scallops alternating with floral stripe edged with brown dots. Prints in dark brown, red, light borwn and tan on beige ground.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176786

Accession Number: 2000.1664

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Continuous inverted palmettes printed in two greys and outlined in black on a grey ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176787

Accession Number: 1971.11B

Wallpaper

Border sample. Scrolling foliage with flowers. Framed by bands of dots. Printed in gold and brown on an aqua ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176788

Accession Number: 1971.16A

Wallpaper

Unused border sample. Geometric pattern with 4-petaled flowers and stylized scrolls. Printed in red flock and blue on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176789

Accession Number: 1971.17C

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern joined with Gothic eight-pointed star and four-pronged medallion or rosette. Printed in green flocking, orange, black on a grey ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176790

Accession Number: 1971.18A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pillar and Arch pattern "4 July 1776." Stenciled in blue and buff and block printed in white and black on ochre ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176791

Accession Number: 1930.1748

Wallpaper

Fragments soaked off a bandbox. Coffered paper with alternating rosettes of stylized flowers surrounded by foliate wreath. Printed in maroon, olive and white on beige ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176792

Accession Number: 1930.1618

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Egyptian-like design of metallic gold and black fans on a grey field framed within red lunettes accented with gold dots and separated by black stylized palmettes. Printed on taupe ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by form

GUSN: 176793

Accession Number: 1971.11A

Wallpaper

Border sample. Egyptian style with stylized leaf motifs, palmettes and a band of Greek key. Printed in orange, brown and gold on a teal ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176794

Accession Number: 1971.16B

Wallpaper

Unused border sample. Row of three-lobed palmette-like motifs, edged by floral elements. Egyptian-like style. Printed in orange, black, three shades of brown and cream on a caramel ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176795

Accession Number: 1971.17B

Wallpaper

Allover willow-type pattern printed in metallic gold with leaves in taupe and clusters of three red pin dots on pale yellow ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176796

Accession Number: 1971.162

Wallpaper

Anglo-Japanese design of different stylized floral motifs in differently shaped panels. The panels alternate vertically and are repeated every fourth stripe. Dots separate the panels. Drop repeat. Printed in olive, ochre, red and white on black ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176797

Accession Number: 1971.159

Wallpaper

Anglo-Japanese paper. Red, metallic gold and white geometric patterns within panels formed by various types of black lines, feathered, thorny and bold, surrounded by white pin dots on a dark taupe ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176798

Accession Number: 1971.160

Wallpaper

Overall alternation of floral and foliate motifs in black and white on taupe ground. Straight match.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176799

Accession Number: 1971.161

Wallpaper

Rococo cartouches framing fleur-de-lis on field of allover stylized flowers. Printed in olive, ochre, tan, metallic gold and silver on green ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: York Card & Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176800

Accession Number: 1971.163

Wallpaper

Rainbow paper printed in blue and white on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176801

Accession Number: 1971.166

Wallpaper

Allover grid pattern of interlocking squares alternating framing stripes and rondells. Printed in black, green and white on ochre ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176802

Accession Number: 1971.158.2

Wallpaper

Allover design of stylized Neo-grec elements in block and powdered gold.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176803

Accession Number: 1971.158.5

Wallpaper

Vertical stripe consisting of S-curves and pointed arch tracery window. Printed in blue and white on grey ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176804

Accession Number: 1971.158.3

Wallpaper

Machine printed. Allover repeat of large-scale, white, stylized foliate scrolls outlined by single row of red dots on white (now yellowed) polished ground. (Undiscernable drop or straight match pattern.)

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176805

Accession Number: 1971.158.4A

Wallpaper

Rococo Revival border. Maroon, black and pink cartouches framing white boss, accented with two blues. Lower edge of border design cut along pattern lines.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176806

Accession Number: 1971.158.4B

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