Historic New England

Wallpaper

Ten wallpaper fragments of foliated columns and arches with centered medallions on a patterned field. Printed in two greens, yellow, rust, teal and burnt sienna on a blue-grey ground.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179088

Accession Number: 1922.22A-J

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Grey stripes with scrolls framing maroon sprigs on alternating blue, olive, purple and green fields. Printed on a maroon, stylized diaper field on buff ground. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179089

Accession Number: 1978.133

Wallpaper

Fragments. Strapwork wallpaper printed in blue, taupe and brown on white ground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: Blanchard and Rose (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179090

Accession Number: 1978.130AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stylized floral medallion separated by fretwork. Printed in ochre, white, green and black on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179091

Accession Number: 1978.134

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragments. Renaissance Revivial, grey strapwork ornamented with flowers and framing a green urn with maroon bouquet. Printed on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179092

Accession Number: 1978.125AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from end of roll. Repeating floral sprays in six designs printed in rose, red, yellow, blue and green on a light blue, brushed ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179093

Accession Number: 1978.129

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment of strapwork and floral paper. Printed in grey, two greens, red, pink, blue, yellow on white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179094

Accession Number: 1978.126

Two unused fragments of Gothic Revival wallpaper [.1-.2]. Pattern consists of vignette of Gothic window with exterior view of arched gate set against blended sky and greenery. Vignette surrounded by floral and leaf swags. Printed in brown, red, green, blue on white, polished ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179095

Accession Number: 1978.127.1-.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Red flower baskets with pink, blue and yellow flowers on a field of white meandering vines. Printed on polished grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179096

Accession Number: 1978.124

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Stylized diaper pattern. Flower bouquets sprouting from scrolls and framed by scalloped lattice. Printed in turquoise on a light green ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179097

Accession Number: 1978.128

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Gothic arbor with fretwork and tracery framing taupe, brown, peach and grey foliate. Printed on a beige, polished ground. Straight match.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179098

Accession Number: 1978.135

School Book Cover

Wallpaper fragment. Allover stylized flowers on berried stems. Printed in brown, yellow and rose on a white ground.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179099

Accession Number: 1966.196

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Geometric pattern of interlaced lines that form diamonds, hexagons and star shapes with flowers inside the various shapes. Printed in blue on unground paper.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179100

Accession Number: 1971.1014.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. A simple rainbow paper with solid color ground and the woodblock printing the rainbow effect. Patterning of diamonds or diapered with a foliate wreath and stylized flower in the center. Printed in yellow, orange, red on a grey ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179101

Accession Number: 1971.1014.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Allover dense floral and foliate pattern. Printed in blue, white, grey, mustard on a light blue ground.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179102

Accession Number: 1971.1010A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Vertical curvilinear stripe with stylized floral ornament. Scrolls surround it. In between stripes is a long vertical rose vine or branch. Printed in two blues, two browns on white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179103

Accession Number: 1971.1011AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Striped pattern. Wide stripe with a pattern of wavy ameoba-like shapes alternate with a vertical column of four-lobed flowers. White squiggly lines and meandering vines fill recesses between stripes. Printed in three greens and white on a pale orchid ground.

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179104

Accession Number: 1932.2665

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of scrolling foliage surrounding a shell with a spray of flowers inside. Printed in mauve, green and ochre.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179105

Accession Number: 1932.2664

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Rainbow paper with an irise ground. The design consists of a basket of flowers framed by large acanthus leaves.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179106

Accession Number: 1955.194

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover delicate scrolling foliage with flower in the center of the scroll. Printed in grey, white, red, yellow on a grey ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179107

Accession Number: 1974.221b

Wallpaper

Fragment. Landscape vignettes framed by architectural moulding with Renaissance and Gothic elements. Printed in brown, various beiges and lighter browns, two greens, various blues on beige paper.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179108

Accession Number: 1971.153

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment. Landscape figure of woman and child feeding dog sitting on hind legs. Vignette separated by flowers and peacock feather motif. Printed in black, blue and white.

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179109

Accession Number: 1998.14

Wallpaper

Fragment of foliate wallpaper. Various leaves (including oak), berries and winding vines. A diaper pattern composed of curved lines fills space between leaves. Red and white printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179110

Accession Number: 1998.15A

Wallpaper

Fragment of foliate wallpaper (1 of 3). Various leaves (including oak), berries, and winding vines. A diaper pattern composed of curved lines fills space between leaves. Red and white printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179111

Accession Number: 1998.15B

Wallpaper

Fragment (1 of 3) of foliate wallpaper. Various leaves (including oak), berries and winding vines. A diaper pattern composed of curved lines fills space between leaves. Red and white printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179112

Accession Number: 1998.15C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Single sheet of reproduction wallpaper with entwined flowering vine with dotted serpentine stripe and dotted circles with scrolled edges. Cream on unground or plain varnished paper.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179113

Accession Number: 1990.606

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Two sheets of reproduction diaper patterned wallpaper. Pale yellow diamonds formed by zig-zag edges on unground paper.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179114

Accession Number: 1990.605AB

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Single sheet of early 20th-c. reproduction paper. Continuous leafy vine alternating with diaper patterned stripe. Printed in white on blue/grey paper.

Date: 1923

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179115

Accession Number: 1990.618

Wallpaper

Fragment. Petite-scale pillar and arch design. Fluted columns with decorative keystone arches framing floral bouquest in an urn. Printed in black and white on grey ground.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179116

Accession Number: 1990.609

Wallpaper

Fragment. Geometric tile pattern of circular floral medallions within octagons alternating with squares enclosing stylized foliate medallions. Printed in black and white on grey ground.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179117

Accession Number: 1990.614

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped design. Field of four white dots (in clusters) alternating with vertical strip of black, horizontal bars flanking narrow, white, horizontal stripes on a blue ground.

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179118

Accession Number: 1990.595

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Reproduction landscape figures. Vignette of a boy and girls with a dog beneath a tree, alternating with a basket filled with fruit and flowers. Printed in three greens, ivory on pink ground.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Caillard, Robert (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179119

Accession Number: 1990.613

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rainbow paper. Repeating floral medallions radiating plumes of feathers, wheat and fan-like blossoms. Printed in blended yellow, green and red on a buff colored ground.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179120

Accession Number: 1990.603AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Landscape figure. Girl laying a wreath before a statue of Cupid. View of a garden with trellises and fountain in background. Printed in green, grey, black and white on a yellow ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179121

Accession Number: 1990.612

Wallpaper

Fragment. Guilloche pattern formed by black and white feathery leaves framing a circle of small, black pin dots. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179122

Accession Number: 1990.610

Wallpaper

Fragment. Entwined ribbons creating a guilloche design and enclosing a stylized 6-petaled flower. Printed in black and white.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179123

Accession Number: 1990.615

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern formed by husk elements with 6-petaled flowers at the intersections. Printed in white on a blue ground.

Date: 1808-1810

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179124

Accession Number: 1990.620.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Continuous green, leafy vine with purple blossoms and yellow centers. Bordered above and below by yellow bands. Printed on a black ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179125

Accession Number: 1990.616B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Entwined floral and berried vines. Blossoms in white and berries in yellow on green vines.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179126

Accession Number: 1990.616A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Sprig and stripe design with a small, flowering vine flanked by black and white stripes and white, continuous flowers alternating with wide stripe of blue and black sprigs. Printed on ochre ground.

Date: 1805-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179127

Accession Number: 1990.620.2A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small repeating medallions composed of stylized foliage framing palmettes. Printed in indigo blue on a blue ground.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179128

Accession Number: 1990.593

Wallpaper

Fragment. Ashlar block pattern outlined in green and framing grey, neoclassical arabesques. Printed on a white ground.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179129

Accession Number: 1990.594

Wallpaper

Fragment. Three-dimensional losenges formed by black and white parallel lines and framing bisected black and blue diamonds. Printed on burnt sienna ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179130

Accession Number: 1990.596

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small repeating sprigs of stylized flowers in pink, yellow, rose, lavender and green on a field of black dots on white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179131

Accession Number: 1990.598

School Book Cover

Unused sample of wallpaper used as primer cover. Small, allover, black and yellow stars on a brown ground.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178925

Accession Number: 2000.663

Box

Small, wooden box with hinged lid. Covered in geometric patterned paper. Three-dimensional diamond shapes or parallelapipedon, foliate medallions in each. Blockprinted in white and black on a red ground. Inside is lined with blockprinted, floral paper on a blue ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 178926

Accession Number: 1972.124