Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample of frieze. Stylized and flamboyant fleur-de-lis, edged with quatrefoil and tulip (?) or fleur-de-lis. Printed in three greens, mauve, white, blue/green on green irise ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176235

Accession Number: 1985.26.468

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rococo Revival foliate (acanthus) scrolls in two greens and ivory creating a "window" showing blue sky and white clouds. Printed on an irise ground of yellow blended to peach to salmon and paper embossed with spiral mosaic pattern.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176236

Accession Number: 1985.26.464

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diagonally repeating floral sprays in four designs of roses, wild roses, daisies and berries. Printed against a striped field. Printed in red, white, pink, ochre, two olive greens on a light green ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176237

Accession Number: 1985.26.724

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Small-scale sprigs on a field of leafy branches and fine vertical stripes. Printed on ungrounded paper. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176238

Accession Number: 1985.26.527

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Scrolling foliage and stylized floral design. Printed in metallic silver and gold on green ground. Rib textured ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176239

Accession Number: 1985.26.665

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Two borders. Scrolling foliage with stylized flowers and scrolls framing heart shapes. Printed in pink, mauve, dark mauve and gold on pink ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176240

Accession Number: 2000.347

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale, baroque, floral pattern with scrolling foliage and berries printed to look like cut velvet. Printed in crimson on a maroon, polished ground. Straight match.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176241

Accession Number: 1985.26.79

Wallpaper

Large-scale, allover sunflower design printed in fuchsia, metallic gold, bronze, copper, and green on a blue field and olive ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176242

Accession Number: 1985.26.681

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral bouquet framed by heavy strapwork or plasterwork ornamented with flowers. Prined in five shades of green and black on an ivory ground. Straight match.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176243

Accession Number: 1985.26.85

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Gilt flowers within foliated oval flowers on a gray ground with narrow gray and white stripes.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176244

Accession Number: 1985.26.201

Wallpaper

Ununsed wallpaper sample. Cylix filled with peonies and carnations framed by serpentine foliate scrolls, foxglove, larkspur and tulips. Printed in burgundy, mauve, two blues, two greens, olive, chartreuse on a cream ground. Overprinted with dark brown screen.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176245

Accession Number: 1985.26.87

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating berried wreaths tied with ribbon and bow knots and alternating with stylized floral element. Printed in blue and outlined in metallic gold on a blue ingrain paper.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Warren Fuller and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176246

Accession Number: 1985.26.507

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Three rows of uncut borders. Large stylized floral motif in pale gray-green, alternating with metallic gold bellflower elements. Printed above a row of circles and crosses on a grey-blue field and grey ground.

Date: 1880-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176247

Accession Number: 1985.26.714

Wallpaper

Unused sample of uncut borders. Stylized palmette design edged with guilloche motif. Printed in pink and metallic gold on cream ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176248

Accession Number: 1985.26.680

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Three rows of joined borders. Repeating urn-like vessels with daisy and foliage bordered by rows of geometric shape. Printed in metallic gold, copper, two blues, ochre, and orange.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176249

Accession Number: 1985.26.351

Wallpaper

Unused frieze border. Alternating, inverted anthemion bordered above and below by continuous band of geometric lunettes. Printed in maroon, orange, green and olive on a burnt sienna ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176250

Accession Number: 1985.26.619

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale parrot tulips alternating with roses on a field of matte and metallic green stripes. Printed in black, maroon, fuscia, mauve, pink, white, taupe, tan, four greens, blue and lavender on ungrounded, embossed paper. Incomplete repeat. Drop match.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176251

Accession Number: 1985.26.563

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Aesthetic style paper with dense, stylized flowers and foliage (possibly tulips). Printed in two greens, red, blue, black, and metallic gold on olive green ground. Pebble textured paper. Drop repeat.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176252

Accession Number: 1985.26.496

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating wreaths of roses draped with ribbons and rose garlands. Printed in white, ivory, tan and metallic gold on a dark green field and embossed paper. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176253

Accession Number: 1985.26.98

Wallpaper

Large-scale, climbing roses on a lattice/trellis. Printed in four greens, three pinks, red, taupe, and grey. Drop match.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176254

Accession Number: 1985.26.99

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating pink rose sprays framed by yellow and metallic gold foliate C-scrolls on a liquid mica ground. Straight match.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176255

Accession Number: 1985.26.75

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover sprays of roses, carnations and lilacs. Printed in two shades of mauve, gray, blue and white on a cream, embossed ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176256

Accession Number: 1985.26.612

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation tapestry design of fruits and flowers, carnations, daffodils, pomegranates, grapes, pears, cherries, and apples. Printed in blue, maroon, ochre, green, salmon, and black on an olive green field.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176257

Accession Number: 1985.26.691

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Onion dome framing a stylized flower, entwined with a dracontive and alternating with large cartouches framing stylized flowers, peacock feathers and raspberries. Printed in black, three greens, maroon, rose, ochre, beige, grey, blue and metallic gold on an embossed, tan ground. Strai...

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176258

Accession Number: 1985.26.566

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating grid of stylized sprigs against a field of small blocks. Printed in white, peach, and beige on a blue ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176259

Accession Number: 1985.26.810

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large, stylized blossoms separated by foliated scrolls draped with garlands against an imitation moire field. Printed in brown, ochre, peach, raw umber, and metallic gold on an embossed, tan ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176260

Accession Number: 1985.26.781

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diagonal grid of repeating sprays of wild roses. Printed in maroon, two blues, red, mauve, two greens, taupe, white and pink on light tan ground. Straight match.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176261

Accession Number: 1985.26.652

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rows of repeating wild rose and carnation floral sprays printed in two pinks, white, two greens, yellow, blue and maroon separated by ivory, diapered scrolls on a liquid mica ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176262

Accession Number: 1985.26.515

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Sprays of stylized carnations, peonies and bachelor buttons on a field of Rococo scrolls. Printed in green, two olive greens, two pinks, red, yellow and two blues on a beige, embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176263

Accession Number: 1985.26.784

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover foliate scrolls draped with rose and anemone garlands. Printed in brown, burnt sienna, taupe, ochre, two blues, grey, peach, yellow and white on a beige, embossed ground. Drop match.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176264

Accession Number: 1985.26.568

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern formed by small losenges enclosing four-pointed stars alternating in red and blue, and framed by large losenges with red and blue meandering design. Printed in red, blue, ochre, and tan on ungrounded paper. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176265

Accession Number: 1985.26.451

Wallpaper

Two rows of repeating sprays of roses, purple flowers, and grasses separated by rosebuds. Printed in two pinks, rose, red, four greens, three purples, three browns, tan, ochre, and grey on a grey ground.

Date: 1875-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176066

Accession Number: 1985.26.15

Wallpaper

Flower bouquet of poppies, cornflower, wheat, and morning glories suspended from a cord and separated by daisies tied with a cord. Printed in red, two oranges, three blues, two fuschias, three greens, tan, brown, white, and grey on a grey ground. Drop match.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176067

Accession Number: 1985.26.16

Wallpaper

Repeating sprigs of red flowers separated by small blue flower sprigs. Printed in two pinks, red, orange, maroon, two greens, and blue on a dark grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176068

Accession Number: 1985.26.17

Wallpaper

Repeating plaques of bow, arrows, and quiver framed by arabesques and lattice draped with floral garlands. Printed in two pinks, fuschia, lavender, tan, metallic gold, four greens, grey and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176069

Accession Number: 1985.26.18

Wallpaper

Alternating sprays of daisies and morning glories and daisies and asters separated by grisaille rose sprigs. Printed in three greys, white, two pinks, two lavenders, yellow, ochre, and orange on a grey ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176070

Accession Number: 1985.26.19

Wallpaper

Continuous band of pink roses and yellow blossoms bordered above and below by foliated tongue and dart moulding. Printed in two pinks, mauve, olive green, tan, ochre, beige, aqua blue, and metallic gold on a light olive green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176071

Accession Number: 1985.26.210

Wallpaper

Scrolling foliage with berries and blossoms against a striped chevron design. Printed in olive green, raw umber, burnt umber, ochre, pink, rust, two blues, beige, tan, and metallic gold on a white ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176072

Accession Number: 1985.26.211

Wallpaper

Continuous stylized flowers with geometric patterns on a brown flocked field. Printed in two olive greens and metallic gold on a dark green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176073

Accession Number: 1985.26.212

Wallpaper

Band of continuous crimson plumes edged with rows of beading and printed above egg and dart moulding. Printed in crimson, maroon, peach, pale green, and burnt sienna on a dark grey ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176074

Accession Number: 1985.26.213

Wallpaper

Sprays of red roses and daisies rendered realistically, bordered below by maroon band with black dots. Printed in red, white, grey, maroon, and two greens on a light olive ground.

Date: 1880-1884

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176075

Accession Number: 1985.26.219

Wallpaper

Stylized sunflowers entwining a trellis bordered above and below by a row of billet. Printed in tan, beige, green, black, brown, and metallic pink on an embossed olive green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176076

Accession Number: 1985.26.22

Wallpaper

Imitation tapestry design of thick stems and stylized flowers. Printed in dark green, olive, two blues, mauve, rust, brown, tan, burnt sienna, and black on a dark brown ground over printed with black pin stripes.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176077

Accession Number: 1985.26.220

Wallpaper

Tapestry stylized flowers bordered above and below by geometric elements. Printed in green, olive, tan, burnt sienna, pink, and black against a metallic gold field on olive green embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176078

Accession Number: 1985.26.226

Wallpaper

Conitnuous band of vine with red roses. Printed in red, maroon, black, two olive greens, ochre, and metallic gold on an olive ground and embossed paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176079

Accession Number: 1985.26.227

Wallpaper

Spray of tulips and spring flowers with beetle against a crazed field on a varnished yellow ground. Printed in red, rose, two blues, yellow, tan, two greens, ochre, and grey.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176080

Accession Number: 1985.26.231

Wallpaper

Roses and stylized flowers sprouting from densely arranged foliate scrolls. Printed in two greens, tan, taupe, grey, and pink on beige and liquid mica embossed ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176081

Accession Number: 1985.26.24

Wallpaper

Continuous band of daffodils and stylized flowers bordered above and below by rows of reels. Printed in brown, raw umber, taupe, blue, and yellow and over printed with dark brown vertical pinstripes.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176082

Accession Number: 1985.26.26

Wallpaper

Repeating pink and red geraniums and yellow blossoms against a metallic gold field. Printed in pink, red, yellow, two greens, tan, and metallic gold on a pale yellow embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176083

Accession Number: 1985.26.298

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Larger-scaled pattern of scrolled foliage and peony blossoms. Prints in brown, metallic gold on beige ground. Textured paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176084

Accession Number: 1985.26.321

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