Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Stylized open and closed lilies with long stems with a surround of stylized roses with scrolling stems and leaves. Printed in two greens, taupe and peach on a green ground. "Lily and Rose" designed by Walter Crane

Date: 1894

Maker: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Designer) Jeffrey & Co (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103549

Accession Number: 2008.6.71

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Stylized lilies with long stems over a large bubble of small circles. Printed in pink, yellow and two greens on a deep red ground. British paper named "Day Lily" designed by Walter Crane and printed by Jeffrey & Co.

Date: 1897

Maker: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Designer) Jeffrey & Co (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103550

Accession Number: 2008.6.72

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample backed on a cardboard mat. Blue circles framed by four serpentine scrolls. Printed in blue and two browns on a dark blue ground.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Justema, William (Designer) Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103551

Accession Number: 2008.6.73

Unused Wallpaper Samples

Three unused samples backed on cardboard mats. Repeating lace pattern of scalloped edged lozenges with a ring of bellflowers in center of each. Printed in white on a blue background.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103552

Accession Number: 2008.6.74A-C

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample backed on a cardboard mat. Repeating pattern of a bird perched on a rock with a bamboo background. Printed in brown, and two greens on a beige ground.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103553

Accession Number: 2008.6.75

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample backed on a cardboard mat. Outline of a duck among a background of stylized grasses. Printed in two greens, tan and white on a dark brown ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Karasz, Ilonka (Designer) Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103554

Accession Number: 2008.6.76

Wallpaper Samples

Unused samples backed with cardboard. Allover stylized scrolling floral pattern of various types of flowers in red, blue, yellow and pink on a natural color ground.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103555

Accession Number: 2008.6.77AB

Wallpaper Samples

Unused wallpaper samples. Scenery figure paper depicting Governor's Palace and Capitol in Williamsburg, Virginia. Printed in three greens, blue, two pinks, white, tan on beige ground.

Date: 1950-1955

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103556

Accession Number: 2008.6.78AB

Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample attached to a cardboard mat. Geometric pattern of various drawings by famous artists including a head of young woman by Albrecht Durer, a group of young men by Ghirlandaio, a perspective by Jacopo Bellini, the Leda with Swan by Filipo Lippi, and the Horse and Rider by Leonardo da Vinci...

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Dorn, Marion V. (Designer) Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103557

Accession Number: 2008.6.79

Wallpaper

Two unused samples stapled to cardboard mats. Alternating squares of a quatrefoil design and a round snowflake design imitating a stencil technique. Printed in blue and white on a red ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103558

Accession Number: 2008.6.80AB

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused wallpaper sample. Large pattern of stylized flowers and foliage. Printed in yellow, two golds, two greens and blue.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103559

Accession Number: 2008.6.81

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused Sample. Open stylized flower with three stems encircled by a vine and scrolling foliage. Printed in pinks, green, yellows, browns on a natural ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103560

Accession Number: 2008.6.82

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused border. Chain of pink stylized flowers with green leaves and berries.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103561

Accession Number: 2008.6.83

Wallpaper Sample

Unused Sample. Large stylized flowers with flowing green foliage over a pattern of smaller scrolling flowers. Printed in two pinks, two browns, two greens, and blue.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103562

Accession Number: 2008.6.84

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Large stylized closed chrysanthemums over scrolling foliage. Printed in two browns, olive and yellow on a natural ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103563

Accession Number: 2008.6.85

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Flowing stylized flowers, berries and foliage. Printed in three blues on a tan ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103564

Accession Number: 2008.6.86

Wallpaper Fragment

Unused sample. Art Nouveau flowers with sinuous flowing leaves. Printed in brown, tan, olive, light green, yellow, gray and dark green on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1891-1900

Maker: Hamilton, R. (Designer)

GUSN: 103565

Accession Number: 2008.6.87

Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Tapestry style wallpaper with large scrolling flowers and branches interspersed with partial view of ruins. Printed in three pinks, three greens, two browns, black, blue and tan.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103566

Accession Number: 2008.6.88

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern of large stylized orchids over scrolling foliage. Printed in two yellows, tan, brown and olive. "The Courtland" designed by Lindsay Philip Butterfield (British), printed by Essex & Co.

Date: 1895-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103567

Accession Number: 2008.6.89

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Stripes of stylized vines of ivy with alternating darker bands with a circle chain design. Printed in light green on a green ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103568

Accession Number: 2008.6.90

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Large stylized closed chrysanthemums over scrolling foliage. Printed in three greens and four browns.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103569

Accession Number: 2008.6.91

Leather Wallcovering Fragment

Leather wallcovering fragment. Small rectangular piece of embossed leather wallcovering attached to a piece of cardboard with a medallion with a floral spray in center. Embossed in green, red and gold.

Date: 1700-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103570

Accession Number: 2008.6.92

Leather Wallcovering Fragment

Leather wallcovering fragment. Small rectangular piece of embossed leather wallcovering with a baroque scroll design. Embossed gold background.

Date: 1700-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103571

Accession Number: 2008.6.93

Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Two cherubs holding a basket aloft with a goat in between, scrolling floral ground mixed with parrots. Gold on green ground.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Designer)

GUSN: 103572

Accession Number: 2008.6.94

Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Embossed paper to imitate leather. Scrolling vine and leaf design in gold on a dark gold ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Day, Lewis Foreman (Designer)

GUSN: 103573

Accession Number: 2008.6.95

Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Embossed paper made to imitate leather. Design features a sideways bird with splayed wings standing on a piece of fruit and surrounded by scrolling grape vines, flowers, a horse, monkey, moth and lizard.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Designer)

GUSN: 103574

Accession Number: 2008.6.96

Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Embossed paper to imitate leather with peacocks surrounded by stylized scrolling foliage and flowers.

Date: ca. 1895

Maker: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Designer)

GUSN: 103575

Accession Number: 2008.6.97

Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Embossed paper made to imitate leather. Design features a sideways bird with splayed wings standing on a piece of fruit and surrounded by scrolling grape vines, flowers, a horse, monkey, moth and lizard.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Designer)

GUSN: 103576

Accession Number: 2008.6.98

Embossed Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Embossed paper made to imitate leather, featuring a symmetrical design with scrolls, swags, winged cherubs, fruit and urns. Gold on a dark brown ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103577

Accession Number: 2008.6.99

Batik Bed Skirt and Fragment

Cotton bed skirt for a twin bed. White and blue floral batik style gathered skirt lined with black cotton. Fragment of batik fabric in same pattern and color.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103578

Accession Number: 2005.1.5AB

Bedspread

Woven cotton twin size bedspread with dark blue horizontal stripes on a cream ground. Fragment of same material.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103579

Accession Number: 2005.1.6AB

Wallpaper Fragment

Wallpaper fragment with pink dense pattern featuring various flowers and foliage and animals including deer, boar, gazelles, birds, and man holding a rabbit all on a dark brown ground.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103321

Accession Number: 2006.30.6

Wallpaper Roll

Roll of wallpaper with sprays of fern leaves, feathers and blue and pink flowers on a peach ground.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103322

Accession Number: 2006.30.7

Wallpaper Roll

Roll of wallpaper with nine columns of pink roses, chains of purple flowers, and silver lines on white ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103324

Accession Number: 2006.30.8

Wallpaper Roll

Unused roll of wallpaper. Stripes embellished with flowers and foliage alternating with overlapping chains of white flowers, framing roses, all on a gray-blue ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: United Wallpaper Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103325

Accession Number: 2006.30.9

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Three different harbor scenes featuring green buildings with red roofs, each framed with scrolling foliate borders on tan ground.

Date: 1950-1955

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103327

Accession Number: 2006.30.10

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Sprays of green, pink and white flowers on green ground.

Date: 1945-1955

Maker: J.C. Eisenhart Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103329

Accession Number: 2006.30.11

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Lime green, light and dark pink flowers with sprays of green and gray foliage on tan ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Sears, Roebuck and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103331

Accession Number: 2006.30.12

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pink roses with green foliage on cream ground.

Date: 1935-1955

Maker: J.C. Eisenhart Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103333

Accession Number: 2006.30.13

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Light and dark red open roses with green foliage on cream ground.

Date: 1945-1955

Maker: Vogue Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103334

Accession Number: 2006.30.14

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. All over diaper design of stylized roses and foliage in imitation of brocade in white on a gold ground.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103335

Accession Number: 2006.30.15

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pink stylized tulips with green leaves on a tan ground with brown patterned vertical stripes.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103336

Accession Number: 2006.30.16

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Stylized bunches of white and pink flowers with green foliage on green ground.

Date: 1950-1955

Maker: United Wall Paper Factories, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103337

Accession Number: 2006.30.17

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. White stylized flowers with dark purple accents on sage green ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Louis W. Bowen, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103338

Accession Number: 2006.30.18

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Two repeating scenes, one of the Parthenon and a ionic column in pink and white surrounded by green foliage, the other is of an urn on a pedestal in pink and white surrounded by green foliage, all on a rust-rose ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103339

Accession Number: 2006.30.19

Wallpaper Roll

Unused roll of wallpaper. Dark grey scrolled trellis framing an abstract garden scene in green and yellow on cream ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Louis W. Bowen, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103341

Accession Number: 2006.30.20

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Green and blue speckled scrolling foliate pattern on a white textured ground.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103342

Accession Number: 2006.43

Young Boy's Tunic

White cotton and lace boy's tunic. Cotton sailor style collar with eyelet lace accent and trim, long sleeves, four button holes down front, three round white stone buttons remain. White cotton matching tie belt.

Date: ca. 1903

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 103343

Accession Number: 2007.14.2AB