Historic New England

Bandbox

Long, oval bandbox (A) with lid (B). Papered with an allover foliate pattern with black pindot stems. On lid is also allover, small, stylized leaves palmette in form and outlines in small pindots, connected to each other by thin stems. Printed in black, white, and green on a green ground. Bottom pap...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), pasteboard (paper)

GUSN: 178606

Accession Number: 1931.66.5AB

Wallpaper

Large scale floral, two greens, red, yellow printed on green-white.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178608

Accession Number: 1917.159

Wallpaper

Overall embossed pattern on ungrounded paper with liquid mica. Pattern appears to be fountains and flowers.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178609

Accession Number: 1985.762.1

Wallpaper

Cartouche made of C-scrolls and S-scrolls. Bouquets of roses and floral vines in red, two pinks, two greens, white on a tan ground.

Date: 1920-1930

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

GUSN: 178610

Accession Number: 1985.762.2

Wallpaper

11 fragments. Tan and dark brown printed on a brown ground. The fragments show scrolls, bellflowers and beads as decorative elements.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178611

Accession Number: 1985.763

Wallpaper

Flowers, stylized leaves, strings of beads in the background. Medallions with bouquets in foreground. Red, peach, pink, brown, metallic, white on a light brown ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178612

Accession Number: 1985.764

Wallpaper

Fragment. Section of landscape figures. Lovers in medieval dress before a priest. Appears to be marriage scene. Possibly Romeo, Juliet and Fra Laurence.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178613

Accession Number: 1955.224

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Vertical gothic column in the center with lancets, trefoils, acroteria and acanthus leaves that spring out from the seeds. Willowy sprigs frame the column. Honeycomb pattern in the background. Vertical column of rosettes and openwork form side stripes. Brown, blue and white ...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178615

Accession Number: 1955.225

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grisaille vignette of bird feeding chicks in a nest. Alternates vertically with scene of huntsman (1920.471A).

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178616

Accession Number: 1920.471C

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper border fragments. Grisaille leaf molding with realistic pineapple. Grisaille body with these green leaves sprouting from top and bottom of fruit.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178617

Accession Number: 1920.471D

Wallpaper

Fragments. Vertical bamboo pole "wrapped" with stylized leaf ring. Printed in black and yellow on blue ground. Ground originally green. See 1920.471F for green fragments of same border.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178618

Accession Number: 1920.471E

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical bamboo pole "wrapped" with stylized leaf ring. Printed in black and yellow on green ground.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178619

Accession Number: 1920.471F

Wallpaper

Fragments. Landscape scenes. Grisaille vignette of mounted huntsman aiming at buck. Scene alternates with vignette of bird feeding chicks in a nest (1920.471C) Catalogued separately.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178620

Accession Number: 1920.471A

Wallpaper

Border fragment. Large scale stiff leaf in grisaille and bordered by narrow black, gray and white stripes.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178621

Accession Number: 1920.471D.B

Newspaper Fragment

Fragment of newspaper found pasted to top of 1971.175.1

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178622

Accession Number: 1971.175.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover green floral with red delicate linear silhouettes. Printed on white ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178623

Accession Number: 1971.175.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Composite of newspaper between two different wallpapers. Outer layer in green and white floral? or foliage. Too small to determine pattern design.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178624

Accession Number: 1971.175.4

Wallpaper

Fragments. Brown foliage over grey scrollwork. Printed on white ground. Has attached newspaper fragment.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178625

Accession Number: 1971.175.5

Wallpaper

Small ashlar blocks separated horizontally by leaves. A carved floral element is centered on raised panel faces. Printed in white and red on unground paper.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178626

Accession Number: 1971.175.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Festoon of flowers and foliage on a field of white foliate scrolls and lobed arabesues. Printed in orange, green and white on blue ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178627

Accession Number: 1988.69

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover background pattern of flowers made of dots and dashes in vertical columns. Medallion with circles in center. Lots of linear and geometric elements. Three greens and white on ungound paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178628

Accession Number: 1988.68.8

Wallpaper

Fragment of border. Grapes and foliage. Three pink-purples, black, green and brown on a mustard ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178629

Accession Number: 1988.68.10B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Stylized rose with stem. Various sized horizontal dashes give a thorny look. Three pinks, two greens, white and brown on a yellow-brown ground.

Date: 1905-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178630

Accession Number: 1988.68.12

Wallpaper

Fragments. Scrolling foliage, sprigs and flowers create the design, printed in pink, orange, two greens, silver mica and brown on unnground paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178631

Accession Number: 1988.68.1

Wallpaper

Two fragments. In the style of Charles Rennie MacIntosh, very stylized roses, rosebuds, leaves and stems. Superimposed on allover, horizontal dash pattern and vertical long dash pattern consisting of groups of three. Red, two greens, white and black on yellow-brown ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178632

Accession Number: 1988.68.11

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover white floral with wheat and foliage on grey ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178688

Accession Number: 1971.1006

Wallpaper

Fragments. White stylized leaves outlined in green printed on polished grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178689

Accession Number: 1971.1007

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertically striped corn stalk and grape vine paper. Corn and stalks printed in two greens, two greys, and white with grape pattern in orange and white. Straight repeat.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178690

Accession Number: 1967.116A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Border. Continuous repeat of densely leafed vine wrapped around a rod. Printed in green, red, orange, tan and white.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178691

Accession Number: 1967.116B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Border. Foliage-berried leaf printed in black and orange on white ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178692

Accession Number: 1967.116C

Wallpaper border

Fragments of wallpaper border. Scrolled leaf and rosettes, edged with dentil moulding. Prints in two browns, white on ochre ground

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178693

Accession Number: 1985.678A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale leaf and floral vine motif printed in peach and dark salmon on polished white ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178694

Accession Number: 1985.680

Wallpaper border

Used fragment of border. Alternating rosettes and stylized pinecone or sunflower head. Prints in two browns, white on ochre ground. Striaght repeat.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178695

Accession Number: 1985.679

Wallpaper

Fragment. A scenic paper depicting a sailboat, canoe, duck and building. Printed in orange and green on a natural ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178696

Accession Number: 1924.665

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Rainbow paper with all over floral design with berries. Printed in orange and yellow on dark blue to light blue to white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178697

Accession Number: 1924.654AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Medallion and square paper. Alternating squares; one with quatrefoil and leaf urn with swans in center, the other square has a foliate and flower sunburst composed of geometric elements in center. Printed in red on yellow ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178698

Accession Number: 1924.655

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover daisy sprig in white, green and black on pink (now brown) ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178699

Accession Number: 1971.2187

Wallpaper

Fragment. Narrow, blue, vertical stripes capped by horizontal band in same blue and white stylized element.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178700

Accession Number: 1971.2187B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Symmetrical design. Roses in a basket with white stylized leaf swags which connect to pink and rose tassels and white cross-hatched stripe. Straight match.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178701

Accession Number: 1971.168

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Gothic design of small-scale architectural elements and framed views of wooded landscapes. Printed in grey, maroon and green on polished white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178702

Accession Number: 1971.167

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Gothic pattern consists of exterior view (?) of Gothic structure with niches and statue, Ogee arches, tracery windows and quatrefoils. Prints in beige, white on grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178703

Accession Number: 1921.9AB

Wallpaper

Gothic Revival paper depicting a combination of interior and exterior elements of a Gothic cathedral, including: pointed arches; fretwork; tracery; pulpits; statuary; trefoils and quatrefoils. Printed in brown, two oranges, tan and white on peach satin ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178704

Accession Number: 1921.123A-C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large grisaille flowers, peonies?, and roses with foliage and cluster of three berries on bright blue ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178705

Accession Number: 1921.8

Wallpaper

Fragment. Geometric diaper pattern. Diamond grid with small dots as border and larger dots at intersection. Circular medallion with 8 pointed star in center. White and light blue on blue ground.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178706

Accession Number: 1983.177.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. Scenery paper? Green foliage? with blue sky? ground. Sample too small to decipher image.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178707

Accession Number: 1983.177.3

Wallpaper

Fragment, tapestry, large scale design. Printed in blue, rust, green and tan on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178708

Accession Number: 1983.177.4

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern composed of white stylized floral elements and dot in center of each diamond. Printed on light blue ground. Straight match.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178709

Accession Number: 1983.177.1

Wallpaper

Fragments. Brown medallion alternating with cock surrounded by green and black leaves printed on light brown ground.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178710

Accession Number: 1988.133A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment. Border with small floral elements in brown and orange along bottom edges. Center composed of groups of five white, narrow diagonal stripes separated by five pin dots on green ground.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178711

Accession Number: 1988.134

Wallpaper border

Unused sample of French Zuber border. Grey foliate vine intertwined with golden vine which has regularly spaced groups of three leaves on a rust flocked ground.

Date: 1831

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178712

Accession Number: 1923.535

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