Historic New England

Wallpaper

Imitation tapestry paper, floral pattern, primarily irises. Prints in three browns, beige, three greens, and yellow on green ground and overprinted with dot-dash grid.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176575

Accession Number: 1985.26.766

Unused sample. Allover, large-scale floral tapestry design. Peonies, roses and daffodils with dense foliage. Printed in pink, tan, blue, brown, light rose, rust, light blue, burnt sienna, dark rose, and maroon on an olive green ground and over printed with black dots.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176576

Accession Number: 1985.26.767

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover grid of repeating tulip and daisy sprigs printed on an embossed, imitation floral damask ground. Printed in pale pink, light blue, blue, two greens, pink, salmon and liquid mica. Straight match.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176577

Accession Number: 1985.26.768

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation floral brocade. Allover design of roses, peonies, and carnations printed in two browns and metallic gold on an olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176578

Accession Number: 1985.26.769

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Stylized carnations or tulips framed by meandering ribbon. Printed in two pinks, orange, two greens, blue on a suggested textured ground. Straight match.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176579

Accession Number: 1985.26.77

Wallpaper

Imitation tapestry paper woodland scene. Prints in two greens, two greys, three browns, beige, two reds, and mustard yellow on green ground. Overprints with reddish-brown horizontal lines.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176580

Accession Number: 1985.26.770

Wallpaper

Floral paper. Pattern consists of peony and scrolling foliage. Prints in two greens, red, pink, blue, beige, grey, brown, black, and metallic green on a brownish ground. Overprinted with thin brown horizontal lines.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176581

Accession Number: 1985.26.771

Wallpaper

Floral paper consisting primarily of peonies. Prints in four pinks, light blue, four browns, three greys, green, and gold on beige ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176582

Accession Number: 1985.26.772

Wallpaper

Imitation needlepoint paper. Pattern consists of dense floral pattern, including peonies and daisies. Prints in two greens, two pinks, beige, five browns, and four greys on light green ground. Overprinted with overall pin dot pattern.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176583

Accession Number: 1985.26.773

Wallpaper

Floral bouquet and scrolled foliage design paper. Prints in two pinks, two greens, four browns, two blues, and red on beige ground. Embossed/textured paper.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176584

Accession Number: 1985.26.777

Wallpaper

Paper imitating needlework or tapestry. Floral design with shield. Prints in two browns, red, two blues, three greens, pink, white, and gold on a brown ground. Overprinted with thin lines.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176585

Accession Number: 1985.26.779

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Very large-scale, pink, climbing roses on a grey trellis. Printed in four pinks, red, four greens, pale yellow, and two greys on an ivory, embossed ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176586

Accession Number: 1985.26.78

Wallpaper

Floral and scrolled leaf designed paper. Prints in pink, two greys, brown, white, and gold on a grey/brown, embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176587

Accession Number: 1985.26.780

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of peonies, bellflower garlands, quatrefoils, looking ball and scrolls. Printed in imitation of tapestry. Printed in rose, Indian red, maroon, two greens, three blues, brown, raw umber, grey, white, and overprinted with black pin stripes on a taupe-brown ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176588

Accession Number: 1985.26.782

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Meandering chestnut boughs with chestnuts and blossoms entwined with a berried vine. Printed in two olive greens, burnt sienna, maroon, orange, lavender, mauve, and tan on a taupe ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176589

Accession Number: 1985.26.783

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized Moorish design of tulips in horseshoe arches, geometric bands and flowers within foliated losenges. Printed in maroon, red, salmon, tan, brown, blue, blue-green, beige and metallic gold on an embossed, pink liquid mica ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176590

Accession Number: 1985.26.785

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grisaille chrysanthemums, peonies and roses entwined with diapered scrolls and plasterwork brackets. Printed in two greys on unground paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176591

Accession Number: 1985.26.786

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diagonally repeating foliate elements with berry pendants framed by metallic gold floral band. Printed in burgundy, green, brown, ochre, and metallic gold on an embossed ungrounded paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176592

Accession Number: 1985.26.787

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover, stylized, Baroque flowers and berries with diapered scrolling foliage. Printed in salmon and metallic gold on an embossed, green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176593

Accession Number: 1985.26.788

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stems of roses and lilacs entwined by a symmetrical foliate scroll tied with a ribbon. Printed in pink, pale yellow, olive green, tan, brown and taupe on an embossed, metallic green, imitation moire ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176594

Accession Number: 1985.26.789

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating grid of brown foliate motifs against green, dashed chevron stripes on unground varnished paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176595

Accession Number: 1985.26.790

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. A copper plate engraving of a sporting scene called "In Full Chase." This scene depicts riders on horseback with dogs on a fox hunt. Around the engraving is Gothic ornament imitates stucco, which has been stenciled and blockprinted. Printed in black, yellow and brown on a white g...

Date: 1763-1768

Maker: J. Seymour Pinxt (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177951

Accession Number: 1964.9a

Wallpaper

Fragment. Reform style floral element in gilt and black on white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177952

Accession Number: 1980.245

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. LArge floral cartouche framing acanthus scrolls and pine cone motif printed below egg and dart moulding. Printed in grisaille, accented with gilt and red flock on a polished white ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177953

Accession Number: 1985.21

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Stylized egg and dart, embossed in gold foil on a maroon, flocked ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177954

Accession Number: 2000.648

Wallpaper Book Cover

Fragment. Pair of birds on a pedestal framed by curved, oak branches alternating with an ewer with arrows, quiver, peonies, and morning glories. Printed in mauve, brown, yellow, two pinks, and blue on a light grey ground.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177955

Accession Number: 1980.197

Wallpaper

Fragments. 2 pieces of coffered scenery paper printed in yellow, brown and black. Shell-like moulding frames engravings printed directly on wallpaper. B depicts "Pushing into corner" and C is "A watery place, New Market".

Date: 1763-1768

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177956

Accession Number: 1964.9BC

Wallpaper

Fragment. White Greek key bordered above and below by beading printed in orange, black, white and grey. Printed on blue ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177957

Accession Number: 1969.418B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diagonal repeat floral pattern. Symmetrical motif of three blossoms from which four leaves grow. Separated by a single rose. Printed in red, blue and green on pale blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177958

Accession Number: 1969.456

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Repeated stylized sprig design printed in white, black and blue on grey ground.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177959

Accession Number: 1965.11A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped flowering vine. Neat flowering vine in blue and alternating with stripe composed of continuous wheat enclosed within an elipse and framed by stylized foliage.

Date: 1796-1815

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177960

Accession Number: 1971.190

Wallpaper

Fragment. Neat vine and stripe. Flowering vine in blue and black and alternating with ivy stripe. Printed on yellow ground.

Date: 1796-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177961

Accession Number: 1971.189

Wallpaper Fragment

Wallpaper fragment. Festoon border. Gathered drapery with rosettes printed in green, white, two browns, black and yellow on a pale green ground. Hung with bottom border of imitation moulding in yellow, black and orange.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: Moses Grant Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177962

Accession Number: 1964.400.2A-E

Wallpaper

Fragment. Geometric stripe. Blocks of black diagonal dashes alternating vertically and horizontally with blocks of white undulating line, stylized foliate bordered by a scalloped dotted line. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177963

Accession Number: 1969.418

Wallpaper Border

Floral border fragment Meandering flowering vines which cross to form ellipses. Orange flowers at intersections and centered within ellipses. Printed in orange, black and varnish green on light blue ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177964

Accession Number: 1973.115.1A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Plain light blue paper.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177965

Accession Number: 2000.273.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Two sheets of masonic wallpaper. Two figures flanked by corinthian columns supporting an arch. Masonic symbols and arabesques decorate the paper. Printed in two pinks, blue, white and black on light blue ground.

Date: 1800-1805

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177966

Accession Number: 1963.389

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow paper with floral medallion and scrolls printed in white. Graduated ground - from the edges orange to yellow to yellow-green to blue.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177967

Accession Number: 1971.145

Wallpaper

Pale yellow paper with no visible pattern.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177968

Accession Number: 1972.102

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut border. Wild roses in three pinks, white and red, alternating with roses in grisaille with green centers and maroon accents, and three green foliage and stems on a grey ground with a white cable border.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177969

Accession Number: 1985.29

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Small sample of flame-stitch motif wallpaper printed in red, pink, green and black. Printed on buff or unground paper.

Date: 1700-1720

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177970

Accession Number: 1985.40

Wallpaper

Fragment. Green floral and foliate medallion and three stalks of wheat against a field of grey and white flowers and scrolls. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177971

Accession Number: 2000.367

Wallpaper

Fragments. Vertical stripes composed of flowers flanked by willow-like foliage and separated by flower sprigs. Printed in two greens on a white ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177972

Accession Number: 2000.375A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Lozenges formed by stiff leaves and flower heads on a field of small lozenges printed in green and white and flanked by continuous sprouting floral vine.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177973

Accession Number: 2000.649

Wallpaper

Fragment of solid yellow wallpaper.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177974

Accession Number: 1956.M18

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Blended yellow, orange and red floral medallions against a blue ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177976

Accession Number: 1981.287A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Repeating blue, foliate medallions with grape or berry clusters on a field of meandering, blue vines. Printed on a pink ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177977

Accession Number: 1981.288A-E

Wallpaper

Fragments. Gathered drapery design in grisaille with green foliate wreaths framing pink and green rosettes. Printed in two greys, white, two greens and pink on a grey ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177978

Accession Number: 2000.374A-C

Wallpaper

Two fragments of unused wallpaper. Elipticat lozenges with white floral medallions and berried vines on a green field of identical medallions and berried vine in green. Printed on gray ground. Straight match.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177979

Accession Number: 2000.645AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Rows of vertically repeating, stylized flower bouquets with entwined stems. Printed against grey stripes. Printed in yellow, green, grey and liquid mica. Straight match.

Date: 1895-1915

Maker: Illinois Wall Paper Mills (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 177980

Accession Number: 2000.1634

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