Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral stripe. Trailing vine stripe alternating with floral stripe printed in blue, red and brown with white on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177899

Accession Number: 1965.4.9

Wallpaper

Fragment with overall grid of elongated hexagons, printed in dark green, green and white on ochre ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: Moses Grant & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177900

Accession Number: 1965.4.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper border fragment. Black, white and orange intertwining ribbon.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177901

Accession Number: 1965.6.1b

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern in white with purple flowers, each shape divided by serpentine area with red vine printed on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177902

Accession Number: 1965.5.10

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral and gingham stripe. Blue gingham stripe alternating with pinstripe band with purple and blue flowers on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177903

Accession Number: 1965.5.11

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Wide stripe of white spirals flanked by blue and red floral stripe. Printed on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177904

Accession Number: 1965.5.12

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Red and orange rosebud stripe alternating with narrow black stripe bordered by white circles on light blue ground paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177905

Accession Number: 1965.5.13

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Overall floral pattern of red and gold flowers with tan stems and leaves on white ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177906

Accession Number: 1965.5.14

Wallpaper border

Wallpaper border fragment. Floral stripe, petals overprinted on narrow band of losenges and dots. Printed in red, purple, yellow and green.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177907

Accession Number: 1965.5.14b

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scrolls and flowers in the Reveillon manner. Printed in gold, white and burgundy.

Date: 1889-1900

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177908

Accession Number: 1965.5.15

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Red and white roses with green leaves on a tan and yellow ground.

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177909

Accession Number: 1965.5.15b

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stylized flower (sunflower?) printed in gold within diaper pattern formed by intersecting chains and four-petaled flowers in yellow, accented with metallic white on a tan ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177910

Accession Number: 1965.5.16

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. All over flower heads (daisies?) printed in blue and white with pink C-scrolls.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177911

Accession Number: 1965.5.17

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Baroque medallion framed by scrolls. Medallion center is stylized torch in maroon on green surrounded by white beading. Ground is grey with white pin dots.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177912

Accession Number: 1965.5.18

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Blue and white tile design with faux crackle finish. Squares with blue stylized quatrefoils on tan paper.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177913

Accession Number: 1965.5.19

Wallpaper border

Wallpaper fragment. Border. Blue and white tile pattern. Squares and diamonds enclosing stylized quatrefoils on grey ground with white dots.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177914

Accession Number: 1965.5.19b

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stylized flowers in a diaper or knot pattern. Printed in sienna on bright yellow ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 177915

Accession Number: 1965.5.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Arts and Crafts rose and stripe paper on striped ground. Printed in red, pink, green, tan and yellow.

Date: 1910-1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177916

Accession Number: 1965.5.20

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Diamond pattern of three-dimensional stepped pyramid with bull's eye at each intersection. Printed in brown and white on cinnamon ground.

Date: 1811-1817

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

GUSN: 177917

Accession Number: 1965.5.3

Partial roll and fragment. Grisaille figures classically dressed (boy with tambourine and woman with lyre) alternating with griffin flanked by arabesques. Framed on left and right by grisaille imitation plaster work. Printed in three greys, five blues, red, orange, yellow, two pinks, tan, brown and ...

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179046

Accession Number: 1917.150AB

Wallpaper Border

Uncut roll of wallpaper border, plus two partial rolls. Neoclassical design with vertically connected elements: urn; Roman coin; lions drinking; and Roman sphinx alternating with arabesques. Printed in red, blue, yellow, and white on a black ground. French.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 179047

Accession Number: 1925.668A-C

Wallpaper

Three partial rolls. Sphinx embellished with arabesques, separated by profile portrait bust within a circular medallion and two lionesses drinking from a fountain. Printed in orange, yellow, two blues, rose, pink, green and white.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179048

Accession Number: 1917.155A-C

Wallpaper

Partial roll of uncut borders. Repeating motif of a wreath inscribed within a square and framed by bands of husks with rosettes at the corners. Printed in yellow, ochre, tan, red, brown and grey.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179049

Accession Number: 1917.146

Wallpaper Roll

Roll of wallpaper border. Pink and red foliate scrolls with rosette terminals printed above and below row of grisaille ovals. Printed in two pinks, red, magenta, three greys, brown and white.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179050

Accession Number: 1917.149

Wallpaper Border

Unused roll of borders. Three grisaille plumes alternating with bouquet of foliage and entwined with a lace ribbon printed below a row of losenges and beads. Printed in two greys, white, two pinks, mauve, yellow, orange and burnt sienna.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179051

Accession Number: 1925.666

Wallpaper

Two rolls. Nude figure holding a staff alternating with snakes entwining the legs. Both motifs are framed by fluted columns and arches. Printed in pink, taupe, yellow and black.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179052

Accession Number: 1925.667

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Plant stucco design with rosettes and acanthus scrolls printed in yellow, ochre, tan, orange and two browns, wrapped by garland of grisaille flowers and bordered above and below by band of oak leaves and acorns.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179053

Accession Number: 1917.151AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment of border. Pattern consists of rosettes alternating with crossed arrows intersecting with bow and calyx, edged with horizontal column of wheat sheaf. Printed in two browns, three greys and black. Straight repeat.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179054

Accession Number: 1917.154

Wallpaper

Three fragments of wallpaper from the Daniel Hough House in Labanon, New Hampshire. Two wide ceiling border fragments (A-B) with a pattern of horizontal stripe of roses over a background of lace with floral sprigs. Block printed in orange, pink, varnish green, black and white on blue ground.

Date: 1802-1807

Maker: Zechariah Mills (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179055

Accession Number: 1966.411.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments of pastoral scenic paper. Prints in black and white on grey ground.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179056

Accession Number: 1921.333

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragments. Gold and yellow stylized floral elements enclosed within grey lattice on grey ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179057

Accession Number: 1922.21

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Stripe pattern. Vertical elipses framing stylized flower heads bordered by vetruvian scrolls. Printed in green, black, red, tan, ochre and beige on unground paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179058

Accession Number: 1911.110

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of scenery figure wallpaper. Pattern consists of strapwork framing scenes of rural life alternating with vignetttes of tools of learning, such as books, globe and telescope. Printed in green, grey, and brown on white, ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179059

Accession Number: 1911.78

Wallpaper

Fragments of wallpaper. Scenery paper of rabbit hunt and woman selling dead rabbits from a basket. Printed in two greens, brown, pink, rose, blue, beige and white on unground paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179060

Accession Number: 1911.147A-F

Wallpaper

Large fragment of trailing leaf, floral bouquet and strapwork stripe. Printed in three browns, grey, beige, red, pink, two greens, yellow, two blues on white satin ground.

Date: 1845-1859

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179061

Accession Number: 1911.107

Wallpaper

Fragment of rainbow wallpaper. Printed in ochre and yellow on blended red, yellow, blue satin ground on olive-green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179062

Accession Number: 1911.82

Wallpaper

Cut fragment of striped wallpaper. Consists of alternating green and white stripes with stylized leaf motifs printed in grey and dark green.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179063

Accession Number: 1911.111

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Pattern consists of vignettes of various fruits set within guilloche frame or platter over diapered ground. Printed in light and dark brown, white and green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179064

Accession Number: 1911.108

Wallpaper

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

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179065

Accession Number: 1911.88

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Renaissance Revival gray strapwork ornamented with flowers and framing a green urn with a maroon bouquet. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179066

Accession Number: 1911.95

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Strapwork pattern printed in blue, taupe and brown on white ground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: Blanchard and Rose (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 179067

Accession Number: 1911.81A-D

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Fragonnard-like pastoral vignettes separated by flowers, fruit, gardening tools and musical instruments. Printed in three blues, pink, rose, mauve, red, lavender, olive, tan and brown on unground paper.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179068

Accession Number: 1911.100A

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revival wallpaper. Pattern consists of niches with statuary, gothic arches, spires, and windows. Printed in three browns on polished, white ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179069

Accession Number: 1911.101

Wallpaper

Fragment of Scenery figure wallpaper representing the Crimean War, specifically the Siege of Sebastopol (1854-1855), alternating with portrait medallions of Lord Raglan and Lord Palmerston. Printed in brown, grey, red-orange, blue, white and black on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179070

Accession Number: 1911.103

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments of Gothic Revival wallpaper. Pattern consists of an interiorscape showing vaulting, ogee arches, tracery, windows, and niches with statues. Printed in green, brown, white, gray, white on gray ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179071

Accession Number: 1911.74AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment of meandering leaf and vine patterned paper. Printed in tan, red, green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179072

Accession Number: 1911.87

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Renaissance revival strapwork stripe alternating with medallion ornamented with foliate scrolls and garland. Printed in tan and maroon on white polished ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179073

Accession Number: 1911.91

Wallpaper

Fragment of Renaissance Revival wallpaper. Pattern consists of interlacing strapwork and floral trail. Printed in light grey, white, red, green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179074

Accession Number: 1911.92

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern formed by green and rose lattice framing floral sprigs with berries. Printed on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179075

Accession Number: 1911.94

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Allover design of foliate medallions with flower blossoms and buds. Printed in green on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179076

Accession Number: 1911.96

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