Flowers, stylized leaves, strings of beads in the background. Medallions with bouquets in foreground. Red, peach, pink, brown, metallic, white on a light brown ground.
Date: 1890-1910
Maker: unknown
GUSN: 178612
Accession Number: 1985.764
Fragment. Section of landscape figures. Lovers in medieval dress before a priest. Appears to be marriage scene. Possibly Romeo, Juliet and Fra Laurence.
Date: 1810-1820
GUSN: 178613
Accession Number: 1955.224
Unused sample. Gothic octagonal tower ornamented with scrolls and flanked by pater stripe. Printed in brown, blue and white on a beige ground.
Date: 1840-1850
GUSN: 178614
Accession Number: 1955.225A
Unused wallpaper sample. Vertical gothic column in the center with lancets, trefoils, acroteria and acanthus leaves that spring out from the seeds. Willowy sprigs frame the column. Honeycomb pattern in the background. Vertical column of rosettes and openwork form side stripes. Brown, blue and white ...
Date: 1845-1855
GUSN: 178615
Accession Number: 1955.225
Geometric pattern with vertical and horizontal stripes, dots and meandering, serpentine lines. Printed in two blues and white on an ochre ground.
Date: 1815-1822
GUSN: 178927
Accession Number: 1965.171
Wallpaper bookcover with allover, small-scale snow flakes surrounded by connected S-curves, both in dark blue on a bright blue ground.
Date: 1815-1830
GUSN: 178928
Accession Number: 1966.70
Small, wooden box covered in wallpaper. Paper design is simple, curved lines printed in black and white on an ungrounded paper.
Date: 1805-1809
GUSN: 178929
Accession Number: 1967.132
Small prayer book covered with a green, plain wallpaper printed with the stamp of Thomas Ford, Boston. Printed in black on a green ground.
Date: 1807-1818
GUSN: 178930
Accession Number: 1968.181
Wooden box with hinged lid covered in paper. Geometric patterned borders with repeating triangles in a horizontal line and embellished with pindots, chevrons, flowers, and floral vines. Blockprinted in red, black and white on a green ground.
Date: 1790-1791
GUSN: 178931
Accession Number: 1971.370
Wallpaper fragment. Black floral stripe alternating with vertical row of zig-zag beading separating green diamonds with stylized leaves. Printed on grey ground.
Date: 1760-1780
GUSN: 178932
Accession Number: 1966.194
Fragments. Spiral cones with black flowers and leaves sprouting from centers. Printed in black and white on blue ground. Straight repeat.
Date: 1800-1810
GUSN: 178933
Accession Number: 1952.447
Fragments. All over repeated losenges reverse printed in white forming floral sprigs in yellow, orange and red with green leaves.
Date: 1870-1880
GUSN: 178934
Accession Number: 1952.449
Fragment. Diamond or lattice pattern in green, black and white framing floral element on grey ground.
Date: 1800-1820
GUSN: 178935
Accession Number: 1934.797.2
Fragment. Small-scale lattice in green and black on grey ground. (maybe border?)
GUSN: 178936
Accession Number: 1934.797.1
Wallpaper fragment. Large-scale organic foliate forms in white and outlined in small red dots on a blue field.
GUSN: 178937
Accession Number: 1985.677
Wallpaper fragments. Early reproduction of the "Diana" wallpaper. Classical figures before a statue of Diana within oval frames and ornamented with draperies, hanging cords, tassels and floral swags. Printed in three blues on grey ground.
Date: 1915-1950
Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 178938
Accession Number: 1985.675
Fragments (3). Rococo Revival landscape figure. Girl with lamb feeding birds framed by C-scrolls, roses and fruit tree boughs. Printed in two greens, brown, tan, two pinks, and blue on a grey ground.
Date: 1890-1900
GUSN: 178939
Accession Number: 1985.676A-C
Wallpaper fragments. Renaissance Revival strapwork in brown, black, blue and white on tan polished ground.
Date: 1850-1860
GUSN: 178944
Accession Number: 1966.2135A-D
Fragment. Rococo floral paper with grey scrolls accented with maroon and embellished with three blue flowers and foliage in two greens. Printed on polished white ground.
GUSN: 178945
Accession Number: 1966.2134
Wallpaper border fragment. Green ribbon entwined around tan and brown cabling on olive green flock.
Date: 1850-1870
GUSN: 178946
Accession Number: 1987.147B
Fragment. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by small connected ivy leaves outlined in ochre on white ground. Straight repeat.
Date: 1860-1870
GUSN: 178947
Accession Number: 1987.147
Wallpaper fragment. Landscape figure of a woman kneeling beside an urn and bouquets of flowers. Printed in black, white, pink and blue on a yellow/ochre ground. Drop match.
Date: 1815-1825
GUSN: 178948
Accession Number: 1922.423
Fragment. All over shell and palmette medallion framed by foliate elements. Printed in indigo blue on pink ground.
Date: 1835-1840
GUSN: 178949
Accession Number: 1923.241
Fragment. Medium sized all over blue floral on ungrounded paper with pink stripe. Paper is joined improperly at selvedge.
Date: 1825-1830
GUSN: 178950
Accession Number: 1923.247
Fragment. Tile pattern in blue and white of alternating square and circular designs. Circular medallion has floral center with radiating stylized foliage bordered by open basket weave, square tile has centered flower with radiating foliate forms bordered by geometric, eliptical elements.
GUSN: 178951
Accession Number: 1923.248
Fragment. Border. Undulating acanthus leaves in yellow, ochre and brown entwined with white and gray and three green flowers on an olive flocked ground.
Date: 1820-1830
GUSN: 178952
Accession Number: 1922.945
Unused sample. Diaper pattern formed by black dotted lines with red and black stars at the intersections and framing reverse printed ivory centers. On unground paper. Straight match.
Date: 1865-1875
Material: paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 178953
Accession Number: 1929.980A
Fragment. Grey Greek key stripe alternating with vertical row of small scale floral vine printed in grey, tan, olive and green. Straight repeat.
GUSN: 178954
Accession Number: 1929.981
Two unused fragments of wallpaper. Striped, embossed, gilt design of grape or berry clusters alternating with floral sprig sprouting from a heart-shaped element. Gilt on grey ground.
GUSN: 178955
Accession Number: 1929.982AB
Fragment of roller printed, striped paper. There are landscape vignettes in Rococo cartouches with swags of vines connecting each one. Printed in silver and gold mica, grey, three greens, pale blue and reddish brown on a cream ground.
Date: 1900-1910
GUSN: 178956
Accession Number: 1966.441
Fragment. All over foliate and vine reverse printed on a green field with black pin dots on a white ground.
Date: 1800-1815
GUSN: 178957
Accession Number: 1924.609
Fragment. Cone and leaf border printed in black and orange on a green ground.
Date: 1790-1810
Material: paper (fiber product), ink
GUSN: 178958
Accession Number: 1924.610
Border fragment of continuous vine with white and grey roses printed in 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. Attached to wallpaper fragment 1965.12.2D
GUSN: 178959
Accession Number: 1965.12.2C
Wallpaper fragment. Cherry tree branches with leaves and blossoms. Printed in aqua, two pinks, two greens, grey, two blues, two tans and black on white ground. Attached to border 1965.12.2C
GUSN: 178960
Accession Number: 1965.12.2D
Fragments. Geometric design. Checked squares alternating with squares framing four anthemia. Printed in red on yellow ground.
Date: 1820-1825
Maker: Grant, Charles (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 178961
Accession Number: 1965.11B
Fragments. Striped paper composed of band of dots alternating with small repeating scrolls with foliate terminals. Printed in white on yellow ground.
GUSN: 178962
Accession Number: 1965.10B
Fragments. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by intersecting ribbons of lace and filled with a pattern on 'X's and dots. Printed in red and white on brown (originally yellow?).
GUSN: 178963
Accession Number: 1965.10C
Fragment. Green stylized sprigs alternating with white floral medallions on buff ground.
GUSN: 178964
Accession Number: 1965.10A
Wallpaper fragment. Allover, small-scale, formal floral design in brown, olive and blue on a tan ground.
Date: 1880-1890
GUSN: 178965
Accession Number: 1980.237.2
Wallpaper fragment. Allover pattern of trailing floral vine with tendrils and scrolls alternating with floral medallions draped by beaded garland.
GUSN: 178966
Accession Number: 1980.237.3
Wallpaper fragment. Narrow, two blues stripe on a wider beige stripe which alternates with a stripe of white, horizontal pin stripes. Straight match.
GUSN: 178967
Accession Number: 1980.237.1
Fragment. Small-scale diaper pattern. Raised coffer-like design in tan and white enclosing dark green field.
Date: 1855-1865
GUSN: 178968
Accession Number: 1971.47
Fragments. Overall pattern not discernable. Raised design on black, textured ground.
GUSN: 178969
Accession Number: 1980.238
Fragment. Grid of provencals in maroon and white with patera centers and white solid circles at the corners. Printed on unground paper.
Date: 1880-1900
GUSN: 178970
Accession Number: 1971.46
Wallpaper fragments. Small-scale purple flower with grisaille leaves framed by ogees edged on rootlets and reverse printed floral wreaths. Printed on polished white ground.
GUSN: 178972
Accession Number: 1971.152
Fragment. Neat vine and stripe. Continuous vertical stripe of foliate ellipses framing wheat. Printed in white on cinnamon ground.
Date: 1796-1815
GUSN: 178973
Accession Number: 1976.405
Fragment. Large-scale Renaissance strapwork entwined and pierced by a foliate vine. Printed in grey on a field of green and maroon on a polished white ground. Straight match.
Date: 1855-1860
GUSN: 178974
Accession Number: 1987.7
Unused wallpaper sample. Flowers in two blues printed over field of two gray flowers (roses) and leaves. Printed on unground paper.
GUSN: 178975
Accession Number: 1987.3
Sample. Pattern consists of the interior of a building highlighting its architecture. Probably Indian or Egyptian in style with pointed arches, peapod ornament, columns with lotus leaves. Printed in green, brown and white on an unground.
GUSN: 178976
Accession Number: 1987.16A-D
Fragment. Allover C-scrolls and flowers in brown and two greys, accented by two rose blossoms in two pinks, crimson and brown and outlined by radiating pin dots. Straight match.
GUSN: 178977
Accession Number: 1987.6