Historic New England

Wallpaper

Cut sample of scenery wallpaper with views of Mount Vernon, Boston and another city. Printed in blues, greens, white, pink and brown on bluish grey ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177443

Accession Number: 1987.136

Cut sample of pastoral scenic, wallpaper. Boken-line patterned background. Scene shows woman with flowers, alternating with straw hat filled with flowers. Printed in light brown and white on grey ground.

Date: 1945-1950

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

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177444

Accession Number: 1987.364

Wallpaper

Cut sample of floral and scrolled wallpaper. Allover design of flowers and vines surrounded by patterned scrolls. Printed in yellows, pinks, two greys, red, and white on light grey ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177445

Accession Number: 1987.338

Wallpaper

Cut sample of plain textured pink wallpaper.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177446

Accession Number: 1987.347

Wallpaper

Cut sample of floral wallpaper. Pattern of floral bouquets, garlands, and trailing sprigs. pattern. Printed in pinks, red, greens, blue, lavender, and white on yellow ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Jones & Erwin (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177447

Accession Number: 1987.138

Wallpaper

Cut sample of landscape figure wallpaper with white diapered patterning. Scenery stripe alternates with floral stripe. Scene depicting woman churning butter alternates with small, floral bouquet. Printed in yellow, light orange, green, white, and black on beige ground.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177448

Accession Number: 1987.361

Wallpaper

Cut sample of floral vine wallpaper. Design of curving vines with roses and peonies. Printed in white and grey on grey ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177449

Accession Number: 1987.346

Wallpaper

Cut sample of scenic figure wallpaper. Pattern consists of ship at sea alternating with scene of stone house and bridge. Scenes are separated by alternating medallions of roses and tulips. Printed in white, browns, beige and pink on blue ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177450

Accession Number: 1987.355

Wallpaper

Cut sample of floral and ribbon, machine printed wallpaper. White ground with pattern of roses and wheat sheaf. Printing in reds, yellows, green and black. Undulating lace, ribbon prints in grey.

Date: 1925-1945

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177451

Accession Number: 1987.131

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Meandering floral and vine pattern. Prints in mauve, orange, red, brown, green, white on blue ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1985-1990

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177452

Accession Number: 2000.50

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern with scrolled, stylized foliage framing rose. Printed in red, pink, two greens and white on a green ground.

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177453

Accession Number: 2000.554

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Circular medallions, composed of C-scrolls, encircle flowers. Diaper pattern. Printed in pink, two reds, three greens, white, black, liquid mica, two greys on a grey/white ground. Embossed.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177454

Accession Number: 2000.556

Wallpaper

unused sample. PAttern of fruit bunches, strawberries, raspberries, cherries with roosters, chickens and baby chicks. Printed in two greens, gray, black, red and mustard on a green-yellow ground

Date: 1945-1955

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177455

Accession Number: 2000.527

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stripes embellished with roses and foliage alternating with oval medallions, on a pin dot background, framing roses. Printed in red, mauve, pink, two greens, brown and two blues on a grey ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177456

Accession Number: 2000.545

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wide stripes with scalloped edges, oval medallions and three-leaf clovers alternate with narrow stripes with stylized foliage. Printed in silver, pink and white on a pink ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177457

Accession Number: 2000.549

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wide stripes with scalloped edges, oval medallions, three-leaf clovers alternate with narrow stripes with stylized foliage. Printed in silver, white and blue on a grey ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177458

Accession Number: 2000.548

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All over flowers connected by meandering lines. Printed in white and red on a grey ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177459

Accession Number: 2000.550

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating circular medallions, composed of flowers and framed by elaborate acanthus leaves and scrolls. Printed in pink, red, mauve, two greys, white, cream on a light taupe ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177460

Accession Number: 2000.552

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Repeating swirled foliage with a single flower. Printed in blue, two pinks and green on a blue ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177461

Accession Number: 2000.555

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern with 4-lobed flowers in each losenge that are framed by lines with ribbon meander. Printed in mauve, gold, white, blue-grey on a light grey ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177462

Accession Number: 2000.560

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral paper with entwining foliated C-scrolls. Printed in pale green, grey, grey-green on a ribbed, mica ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177463

Accession Number: 2000.564

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern with 4-lobed flowers in each losenge that are framed by lines with ribbon meander. Printed in cream, white, purple/mauve, and gold on a light grey ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177464

Accession Number: 2000.561

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Chinoiserie style with Rococo cartouches made of C-scrolls, framing Asian figures and exotic birds, surrounded by fret work. Printed in two greys, white, two greens, blue, yellow, black and gold on a red ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: United Wallpapers, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177465

Accession Number: 2000.547

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Overall foliage with oak leaves. Tan on white ground. Maybe a cieling paper?

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177063

Accession Number: 1969.578.7

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Tile patterned paper with alternating motifs of floral medallions and counterchange (swastika) with flower. Printed in brown, light brown, black and gold.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177064

Accession Number: 1969.578.9

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Border. Wild roses and foliage above and overlapping a horizontal geometric stripe. (note, 2 strips attached) Two reds, three greens, brown on a light green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177065

Accession Number: 1969.578.10B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Oversized flowers and leafage with a pole-and-rail fence. Printed in purple, yellow, pink, dark green, black on a mustard ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177066

Accession Number: 1969.578.11B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Overall floral. Yellow, red, black printed on an olive ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177067

Accession Number: 1969.578.12

Wallpaper

Fragment. Overall floral with roses, daisies, scrolling foliage. Red, blue, white on tan ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: J.J.L. & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177068

Accession Number: 1969.578.13

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Geometric pattern with simple interlacing at the join of each section, and stylized foliage. Printed in two greens, orange on a black ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177069

Accession Number: 1969.784a-c

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Frieze paper. Imitation brocade. Acanthus scrolls with blue floral terminals and roses in an urn bordered by floral garlands on a pin-dot field. Printed in blue, green, red, orange and yellow on ivory ground.

Date: 1902-1910

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177070

Accession Number: 1969.790A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Large climbing roses in two pinks, green and metallic gold with blue hydrangeas on beige and grey striated ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: G.W.P. Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177071

Accession Number: 1969.798A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Arts and crafts stylized floral - waterlily. Printed in green, olive, two browns and yellow on a striated field printed in light olive and khaki.

Date: 1895-1910

Maker: Cresswell & Washburn (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177072

Accession Number: 1969.577.4A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rows of medallions enframing floral sprigs and alternating vertically with vignettes of Colonial Williamsburg: couple promenading around a pond and men lawn bowling. Printed in blue, two greens, red, rust, tan and white on beige ground.

Date: 1934-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177073

Accession Number: 1969.790B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Persian stylized foliate elements embellished with beading and scrolls. Printed in matte khaki, green, ochre and pink contrasting with metallic blue, pink, copper and gold. Printed on grey matte ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: Cresswell & Washburn (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177074

Accession Number: 1969.577.1

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Green moire stripe. Dark green horizontal stripes with moire pattern in green liquid mica on green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1900-1910

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

GUSN: 177075

Accession Number: 1969.792A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover floral boughs imposed over white liquid mica undulating stripes. Printed in light olive, yellow, pink, blue and gold on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: F. E. James Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177076

Accession Number: 1969.577.8A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover floral boughs over white liquid mica undulating stripes. Printed in light olive, yellow, pink, blue and metallic gold on beige ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: F. E. James Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177077

Accession Number: 1969.796A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper border. Stylized flowers and medallion bordered by horizontal border of geometric elements and rows of quatrefoils. Printed in green, pink, blue and metallic gold and red on a beige ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: W.N. Peak (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177078

Accession Number: 1969.799

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pattern consists of an allover, Anglo-Japanese framework with stylized flowers, concentric circles and rosettes. Printed in a goldish green, brown, red on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177079

Accession Number: 1969.577.10A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover, large-scale, stylized foliate with small delicate leaves and larger lobed forms radiating outward from stems. Printed in olive, green, pink, maroon and white and gold liquid mica on peach ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Janeway & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177080

Accession Number: 1969.577.9

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Floral stripe. Allover floral boughs on a field of white liquid mica undulating stripes and bordered by continuous sprig stripes. Printed in yellow, ochre, pink, tan and white. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: F. E. James Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177081

Accession Number: 1969.797

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral stripe. Allover, floral boughs on a field of white liquid mica undulating stripes. Printed in yellow, ochre, tan, white, pink and metallic gold on beige ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: F. E. James Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177082

Accession Number: 1969.577.16

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

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