Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of tropical foliage and exotic flowers. Printed in tan, two browns, metallic gold, copper, blue, pink, salmon, rust, maroon, on an olive green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175970

Accession Number: 1985.26.412

Wallpaper

All over design of stylized flowers and striated foliate scrolls symmetrically arranged on a metallic gold field. Printed in taupe and grey on a beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175971

Accession Number: 1985.26.25

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Bouquet of stylized flowers in an urn framed by scrolling foliage and draped with beaded swags. Printed in pink, mauve, and metallic copper on a pale peach embossed ground. Drop match.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175972

Accession Number: 1985.26.281

Wallpaper

Allover floral design of stylized roses, small blossoms, and berries. Printed in tan, taupe, and grey on a field of metallic gold, horizontal dashes and a beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175973

Accession Number: 1985.26.36

Unused sample. Large scale entwined scrolls with acanthus leaves on a field of foliate garlands. Printed in metallic gold, tan, dark brown, metallic brass, and taupe on a beige embossed field. Drop match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Janeway & Carpender (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175974

Accession Number: 1985.26.259

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Two borders. Scrolling foliage with stylized flowers and a heart shape. Top band of stylized foliage. Printed in blue, orange/brown and gold on a light blue ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175975

Accession Number: 1985.26.311

Wallpaper

Wide stripes of metallic gold chrysanthemums alternating with two rows of turquoise meander. Printed on a salmon ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175976

Accession Number: 1985.26.29

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Two wallpaper borders of Gothic inspired quatrefoils framed by two interlocking quatrefoils. Top and bottom band of flowers. Printed in grey, eyllow, red and brown on a dark ochre ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175977

Accession Number: 1985.26.318

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Art Nouveau style paper with large tulips and massive scrolling leaves. Printed in yellow, three greens, three yellows, brown and mica on a deep garnet ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Thibaut (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175978

Accession Number: 1985.26.113

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Scrolling and stylized foliage; medieval and/or Rennaissance inspired. Imitates cut velvent. Printed in burgundy on a mauve liquid mica ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175979

Accession Number: 1985.26.313

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Sprays of stylized flowers surrounded by plumes, foliated C-scrolls and fan shapes. Printed in maroon, mauve, yellow, ochre, white and metallic gold on an embossed, pale green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175980

Accession Number: 1985.26.440

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All over meandering floral vine. Printed in rust, gold, olive, black, beige on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175981

Accession Number: 1985.26.238

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Central motif consists of peony and smaller flower trails in vase surrounded by delicate arabesques intertwining with ribbons. Prints in 3 browns, gray, yellows, white, on light-green ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175982

Accession Number: 1985.26.327

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample. Vertically repeating vignette of a crane in a marsh with flowering bough framed by bamboo poles and alternating with stripe of berried vine and butterflies flanked by basket weave panels. Printed in two pinks, red, green, olive green, yellow, tan, brown, and taupe on a light blue, ...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175983

Accession Number: 1985.26.40

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation tapestry paper. Central motif consists of scrolled foliage and dogwood branches surrounding urn with chrysanthemums and grapes. Printed in two browns, two greens, blue, black, pink, red, and white on olive ground. Over printed with diamond pattern in black.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175984

Accession Number: 1985.26.332

Wallpaper

Stylized flowers with grass and pam leaves. Printed in metallic blue, pink, and gold, tan, brown, maroon, and salmon on an ochre ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175985

Accession Number: 1985.26.225

Wallpaper

Tan and grey chrysanthemum flower heads on a field of tan dots and a cream ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175986

Accession Number: 1985.26.30

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Interlace formed by thorny stems with pink blossoms enclosing peach colored peonies. Printed in peach, salmon, pink, pale peach, two olive greens, yellow, light buile, and metallic gold and copper on a tan embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175987

Accession Number: 1985.26.275

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Interlace formed by thorny stems with pale pink blossoms enclosing yellow and ochre peonies. Printed in yellow, two ochres, light peach, pale pink, two olive greens, brown, and metallic gold, blue and pink on embossed tan ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175988

Accession Number: 1985.26.274

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large scrolling flowers and foliage with beading. Bordered above and below by geometric patterns. Printed in beige, ivory, tan, brown, olive green, light blue, and metallic copper and gold on a beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175989

Accession Number: 1985.26.277

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating palm leaves above a continuous row of interlace. Printed in two greens, brown, rust, metallic gold, copper and pink on a light peach pebble ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175990

Accession Number: 1985.26.284

Wallpaper

All over design of green and ivory foliate vine with tendrils. Printed in three greens and ivory on a blue ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175991

Accession Number: 1985.26.28

Wallpaper

Unused sample (split in two pieces). Floral pattern of grouping of roses and buds. Printed in pink, olive green, white, and blue on light green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175992

Accession Number: 1985.26.404

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Continuous spray of flowers with a bottom and top band of leaves. Printed in four greens, blue, grey, red, two pinks, gold, dark brown, on a green ground.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175993

Accession Number: 1985.26.234

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Continuous spray of flowers with a top and bottom band of stylized foliage. Printed in pink, mauve, red, teal, grey, brown, two olive greens, light green, gold, brown-beige, on an olive ground.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175994

Accession Number: 1985.26.233

Wallpaper

Unused sample of ceiling paper. Anglo-Japanese inspired design. Central medallion of rose cluster surrounded by geometric frame of fretwork. Printed in two greens, two reds, pink, mustard yellow, embossed blue mica(?), and gold on yellow-green ground. Diapered embossed paper.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175995

Accession Number: 1985.26.1

Wallpaper

Geometric pattern with stylized flowers, circles, and squares and the meander pattern. Printed in blue, red, ochre, and blalck on a light beige, chevron embossed ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175996

Accession Number: 1985.26.166

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Gilt figure paper with a highly ornamented vase with a bouquet of flowers, Underneath is interlacing or fretwork and swags suspended from cords with tassels. Gilt on grey ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175997

Accession Number: 1985.26.232

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large scale continuous floral vine with winding leaves, band of bead and reel, and basket weave. Printed in two greens, two olive greens, four browns, dark ochre, dark plum, gold, pink and red flock on plum embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175998

Accession Number: 1985.26.235

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Continuous band of stylized (needlework) flowers between two rows of repeated geometric elements. Printed in salmon, rust, tan, taupe, peach, olive, black and metallic gold on an embossed brown ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175999

Accession Number: 1985.26.236

Wallpaper

Unused sample. A variety of foliage and flowers with open work or patterning for depth. Printed in grey, taupe and gold on a grey ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176000

Accession Number: 1985.26.237

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All over floral branches overprinted with grid of small diamond shapes. Printed in two greens, black, red and gold on a brown unground paper. The gold forms a large geometric background pattern.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176001

Accession Number: 1985.26.240

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Meandering floral branches in between serpentine lines with open work or diaper patterning. Printed in pink, white, two greys and brown on a tan unground paper with liquid mica.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176002

Accession Number: 1985.26.241

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All over flowers and foliage with scrolling paisleys. Printed in light grey on a white mica ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176003

Accession Number: 1985.26.243

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Baroque style all over leafy, floral motif with strapwork and bellflowers and a diaper pattern as background. Printed in yellow, gold, grey and taupe on a grey ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176004

Accession Number: 1985.26.244

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation needlework meandering vine with scrolling foliage and floral terminals outlined in orange and black chain stitch. Printed in green, two blues, pink, red, black, and orange on an ivory ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175905

Accession Number: 1985.26.205

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All over design of stylized flowers surrounded by stylized foliage and berries and geometric patterns. Printed in imitation of a tapestry in maroon, blue, salmon and metallic gold on a tan ground. Drop match.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175906

Accession Number: 1985.26.207

Wallpaper

Three fragments of wallpaper. All over design of stylized flowers and foliage. Printed in two browns, metallic gold an bronze on a tan ground.

Date: 1878-1892

Maker: Warren, Lange & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175907

Accession Number: 1985.26.208A-C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All over design of peonies, tulips, and chrysanthemums. Printed in light olive green, brown, and metallic silver against a metallic gold field on a beige ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175908

Accession Number: 1985.26.209

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All over design of roses and morning glories printed against a field of metallic blue, pink, gold, and orange stripes on an embossed paper. Drop match.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175909

Accession Number: 1985.26.216

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Continuous olive green vine with red and white flowers printed above a row of red and orange repeating geometric elements. Printed on an olive ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175910

Accession Number: 1985.26.217

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating geranium plants separated by lily of the valley plants. Printed in red, orange, pink, two greens, brown, tan, blue and white on a taupe ground over printed with black pindots. Drop match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175911

Accession Number: 1985.26.218

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Continuous band of roses, peonies and daisies printed in fuschia, maroon, turquoise, yellow and two shades of olive green bordered above and below by repeating black and yellow quatre-foils.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175912

Accession Number: 1985.26.221

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating scrolling foliate and floral elements ornamented with diagonal stripes and circles. Printed in brown, ochre, taupe and tan against a metallic gold field and on a beige ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175913

Accession Number: 1985.26.223

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation raised wood paneling with octagon coffers framing stylized fleur-de-lys motif and separated by imitation iron rosettes. Printed in burnt umber, two browns, and ochre on a tan varnished ground. Straight match.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175914

Accession Number: 1985.26.228

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Repeating scrolling foliage elements in two browns and gilt, surrounded by ivy scrolls on a forest green flocked field nd blue ground. Straight match.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175915

Accession Number: 1985.26.229

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Sprays of carnations, roses and tulips ornamented with trophies, birds, and lutes connected by floral swags to boughs of cherry or apple blossoms against a chain stripe field. Printed in lavender, two pinks, yellow, ochre, blue, two greens, brown and white on a beige ground.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175916

Accession Number: 1985.26.230

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Olive floral and berry damask design with foliage ornamented with diaper patterns. Printed against a gree all-over floral damask field on a green ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175917

Accession Number: 1985.26.242

Wallpaper

Unused sample. All over design of sprays of flowers and diapered foliate scrolls with bellflowers connected by floral garlands. Printed in pink, lavender, cream, light blue, yellow and liquid mica on an unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175918

Accession Number: 1985.26.265

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized flowers above lace drapery swags and below a continuous row of pendants. Printed in grey and metallic gold on an Indian red embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175919

Accession Number: 1985.26.266

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