Historic New England

Wallpaper

Three fragments. Representation of a seaport town, Gallipoli, of European Turkey; armed men are marching; you see the water and the picturesque harbor and Turkish soldiers in boats. Two browns, red, white and cobalt blue on a sky blue ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178657

Accession Number: 1965.143A-C

Wallpaper

Border fragment. Roses and winding vine printed in blue, green, pink and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178658

Accession Number: 1965.12.1B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Floral sprays in blue and pink on a blue ground with pin dots.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178659

Accession Number: 1965.12.1A

Wallpaper

Cherry tree branches with leaves and blossoms. Printed in aqua, two pinks, two greens, grey, two blues, two tans and black on white ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178660

Accession Number: 1965.12.2A

Wallpaper

Floral border printed in three pinks, four greens, and blue with brown flock overprinted with two greens. The border is trimmed along the outlines of the flowers at the lower edge.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178661

Accession Number: 1965.12.2B

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of flowers and leaves. Printed in taupe, blue, pink, brown and outlined in metallic silver. Overprinted with grey, dashed, vertical lines to create the appearance of woven tapestry. Straight match.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178662

Accession Number: 1985.797

Wallpaper

This made-to-match wallpaper border continues the C-scrolls, gnarled twigs and scrolling foliage of the sidewall. An added motif is the lattice work or diaper pattern. Printed in two beiges, brown, white and green on an off-white, satin ground.

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178663

Accession Number: 1973.111B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with attached border. Pattern of vertical panels printed with alternating scenes featuring bucolic views of a thatched cotttage and swimming swans. Between repeating vignettes are stripes of gnarled twigs. Printed in two beiges, brown, white, and green on off-white ground.

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178664

Accession Number: 1973.111A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripes with small blue 'x's framed by diaper pattern and alternating with stripes of stylized eliptical vine enclosing leaf. Blue flower at intersection on unground paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178668

Accession Number: 1965.174C

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over blue floral sprig within stylized maple leaf (now faded). Pattern printed in diagonal grid on light blue ground. Straight repeat. Attached border, see 1965.174BB.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178669

Accession Number: 1965.174B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Three-dimensional, chained block. Printed in black and white on an olive ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178670

Accession Number: 1965.174A

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over stylized foliate design. Outlined in red dots with pronounced white ribs. Ground field is filled with meandering abstract forms. All on unground paper.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178671

Accession Number: 1965.174D

Wallpaper

Fragment. Three-dimensional block with white chained lines at right angles on black and blue faces; third face has orange pin-stripes. Printed on white ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178672

Accession Number: 1965.174BB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Vertical repeat of stylized floral medallion separated by symmetrically arranged rinceau. Printed in yellow and white on a dark blue ground.

Date: 1813-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper

GUSN: 178673

Accession Number: 1965.173.1A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Appears to be an allover foliate pattern. Leaves may radiate from central floral element. Printed in green on beige ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178674

Accession Number: 1988.47

Wallpaper

Fragment. Continuous band of roses in two pinks, red and maroon with two green foliage on a black field against a yellow and orange striped background.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178675

Accession Number: 1988.48

Wallpaper

Fragment. Medallion paper with vignettes of sheep and architectural element and ostrich and gazebo or aviary. Printed in two blues, green and white on light blue ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178676

Accession Number: 1988.49

Wallpaper

Fragment. Cone and leaf border. Pine cone alternating with berried leaf form. Printed in black and orange on bright green ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178677

Accession Number: 1988.50

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern. Scalloped diamond suspended by chains and enclosing a flowering vine. Pritned in brown and white on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178678

Accession Number: 1988.46

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Art Nouveau floral (irises?), roller printed copy of "The Thelma" by R. Hamilton. Printed in mauve, maroon, two greens and olive on a tan ground with maroon striation to imitate cloth.

Date: 1905-1910

Maker: After Hamilton, R. (Artist, Designer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 178679

Accession Number: 1986.1091

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment, pillar and arch pattern. Tempietto-type domed architecture with classically draped figure. Printed in black, white and brown on blue ground.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178680

Accession Number: 1967.28

Wallpaper

Fragment. Overlapping, hanging vines of flowers (roses?) framed by horizontal lines and a vertical column of flowers on the vine. Printed in coral, brown, two greens on a white ground. On glazed paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178682

Accession Number: 1971.1009

Wallpaper

Cut sample of Art Neuveau paper. Dark green, irregular net over light green and metallic gold flecked, stylized floral pattern. Straight match.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178683

Accession Number: 1971.150

Wallpaper

Fragment. Foliate pattern with oak leaves and floral sprigs. Printed in brown on a tan ground. Duxbury, Massachusetts.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178684

Accession Number: 1971.1008.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Woodgrain stripes bordered by narrow brown stripes, narrow tighter grained woodgrain stripe and tan stripe. Printed in two browns, tan and red. Straight match.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178997

Accession Number: 1968.71.8

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Woodgrain paper. Wide, alternating stripes of imitation bird's-eye maple and pine planking. Printed in brown, tan and red on beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178998

Accession Number: 1968.71.9

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Stripe. Ivy leaves with red flower elements alternating with stripe of possibly a moire pattern in white on pale yellow ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178999

Accession Number: 1968.71.14B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Pieces too small to determine design, but it is probably a mid-sized floral medallion. Printed in green and white on unground paper.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179000

Accession Number: 1968.71.14C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Continuous berried and flowered vine in green and red and bordered by strapwork stripe in tan on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179001

Accession Number: 1968.71.14A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover floral design of daisy-like flower heads in red, pink and blue surrounded by dense field of foliage printed in green, red and blue-grey on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179002

Accession Number: 1968.72.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. Floral trail of orchid-like flowers printed in light blue, pink and red with a green and yellow striped stamen, all outlined in black. Printed on a beige polished ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179003

Accession Number: 1968.72.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Ashlar block pattern of imitation granite. Hexagon or octagon blocks divided into organic / irreglualrly shaped areas and printed freehand with black and white speckles on grey ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179004

Accession Number: 1968.72.4

Wallpaper

Fragments. Appears to be allover design of loosely arranged flowers and scrolls in grey and black on a light grey ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179005

Accession Number: 1968.72.1

Wallpaper

Fragments. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by reverse printed lines revealing unground paper and enclosing centered diamonds with floral elements on a white field.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179006

Accession Number: 1971.178.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. Foliate stripe. Green and white stripes with meandering foliate vine reverse printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179007

Accession Number: 1971.178.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern. Quatrefoil (flower) within segmented diamond marked with parallel diagonal lines. Printed in brown and white on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179008

Accession Number: 1968.71.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Alternating green and white moire stripes bordered by honeycomb pattern and stylized leaf motif and berries. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179009

Accession Number: 1968.71.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments fashioned into a collage affixed to colored paper and paperboard. Arts and crafts style papers. Roses with a figure 8 stem. Stripes of linear elements, squares and dots. Geometric shapes with hard edges juxtaposed with curved forms. Printed in two greens, pink red and white on a...

Date: 1905-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179010

Accession Number: 1976.3

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Reform style, stripe pattern. Stylized floral bouquet in between stripes. Along and on the stripes are chevrons and decorative patterning and stylized leaf ornaments. Printed in metallic gold, tan, brown and teal on a grey ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179011

Accession Number: 1922.709

Wallpaper

Unused sample of three uncut borders. Floral pattern of roses and daisies in a scalloped framework. Printed in two browns, cream, tan, three greens and burgundy on a polished white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179012

Accession Number: 1918.896

Wallpaper

Fragment. The border design is a very simple drapery paper with tassels in between each drapery swag. Black painted on a yellow-beige ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179013

Accession Number: 1986.1080

Wallpaper

Possibly part of a landscape figure paper. Stripe pattern with a meandering vine and a stripe of horizontal, elliptical dots. Printed in dark green and white on a pink ground.

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179014

Accession Number: 1986.1081ab

Wallpaper

Fragment. Scenery paper with a cartouche framing some type of maritime scene with a body of water, ship and tower (in the background) and a rainbow sky. Printed in two blues, two pinks, red, green, grey and brown on a white polished ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179015

Accession Number: 1927.373

Wallpaper

Four fragments. Vignettes of Rococo figures framed by flowers and scrolls and foliage. Printed in pink, red, yellow, brown, two greens and blue on grey ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179016

Accession Number: 1952.470A-D

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of gilt stripe wallpaper. Pattern consists of rosebud and leaf edged with plum sprigs set in interlocking lacy ovals. Printed in gold leaf on grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179018

Accession Number: 1985.41

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment. Overall pattern of leaves. Printed in beige, tan and blue on off-white ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179019

Accession Number: 1924.566

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment. Overall pattern of leaves. Printed in green, red and beige on light grey ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179020

Accession Number: 1924.563

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragments. Delicate floral bouquet and stylized fleur-de-lis medallion pattern. Printed in green, white and grey on a grey polished ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179021

Accession Number: 1924.660

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with attached border. Paper (A) has pattern of alternating blue and white diamonds with opposite color quatrefoil flower in the center of each. White pinstripe background. Printed in blue and white on ungrounded paper. Top edge of paper is decorated with a blue ingrain border ...

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179022

Accession Number: 1924.561AB

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment of border with bellflower motif. Printed in two greens, black, brown, tan, metallic gold on beige ground.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179024

Accession Number: 1924.567.2

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