Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral bouquets on a background of scrolled leaves. Printed in blue, two greens, black, metallic silver on blue-grey ground. Rib textured paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176495

Accession Number: 1985.26.674

Unused sample. Floral bouquet of peonies and miscellaneous floers mixed with scrolled acanthus leaves. Printed in two pinks, three greens, yellow, blues, two browns on a light red mica ground. Rib textured paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176496

Accession Number: 1985.26.675

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Floral bouquets of tulips and peonies and small floral wreaths over a background of leaves and small flowers. Printed in cream, grey, greens, pink, and light blue on dark blue ground. Ribbed textured paper. Drop repeat.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176497

Accession Number: 1985.26.676

Wallpaper

Unused sample of floral and stripe pattern. Pattern consists of roses and lilies (?) meandering over a striped background of scrolling leaves. Printed in two pinks, yellow, two greens, brown, grey-blue, gold on blue liquid mica ground. Rib textured paper. Straight repeat?

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176498

Accession Number: 1985.26.677

Wallpaper

Unused sample of floral paper, possibly imitating a chintz fabric. Printed in five reds, beige, greys, blue, pink, green, lavender, on light beige ground. Rib textured paper.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176499

Accession Number: 1985.26.678

Wallpaper

Unused sample of frieze paper. Large-scale floral and leaf pattern of poppies and vines edged with horizontal bead and spindle(?). Printed in brown, tan, beige, two pinks, blue-grey and metallic gold on textured paper.

Date: 1890-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176500

Accession Number: 1985.26.679

Wallpaper

Stripes of tan, purple, and fuchsia bordering a wide band of metallic gold, Chinese lattice with clusters of rose blossoms. Printed in three greens, salmon, peach, and brown on a cream ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176501

Accession Number: 1985.26.682

Wallpaper

Allover design of floral sprays with grass entwined with arabesques. Printed in brown, tan, grey, and pink on a beige ground.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176502

Accession Number: 1985.26.684

Wallpaper

Tile paper with rosettes and simple floral motifs in each square. Printed in red and black.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176503

Accession Number: 1985.26.685

Wallpaper

Tile pattern of alternating octagons with stylized flower motif and bellflower element. Printed in two greens and brown on an ungrounded varnished paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176504

Accession Number: 1985.26.686

Wallpaper

Continuous band of flowers, anemone? with broad rounded leaves. Printed in brown, tan, beige, buff, four greens, pink, lavender, and grey on a taupe ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176505

Accession Number: 1985.26.687

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale entwined flowering vines with berries. Printed in three browns, tan and beige on a field of metallic gold and embossed ochre ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176506

Accession Number: 1985.26.688

Wallpaper

Allover floral design of hibiscus or other exotic flower printed in brown, burnt umber, maroon, and red on a yellow field and olive green embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176507

Accession Number: 1985.26.690

Wallpaper

Large-scale scrolling foliage and stylized flowers. Printed in three browns, three greens, rust, and yellow on a varnished brown ground.

Date: 1880-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176508

Accession Number: 1985.26.692

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale, allover flowering vine, printed in pale green on an embossed metallic gold field. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176509

Accession Number: 1985.26.693

Wallpaper

Tudor rolls alternating with flowers and pomegranates, bordered by cable band and overprinted with fine black lines to imitate woven tapestry. Printed in two mauves, three browns, blue, green, yellow, and black.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176510

Accession Number: 1985.26.694

Wallpaper

Bifurcated, Athenian motif alternating with stylized four-pointed foliate element. Printed in grey, metallic gold, pale green, and tan on a light grey ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176511

Accession Number: 1985.26.695

Wallpaper

Band of feathers entwined by lace ribbon bordered above and below by rows of cable. Printed in red, pink, two browns, and metallic gold on a taupe ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176512

Accession Number: 1985.26.696

Wallpaper

Incomplete width. Large rose blossoms with clover leaves against a field of metallic green and copper stripes. Printed in three pinks, orange, yellow, white, and two greens.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176513

Accession Number: 1985.26.697

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diagonally repeating basket of flowers separated by a meandering vine of wheat and bachelor buttons. Printed in gray and white on a green embossed ground with liquid mica.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176514

Accession Number: 1985.26.698

Wallpaper

Allover design of floral sprays, daisies, lilies, and lily of the valley. Printed in red, pink, salmon, yellow, two greens, blue, white, and two greys on grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176515

Accession Number: 1985.26.699

Wallpaper

Diagonally-striped, Persian carpet design. Geometric designs printed in crimson, olive, ochre, and black against navy blue and red stripes on a beige embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176516

Accession Number: 1985.26.7

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Continuous cord with overlapping lunettes joined with fretwork. Printed in two beiges, three greens and white on a red/brown ground.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176517

Accession Number: 1985.26.702

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Exotic floral design comprising bunches of peonies, ranaculus, and a variety of other flowers. Printed in pink, reds, ochre, orange, blue, white, brown, two greens, lavender, and grey on black ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176518

Accession Number: 1985.26.704

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Delicate floral paper. Central motif consists of small daisy bouquet under a morning glory surrounded by delicate foliage trails. Prints in lavender, lilac, three greens, white, two greys, two reds, yellow and metallic gold on purplish grey paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176519

Accession Number: 1985.26.706

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rows of meandering vines with carnation and rose blossoms. Printed in brown, tan, beige, and three blues against a field of pale yellow horizontal stripes on a grey embossed ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176520

Accession Number: 1985.26.707

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Large-scale, entwined, scrolling foliate vine with stylized tulip, hydrangea and lily blossoms and parrot. Printed in burgundy, red, salmon, tan, peach, two blues, two olives greens, and pale yellow on an embossed green ground. Drop match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176521

Accession Number: 1985.26.708

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover, meandering, baroque flowers with scrolling foliage and berries. Printed in brown and tan against a metallic gold field on a floral embossed field.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 176522

Accession Number: 1985.26.709

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Machine printed sprig pattern in two blues and two browns with brown dots on unground paper. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177578

Accession Number: 1986.1102

Wallpaper

Two fragments. Small-scale diaper pattern framed by white, reverse printed diamonds outlined in brown with blue, stylized flower heads in the centers. Straight repeat.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177579

Accession Number: 1986.1101AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Thin strips of grass tinted blue-grey and woven together with thread.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: grass (plant material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177580

Accession Number: 2000.162

Wallpaper

Fragment of Walt Disney cartoon character paper showing Mickey and Minnie Mouse on a picnic with Pluto, Donald Duck with train, Goofy, Pinocchio with Bambi, and two of the seven dwarfs. Light pink (?) ground with pattern printed in blue, pink, yellow, brown, black, red, orange.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Possibly Sunworthy (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177581

Accession Number: 1980.198

Wallpaper

Three unused rolls. Pattern composed of lacy medallions inset with rose nosegay. Octagonal medallion separated by leaves and small, circular medallion. Printed in pink, green, yellow on yellow-green ground.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Galligan, William J. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177582

Accession Number: 1978.210A-D

Wallpaper

Four partial rolls. Pattern composed of long-tailed bird (a finch?) set within a scalloped-shaped, floral medallion. Prints in green, brown, mauve, yellow on green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177583

Accession Number: 1978.205A-E

Wallpaper

Four fragments that fit together. Pattern features a central medallion with foliage inside and is framed by beading. Above and below medallion is flowing ribbon and on the side are flowers and foliage. Printed in two greys on a light grey ground.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177584

Accession Number: 1952.470

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Repeating diaper pattern with stylized medallions in each losenge. Small diamonds separate the large losenges. Printed in taupe, two greys on a gray-green ground.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177585

Accession Number: 1952.469

Wallpaper

Four unused rolls and fragments. Imitation woven design. Printed in gold, yellow, orange, green, cream on tan ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177586

Accession Number: 1978.207A-E

Wallpaper

Eight partial rolls of wallpaper. Allover floral pattern composed of peonies, poppies, mums, daisies and other assorted flowers. Printed in two yellows, two greens, beige on white ground.

Date: 1965-1975

Maker: unknown

Material: vinyl

GUSN: 177587

Accession Number: 1978.222

Wallpaper

Two unused rolls. Diapered pattern of small tulip motif. Prints in pink on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177588

Accession Number: 1978.221ab

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper roll. Pattern composed of rosette and swans flanking a lyre set within stencilled squares. Printed in white and grey on ochre ground.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 177589

Accession Number: 1950.600

Wallpaper

One length [Fragment A] and seven fragments [b-h] of the scenic paper "Les Jardins Francais." This panel depicts two women and a man in a park with a statue and balustrade. The architectural ornaments in the garden are derived from classical sources.

Date: 1822-1837

Maker: Zuber et Cie (Manufacturer) Mongin, Antoine-Pierre

GUSN: 177590

Accession Number: 1929.1853.1A-H

Wallpaper

Three unused rolls. Pattern composed of vertical stripe of tall basket or urn filled with flowers alternating with floral spray. Edged wtih heart motif and stylized leaf and flower. Prints in pink, mauve, three greens, blue, yellow, grey on grey ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1945-1950

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

GUSN: 177591

Accession Number: 1950.604.1-.3

Wallpaper

Rolled sample. Repeating bouquet of flowers, including roses, in a basket. Bordered on the left and right by a row of small hearts. Printed in three greens, pink, mauve, blue, yellow, olive, brown and grey. Drop repeat.

Date: 1945-1955

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

GUSN: 177592

Accession Number: 1950.605

Wallpaper

Unused roll. Pattern composed of floral spray with ivy garland alternating with floral rosette medallion; diapered background; pleated edges. Prints in two pinks, orange, three greens, red, white, tan, mauve on mauve ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1940-1950

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

GUSN: 177593

Accession Number: 1950.599

Wallpaper

Six unused rolls. Diaper pattern composed of root-like motif inset with anthemion. Printed in white and gray on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer) United Wallpaper Crafters of N. Am. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177594

Accession Number: 1950.602.1-.6

Wallpaper

Two full and one partial, unused rolls. Pattern composed of floral spray alternating with floral and leaf medallion encircled by bay leaf vine. Prints in two greys and white on grey ground.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer) United Wallpaper Crafters of N. Am. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 177595

Accession Number: 1950.603.1-.3

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused roll. Ashlar pattern composed of imitation marble blocks separated by leaf vines and rosette. Prints in brown, tan, white on tan ground.

Date: 1977

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 177596

Accession Number: 1979.98

Wallpaper

Two unused rolls of wallpaper. Solid slate-blue color. One roll is unopened and remains in its brown paper wrapper.

Date: 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 177597

Accession Number: 1950.601.1-.2

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Pillar and Arch design framing view of church spire, which same believe to be by Sir Christopher Wren, while others believe it is the Old North Church, Boston, MA. Printed in two browns and tan.

Date: 1906-1910

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 177598

Accession Number: 1942.4732

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover, stylized leaves reverse printed in green and red on an unground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177599

Accession Number: 2000.390

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