Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover design of pink roses (?) and blue and yellow flowers on a beige ground with brown pin dots.

Date: 1925-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178791

Accession Number: 1997.101A-F

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover, metallic gold, rococo scrolls framing rose bouquets. Printed in peach, tan and green on an ivory ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178792

Accession Number: 1997.103A-H

Wallpaper

Fragments. Liquid mica scrolls outlined in metallic gold and entwined with a vine with yellow daisies.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178793

Accession Number: 1997.104A-H

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Allover design of scrolling foliage and flowers printed in liquid mica, olive green, maroon and ochre on a pale yellow ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178794

Accession Number: 1997.97

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Allover floral design in ochre and orange on a light yellow ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178795

Accession Number: 1997.99

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover foliage in olive green and red on a pale green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178796

Accession Number: 1997.105A-C

Wallpaper

Garden Scene with birds, statue of Apollo, bridge and domed pavillion. Black and white printed on a grey ground.

Date: 1786-1800

Maker: Appleton Prentiss (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178797

Accession Number: 1919.597

Wallpaper fragment. Pillar and arch design. Full repeat shows two columns with shields and flags supporting a gothic arch which frames three figures in classical dress beneath a canopy. Printed in black and white on a blue ground.

Date: 1786-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178798

Accession Number: 1998.6374

Wallpaper

Vertical stripe with metallic and embossed neoclassical arabesques and bouquets. Black, mauve, white, purple, yellow, metallic gold on a tan ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178800

Accession Number: 1971.186

Wallpaper

Meandering ribbon-like form with foliage. Green, white, ochre on a grey ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178801

Accession Number: 1916.323

Wallpaper

Fragment mounted on fabric netting. Blue sky with clouds. The dark blue has been handpainted. White and gray printed on a light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178802

Accession Number: 1919.351

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wide, alternating pink and yellow stripes over which is printed by white floral meander.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178803

Accession Number: 1973.115.2

Wallpaper Border

Border fragment. Interwoven delicate floral vines edged by a row, top and bottom, of egg and dart pattern. Orange, black and varnish green printed on a light blue ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178804

Accession Number: 1973.115.1B

Wallpaper

Large, stylized floral pattern. Red and white printed on a grey ground.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178805

Accession Number: 1973.115.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Stylized scrolling foliate elements with iris-like flower forms. Printed in yellow, pink and brown on a beige ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178806

Accession Number: 1972.185

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with a grid pattern formed by foliate vertical divides and feathered horizontal divides. Within the squares are a variety of motifs including a floral wreath (or ring) with an arrow through the center, grapes, cherries, lillies, an urn, and an open box. Printed in gray, pink, oliv...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178807

Accession Number: 1972.186

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Hand blocked trailing vine with tendrils and cone shapes sprouting single leaf. Printed in red, blue and black on pale blue ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178808

Accession Number: 1972.24A

Wallpaper border

Wallpepr border fragment attached to 1972.24A. Floral design with two white flowers (roses?) alternating with cluster of orange/red blossoms with blue foliage. Printed on blue-gray ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178809

Accession Number: 1972.24B

Wallpaper

Scrolling foliage, pin dots. Colors are hard to decipher due to excessive discoloration. White on a brown ground?

Date: 1850-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178810

Accession Number: 1980.205E

Wallpaper

Colonial house within foliated medallion.

Date: 1935-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178811

Accession Number: 1980.205B

Wallpaper

Foliated stripe pattern. White, peach, tan on an ash grey ground. Layer underneath is included in 1980.205A

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178812

Accession Number: 1980.205C

Wallpaper

A composite fragment of about four different papers. Outermost layer depicts a colonial house within a foliated medallion. Two shades of green, black, red, beige, brown, white, pink and blue on a beige ground.

Date: 1935-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178813

Accession Number: 1980.205D

Wallpaper

A composite of about four layers. Two of the layers are seen in 1980.205C.

Date: Twentieth Century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178814

Accession Number: 1980.205A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped paper. Continuous sprouting pink and tan flowers with delicate stem and leaves bordered by white geometric stripe and alternating with repeated flowering plant in an urn on a dotted field. All printed on mustard ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178815

Accession Number: 1982.276A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Foliate platerwork. Rosettes alternating with bifurcated husk and foliate element with rosette in center. Bordered horizontally by tongue moulding. Printed in brown, tan, white and black on a green field.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178816

Accession Number: 1982.276B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized flowers and foliage, scrolls, linear framework. Printed in orange, white and brown on a grey ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178817

Accession Number: 1982.277.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Chevrons with abstract flowers and pin dots. Printed in white, green on a light blue ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178818

Accession Number: 1982.277.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern with circular reserves and scattered floral bunches. Printed in two blues, yellow, two olives, pink, red, black on a light olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178819

Accession Number: 1982.277.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripes. Repeated Neo-grec, stylized palmette forms in ochre and metallic gold on a green field and bordered by delicate reverse printed vine alternating with plain stripes. Straight repeat.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178820

Accession Number: 1971.174.4A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover widely spaced flower blossoms with stylized linear tendrils printed in white, blue, yellow, tan, pink and metallic gold.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178821

Accession Number: 1971.174.6A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Horizontally mounted striped paper with foliate vine. Probably hung vertically. Printed in brown, black, taupe, tan and white. Straight repeat.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178822

Accession Number: 1971.174.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Broad vertical bands with floral and grapevines alternating with narrow stripes of repeated hanging pendant. Printed in grey, beige and metallic gold on pink ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178823

Accession Number: 1971.174.3A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pieces too small to determine design. Possibly Rococo scrolls. Bottom edge is cut along pattern to create scallops. Straight repeat.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178824

Accession Number: 1971.174.3B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Spiral (possibly terminal of a scroll) printed in brown, tan, ochre and metallic gold on black flock.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178825

Accession Number: 1971.174.4B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Anglo-Japanese allover repeat of flowers and geometric patterns. Printed in olive, tan, ochre and peach?, on a beige, burlap-textured ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178826

Accession Number: 1971.174.5A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover, tossed leaf pattern. Edged with rod or column and floral garlands. Prints in white, dark grey, orange, red, green, yellow on light grey ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer) Messrs. Henry Virchaux & Co.

GUSN: 179288

Accession Number: 1995.565

Wallpaper

Unused sample of border. Classical design of lyre flanked by two swan-like creatures, surrounded by garlands of leaf and beads connected by rosettes and Princes of Wales(?) feathers. Prints in two browns, beige, grey, yellow, on green ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Schumacher (Manufacturer) Messrs. Henry Virchaux & Co.

GUSN: 179289

Accession Number: 1995.560

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Two alternating scenes of a village in a rectangular framework and separated by four-lobed, interlaced ornament. Printed in three greys, white and green on a grey ground.

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179290

Accession Number: 1922.494A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper pattern consists of a repeating motif of an architectural structure with a fountain atop. Structure is framed by a floral spray which is gathered with a bow knot and embellished with a tassel. Printed in white on a grey ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179291

Accession Number: 1985.674

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scenery figure pattern with alternating scenes of bridges, water, sailboats, buildings. Scenes are framed by Rococo style cartouche with C-scrolls and foliage. In the background is an imitation marble pattern between the cartouches. Printed in three browns, blue, pink, white, gre...

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 179292

Accession Number: 1984.498AB

Wallpaper

Striped pattern with roses in the narrow stripe and columns of pindot flowers and horizontal pinstripes in the wide area. Paper is very faded. Printed in white and olive on a faded pink ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179293

Accession Number: 1973.107

Wallpaper

Fifteen panels of Pillar and Arch pattern wallpaper. Columns with Corinthian capitals supporting an arch, which in turn supports a bust and is draped by garlands. Ashlar pattern framing arch. Printed in black and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179294

Accession Number: 1926.960.1.1-.15

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragments Continuous pattern of stylized leaves under small arches. Top band of beading. Printed in brown, white, black on a grey ground..

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179295

Accession Number: 1926.960.2

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border. Narrow floral ribbon design. Printed in bright green, pink, white, blue, yellow and varnish green on a light blue ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179296

Accession Number: 1922.426B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Arabesque panel featuring a mythological theme, including two satyr heads spouting spiraling vines, a diamond shaped losenge with Leda and the Swan and a baccante in a mandorla. The design also includes two winged nymphs with a large wine cup and rectangular panel filled with flo...

Date: 1790-1795

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 179297

Accession Number: 1922.426A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. All over scrolling leaf and vine design with berries, and a variety of diaper patterns within the leaves and pin stripes. Printed in two whites, metal dust and rust flock on a white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179298

Accession Number: 1972.117

Wallpaper

Panel from Zuber's "Vues D'Amerique Du Nord" or "Views of North America." Views of various sites of the United States: Bay of New York; Boston Harbor; Niagara Falls; the Natural Bridge in Virginia. This scene depicts spectators on foot and horseback observing the solidiers of West Point. Printed in ...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179299

Accession Number: 1996.76

"Décor Chinois" Wallpaper

Thirty-one fragments of chinoiserie-style wall panels. Naturalistic depiction of flowers, foliage, blooming branches and butterflies. The inspiration for these panels came from 18th-century, handpainted, Chinese wallpapers. Printed in over twenty colors on a white ground.

Date: 1856-1867

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Ehrmann, Eugene (Designer) Zipelius, Hermann (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179300

Accession Number: 1929.1854.2

"Les Jardins Francais" Wallpaper

A fragment of the first panel of Zuber's "Les Jardins Francais." The panel features a statue of a putto on the back of a lion, on a pedestal at the end of a bridge. Lots of trees surround the statue. Printed in two blues, two greys, five greens, and two pinks.

Date: 1822-1836

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Mongin, Antoine-Pierre

GUSN: 179301

Accession Number: 1929.1854.1

"Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso"

French scenic wallpaper "Les Paysages de Télémaque dans l'île de Calypso". Twenty seven panels depict scenes from the story "Les Aventures de Télémaque," written by François Fénelon in 1699. Block-printed in eighty-five colors with 2,027 woodblocks. Printed in four greens, two browns, two pinks, two...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: Dufour, Joseph (Manufacturer) Mader, Xavier (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 179302

Accession Number: 1973.101

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