Historic New England

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Plaid design with floral centers. Printed in two greens, red, pink and yellow on a pale green ground.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177718

Accession Number: 2000.667

Wallpaper

Used fragment of wallpaper border. Pattern consists of feather and rosette edged with swag motif. Prints in lavender, blue, green, grey, white and black on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177719

Accession Number: 1967.125.2AB

Two wallpaper fagments. [A] Neoclassical figural medallion. Female figure with basket of flowers and billowing mantle in two pinks, rose and white, surrounded by floral wreath in two greens and two blues. Drop repeat. [B] Border. Floral stripe pattern. Block printed in brown, two pinks, and white on...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177720

Accession Number: 1935.838AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment of Aesthetic-style paper consisting of an allover pattern of meandering flower and vines, including chrysanthemums. Printed in olive green, dark red, light blue, cream, yellow and black on a beige/green ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177721

Accession Number: 2000.1667

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Allover design of palms and foliage. Printed in crimson and yellow on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177722

Accession Number: 2000.669

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment of allover floral paper, consisting of rosebuds, roses and leaves. Printed in two reds, ochre, cream, green, grey and black on lighter grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177723

Accession Number: 2000.1668

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of vignettes of various fruits set within guilloche frame or platter, over diapered ground. Printed in light and dark brown, white and green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177724

Accession Number: 1967.123

Bandbox

Rectangular pasteboard box without a lid. Covered in a French, striped paper. Alternating green and white stripes are embellished with stylized leaf motifs printed in grey and dark green.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177725

Accession Number: 1966.138

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Border of swagged window-paned, checked drapery in chartruse with a garland of pink daisies and tan cable trim along the bottom edge. Printed on a blue, diapered field.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177726

Accession Number: 1922.16

Bandbox

Large rectangular box. Covered in wallpaper wtih a plaid design with floral centers. Printed in two greens, red, pink and yellow on a pale green ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177727

Accession Number: 1934.2944AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scenery figure design. Grisaille cartouches framing vignettes of ship in harbor and train station. Vignettes block printed in orange, three greys, black, white, and blue on white satin ground. Background of vignettes printed in irisé in blues and pinks.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177728

Accession Number: 1978.131

Wallpaper

Three used wallpaper fragments of landscape figure paper. Pastoral scene shows sheperdess seated next to basket of flowers. Printed in three greens, two grays, brown, black on light green ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177729

Accession Number: 2000.1665

Wallpaper

Eight used wallpaper fragments of a large-scale, floral pattern consisting of meandering peonies, dogwood and tree blossoms with dotted ground. Printed in light and dark brown and blue on white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177730

Accession Number: 2000.670.1

Wallpaper

Four used wallpaper fragments of allover, floral patterned paper. Printed in two greens, yellow, ochre, grey on darker grey ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177731

Accession Number: 2000.670.2a

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment of lozenge and leaf patterned paper. Printed in lavender, green on white ground. Attached border. Straight repeat.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177732

Accession Number: 1967.125.1AB

Bandbox

Small, round, pasteboard bandbox with lid. Foliate patterned bandbox with a meandering vine of oak leaves. Printed in white and green on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177734

Accession Number: 1934.2945AB

Wallpaper

Cut sample of sorgum (corn) wallpaper. Printed in ochre, grey, two blues, olive, white on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177735

Accession Number: 1935.1558

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Floral border of red and maroon blossoms with tan and brown leaves on a reverse printed yellow field. Printed on buff ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177736

Accession Number: 1937.1025

Wallpaper

Two used wallpaper fragments. Pattern consists of filled compote dishes and vases set within round circle/medallion. Diapered ground. Printed in light green, dark green, red, brown, on bluish-grey ground.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177737

Accession Number: 1967.124

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment of imitation marble paper. Hand painted in blue, brown, orange and yellow on black ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177738

Accession Number: 2000.1666

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Imitation woven gimp. Printed in three blues, two borwns, taupe and beige on white ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177739

Accession Number: 2000.656

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Allover pattern of densely arranged, six-pointed, metallic gold stars on a red ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177740

Accession Number: 2000.665

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Stripes of meandering floral vine outlined in ochre and metallic gold of a green field and alternating with a wide taupe stripe. Printed on embossed paper.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177741

Accession Number: 2000.666

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Cut narrow border in imitation of woben cloth or cords. Printed in three blues, two grays, black and white.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177742

Accession Number: 2000.668

Bandbox

Small, square pasteboard bandbox covered in foliate patterned paper. The pattern consists of oak leaves, acorns, flowers, pindots and diaper pattern. Block printed in grey and blue on a white, satin ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177743

Accession Number: 1934.2948.2

Wallpaper

Partial rolls. Landscape figure design of vignettes of four maidens in neoclassical dress, playing Blind-Man's Bluff. Scene alternates with vignette of a lamb lying next to a pedestal supporting an urn filled with flowers. Printed in grisaille.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Maillard, Colin

GUSN: 177489

Accession Number: 2000.46

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating floral sprays of delicate stylized flowers in pink, salmon.

Date: 1934-1940

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177490

Accession Number: 2000.64

Wallpaper

Roll. Allover design of entwined bell flowers of lily of the valley blossoms. Printed in white and overprinted with grey dashes to simulate fabric. Straight match.

Date: 1925-1940

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177491

Accession Number: 2000.65

Wallpaper

Unused partial roll. Diapered pattern consisting of fleur-de-lis. Prints in cream on yellow ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177492

Accession Number: 2000.48

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of falling, autumn leaves against an embossed/fiber field. Printed in red, greens, pink, gold and black.

Date: 1930-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177493

Accession Number: 2000.53

Wallpaper

Partial wallpaper roll. Diaper pattern in a plaid of cream and yellow. Straight match.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177494

Accession Number: 2000.58

Wallpaper

Unused partial roll. Floral pattern consisting of peonies, mums and poppies; possibly imitating tapestry. Prints in two greens, white, mauve, yellow on white ground. Overprinted with thin vertical white stripes.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177495

Accession Number: 2000.71

Wallpaper

Two unused rolls and two fragments. Diapered pattern of seaweed inset with shell motif. Prints in two pinks and white on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177496

Accession Number: 2000.55

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Taupe and liquid mica, irregular, vertical and horizontal, fine lines in imitation of perhaps woven silk.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Birge Co., Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177497

Accession Number: 2000.57

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating waterlilies, with cranes and dragonflies. Printed in two greens, red, rose, ochre, and grey. Varnished paper.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177498

Accession Number: 2000.60

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover, grey trellis supporting a delicate floral vine with clusters of pink, blue and tan blossoms. Drop match.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177499

Accession Number: 2000.66

Wallpaper

Two partial rolls. Tiled pattern paper. Row of plain tiles alternate with tiles with a stylized floral design. Prints in two blues on beige, varnished ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: Allen-Higgins Wall Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177500

Accession Number: 2000.61

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Red ingrain paper overprinted with red grid in imitation of woven burlap or jute.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177501

Accession Number: 2000.68

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper roll. Thin, vertical striped pattern. Printed in grey on cream ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177502

Accession Number: 2000.1692

Wallpaper

Unused partial roll of wallpaper. Grossgrain/satin ribbon, vertical stripe. Prints in cream on beige mica ground. Rib-textured paper.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177503

Accession Number: 2000.51

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Diapered pattern of stylized tulip set within wreath alternating with eight-stemed star or sun. Prints in green, white on gold (?) ground.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177504

Accession Number: 2000.54

Wallpaper

Unused roll of sanitary paper. Underwater scene of various fish swimming among seaweed and other underwater vegetation. Prints in three greens, blue, red-orange on ivory ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Becker, Smith & Page, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177505

Accession Number: 2000.59

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Pattern consists of groups of thin, vertical stripes with diaper or trellis motif printed on top. Prints in two blues, white on green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: United Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177506

Accession Number: 2000.62

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Stripe of stylized flower heads separating stripe composed of repeating anthemion medallions alternating with floral sprigs. Printed in brown, ochre, white and metallic gold.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177507

Accession Number: 2000.49.2

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Stripe of stylized flower heads separating stripe composed of anthemion medallions alternating with floral sprigs. Prined in green, white, ochre, and metallic gold.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177508

Accession Number: 2000.49.1

Wallpaper

Partial grasscloth wallpaper roll. Strips of grass woven together and adhered to buff colored paper

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 177509

Accession Number: 2000.56

Wallpaper

Roll. Floral bouquets sprouting from foliate scrolls and draped with ribbon swags tied to floral medallions. Printed in taupe on taupe in imitation of damask. Straight match.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177510

Accession Number: 2000.63