Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragments. Floral strapwork stripe on a dotted field and alternating with a honeycomb stripe. Printed in turquoise on a white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178465

Accession Number: 1980.243.1A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Four-petaled flower in yellow within losenges and separated by black and yellow stylized flower. Printed below a green and black horizontal band.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178466

Accession Number: 1980.243.2B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. An undulating vine of oak leaves and acorns intertwined with a textured ribbon. Printed in beige, two browns, and black on a brown ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178467

Accession Number: 1972.114b

A scenery figure wallpaper with a repeating scene of a sailboat headed to town, framed in a Rococo cartouche. The scenes repeat vertical and are in the wide area of a striped pattern. Printed in blue, pink, red, green, two greys on a cream ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178468

Accession Number: 1972.114A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale diaper pattern formed by winding ribbon in yellow enclosing sawtoothed foliage in yellow with white veining. Printed on ochre ground.

Date: 1815-1820

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

GUSN: 178469

Accession Number: 1934.797.3

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Gothic paper. View of gothic arches, pulpit and pier figures intact. Printed in five shades of brown, tan, beige and orange with irise background. Drop repeat.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: Leroy, Isidore

GUSN: 178470

Accession Number: 1919.264

Wallpaper

End of roll. Male and female Chinese figures framed by lattice and bamboo and flanking a small dragon. Printed in grisaille.

Date: 1842

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Victor Poterlet and Guichard

GUSN: 178471

Accession Number: 2000.119

Wallpaper

Unused sample. In grisaille fluted and beaded cornice and brown, tan and beige baroque moulding draped with a maroon and wine rose garland.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178472

Accession Number: 1971.192

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Border. Embossed design of wreaths enclosing cherubs, serpents, scales and books alternating with crossed arrows, scepters and swords. Printed in white with gold foil edges.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178473

Accession Number: 2000.612

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small scale diaper pattern. Black wavy lines framing orange circle and black dots on blue ground. Straight match.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: Alfred Peats Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178474

Accession Number: 1966.462A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Block printed. Blue, eight-petalled, stylized flowers within red lined hexagons.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178475

Accession Number: 1971.199.2

Wallpaper

Machine printed Rococo Revival floral design. Printed in white, blue and maroon on grey ground.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178476

Accession Number: 1971.199.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grey and red vine pattern.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178477

Accession Number: 1971.199.4

Wallpaper

Machine printed wallpaper. Grey. No pattern or motifs discernable.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178478

Accession Number: 1971.199.5

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Medallion rainbow paper. Graduates from blue to green to light green to yellow to white (undefinable straight or drop match).

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178479

Accession Number: 1971.199.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Ashler blocks. Raised panels with imitation marble tops and centered elongated fleur-de-lis. Pritned in beige, brown, taupe and gray on tan ground.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178480

Accession Number: 2000.609.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Corner section of grisaille fresco paper imitating moulding. Egg and dart design bordered by beading and nead and reel. Printed on gray ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178481

Accession Number: 2000.635.2

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Classical motifs. Central anthemion encircled by wreaths of bellflowers. Other motifs include swags of beading, scrolling foliage and bow knots. Printed in red flock. Imitates cut velvet.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178482

Accession Number: 2000.336

Wallpaper

Fragment. Marble blocks in grisaille. Was applied over a green painted surface.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178483

Accession Number: 2000.370

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Gothic diaper pattern. White quatre foils and geometric elements framing red quatre foils on blue fields. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178484

Accession Number: 2000.621

Wallpaper

Fragment. Octagonal panels with patera and athemia borders framing scene of woman writing on a tablet before two philosopher-type figures. Printed in pink, rose, white, green and grey on a beige ground.

Date: 1930-1938

Maker: York Wallpaper Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178485

Accession Number: 1938.1448

Wallpaper Border

Hand blocked feather or leaf swag with bow knots and flowers. Printed in black, white and blue on light blue? ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178486

Accession Number: 1985.684

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover willow-like foliate design. Printed in green and turquoise on a white ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178235

Accession Number: 2000.634.6

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Granite pattern of random speckles. Printed in black, white and red on a grey ground. Possible block design.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178236

Accession Number: 2000.634.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Corner section of fresco paper. Plain gray paper. No visible pattern.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178237

Accession Number: 2000.635.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Repeating orange flowees alternating with reverse printed white floral vine on a gray ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178238

Accession Number: 2000.637.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Striped with stylized floral ornament alternating with meandering vine. Printed in yellow, orange and black on unground paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178239

Accession Number: 2000.637.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover, floral design. Printed in green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178240

Accession Number: 2000.639.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Striped design. Stylized berries alternating with flowers or foliate vine stripe.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178241

Accession Number: 2000.639.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern. Losenges framing foliate elements within quatrefoils. Motifs are bisected and half are printed in black, the other half white. Printed on uncut pages from a book.

Date: 1810-1820

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

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178242

Accession Number: 2000.639.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover foliate design. Printed in gray and green on white ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178243

Accession Number: 2000.652.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Plaid stripe with coral or seaweed edges bordering whide band of coral or seaweed elements surrounded by concentric ripples. Printed in coral, black and white on a blue ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178244

Accession Number: 2000.652.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral border. Repeated bunches of flowers "growing" along base line. Printed in maroon, red, orange, olive and black on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178245

Accession Number: 2000.653

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Continuous eliptical frames enclosing stylized floral elements.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178246

Accession Number: 2000.659.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern formed by small blue and white quatre foils framing larger blue quatre foils within white lozenges. Printed on brown unground paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178247

Accession Number: 2000.659.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Scenic paper showing peasants at work; feeding geese, washing laundry, cutting hay. Printed in two greens, two browns, tan, blue, pink, and beige on blue/gray paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178248

Accession Number: 1915.117

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Landscape scene of rural town with church and mill. Cows drinking from a duck pond in foreground. Printed in four greens, brown, tan, salmon, blue and yellow on unground paper, overprinted with black pin dots.

Date: 1900-1919

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178249

Accession Number: 1919.310

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern in imitation of ironwork with Renaissance mounts and ormolu floral motifs at crossbars. Printed in brown, tan and sienna on a blue field and unground paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178250

Accession Number: 1922.1090

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral stripe wallpaper. Pattern consists of four vertical panels; diamond-trellis, stylized leaf with berry leaf and floral. Printed in pink, red, green, black, white on blue ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178251

Accession Number: 1923.205

Bandbox

Square, pasteboard bandbox. Landscape figure paper with scene of mother and child in a garden. Son is in a chair with wheels (from a chariot) and mother pulls him along. Block printed in red, varnish green and white on a yellow ground. Strip of Renaissance Revival paper on each side. Border on lid f...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178252

Accession Number: 1923.211AB

Bandbox

Oval, wooden bandbox (A) with lid (B) covered in floral and foliate paper. Pink and white flowers with green leaves. Printed in red, pink, white and two greens on a blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178253

Accession Number: 1946.123AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Vertical stripes with vertical repeat of stylized floral elements. Background of faint narrow stripes. Printed in red, green, pink, black and brown on a peach ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178254

Accession Number: 1967.118

Wallpaper

Large-scale birds and foliage and vines printed in blue. Paper has tan, irregular, horizontal striations to suggest grass cloth or woodgrain.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178255

Accession Number: 1969.458A-D

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Four spandrels form circular panels of fresco paper or ceiling paper. Corner sprays connected to berried vines with grisaille beaded moulding. Printed in two purples, lavender, red, rose, two pinks, three greens, tan, white and two greys on polished white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178256

Accession Number: 1971.191

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow paper. Pinecone element sprouting scrolled plumes or foliate forms. Printed in blended red and blue on white ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178257

Accession Number: 1971.196

Wallpaper

Fragments. Framed scene of church by the water, bridge. The geometric frame is juxtaposed with surrounding floral elements. Three greys, black, light green and white on a light grey ground. Straight match?

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178258

Accession Number: 1971.198

Wallpaper

Fragment. Circular gilt ornament with beaded frame and decorated with foliate scrolls, bellflower festoon and fleur-de-lis. Printed on a field of grey dashes on a light grey ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178259

Accession Number: 1971.206

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of a vine of leaves and berries, probably a grape vine. Embossed and gilt. Gold on a grey ground. There is a small piece of crimson flocking (probably another layer).

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178260

Accession Number: 1971.58

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover grid of blue flowers with buds on tan stems. Ground field comprised of grey, narrow, horizontal pinstripes on beige polished ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178261

Accession Number: 1973.109

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Repeating compartments or octagons of stylized flowers and framed by delicate scrolls and interlaced lines. Printed in red, black, pale yellow on unground paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178262

Accession Number: 1976.135

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