Historic New England

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with Chinoiserie pattern. Printed in two blues on white ground. Machine made paper. Drop match.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177565

Accession Number: 1988.11a

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with allover willow tree pattern. Printed in two blues, two tans and white on beige ground. Drop match.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177566

Accession Number: 1988.15a

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with striped pattern. Printed in beige, off-white and liquid mica on pink ground. Paper has grosgrain embossed texture.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177567

Accession Number: 1988.16a

Wallpaper

Wallpaper depicting ocean motif composed of waves with fish, sea gulls and sail boats. Printed in red, grey, silver, liquid mica and black on beige ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Prager Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177568

Accession Number: 1988.25a

Wallpaper

Colonial Revival wallpaper depiciting courting scenes. Printed in two greens, blue, yellow, two pinks and black on beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: United Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177569

Accession Number: 1988.26

Wallpaper

Fragment of stylized curvilinear form, highlighted with black dots, set in framed rectangle. Prints in browns, green, black and white on grey ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177570

Accession Number: 1931.783

Wallpaper

Scenic wallpaper depicting fox hunt. Printed in two greens, red, blue, brown, tan, black and white on beige ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: York Wallpaper Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177572

Accession Number: 1988.10a

Wallpaper

Scenic wallpaper depicting fox hunt and stage coach. Printed in two greens, brown, grey, tan, red and white on tan ground. Drop match.

Date: 1923-1940

Maker: J.C. Eisenhart Wall Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177573

Accession Number: 1988.22a

Wallpaper depicting a repeating design of a house with a gambrel roof, a cape house, a lighthouse, a church and a sail boat, each within a meandering vine border. Printed in red, green, two browns, white, and tan on beige ground. Drop pattern.

Date: 1950-1955

Maker: York Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177574

Accession Number: 1988.28a

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with floral bouquets of iris, tulips and fresia. Printed in two blues, two greens, two yellows, and dark grey on grey ground. Drop pattern.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: York Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177575

Accession Number: 1988.30a

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with bouquets divided by vine and taupe stripes on beige ground. Printed in taupe, red, green, white and ochre on tan ground. Straight match.

Date: 1923-1935

Maker: York Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177576

Accession Number: 1988.19

Wallpaper

Wallpaper printed with circus vignettes. Printed in red, orange, yellow, blue, green and white with red pin dots on light blue ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: United Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177577

Accession Number: 1988.8

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Machine printed sprig pattern in two blues and two browns with brown dots on unground paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177578

Accession Number: 1986.1102

Wallpaper

Two fragments. Small-scale diaper pattern framed by white, reverse printed diamonds outlined in brown with blue, stylized flower heads in the centers. Straight repeat.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177579

Accession Number: 1986.1101AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Thin strips of grass tinted blue-grey and woven together with thread.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: grass (plant material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177580

Accession Number: 2000.162

Wallpaper

Fragment of Walt Disney cartoon character paper showing Mickey and Minnie Mouse on a picnic with Pluto, Donald Duck with train, Goofy, Pinocchio with Bambi, and two of the seven dwarfs. Light pink (?) ground with pattern printed in blue, pink, yellow, brown, black, red, orange.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Possibly Sunworthy (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177581

Accession Number: 1980.198

Wallpaper

Three unused rolls. Pattern composed of lacy medallions inset with rose nosegay. Octagonal medallion separated by leaves and small, circular medallion. Printed in pink, green, yellow on yellow-green ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Galligan, William J. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177582

Accession Number: 1978.210A-D

Wallpaper

Four partial rolls. Pattern composed of long-tailed bird (a finch?) set within a scalloped-shaped, floral medallion. Prints in green, brown, mauve, yellow on green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177583

Accession Number: 1978.205A-E

Wallpaper

Four fragments that fit together. Pattern features a central medallion with foliage inside and is framed by beading. Above and below medallion is flowing ribbon and on the side are flowers and foliage. Printed in two greys on a light grey ground.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177584

Accession Number: 1952.470

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Repeating diaper pattern with stylized medallions in each losenge. Small diamonds separate the large losenges. Printed in taupe, two greys on a gray-green ground.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177585

Accession Number: 1952.469

Wallpaper

Four unused rolls and fragments. Imitation woven design. Printed in gold, yellow, orange, green, cream on tan ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177586

Accession Number: 1978.207A-E

Wallpaper

Eight partial rolls of wallpaper. Allover floral pattern composed of peonies, poppies, mums, daisies and other assorted flowers. Printed in two yellows, two greens, beige on white ground.

Date: 1965-1975

Maker: unknown

Material: vinyl

GUSN: 177587

Accession Number: 1978.222

Wallpaper

Two unused rolls. Diapered pattern of small tulip motif. Prints in pink on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177588

Accession Number: 1978.221ab

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper roll. Pattern composed of rosette and swans flanking a lyre set within stencilled squares. Printed in white and grey on ochre ground.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177589

Accession Number: 1950.600

Wallpaper

One length [Fragment A] and seven fragments [b-h] of the scenic paper "Les Jardins Francais." This panel depicts two women and a man in a park with a statue and balustrade. The architectural ornaments in the garden are derived from classical sources.

Date: 1822-1837

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

GUSN: 177590

Accession Number: 1929.1853.1A-H

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of a bouquet of assorted flowers (including peonies, lilac, dafodil) and a medallion of garden tools and flutes (like a trophy). Side border of a vine of lilies or irises. Printed in brown, beige, grey and taupe on a taupe ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177693

Accession Number: 1971.208

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments (2). Stylized foliate motif [?]. Printed in green and peach on an off-white ground.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177694

Accession Number: 1971.209

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Masonry paper with coffered design. Only one corner of octagon present. Printed in grey, two greens, black and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1826

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177695

Accession Number: 1969.339.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral vine and stripe pattern with a vine framed by short, horizontal lines and dots, vertical chains of openwork frame a stripe. Printed in red, green and blue-grey on a white ground. Third and outermost layer on same side of board partition as .4 and .5. Wall was lathed and pl...

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177696

Accession Number: 1969.342.6

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of imitation marble. Printed in three greys and yellow on a light grey ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177697

Accession Number: 1969.343.5

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments with a Gothic Revival pattern. Printed in white, brown, and grey on a beige ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177698

Accession Number: 1978.182AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Renaissance Revival pattern with thick scroll or strapwork with a faux woodgrain pattern inside scrolls. Printed in brown and blue on an unground.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177699

Accession Number: 1986.1944.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of stylized flowers and foliage with pindots and pinstripes in the background. Printed in dark grey, blue and white on a light grey ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177700

Accession Number: 1986.1944.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral sprig in two pinks and varnish green on a blue ground with black pindots.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177701

Accession Number: 1971.61.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating vertical grid with berried vine forming vertical divider and feathered foliage creating horizontal divider. Grid frames floral sprig, cherries, urn, arrow, grape bunch and open box. Printed in maroon, pink, yellow, green and black on pale blue-green ground.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177702

Accession Number: 1967.114

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragement. Reproduction of a Renaissance Revival floral stripe. Strapwork with blue, red and green sprigs bordering grey scrolls with roses and blue flowers on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177703

Accession Number: 2000.1687

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Renaissance Revival stripe paper consisting of alternating stripes of strapwork medallion and floral bouquets. Printed in green, brown on grey-green, unground paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177704

Accession Number: 1966.469.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of pastoral landscape paper, showing leaf and tree limb stripe and a fraction of the vignette. Prints in ochre, two browns, tan on a yellow ground.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177705

Accession Number: 1971.61.2

Wallpaper

Two fragments of diaper patterned paper. Medallion inset within honeycomb-shape diamond. Prints in tan, dark red, orange, green on beige ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177706

Accession Number: 1971.62

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped paper composed of 3 vertical rows of squares with checkerboard pattern. There are three pattern variations for each row: stylized foliate and striped block; angular 's' shape; and striped block and zig-zag shape and striped block. Squares are separated by a meader-like design. Prin...

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177707

Accession Number: 1966.469.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Landscape figures. Pastoral scene of shepherd boy playing a horn in the company of a boy and a girl. Scene alternates vertically with morning glory sprig. Printed in pink, white and varnish green on grey ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177708

Accession Number: 1929.788

Wallpaper

Vertical stripe constising of solid narrow stripes alternating with broader stripes bearing overall repeats of tiny ovals on which is superimposed floral sprigs. White, two greens, pink on an unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177709

Accession Number: 1971.212.2

Wallpaper

Fragments too small for certainty. There appears to be a vertical striped element. White, tan and block printed on a brown ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177710

Accession Number: 1971.212.3

Wallpaper

Vertical stripe; stripes imitate woodgraining, narrow- dark and broad- lighter. Orange, brown, dark brown printed on a tan ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177711

Accession Number: 1971.212.4

Wallpaper

Appears to be a transfer of pattern 1971.212.6 onto a paper inserted between layers 4 and 6. Not a decorative paper on its own.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177712

Accession Number: 1971.212.5

Wallpaper

Overall floral pattern. Elements are stylized frequently using a net design as fill. Yellow, black, red and grey-green on an olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177713

Accession Number: 1971.212.6

Wallpaper

Fragment too small for certainty; a vertical element consisting of horizontal stripes. Red, white and green printed on a grey ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177714

Accession Number: 1971.212.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral trail design of poppies. Prints in two blues on white ground.

Date: 1940-1948

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177715

Accession Number: 2000.1421

Wallpaper

Fragment. Stylized floral scrolls printed in maroon and beige surrounded by a field of maroon pin-dots on unground or ivory paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177716

Accession Number: 1971.60.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revivial stripe. Suggestion of strapwork and foliate scroll. Printed in maroon, blue and white on light blue, ungrounded paper. Straight match.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177717

Accession Number: 1971.60.1

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