Historic New England

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of scrolling acanthus leaves infilled with beading and connected by strapwork. Printed in yellow, ochre, tan and light olive green.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178600

Accession Number: 1982.271

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Diaper pattern formed by central tan losenges surrounded by crossed lines of stylized vines and foliated quatrefoils at the intersections. Straight match.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178601

Accession Number: 1982.273

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover design of entwined climbing roses and morning glory vines. Printed in two browns. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178602

Accession Number: 1982.274

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Border composed of daisy blossoms in peach, brown, tan and metallic gold over a white Greek key on a grey field and printed below brown, three-lobed, foliate forms on dark brown flock.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178603

Accession Number: 1982.275

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped paper. Vertical bands of cable, beading and guilloche in white with red sprig.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178604

Accession Number: 1930.1749

Wallpaper

Fragment. Gothic architecture with framed views; one of a town, the second of four figures in conversation. Printed in two greens, grey and white on green ground.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178605

Accession Number: 1923.544

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 flowers against dense leaves. Gray, two greens, yellow and white printed on reddish brown ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178607

Accession Number: 1917.159B

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 sample. Gothic octagonal tower ornamented with scrolls and flanked by pater stripe. Printed in brown, blue and white on a beige ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178614

Accession Number: 1955.225A

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

Fragment. Three-dimensional Rococo strapwork with horizontal pin-striped surfaces. Flowers occur on some straps. Printed in dark and light grey on a white, satin ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178838

Accession Number: 1971.146A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rennaisance Revivial paper with strapwork design made of C-scrolls and cartouches and vertical columns. Printed in tan, two browns and two blues on a white, satin ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178839

Accession Number: 1950.597

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Classical pillar and arch motif with classical elements. On arch is egg and dart moulding. Bouquets of flowers hang from center of arch by ribbon. White and black on a grey ground.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178840

Accession Number: 1985.692A

Wallpaper Border

Border with a simple, meandering, stylized leaf pattern. Printed in blue on a light grey ground.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178841

Accession Number: 1985.690B

Wallpaper

Brocade wallpaper with stripes. The narrow stripes are embellished with ovals and pin dots. Meandering through the stripes are intertwined vines and ribbon gathered by sprigs and bow knots. Printed in blue, two whites and pink on an orange ground.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178842

Accession Number: 1985.690A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Very simple pattern of an undulating line with stylized sprigs. Printed in black on a white ground.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178843

Accession Number: 1985.691B

Wallpaper

This pastoral pattern depicts three vignettes that relate to prints and copperplate textiles of the period. The vignettes are lined up vertically. There is the couple with the rake, the standing shepherd with the seated woman and seated shepherd with a woman holding a basket of fruit. Each scene is ...

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178844

Accession Number: 1985.691A

Wallpaper

Border fragment. Spiral and leaf design. Attached to sidewall paper 1985.692A.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178846

Accession Number: 1985.692B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Losenge pattern with foliate element in the center of each losenge. White printed on unground paper.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178847

Accession Number: 1914.15A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Diamond and octagonal medallions with stylized foliage. Blended pink and white on unground blue paper

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178848

Accession Number: 1914.15B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Floral pattern, possibly daisies, printed in two shades of green flocking, two shades of grey, yellow, orange on a white ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178849

Accession Number: 1980.200

Wallpaper

Fragment. Scene of a dove, with olive branch in its beak, atop bow and arrows. Printed in three greens, grey, black and white on a grey ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178850

Accession Number: 1980.199B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Has part of the edge and trees seen in 1980.199A. Three shades of green, grey and black on a grey ground.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178851

Accession Number: 1980.199C

Wallpaper

Used fragment of border. Leaf motif with striped edge (pattern indecipherable). Prints in two greys, two reds and white on grey ground.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178852

Accession Number: 1980.199D

Wallpaper

Fragment. Landscape figure depicting a woman, in a rural setting, milking a goat. On the edge is a vertical, leafy stalk and next to it, a diamond pattern. Printed in three greens, grey, black and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178853

Accession Number: 1980.199A

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Medallions inset with a basket of roses. Medallions are connected by floral trails and topped with bowed ribbon. Diapered background. Prints in two pinks, blue, tan, white, two greens on beige ground.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178854

Accession Number: 1955.298B

Wallpaper

Fragment of trellis and floral wallpaper. Printed in red, pink, two greens, blue, white and black on white figured ground.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178855

Accession Number: 1955.299C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover dark brown, blue and green checks on ochre ground with fine, vertical, black lines imitating woven cloth.

Date: 1900-1910

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

GUSN: 178856

Accession Number: 1974.367

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wide stripes with a stylized flower and leaf on either side with narrow stripes. With separate top and bottom borders. Printed in three ochres, two reds and two greens on a green ground.

Date: 1905-1915

Maker: Allen-Higgins Wall Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178857

Accession Number: 1974.365A

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