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Nursery Wallpaper

Fragment of nursery wallpaper with idyllic scenes of babies and young children at outdoor play. Scenes include babies on a seesaw, boys with a wagon and puppies, children picking apples near a fountain, and children with a rabbit. Trailing vines and foliage surround the scenes. Lithograph in blue...

Date: 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), lithographs

GUSN: 284341

Accession Number: 2001.281.376

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern consists of meandering vines with nosegays. Printed in green, grey, and white on a pink ground.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284343

Accession Number: 2000.251

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern consists of floral vines with groupings of carnations and roses intertwined with ribbons and bows. Printed in two pinks, lavender, three greens, and white on a black ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1976

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284344

Accession Number: 2000.252

Wallpaper

Unused partial roll of wallpaper. Scrolled floral damask pattern. Printed in two greens on a cream round. Straight repeat.

Maker: McClelland, Nancy (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284345

Accession Number: 2000.253

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern consists of meandering leaves edged with a scalloped swag. Printed in green and black on a white ground.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284346

Accession Number: 2000.258A

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper border. Pattern consists of a gathered swag with sprigs, edged with scallops. Printed in green and black on a white ground.

Date: 1985

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284347

Accession Number: 2000.258B

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern consists of a diaper pattern of diamonds intersected with small flowers. Printed in gold, mauve, and white on a grey ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284348

Accession Number: 2000.259

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern consists of a stylized star set within a rectangle. Printed in white and black on a grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1969-1970

Maker: Allen-Doane Company

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284349

Accession Number: 2000.265

Wallpaper

Unused sample of wallpaper. Pattern consists of meandering floral vines. Printed in ochre on a yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) McClelland, Nancy (Retailer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284350

Accession Number: 2000.304

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern consists of an imitation stenciled design in a floral pattern. Printed in ochre on a white ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Thomas Strahan & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284351

Accession Number: 2000.263

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of toile style wallpaper depicting theatrical scenes and a multitude of classical motifs and theatrical scenes. Lithograph or roller-printed in red on off-white ground with yellow stencil.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), lithographs, stenciling

GUSN: 284354

Accession Number: 2001.281.377

Wallpaper

Unused nursery wallpaper from Exeter, New Hampshire. Scenes depicting proverbs, such as "don't cry over spilled milk" are framed by vines and flowering plants such as grapes and morning glory. Roller-printed in dark olive, ochre, pale yellow, mauve, blue, black and pink on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284357

Accession Number: 2001.281.378

Wallpaper

Unused nursery wallpaper from Grafton, Massachusetts. Scenes depicting proverbs, such as "don't cry over spilled milk" are framed by vines and flowering plants such as grapes and morning glory. Roller-printed in olive, green, pink, blue, gray, peach, ochre and black on white ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284358

Accession Number: 2001.281.379

"Kate Greenaway" Wallpaper

Unused fragment of sanitary nursery wallpaper. Paper depicts designs after British illustrator Kate Greenaway. Vignettes depicting little girls and mothers are labeled for months of the year and framed by green willow branches. Engraved roller-print with pastel colors on a tan ground.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: Possibly David Walker (Manufacturer) After Greenway, Kate (Illustrator)

Material: paper (fiber product), engraving (printing process)

GUSN: 284361

Accession Number: 2001.281.380

"Charles Dickens" Wallpaper

Unused sanitary wallpaper fragments from Topsfield, Massachusetts. English made paper depicting scenes and characters from the stories of Charles Dickens. Engraved roller-print with oil colors on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1924

Maker: After Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 (Author)

Material: paper (fiber product), engraving (printing process)

GUSN: 284366

Accession Number: 2001.281.381A-D

Nursery Rhyme Wallpaper

Unused fragment of sanitary wallpaper depicting nursery rhymes including "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe." Engraved roller-print with oil colors on light tan ground.

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), engraving (printing process)

GUSN: 284369

Accession Number: 2001.281.382

German Nursery Rhyme Wallpaper

Unused fragment of sanitary wallpaper depicting nursery rhymes with German titles. Rhymes include "Rothkappen" (Little Red Riding Hood), "Dornroschen" (Sleeping Beauty), "Der gestiefelte Karer" (Puss in Boots) and "Hansel u. Gerethel" (Hansel and Gretel). Engraved roller-print with oil colors on ...

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), engraving (printing process)

GUSN: 284373

Accession Number: 2001.281.383A-D

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from the Standish House in Dighton, Massachusetts. Repeating geometric stripes with stylized star or flower pattern are separated by eight pin dot stripes. Roller-printed in metallic gold on gray ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 284388

Accession Number: 2001.281.384

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of Anglo-Japanese style wallpaper from the Old Standish House in Dighton, Massachusetts. Geometric shapes and stylized flowers create asymmetrical pattern typical of Anglo-Japanese designs. Paper is embossed with a woven, or fabric-like, texture and roller-printed in metallic gold, ...

Date: 1886

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 284389

Accession Number: 2001.281.385

Wallpaper Border

Fragments of a floral wallpaper border from the Clapp House in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Block-printed and stenciled fruit and flower pattern in pink, red, green, black and light blue on gray ground. Border was once attached to Pillar and Arch with matching floral elements, see Clapp House wallpa...

Date: 1765-1770

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 284391

Accession Number: 2001.281.386A-D

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Clapp House in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Embossed, Gilt Figure pattern on cream ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, gilding

GUSN: 284394

Accession Number: 2001.281.387

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Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment printed to look like ivory colored satin moire.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286865

Accession Number: 1978.191A

No image available

Rug

Rectangular wool carpet with repeating pattern of rosettes within diamonds in green, yellow, and blue on red field. Polychrome wine glass border on white border flanked by red, white and blue diagonal guards.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 286866

Accession Number: 1958.367

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Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment printed to look like pale butter colored satin moire.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286867

Accession Number: 1978.191B

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in "Gran Cru" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with repeating grid of grape clusters against a striped field. Printed in two purples and lavender on white ground. Based on an English machine printed wallpaper from 1850-1860. Documetn in Courtauld Archives (London).

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286868

Accession Number: 2000.937

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in "Fuscia" by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY) with continuous stripe of fuschia blossoms and vines separated by metallic gold guilloche. Block printed in two greens, pink, rose, blue and metallic gold on an embossed white ground. Based on an English block printed wallpaper from 1...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286871

Accession Number: 2000.959

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Milliken" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with very large scale baroque floral design in imitation of cut velvet. Machine printed in dark green on a green ground. Based on an English block printed paper from 1880-1900 desigend by Henry H. Mott and originally printed ...

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286872

Accession Number: 2000.906

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Florentine Diaper" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with an all-over design of repeated sylized floral elements outlined in small dots. Block printed in rose on pale pink ground. Based on an English block printed wallpaper from 1880-1900.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286873

Accession Number: 2000.934

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Florentine Diaper" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with an all-over design of repeated sylized floral elements outlined in small dots. Block printed in ple blue on a denim blue, liquid mica ground. Based on an English block printed wallpaper from 1880-1900.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286874

Accession Number: 2000.922

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Small Acanthus" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with large scale Aesthetic style scrolling acanthus leaves and flowers. Machine printed in green on a green ground. Based on an English block printed wallpaper from 1880-1910.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286875

Accession Number: 2000.913

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Rug

Rectangular wool carpet with repeated pattern of diamond-shaped guls separated by narrow striped bands. Primary colors are red, brown and blue.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 286876

Accession Number: 1958.366

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Small Acanthus" pattern by Clarence House (NY) with large scale Aesthetic style scrolling acanthus leaves and flowers. Machine printed in tan on a cream ground. Based on an English block printed wallpaper from 1880-1910.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286877

Accession Number: 2000.920

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper in the "Willow Leaves" pattern by Cowtan & Tout, Inc. (NY) with an all-over design of willow leaves in taupe with green veins. Screen printed on a cream ground. Based on an English block printed wallpaper from 1880-1900.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286878

Accession Number: 2000.956

Wallpaper

Six fragments of wallpaper from South Wellfleet, Massachusetts. A stylized floral bouquet is centered on a background of small sprigs. A floral stripe runs vertically along right side of pattern. Block-printed in red and white on orange ground. Laid paper, partial sheets. Fragments D and E retai...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286879

Accession Number: 2001.281.507.1A-F

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragments from South Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Flower and ribbon pattern. Pink and blue flowers are linked by ribbon festoons and bordered above and below by orange and yellow lines in a geometric pattern. Details of the border are not clear due to poor condition. Block-printed ...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286880

Accession Number: 2001.281.507.2A-E

Wallpaper Border

Small fragment of floral wallpaper border. Flower and ribbon border fragment very similar to, and found with, 2001.281.507.2A-E. Pink flowers linked by ribbon and bead garlands. Stripes with geometric pattern above and below the floral design. Block-printed in green (appears brown), blue, pink, r...

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286887

Accession Number: 2001.281.508

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment with masonry rosette pattern. Block-printed in white, dark red, and orange on gray ground.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286890

Accession Number: 2001.281.509

Wallpaper

Four fragments of wallpaper with all-over rose sprig pattern. Naturalistic rose sprigs with pink blossoms, buds and foliage over a background of grasses and foliage shadowed in blue. Roller-printed in white, two light pinks, two olives, ochre, brown and turquoise on light blue ground. Selvedge mar...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286894

Accession Number: 2001.281.510A-D

Wallpaper

Three fragments of geometric wallpaper from South Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Repeating pattern of fleur-de-lis figures framed by tear-shaped cartouches over a background of small fleur-de-lis figures. Roller-printed in pale green, dark green, white, black and metallic silver on olive ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 286897

Accession Number: 2001.281.511A-C

Wallpaper

Multiple fragments of scenery figure wallpaper from West Newton, Massachusetts. The wallpaper pattern consists of two alternating columns, each with two different alternating scenes, one large and one small. The scenes include a castle wall with towers, a timber frame cottage, an arched building w...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286926

Accession Number: 2001.281.512A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with geometric pattern from West Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Alternating, stencil-like rosette figures form an overall geometric pattern resembling a tile mosaic. Block-printed in blue and white on ungrounded, pink paper. Wove paper, partial sheets. Lathe marks, from a later wall ...

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286934

Accession Number: 2001.281.513

Wallpaper

Scenic wallpaper fragments from Winchendon, Massacusetts. Scenery and masonry square pattern with three scenery figures, each in a separate column, alternating with masonry squares. The scenes depict a cottage by a lake with a boat, a stone bridge over a waterway with swans, and a castle above a wa...

Date: 1900

Maker: York Wall Paper Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 286937

Accession Number: 2001.281.514AB

Wallpaper

Two fragments of Rococo Revival wallpaper from Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Floral sprigs in a framework of asymmetrical foliate scrollwork. Block-printed in gray, green and either red or yellow on white ground.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286957

Accession Number: 2001.281.515.1AB

Wallpaper

Two fragments of Renaissance Revival wallpaper from Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Strapwork pattern block-printed in blue, black, brown, and white on tan ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 286958

Accession Number: 2001.281.515.2AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of damask-style wallpaper from the Salisbury Mansion, Worcester, Massachusetts. Foliate and grain stalk damask. The central design element is a large "U" or lyre-shaped foliate and scroll figure. Grain stalks, or possibly hops flowers, rise from the top of the figure and dangling from its ...

Date: 1811-1817

Maker: Probably Moses Grant, Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 286959

Accession Number: 2001.281.516

Wallpaper Sample Book

Wallpaper sample book titled "Harmony House Color Perfect Wallpapers, Color Magic for Every Room" by Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog has over seventy wallpapers with suggestions for their use, coordinating papers and othe decorating tips. Catalog also includes wallpaper supplies. Catlaog cover has a ...

Date: 1948

Maker: Sears, Roebuck and Company

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287024

Accession Number: 2001.1

Wallpaper Sample Book

Wallpaper sample book titled "Richard E. Thibaut / Peerless Wall Papers / No. 1 1909 / New York Brooklyn / Boston Newark / The Largest Wall Paper House In The World." Book is covered with a heavy green paper with a dark green fabric tape binding. A fabric tape is strung through two holes in the bind...

Date: 1909

Maker: Richard E. Thibaut Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ceiling papers, textile materials

GUSN: 287026

Accession Number: 1999.57

Wallpaper Scrapbook

Brown leather-bound scrapbook with a maroon binding over a wooden spine. Scarpbook contains fourteen pages of used fragments of wallpaper from the Jackson Homestead, 527 Washington Street, Newton, MA.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), leather, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 287027

Accession Number: 1966.193

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper sample in the "Honeysuckle" pattern by Cole & Son (London) with all-over densely arranged foliage with flowering honeysuckle blossoms. Block printed in green and brown on a white ground.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287032

Accession Number: 2000.866

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Wallpaper with trellis design formed by white interlace on a bright green ground. Made by Cole & Son (London); pattern name unknown.

Date: 20th c.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287034

Accession Number: 2000.876