Historic New England

Wallpaper

Matching frieze. Garlands, spray, scrolls with lotus leaves and bellflowers. Printed in mustard, dark orange, peach, two greens, yellow, white and silver mica on a cream ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177276

Accession Number: 1975.241B

Wallpaper

Fragment of matching frieze. Scrolling acanthus leaves, garland, sprigs and bouquets of flowers. Bottom band of stylized palmettes. Silver mica, blue, mustard and yellow on a white ground.

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177277

Accession Number: 1975.246B

Unused matching frieze sample. Embossed with a floral scroll design to give the look of leather. Large scrolls with rosettes are tied with a bow, urns with bouquets and a bottom band of bead and reel. Printed in two pinks, white, tan, brown and gold on a shiny pink ground.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177278

Accession Number: 1975.254B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragments. Large scrolling foliage with overlapping meandering rose vine and daisy garlands. Printed in green, mauve, tan, mustard, gold and silver mica printed on a pale pink ground.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: Mairs, William H. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177279

Accession Number: 1975.252

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Embossed paper with a tapestry feel. A landscape scene of pond with lily pads, foliage, trees and a foot bridge. Three blues, green, two browns, black and white on a gilt and sand ground.

Date: 1920-1930

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

GUSN: 177280

Accession Number: 1975.238

Wallpaper

Unused sample with attached border. Allover floral pattern with sprigs. Two pinks, mauve, red, two greens, blue and yellow on a cream ground.

Date: 1900-1901

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

GUSN: 177281

Accession Number: 1975.236B

Wallpaper

Unused matching frieze sample (to 1975.252). Pebble embossed. Large scrolling foliage with overlapping meandering rose vine. Garland of daisies hangs off of scrolls. Bottom band of small compact scrolls and stylized flowers. Green, mauve, tan, mustard, gold and silver mica printed on a pale pink gro...

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: Mairs, William H. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177282

Accession Number: 1975.251

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Marblized architectural features to resemble Georgian mansions. Grapes and round medallions with rosettes link each architectural compartment. Printed in yellow, white, grey and brown on a beige ground.

Date: 1935-1945

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177283

Accession Number: 1975.237B

Wallpaper

Matching unused wallpaper frieze sample attached to paper. Swags of ribbon and foliate vines, festoons of rose vines, pin dots and vertical ribbon and foliate forms. Printed in two pinks, two greens, yellow, silver mica on a cream ground.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177284

Accession Number: 1975.242B

Wallpaper

Unused border sample attached to paper. Leafy fleur-de-lis with scrolling foliage and smaller three-lobed foliate form. In the background is an allover, undulating moire type pattern. Three greens and yellow on a grey ground.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: W.N. Peak (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177285

Accession Number: 1975.239B

Wallpaper Frieze

Matching unused wallpaper frieze sample. Repeat pattern of lobed forms, foliage, ribbon and rinceaux. Printed in green, white, silver mica on a pale green ground.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177286

Accession Number: 1975.243B

Wallpaper

Wide, matching frieze fragment attached to sidewall fragment. Delicate sweeping scrolls joined by floral rose bouquets. With a band of stylized lotus leaves separated by a vertical column of three beads. Printed in two greens and silver mica on a white ground.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177287

Accession Number: 1975.247B

Wallpaper

Unused matching frieze sample attached to sidewall. Scrolling foliage with bellflowers and vertical lines towards the bottom half. Green, sage, silver mica and yellow on a pale green ground.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177288

Accession Number: 1975.249B

Wallpaper

Unused matching frieze sample. Meandering rose vines. Bottom band of a reed and leaf motif. Printed in white, three greens, silver mica on a ungrounded paper.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177289

Accession Number: 1975.250B

Wallpaper

Matching frieze sample attached to paper. Design of a diapered background with rosettes, wreaths with scrolls, palmettes and sprigs. Cream, white, silver and gold on a pale green gound.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177290

Accession Number: 1975.240B

Wallpaper

Frieze sample attached to paper. Simple arabesques made of scrolling foliage, swags and spray of roses on the vine. Bottom band of interlacing. Printed in two pinks, mauve, red, two greens, blue, yellow on a cream ground.

Date: 1900-1901

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

GUSN: 177291

Accession Number: 1975.236C

Wallpaper

Unused sample with attached border. Flowers and scrolls of lotus leaves, small garlands, bell flowers. Printed in mustard, dark orange, peach, two greens, yellow, white and silver mica on an off-white ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177292

Accession Number: 1975.241

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Repeat pattern of lobed forms containing wreath, ribbon and palmette motifs. Printed in green white and silver mica on a pale green ground.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177293

Accession Number: 1975.243

Wallpaper

Fragments pieced together. Daisies, thistles and sprigs are printed in brown, silver mica, yellow and white on a soft pink ground.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177294

Accession Number: 1975.245BC

Wallpaper

Unused sample fragment, attached to border. Daisies, thistles and sprigs are printed in brown, silver mica, yellow and white on a soft pink ground.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: W.N. Peak (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177295

Accession Number: 1975.245A

Wallpaper

Fragment with attached frieze. C-scrolls and scrolls of acanthus leaves, sprigs, garlands and bouquets. Silver mica, blue and mustard printed on a white ground.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177296

Accession Number: 1975.246A

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Floral embossed. Candelabra form with volutes, ribbon, garlands, bellflowers and bouquets. Printed in white, tan, brown, mauve on gold on a shiny pink ground.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177297

Accession Number: 1975.254

Wallpaper

Fragment. The design consists of delicate sweeping scrolls joined by floral rose bouquets. Printed in two greens and silver mica on a white ground.

Date: 1890-1896

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177298

Accession Number: 1975.247

Wallpaper

Art Nouveau / Arts and Crafts style paper with rounded roses and sinuous, meandering, thorny stems. Printed in olive green and light red on an oatmeal unground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177299

Accession Number: 1975.234

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vine and stripe, meandering floral vine in varnish green and black, alternating with scalloped vertical stripe. Printed in grey on beige ground.

Date: 1795-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177300

Accession Number: 1985.689AB

Wallpaper Fragments

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of scrolling foliage forming a cartouche and framing roses in a tapered urn. On ribbed paper. Printed in two grays and taupe on a white ground.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177301

Accession Number: 1977.585.5AB

Wallpaper

Fragments. Continuous row of pale yellow and green climbing roses alternating with green liquid mica, imitation moire stripe. Printed on a pale green ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176950

Accession Number: 1985.823AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of scrolling foliage with yellow, orange, pink and blue daisy blossoms. Printed on an embossed, pale green ground. Straight match.

Date: 1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176951

Accession Number: 1985.824

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation plaster work brackets, moulding and coffers framing view of landscape with mountains and lake. Printed above a row of repeating geometric motifs. Printed in grey, black, tan, two greens, two blues, red, pink, and liquid mica on a beige ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176952

Accession Number: 1985.826

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover design in orange, tan and green, possibly varnished. No motif.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176953

Accession Number: 1985.834A-E

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating vignettes of thatched roof cottage and blossoming trees with split rail fence. Printed in pink, light blue, green, ochre, brown, grey and taupe on a beige ground and overprinted with metallic gold linear lines and grid of white hatch marks.

Date: 1925-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176954

Accession Number: 1985.838AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Incomplete width. Diaper pattern formed by simple vine forming ovals and framing floral sprigs. Printed in white, taupe, tan and pale blue on a polished grey ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176955

Accession Number: 1985.839

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large diaper pattern formed by ochre cabled losenges with foliated diamonds at the intersections. Printed on a cream ground.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176956

Accession Number: 1985.840AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of entwined vines with rose blossoms printed in short horizontal brown and metallic gold lines on an embossed, tan ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176957

Accession Number: 1985.842

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of delicate, entwined and scrolling vine in light green with liquid mica berries. Printed on a white ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176958

Accession Number: 1985.844

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover design of entwined, stylized flowers. Printed in pale yellow and accented with metallic copper dots on an embossed, orange ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176959

Accession Number: 1985.846

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Gilt figured paper of sprigs of various sizes and varieties of naturalistic flowers. Embossed and gilded on a cream ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176960

Accession Number: 1985.849

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grisaille rose sprigs on narrow ochre pinstripes against a grisaille, imitation silk moire field. Printed in two greys and ochre on a polished white ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176961

Accession Number: 1985.850

Wallpaper

Partial roll in two pieces. Allover design of two repeating, square tiles. One square encloses a geometric motif and the other encloses a geometric quatrefoil. Printed in red, green, yellow, black, brown and grey.

Date: 1915-1921

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176962

Accession Number: 1985.773ab

Wallpaper

Allover, trailing, floral vine with stylized flowers and bellflowers printed in red, ochre, blue, green, metallic gold and white liquid mica. Drop match.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176963

Accession Number: 1985.774

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper sample in three fragments. Tile design of alternating squares framing dandelions and stylized floral sprigs.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176964

Accession Number: 1985.791A-C

Wallpaper

Three rolled remnants. Allover design of chrysanthemum-like flowers in pink, blue and metallic gold with olive berries. Possible ceiling paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176965

Accession Number: 1985.805A-C

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Poppy motif framed by diapered strapwork printed in light green on green flock.

Date: 1890-1916

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Probably A.H. Davenport

GUSN: 176966

Accession Number: 1985.796

Wallpaper

Large-scale, stylized flower framed by serpentine foliate scroll and foliate vine. Roller-printed in yellow and green flocking on metallic silver ground.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: H. Scott Richmond & Co. (Manufacturer) Mott, Henry H. (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking

GUSN: 176967

Accession Number: 1985.777

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Salmon and red urns and oil lamps connected by bellflower swags and patera and supported by a base of arabesques. Printed on a cream ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176968

Accession Number: 1985.852A-C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern with small quatrefoils within squares that join each lozenge as well as a medieval style Greek cross with a circle behind. Printed in gold, black on a taupe ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176969

Accession Number: 1985.16

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Anglo-Japanese framework with Middle Eastern scenes. Egyptian Sphinx, a family shown against a Moorish skyline, palm trees, jugs, plates and flamingos. Printed in metallic copper, gold, pink, orange, silver, olive, brown and white on an olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176970

Accession Number: 1985.18

Wallpaper

Partial roll of wallpaper. Large-scale Baroque flower and berry design frmaed by scrolling leaves. Printed in light green flock on a grey, striated flock field.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176971

Accession Number: 1985.804

Wallpaper Border

Unused wallpaper border sample. Repeating foliate scrolls entwined with garlands tied with ribbon above a continuous row of scalloped lace ribbon entwined around a rod. Printed in red, ochre, light yellow, peach, and metallic gold on a light olive ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176972

Accession Number: 1985.830

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Diaper pattern. Tan losenges outlined with brown pin dots with four green diamonds at their centers and brown losenges at the intersections. Printed on a polished tan ground. Straight match.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176973

Accession Number: 1985.853

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