Historic New England

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Hunting scene tapestry paper. Stag chased in a wooded glen by two hounds. Printed in blue, violet, four browns, four greens, black, white on an olive ground. Over printed with a grey mesh screen.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Henry Gledhill & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179145

Accession Number: 1953.586A

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Densely entwined floral vine with thick green stems and flowers with red centers. Printed against a field of metallic gold, willow-like foliage. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179146

Accession Number: 1953.597

Wallpaper

Wallpaper roll. Stripe of repeating sprigs of pink carnations with blue berries alternating with stripes of grey beads and stylized husks. Printed in two pinks, magenta, two blues, two greens, tan, brown, and two greys.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179147

Accession Number: 1953.587

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Imitation woodgrain paper printed in brown, tan and cream.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179148

Accession Number: 1953.589

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Continuously repeating stylized sunflower, peony and tulips surrounded by lush foliage. Printed in maroon, magenta, red, yellow, ochre, olive and tan against a plain, metallic gold.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179149

Accession Number: 1953.591

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Continuous and allover design printed in white in imitation of silk moire.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179150

Accession Number: 1953.592

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Tile design of alternating stylized flowers in imitation of mosaic. Printed in red, green, blue, black and cream.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Liberty Papers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 179151

Accession Number: 1953.593

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Diaper pattern formed by white losenges framing blue foliate motifs.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179152

Accession Number: 1953.598

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over repeat over a trailing grape vine. Printed in green and black.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179153

Accession Number: 1953.599

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper border. Cabled motif. Printed in blue, pink, yellow, black on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179154

Accession Number: 1953.602

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Delicate scrolling foliage. Printed in metallic silver or white mica on yellow or beige ground.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179155

Accession Number: 1953.603

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern formed by black dotted lines with red and black stars at the intersections and framing reverse printed ivory centers. On unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178953

Accession Number: 1929.980A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grey Greek key stripe alternating with vertical row of small scale floral vine printed in grey, tan, olive and green. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178954

Accession Number: 1929.981

Wallpaper

Two unused fragments of wallpaper. Striped, embossed, gilt design of grape or berry clusters alternating with floral sprig sprouting from a heart-shaped element. Gilt on grey ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178955

Accession Number: 1929.982AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of roller printed, striped paper. There are landscape vignettes in Rococo cartouches with swags of vines connecting each one. Printed in silver and gold mica, grey, three greens, pale blue and reddish brown on a cream ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178956

Accession Number: 1966.441

Wallpaper

Fragment. All over foliate and vine reverse printed on a green field with black pin dots on a white ground.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178957

Accession Number: 1924.609

Wallpaper

Fragment. Cone and leaf border printed in black and orange on a green ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 178958

Accession Number: 1924.610

Wallpaper

Border fragment of continuous vine with white and grey roses printed in four greens and blue with brown flock overprinted with two greens. The border is trimmed along the outlines of the flowers at the lower edge. Attached to wallpaper fragment 1965.12.2D

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178959

Accession Number: 1965.12.2C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Cherry tree branches with leaves and blossoms. Printed in aqua, two pinks, two greens, grey, two blues, two tans and black on white ground. Attached to border 1965.12.2C

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178960

Accession Number: 1965.12.2D

Wallpaper

Fragments. Geometric design. Checked squares alternating with squares framing four anthemia. Printed in red on yellow ground.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: Grant, Charles (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178961

Accession Number: 1965.11B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Striped paper composed of band of dots alternating with small repeating scrolls with foliate terminals. Printed in white on yellow ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178962

Accession Number: 1965.10B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by intersecting ribbons of lace and filled with a pattern on 'X's and dots. Printed in red and white on brown (originally yellow?).

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178963

Accession Number: 1965.10C

Wallpaper

Fragment. Green stylized sprigs alternating with white floral medallions on buff ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178964

Accession Number: 1965.10A

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover, small-scale, formal floral design in brown, olive and blue on a tan ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178965

Accession Number: 1980.237.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Allover pattern of trailing floral vine with tendrils and scrolls alternating with floral medallions draped by beaded garland.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178966

Accession Number: 1980.237.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Narrow, two blues stripe on a wider beige stripe which alternates with a stripe of white, horizontal pin stripes. Straight match.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178967

Accession Number: 1980.237.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale diaper pattern. Raised coffer-like design in tan and white enclosing dark green field.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178968

Accession Number: 1971.47

Wallpaper

Fragments. Overall pattern not discernable. Raised design on black, textured ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178969

Accession Number: 1980.238

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grid of provencals in maroon and white with patera centers and white solid circles at the corners. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178970

Accession Number: 1971.46

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Small-scale purple flower with grisaille leaves framed by ogees edged on rootlets and reverse printed floral wreaths. Printed on polished white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178972

Accession Number: 1971.152

Wallpaper

Fragment. Neat vine and stripe. Continuous vertical stripe of foliate ellipses framing wheat. Printed in white on cinnamon ground.

Date: 1796-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178973

Accession Number: 1976.405

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale Renaissance strapwork entwined and pierced by a foliate vine. Printed in grey on a field of green and maroon on a polished white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178974

Accession Number: 1987.7

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Flowers in two blues printed over field of two gray flowers (roses) and leaves. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178975

Accession Number: 1987.3

Wallpaper

Sample. Pattern consists of the interior of a building highlighting its architecture. Probably Indian or Egyptian in style with pointed arches, peapod ornament, columns with lotus leaves. Printed in green, brown and white on an unground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178976

Accession Number: 1987.16A-D

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover C-scrolls and flowers in brown and two greys, accented by two rose blossoms in two pinks, crimson and brown and outlined by radiating pin dots. Straight match.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178977

Accession Number: 1987.6

Wallpaper

Cut sample of Rococo Revival style. Ungrounded paper with pin-dot patterning in brown. Scrolled foliage printed in yellow-gold and brown; roses printed in green and brown.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178978

Accession Number: 1987.9

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale, allover, stylized flowers in mauve/pink, on a green striped field on a polished white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178979

Accession Number: 1987.11

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper border sample. Maltese cross alternating with squares of Chinese lattice design and bordered top and bottom with smaller, repeated Maltese crosses. Printed in yellow, red, and maroon on a tan gound.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178980

Accession Number: 1987.12

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Vine and stripe design. Flowering vine, wisteria (?) printed in blue and light blue and alternating with vertical stripe of scrolls composed of narrow horizontal lines. Printed on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178981

Accession Number: 1987.14

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Large-scale mixed flower bouquet. Anemones, peonies, morning glories and others printed in four blues with grey shadows on polished white ground.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178982

Accession Number: 1987.2

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Allover flowers (roses?) and foliage. Printed in dark brown, brown and tan on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178983

Accession Number: 1987.4

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Floral wreaths on a blue field framed within plasterwork coffers in two browns and cream on an ashler block ground. Printed on a taupe ground.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178984

Accession Number: 1987.5

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Foliate scrolls and strapwork in dark grey framing pink roses, small blue and purple flowers and climbing vines. Bordered on the right by an ashlar column entwined by berried ivy.

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178985

Accession Number: 1987.8

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral stripe wallpaper. Continuous vine of entwined wild roses and strawberries and flanked by a foliage vine (perhaps ivy). Printed in white and tan on a polished buff ground. Straight match.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178986

Accession Number: 1987.13AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper sample. Imitation woodgrain planks. Printed in brown and tan on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178987

Accession Number: 1987.15AB

Wallpaper

Fragments. Anglo-Japanese design composed of palm-like foliage and stylized flowers against a background of irregularly-sized geometric patterns. Drop match.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178988

Accession Number: 1968.71.12

Wallpaper

Fragments. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by small stepped diamonds with larger diamonds at midsection and framing centered diamonds of blue, yellow and red edged with white brattishing. Printed on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178989

Accession Number: 1968.71.7

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover meandering flowers with thick stems. Printed in olive, orange and grey on a pale yellow reverse oriented field on unground paper.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178990

Accession Number: 1968.71.13

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Rainbow medallions of stylized flowers and foliage printed in blue, blending to yellow on blue rag paper.

Date: 1830-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178991

Accession Number: 1968.71.1

Wallpaper

Fragments. Reform style diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by intersecting unground lines with white reverse printed fields. Tri-lobed leaves in brown, red and green sprouting red berries centered in each diamond.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178992

Accession Number: 1968.71.10

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