Historic New England

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Imitation wood grain paneling. Printed in brown on a tan ground. Oak.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103519

Accession Number: 2008.6.41

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Moire and satin stripe in green and embossed with grosgrain ribbon texture.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103520

Accession Number: 2008.6.42

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Stripes of textured leaf chains within straight leaf borders, ground imitates grosgrain. Paper is natural tan color.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103521

Accession Number: 2008.6.43

Unused sample. Bouquets of green flowers within foliate and scroll edged elliptical cartouches with green and tan floral swags below divided by rows of dart and dash stripes on beige ground. Printed in taupe, green, white and gold on beige ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103522

Accession Number: 2008.6.44

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Repeating grid of stylized flowers within diapered lozenges and framed by foliate scrolls in imitation of damask. Printed in white on a white ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103523

Accession Number: 2008.6.45

Unused Wallpaper Border

Unused border. Scrolling chains of roses and flowers with stylized acanthus scrolls on a striped ground. Printed in three blues, three greens and brown on a tan ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: W. Cambell & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103524

Accession Number: 2008.6.46

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Repeating pattern of groups of trees and bushes with scrolling vines in between, on a textured natural ground. Printed in three browns, black, orange, yellow, green and blue on a natural ground.

Date: 1935-1950

Maker: United Wallpaper Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103525

Accession Number: 2008.6.47

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Scrolling flowers, vines and leaves in imitation of silk damask. Printed in white on a white ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103526

Accession Number: 2008.6.48

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Two cherubs holding a basket aloft with a goat in between, scrolling floral ground. Printed in white and four shades of brown.

Date: 1930-1950

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

GUSN: 103527

Accession Number: 2008.6.49

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Sprays of flowers in a diaper pattern connected with foliate scrolls and swags of branches with berries. Printed in four greens, three pinks and grey on a natural paper ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: Halbert (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103528

Accession Number: 2008.6.50

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Imitating toile fabric with five different repeating landscape scenes with figures including a man by his horse, a man riding a horse, a man walking, a man on a horse talking to a woman, and a stag lying beneath a tree. Printed in red on a natural ground.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Becker, Smith & Page, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103529

Accession Number: 2008.6.51

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Bouquet of mixed flowers interlocked with scrolling foliage, vines and swags of flowers. Printed in three greens, two pinks, two purples, red, chartreuse and blue on a textured natural ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: Allen-Higgins Wall Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 103530

Accession Number: 2008.6.52

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Scrolling stylized floral chains. Printed in white and grey on a pink ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: George J. Hunken, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103531

Accession Number: 2008.6.53

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Sprays of flowers with leaves and stems. Printed in three pinks, three lavenders and blue on a natural ground.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Thibaut (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103532

Accession Number: 2008.6.54

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Vertical rows of symmetrical stylized closed flowers with open leaves. Printed in dark green on a green ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Janeway & Carpender (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103533

Accession Number: 2008.6.55

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Bunches of stylized irises interlocked with swags of flowers and tied ribbons. Printed in white and pink on a peach ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103534

Accession Number: 2008.6.56

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Diaper pattern consisting of a framework of rose vines enclosing an urn with a bouquet of roses. Printed in three pinks, three greens, two blues, gold, maroon and grey on a textured white ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Frederick Beck & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103535

Accession Number: 2008.6.57

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Bouquets of stylized flowers and leaves tied together ribbon and swags. Printed in yellow, white and black on a pink ground.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Groult, Andre (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103536

Accession Number: 2008.6.58

Wallpaper Fragment

Unused sample. Rhododendrons interlaced with scrolling ribbons. Printed in two greens, gold and beige on a green ground.

Date: ca. 1899

Maker: Sumner, George Heywood Maunoir (Designer) Jeffrey & Co

GUSN: 103537

Accession Number: 2008.6.59

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Large flocked sprays of flowers, foliage and berries. Printed in three greens, grey and gold on a tan ground.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103538

Accession Number: 2008.6.60

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Large scale floral and leaf pattern on textured paper imitating a textile weave. Printed in two greens, two blues, brown, mauve, crimson, and black on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103539

Accession Number: 2008.6.61

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Stylized scrolling acanthus leaves and apples. Printed in two blues and red on a cream ground.

Date: ca. 1877

Maker: Morris, William (Designer) Morris & Co (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103540

Accession Number: 2008.6.62

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Vertical stripe. Two bands of lines of dots, dashes, bellflowers, zigzags and a diamond pattern with alternating plains of repeating flowers. Printed in green, pink and white on a green ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103541

Accession Number: 2008.6.63

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Repeating interlocking oval pattern with a sprig of ivy in each oval. Printed in white and dark grey on a tan ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103542

Accession Number: 2008.6.64

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Baroque floral, foliage and ribbon pattern. Printed in two greens on a tan ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103543

Accession Number: 2008.6.65

Unused Wallpaper Fragment

Unused sample. Diaper pattern of rectangular frames with canted corners and scroll decoration, each features a landscape scene with either two men at center or a woman and child, frames surrounded by triangular sprays of fruit and flowers, vertical stripe ground. Printed in four greens, two grays, p...

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103544

Accession Number: 2008.6.66

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Scenery figure paper. Delicately rendered vignette showing shepherdess feeding doves while a sheep stand by her side. Scene is set within medallion embellished with scrolled foliage and flowers. Prints in two pinks, yellow, two browns, two greens, blue, grey on light grey ground.

Date: 1900-1916

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103545

Accession Number: 2008.6.67

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Large scale purple iris flowers with scrolling green stems. Printed in three purples, three greens, and yellow on a white ground.

Date: 1880-1950

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103546

Accession Number: 2008.6.68

Unused Wallpaper Sample

Unused sample. Allover pattern of blue flowers with yellow centers and beige leaves. Printed in two blues, two yellows, grey, beige, and white.

Date: 1918-1919

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103547

Accession Number: 2008.6.69

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern of stylized pomegranates and teazles with scrolling foliage. Printed in peach, red and olive on a cream ground.

Date: ca. 1895

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

GUSN: 103548

Accession Number: 2008.6.70

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

Wallpaper fragment on board

Wallpaper fragment on board. Upper portion of board has foliate colonettes rising from a foliate base. Horizontal border of green lattice below. Lower portion of baord un-overpainted dado paint.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 103291

Accession Number: 2005.2.1

Wall fragment with wallpaper

Wall fragment (in three pieces) with board, plaster, and wallpaper removed from the second Harrison Gray Otis House, Boston. Pieces B and C are horsehair plaster with paint (pale yellow on C, white on B) and wallpaper adhering. Wallpaper is a stylized floral medallion printed in gray and yellow on a...

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, fibrous plaster, plaster, horsehair, paint (coating), painting (coating), lath

GUSN: 103292

Accession Number: 2005.2.2A-C

Wallpaper Fragment

"Varnish green" motif with stripes, meanders, and leaves on a blue gray field.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103295

Accession Number: 2005.2.5

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments. A: Greek key border in black, white, and gray on red ground. B: Floral medallions and fleur de lis in white on pale gray ground; C: Small fragment with edge of leaf

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 103296

Accession Number: 2005.2.6A-C

Wall Covering

Fragments of embossed leather paper. Scrolling foliate design with exotic flowers, fruit, bird and dragon. Metallic green, yellow, and orange on bronze ground. Two fragments [.1 and .2] removed from behind wall sconces still retain original colors. Remaining fragments are in various stages of fading...

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: Possibly Scott, G. Gilbert (George Gilbert), 1839-1897 (Designer)

GUSN: 103297

Accession Number: 2005.2.7.1-.27

Wallpaper Fragments

Two wallpaper fragments. Birds on scrolling vine eating red berries. Metallic gold ground. Birds and flowers in pale green, yellow, pink. Back of both papers lined with metallic gold paper. Removed from Bow Room [Dining Room]. Similar design to embossed leather paper, 2005.2.7.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Scott, G. Gilbert (George Gilbert), 1839-1897 (Designer) Watts & Co (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 103298

Accession Number: 2005.2.8AB

Wallpaper fragment

Wallpaper fragment (in two pieces) adhering to horsehair plaster substrate. Wallpaper is a floral and foliate pattern in blue pink, and yellow on a beige ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, plaster, horsehair

GUSN: 103299

Accession Number: 2005.2.9AB

Wallpaper on plaster

Wallpaper fragment (in two pieces) adhering to horesehair plaster substrate. Daisy and other floral pattern in green, red, and yellow on blue ground. Pattern is "Daisy" by William & Morris.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: William & Morris (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers, fibrous plaster, plaster, horsehair

GUSN: 103300

Accession Number: 2005.2.10AB