Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Rows of bouquets of roses alternating with bouquets of tulips and phlox and bouquets of peonies and larkspur. Printed in two pinks, two blues, two greens, red, yellow and white on a pink ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177111

Accession Number: 1969.786B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Vignettes of houses alternating with small medallions; one with hunting gear, the second with gardening tools. Printed in tan, brown, red, blue and white on beige gound. Straight repeat.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177112

Accession Number: 1969.792C

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Small stylized taupe vine bordered by white and green horizontal bands. Printed on green-grey ground.

Date: 1934-1940

Maker: Imperial Wallcoverings (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177113

Accession Number: 1969.796C

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover repeated geometric elements composed of paterae within interlaced rectangular frames. Printed in blue and white on unground paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177114

Accession Number: 1969.583.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over neoclassical rosettes surrounded by foliate scrolls and bead garland. Printed in green and metallic gold on white ground.

Date: 1890

Maker: Warren Fuller and Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177115

Accession Number: 1969.583.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern with scalloped lines and pin dots. Inside each losenge is a three-lobed form with jagged edges and enclosed is a fleur-de-lis type ornament. Printed in blue, pink, orange-yellow, red and light blue on a white ground.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177015

Accession Number: 1967.204.1

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover, white, foliate scroll with two color green chrysanthemums. Printed on a white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177016

Accession Number: 1967.172

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Reproduction of a rainbow paper in two greens, grey, yellow on ungrounded paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177017

Accession Number: 1967.175

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment of fruit set in coffered octagonals. Fruit motif consists of pomegranates, pinecone and apples. Printed in light and dark greys, and blue on green ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177018

Accession Number: 1967.180

Wallpaper

Fragment. Unused sample. Reform style diaper pattern. Stylized floral element in green, purple and orange enclosed by white provencals. Straight repeat.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177019

Accession Number: 1967.185

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern with overlapping lines forming the losenges. Within each losenge are stylized four-lobed flowers with flower in the center. Printed in soft pink, green, orange and red on a white ground.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177020

Accession Number: 1967.186

Wallpaper

Fragment. Faded diaper pattern with leaf and floral ornament. Inside each losenge is a four-lobed shape with stylized flowers. Printed in two purples, green, two browns on an unground paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177021

Accession Number: 1967.188

Wallpaper

Fragment. All ver foliate pattern (leaves are printed with pattern, i.e. horizontal lines, scales, etc.) Printed in grey, green and white on a white ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177022

Accession Number: 1967.190

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover, thin, vertical stripes in background field. In foreground are bouquets framed by vines and alternates with sprigs. Printed in blue, white, brown on an ungrounded pink paper.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177023

Accession Number: 1967.191

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Marble tiles. Diagonal grid of octagons and rectangles printed in blue and grey veining with brown outlines on grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177024

Accession Number: 1967.192

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pattern of strapwork, with recesses filled with repeating circles and squares. Seaweed and acanthus leaves.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177025

Accession Number: 1967.194

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover diaper pattern. Printed in red, green and grey-blue on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177026

Accession Number: 1967.197

Wallpaper

Six framgents. Large scrolls, maybe strapwork, with foliage. Scrolls are embellished with dots and a weave pattern. Printed in green, red-brown, taupe on a white unground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177027

Accession Number: 1967.198

Wallpaper

Three fragments. Guilloche pattern embellished with beads and floral vines. Printed in blue and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177028

Accession Number: 1967.199

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern with scrolling foliage in the edges of each losenge. Enclosed in losenge is a floral and foliate bunch. Each cell is joined by a medallion that looks like a patera, with a spring inside. Printed in red, blue, green and pink on a natural unground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177029

Accession Number: 1967.200

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. The pattern seems to be some sort of concave framework. Printed in blue, black, brown and white on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177030

Accession Number: 1967.201

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral paper with pink roses, cherries and stylized sprigs. Printed in two pinks, green printed on a polished grey ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177031

Accession Number: 1967.202

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern with diamond losenges and joined by flowers. Rollerprinted in blue and brown on a brown ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177032

Accession Number: 1967.203

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. One fragment has vertical stripe element with flower petals aligned. Other fragment with thin horizontal lines with pin dots outlining triangle of diamond shapes. Printed in two blues, white and black on a light blue ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177033

Accession Number: 1967.205

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment of border. Pattern consists of horizontal stripe of meandering vine and oak leaf and acorns alternating with larger leaf, edged at top and bottom with solid stripes. Printed in brown, light and dark orange and grey on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177034

Accession Number: 1967.207

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment, diaper pattern. Diamond losenges are formed by cords joined by small medallions. Sprigs are in the center of each losenge. Printed in two blues, two browns and beige on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177035

Accession Number: 1967.216

Bandbox

Paper fragments removed from band box. Allover floral pattern of tulips and roses with decorative feathered bird. Printed in two pinks, white and varnish green on unground grey paper.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177036

Accession Number: 1967.171.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Ashlar block with raised marble panels. Printed in white, tan, blue, grey and two browns on polished buff ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177037

Accession Number: 1967.195

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Flowers with feathers printed in maroon and off-white with metallic gold on grey ground. (Drop repeat)

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177038

Accession Number: 1969.595

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeated foliate sprig outlined in metallic gold and enclosed within thin, metallic gold and green intertwining lines. Printed in white, tan, taupe, olive and metallic gold and green on pale green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177039

Accession Number: 1969.579.3

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern. Small-scale grid of leafed stems with four-lobed blossoms at the intersections and stylized flower at center. Printed in cream, rust, metallic gold and metallic green on beige ground.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177040

Accession Number: 1969.579.4

Wallpaper

Machine printed cut sample. Renaissance Revival. Foliate and scrolls printed in maroon, tan, beige and mica?/ metalic yellow and outlined in metallic gold on off-white ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177041

Accession Number: 1969.607

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeated flower bouquets in urns surrounded by floral wreaths tied with bow knots and connected by suggested drapery swags in liquid mica.

Date: 1890-1900

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

GUSN: 177042

Accession Number: 1969.579.1

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Pebble embossed paper with an allover floral design. Copper and gold mica and peach on a pale pink ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Robert S. Hobbs & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177043

Accession Number: 1969.592.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale, Renaissance Revival stripe interrupted by "carved" cartouches. Printed in brown, tan, light orange and blue on polished white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177044

Accession Number: 1969.580.5

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Renaissance Revival strapwork framing alternating cartouches with narrow horizontal pin-stripes. Printed in tan, brown, and white on a blue field.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177045

Accession Number: 1969.580.3

Wallpaper Fragment

Vignettes of French life; including Napoleon III and Eugenia in a landau, women praying to Madonna and Child, a traveler, sea activity. Brown and black on a white ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177046

Accession Number: 1969.582.2

Wallpaper

Overall floral with oak leaves. Green and white on grey-white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177047

Accession Number: 1969.582.1

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Flocked border. Fluted rods entwined by leaves at regular intervals and bordered by green flock stripes. Printed in two browns, orange and peach with gold leaf and green flock, overprinted in dark green.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177048

Accession Number: 1969.596B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Renaissance Revival. Large-scale floral with strapwork and foliate scrolls. Red flock overprinted in maroon on a white grosgrain textured ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177049

Accession Number: 1969.587

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Broad stripe framed by narrow stripes. Two vertical vines of 3-leaf clovers. Printed in two greens, white and beige on unground.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177050

Accession Number: 1969.598

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper border fragment. Grid of squares framing stylized flowers and foliate forms. Printed in dark green-grey and black on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177051

Accession Number: 1969.592.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern. Stylized pink and green sprigs on reverse printed blue diamonds framed by diagonal grid of fine blue lines on unground paper with star at intersection. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177052

Accession Number: 1969.604.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Stripe composed of green coral on a light green field alternating with stripe of orange and red diamond within a brown, eight-pointed medallions connected by brown "stem". Printed on white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177053

Accession Number: 1969.604.2

Wallpaper

Unused fragment. Overall floral. Brown, yellow, red printed on a mustard-green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177054

Accession Number: 1969.578.3

Wallpaper

Floral in suggestion of cut velvet. Roses and oak leaves. Printed in grey, dark grey and white on a white-beige gound.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177055

Accession Number: 1969.578.10A

Wallpaper

Unused fragment. Overall, ribbon-tied sprigs connected by tendrils with leaves and berries. Tan, brown, pink and liquid mica printed on beige.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: W.N. Peak (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177056

Accession Number: 1969.578.5

Wallpaper

Unused fragment. Overall floral (wild roses and daisies, wheat). Grey, white, green, metallic bronze and light brown on a pink ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: W.N. Peak (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177057

Accession Number: 1969.578.4