Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused striped wallpaper fragment. Continuous floral vine reverse printed in red and alternating with tan and ochre honeycomb stripe bordered by reform style elements in maroon and orange. Straight match.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176726

Accession Number: 1968.114A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Anglo-Japanese, naturalistic flowers and foliage entwined around Oriental lattice. Printed in grey, green, black, turquoise, red and purple on olive ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176727

Accession Number: 1971.21

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Vertical stripe - Broad stripes on which lavender oval plaques bearing a bow, arrow and quiver are crowned by oval alternate vertically with flowers. Printed in two browns, two greens, magenta, pink and lavender on beige polished ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176728

Accession Number: 1971.15

Wallpaper

Cut sample. Three-dimesional diaper pattern probably alternating with stripe composed of two entwined ribbons ornamented with daisy sprigs. Printed in two browns, tan, cream and ivory.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176729

Accession Number: 1971.7

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Vine and sprig wallpaper. White and off-white on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176730

Accession Number: 1971.37

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Repeated red and black quatrefoils within circles and alternating with yellow fleur-de-lis stylized element within pink diamonds.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176731

Accession Number: 1968.114B

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Garlands and arabesques framing and connecting group of "sculptural" cupids, one standing with arrow, two seated with lute and horn. Printed in two browns and ochre on turquoise, basket weave, embossed ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176732

Accession Number: 1968.54

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Border. Grid pattern imitating textile, tapestry. Stylized foliate forms alternate with arabesques consisting of an urn flanked by griffins, all highly stylized. Printed in black and metallic gold on taupe ground. Paper embossed with basket weave texture.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176733

Accession Number: 1968.56

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Grid pattern imitating mosaic tile, stylized foliate forms alternate with arabesques consisting of an urn, flanked by griffins. All highly stylized. Printed in black and metallic gold on terracotta, basket weave embroidered ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176734

Accession Number: 1968.55

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper border fragment. No pattern. Printed in a deep burgundy or crimson with a matte finish.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176735

Accession Number: 1971.18B

Wallpaper

Stylized blue floral pattern printed in blue on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1808-1810

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 176736

Accession Number: 1971.181.1

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern maroon and metallic gold dust diamond pattern with open crosses and stylized flowers at the intersection.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176737

Accession Number: 1968.57

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Chinoiserie paper with a central pagoda framed by trees, Three figures carrying fishing poles crossing a foot bridge, one figure in a boat and birds. Printed in two blues on a white ground.

Date: 1908

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176838

Accession Number: 1912.114

Wallpaper

Unused sample (incomplete width). Trellis entwined with climbing hydrangea and supporting small, brightly colored birds. Printed in three greens, two yellows, orange, red, two blues and three browns on unground paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176839

Accession Number: 1912.118

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Pattern of three-lobed floral forms on curved lines attached by rosettes. Printed in wine flock, two blues, two browns on a sand ground.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176841

Accession Number: 1922.712B

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper fragment. Olive flocked gathered ribbon over printed in green and black with repeated ribbon rosettes and grisaille bead.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176842

Accession Number: 1923.575B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Border. Blue palmette border with black triangular drop accented by pink horizontal band and repeating arch on light blue ground.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176844

Accession Number: 1923.6B

Bandbox

Tricorne pasteboard box covered with peacock patterned wallpaper. Scene of a peacock with balustrade and a broken Corinthian column.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176845

Accession Number: 1918.1454AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Paper with neoclassical and rococo elements. Medallions embellished with flowers, swags and vines, joined by meandering vines. Printed in purple, pink, white, two greens on a grey ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176846

Accession Number: 1922.712A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Small rosebud sprigs printed in aqua, green and pink on a white moire ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176847

Accession Number: 1923.575A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern formed of looped lines. In the center of each losenge are sprigs of leaves. Printed in brown, beige, taupe on a grey ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176848

Accession Number: 1923.576

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Paper has all-over stylized palmette, floral and scroll design. Block printed in white on a green ground.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176849

Accession Number: 1922.391

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Twiggy branches in tan alternating with floral and berried bough in white. Printed on a yellow ground.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176850

Accession Number: 1971.213.2

Wallpaper

Cut sample of nursery paper, depicting nursery rhymes such as "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Printed in greens, reds, pinks, blue, browns on light yellow ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176851

Accession Number: 1912.98

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large scale basket weave pattern printed in two blues and white on dark blue ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176852

Accession Number: 1917.222

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Small-scale all over berried vine printed in taupe and blue on polished ivory ground. Straight repeat?

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176853

Accession Number: 1918.1007

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Chinoiserie paper in grisaille. View of pagoda in a landscape bordered by black oriental lattice on grey ground.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176854

Accession Number: 1918.1661

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Chinoiserie paper. Allover pattern of strapwork, flowers and foliage. Printed in turquoise, blue and black on bright yellow ground.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176855

Accession Number: 1918.1662

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern formed by intersecting Greek keys in dark green and enclosing stylized flower element composed of four red bellflowers and dark green arrows on an off-white field. Printed on brown ground. Straight match.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176856

Accession Number: 1918.1663

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation silk damask stripe. Alternating rows of white berried and flowering vine and blue flowers. Printed in three blues, grey and white on a light grey ground.

Date: 1910-1919

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176857

Accession Number: 1919.298

Bandbox

Oval, wooden bandbox (A) with lid (B). Paper exhibits a floral pattern with scrolling foliage, carnations and hyacinths. Printed in white, pink and two greens on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176858

Accession Number: 1922.347AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Two rolls of uncut borders. Beading and egg and metallic gold on tan ground bordering red flocked stripe.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176859

Accession Number: 1922.352

Bandbox

Oval bandbox (A) with lid (B). Dense pattern featuring bright colored flowers on a background of amoeba-like bushes. Blockprinted in olive green, three pinks, black, chartreuse, and yellow on blue ground.

Date: 1831-1836

Maker: John C. & Charles Cook (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176860

Accession Number: 1923.577AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow Paper, diaper pattern. Grid formed by dotted line with quatrefoils at intersections and stylized leaves within diamonds. Varnish green on blended blue and white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176861

Accession Number: 1923.7

Bandbox

Oval bandbox (A) with lid (B) and lined with newspaper. Large-scale leaf pattern blockprinted in blue and red on a blended yellow, white and blue ground. There are two thin strips of another paper (probably Renaissance Revival) on the edges.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176862

Accession Number: 1924.438AB

Bandbox

Oval bandbox (A) with lid (B). Pastoral scene depicting a couple: woman has an armload of fruit and man leans on shovel. Another woman waters flowers with watering vessel. Printed in two greens, white, pink on a blue ground.

Date: 1828-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176863

Accession Number: 1926.860AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Off-print onto next layer of paper. Medallions or rosettes printed in white on blue ground. Straight match.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176864

Accession Number: 1919.358.2C

Wallpaper

Fragments, Rosettes in green enclosed by yellow wreaths with anthemion design (straight repeat?)

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176865

Accession Number: 1919.358.2B

Wallpaper

Fragment sprig and stripe. Narrow (3/16") white stripes bordered by blue stripes and alternating with verticle band of blue sprigs printed on grey ground (straight repeat?)

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176866

Accession Number: 1919.358.2A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Medallion or Rosette paper printed in white on blue ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176867

Accession Number: 1919.358.1A-C

Wallpaper

Blossoms and leaves printed in grisaille on yellow ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176868

Accession Number: 1971.215.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Foliate and floral scroll pattern printed in gray, overprinted with darker gray stripes. White, polished ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176869

Accession Number: 1971.215.3

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale grisaille foliate vine with flowers and berries accented with metallic gold (now tarnished) on light gray, polished ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176870

Accession Number: 1971.215.4

Wallpaper

Fragments. Foliate stripe in gray and white alternating with vertical stripe of windowpane plaid printed in two greens, ochre and brown on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176871

Accession Number: 1971.215.1

Scrapbook

Vine and stripe printed in grey, brown and taupe on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176872

Accession Number: 1971.217.2

Wallpaper

Faux moire wallpaper printed in green on white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176873

Accession Number: 1971.217.1

Scrapbook

Rococo scrolls printed in grey connected by garlands of blue, pink and yellow flowers with green foliage. (undetermined repeat)

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176874

Accession Number: 1971.216

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral Rococo design. Bouquets of roses, lily-of-the-valley and bachelor buttons framed by brown C-scrolls. Printed in two browns, tan, two blues, black, three greens and three pinks on white ground.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176875

Accession Number: 1920.470

Bandbox

Bandbox (A) with lid (B). Lid: Scene of lively squirrels. One has an acorn and the other, on all fours, wants it. Box: Scene of a stag hunt. Stag is leaping through a forest with dogs nipping at its heels. Maker's label on lid interior [see Inscriptions].

Date: 1833-1845

Maker: S.M. Hurlbert (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 176876

Accession Number: 1931.998AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper, cut sample of Anglo-Japanese paper. Floral and geometric motifs of Greek key and cherry blossoms. Printed in red, olive green, brown, yellow, gold on light green pebble textured paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176877

Accession Number: 1973.453

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