Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper fragment, joined at central motif, with large scale design of quatrefoils and C-scrolls printed in brown, tan and white on light blue ground, framed by blue reverse printed foliate pattern. One additional layer of paper underneath.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286797

Accession Number: 2000.361

Wallpaper Border

Fragments. Wallpaper border with ribbon swag on engraved ground printed to simulate woven cloth. Block printed in four greens on pale green ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286798

Accession Number: 2000.327AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Japanese leather paper fragment with heavily embossed design of meandering floral vines with birds perched on the stems. Printed in metallic gold against a red ground.

Date: 1884-1916

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286799

Accession Number: 2000.1685

Wallpaper

Fragments. Wallpaper with all over design of leafy vines entwined with climbing rose vines with pink blossoms. Block pritned

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286800

Accession Number: 2000.1688A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with stylized floral vine pattern from Townsend, Massachusetts. Stylized vines or branch with light-colored leaves undulate up the paper. Red flowers and berries highlighted with gold accents. Roller-printed in red, orange, black, olive, metallic gold and gray on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286801

Accession Number: 2001.281.503

Wallpaper

Fragment. Wallpaper printed with repeating rows of three-lobed leaves with flower blossoms. Printed in green and black.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286802

Accession Number: 2000.1691

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample in the "Crace Tile" pattern. Large tile design of quatrefoils framed by interlaced and tri-lobed floral elements. Block printed in orange and peach on an aubergine ground. Manufactured by Cole & Son, London. Originally printed by J. G. Crace, England, 1850-1860.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286804

Accession Number: 2000.861

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample printed in the "Celtic" pattern by Cole & Son, London. Design features stylized morning glories on an interlaced field with undulating foliate vines. Block printed in blue-grey and grey on a green ground. Based on an English design of 1890.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286806

Accession Number: 2000.862

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral wallpaper from Uxbridge, Massachusetts. Roller-printed, large-scale floral and scroll pattern reminiscent of Neo-classical designs. Marked "Design Patented October 24, 1893." Stamped on verso with M.M. Birge & Sons trademark logo and pattern number 2218 AF.

Date: 1893

Maker: Birge (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286807

Accession Number: 2001.281.504

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallaper printed in the "Celtic" pattern by Cole & Son, London. Design features stylized morning glories on an interlaced field with undulating foliate vines. Block printed in cream and brown on a dark ochre ground. Based on an English design of 1890.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286808

Accession Number: 2000.863

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Royston" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with a rococo design of flower bouquets alternating with bouquets of fruit including apples, pineapples, grapes and cherries connected by flowering scrolls. Block printed in ochre on a striated yellow and brown ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286810

Accession Number: 2000.869

Wallpaper

Two fragments of foliate wallpaper. Large, naturalistic leaves and stylized floral sprigs alternate in off-set, mirroring rows (one row leans in to the left, the next row to the right) to form an all-over foliate pattern. Block-printed in pink and red on ochre ground. Laid paper, partial sheets. ...

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 287148

Accession Number: 2001.281.523AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the front hall of the Governor Badger House, Belmont, New Hampshire. Neoclassical medallion pattern featuring foliate, flower, and star elements. Block-printed in green and blue on ochre ground. Reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings as "Governor Badger."

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 287149

Accession Number: 2001.281.524

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Valliere Minor" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with all-over design of a floral bouquet in an urn, ornamented with rose garlands, arabesques, and suspended baskets of flowers. Block printed in green on a white liquid mica ground. Based on an English block printed wa...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287150

Accession Number: 2000.921

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with striated pattern. Machine printed in tan on a cream ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287151

Accession Number: 2000.923

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with striated pattern. Machine printed in green on a cream ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287152

Accession Number: 2000.924

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with striated pattern. Machine printed in salmon on a cream ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287153

Accession Number: 2000.925

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with striped design of vertically repeating green stylized leaf elements bordered by stylized purple vines and alternating with orange bamboo-like forms. Screen printed on a white ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287156

Accession Number: 2000.926

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with a striped design of wide striated light blue stripes flanked by solid blue stripes and alternating with band of repeating grid of blue dots. Printed on a light blue ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287157

Accession Number: 2000.927

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with repeating floral bouquets tied with bow knots, framed by entwined ribbon swags ornamented by a berried vine. Printed in ochre, red and black on a cream ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287158

Accession Number: 2000.928

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with striped design of five narrow blue sripes alternating with row of vertically repeating floral sprigs. Machine printed in blue, red, rose, yellow, ochre, purple, lavender and two greens on a tan ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287159

Accession Number: 2000.929

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with diaper pattern of lozenges formed by meandering thorn vine printed in light blue-gray framing stylized ochre, salmon and blue-grey floral sprigs. Machine printed on a cream ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287160

Accession Number: 2000.930

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with diaper pattern of ochre lozenges formed by entwined beading and berried vine framing floral sprigs. Ivory ground. Manufacutured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287161

Accession Number: 2000.931

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with a diaper pattern formed by small blue lozenges with four-pointed stars or stylized floral elements at the intersections. Machine printed in two blues and gray on a white ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287162

Accession Number: 2000.932

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with all-over design of repeating rows of chevrons. Machine printed in a mottled green and pale green on a gray ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287163

Accession Number: 2000.933

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Savoy" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with diaper pattern formed by ivory dotted lines with sprigs at the interesections. machine printed on a mottled lavender ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287165

Accession Number: 2000.938

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Swans" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with swans framed by quatrefoils alternating with lilies within ovals against a trellis and a crazed field. Screen printed in eight colors -- three greens, black, taupe, grey, cream and rust on a white ground. Based on a machine-...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287166

Accession Number: 2000.939

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Old Cairo" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with an imitation metal or plaster screen pattern featuring all-over elongated quatrefoils with "rivets" at the intersections. Screen printed in seven colors -- yellow, ochre, two tans, gray, taupe and olive green on a white ...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287167

Accession Number: 2000.940

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with all-over design of entwined wisteria vines and flowers. Screen printed in fifteen colors -- three lavenders, three roses, three ochres, three greens, grey, white and black on a light grey ground, Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287168

Accession Number: 2000.941

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with all-over design of large scale baroque floral motifs with leafy scrolling foliage. Printed in tan on a patterned taupe and cream field. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287169

Accession Number: 2000.942

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with an imitation plaster work molding design featuring fruit, wheat and grapevine motfs above a row of beading. Block printed in two browns, charcoal gray, taupe, tan, beige and cream on a speckled brown ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287170

Accession Number: 2000.943

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with continuous band of interlace. Screen printed in yellow, ochre, tan and blue on a teal blue ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287171

Accession Number: 2000.944

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with continuous band of grisaille egg and dart molding above a row of olive green and yellow drapery swags. Printed in two grays, white, two shades of olive green and yellow. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287172

Accession Number: 2000.946

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with a continuous band of alternating anthemions and calyxes. Block printed in green on an ivroy ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287173

Accession Number: 2000.947

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with a continuous band of palm-like foliage printed in green, brown, red, rose, yellow, pink and two purples over a black band and on a pale yellow ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287174

Accession Number: 2000.948

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with a continuous band of berried vines, screen printed in green, brown, red, rose, yellow, pink and two purples over a black band and on a pale yellow ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287176

Accession Number: 2000.949

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper border with a continuous entwined vine with stylized flowers, fruit, berries and tendrils. Screen printed in green, olive green, red, rose, pink, yellow and three purples on a cream ground. Manufactured by Clarence House (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287178

Accession Number: 2000.950

Wallpape

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Vendome" pattern with an imitation silk moire design printed in salmon on a shiny white ground. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287179

Accession Number: 2000.951

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with neoclassical urns above cornucopias ornamented with beaded swags and scrolling vines. Screen printed in white on a chartreuse ground. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY). See Border 2000.952B printed on same width of paper.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287180

Accession Number: 2000.952A

Wallpaper Border

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Adam" pattern with two rows of simple leafed vines with stylized dotted blossoms. Screen printed in white on a chartreuse ground. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY). See Sidewall 2000.952A printed on same width of paper.

Date: 20th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287181

Accession Number: 2000.952B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Marlborough Stripe" pattern with block printed alternating stripes of red and rose. Based on an English machine printed wallpaper from 1880-1900. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287182

Accession Number: 2000.953

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Marlborough Stripe" pattern with block printed alternating stripes of rtaupe and beige on a cream ground. Based on an English machine printed wallpaper from 1880-1900. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287183

Accession Number: 2000.960

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Michaelmas Daisy" pattern with an all-over design of orange daisies on a fiels of green leaves and green entwined vines. Screen printed on a white ground. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287185

Accession Number: 2000.954

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Canterbury Bells" pattern with an all-over design of repeating lilies, blue bells and marigolds on a field of green entwined willow leaves. Screen printed on a white field. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287187

Accession Number: 2000.955

Wallpaper

Fragment of foliate stripe wallpaper from the Governor Badger House, Belmont, New Hampshire. A stylized foliate stripe, with two rows of leaves growing from a vine, alternates with a field of striated diamonds with dot centers. Block-printed in brown and white on ochre ground. Wove paper, partial ...

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 287189

Accession Number: 2001.281.525

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Pillement" pattern with repeated vignettes of Oriental landscapes including a view of a house on piers beneath a weeping willow tree and a view of a pagoda and footbridge framed by lattice strapwork. Screen printed in two greens and white on a cream ground. Manufactu...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287190

Accession Number: 2000.957

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Western Birds" pattern with a meandering vine filled with various species of birds. Block printed in three grees, three blues, rose, maroon, pink, brown, tan, beige and two grays on a white ground. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287191

Accession Number: 2000.958

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Windsor Rose" pattern with all-over design of large sprays of roses in different colors. Screen printed in twelve colors on a light grey ground. Based on an English or Amrican machine printed wallpaper from 1900-1920. Manufactured by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287195

Accession Number: 2000.961

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Warwick" pattern with cream-colored large scrolling leaves machine printed on a beige ground. Based on an English block print from 1890-1900 in the Sanderson Archives.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287196

Accession Number: 2000.962

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Buckingham" pattern with an all-over design of entwined willow leaves. Machine printed in dark salmon on a salmon ground. Based on an English machine printed paper from 1890-1910 originally printed by Jeffrey & Company.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: Arthur Sanderson & Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287197

Accession Number: 2000.963

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