Historic New England

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

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large diaper pattern formed by orange, stylized foliate elements framing white, stiff-leaf wreaths which enclose white shell motifs. Straight match.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179132

Accession Number: 1990.599

Wallpaper

Fragment. Large-scale basket of flowers alternating with a stylized, floral quatrefoil. Printed in pink, green and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179133

Accession Number: 1990.600

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral medallions bordered by stylized grape or berry vine. Printed in blue on a light blue ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179134

Accession Number: 1990.602

Wallpaper

Fragment. Landscape figure. Girl laying a wreath before a statue of Cupid. Printed in green, grey, black and white on a buff or yellow ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179135

Accession Number: 1990.608

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Meandering floral vine with red and white flowers accented with white organically shaped ribbon or lace

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179136

Accession Number: 1990.597AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped paper with climbing vines, horizontal lines and C-curves. Printed in blue, white, green, orange on a grey ground.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179137

Accession Number: 1990.619.2AB

Wallpaper

Fragment. Classical medallion design. Classically dressed woman (possibly allegory of Spring) holding a basket of flowers and surrounded by a wreath of flowers. Printed in three greens, two pinks, ivory and brown on a green field.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179138

Accession Number: 1990.607

Wallpaper

Three unused rolls. Urn framed by a hexagon topped by a pair of Greek masks and flanked by peacocks alternating with a lyre with bird head terminals and draped with bellflower pendants. Printed in brown, tan, orange and ochre.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179139

Accession Number: 1990.621A-C

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Gilt stripe. Veritically repeating stripe of fern-like leaves alternating with stripe of foliate sprigs. Printed in metallic gold on blue ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179140

Accession Number: 1990.601

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. All over stylized leaf and flower design. Printed in two browns on beige ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179141

Accession Number: 1953.604AB

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Plain grey stripes flanking stripe composed of daisy and rose blossoms. Reverse printed on a light grey field.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179142

Accession Number: 1953.594

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Large-scale sprays of roses and daisies. Printed in two pinks, mauve, red, maroon, three greens and yellow. Drop match.

Date: 1940-1950

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

GUSN: 179143

Accession Number: 1993.6

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Stripe composed of meandering floral vine alternating with narrow stripe of black losenges on a field of white, horizontal pin stripes. Printed in maroon, green, black and white.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179144

Accession Number: 1993.5

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

Fragment. Interlocking lattice design in brown and white with blue octagons in centers. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178994

Accession Number: 1968.71.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Reform style pattern composed of stylized foliate elements on a blue reverse printed field within white diamonds with scalloped edges and alternating with smaller quatrefoils on a maroon reverse printed field. All printed on unground paper.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178995

Accession Number: 1968.71.5

Wallpaper

Fragments. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by unground paper with white reverse printed fields. Stylized flower within a medallion at the intersections. Printed in red, black and white.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178996

Accession Number: 1968.71.6

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Woodgrain stripes bordered by narrow brown stripes, narrow tighter grained woodgrain stripe and tan stripe. Printed in two browns, tan and red. Straight match.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178997

Accession Number: 1968.71.8

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Woodgrain paper. Wide, alternating stripes of imitation bird's-eye maple and pine planking. Printed in brown, tan and red on beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178998

Accession Number: 1968.71.9

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Stripe. Ivy leaves with red flower elements alternating with stripe of possibly a moire pattern in white on pale yellow ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178999

Accession Number: 1968.71.14B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Pieces too small to determine design, but it is probably a mid-sized floral medallion. Printed in green and white on unground paper.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179000

Accession Number: 1968.71.14C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Floral stripe. Continuous berried and flowered vine in green and red and bordered by strapwork stripe in tan on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179001

Accession Number: 1968.71.14A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Allover floral design of daisy-like flower heads in red, pink and blue surrounded by dense field of foliage printed in green, red and blue-grey on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179002

Accession Number: 1968.72.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. Floral trail of orchid-like flowers printed in light blue, pink and red with a green and yellow striped stamen, all outlined in black. Printed on a beige polished ground.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179003

Accession Number: 1968.72.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Ashlar block pattern of imitation granite. Hexagon or octagon blocks divided into organic / irreglualrly shaped areas and printed freehand with black and white speckles on grey ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179004

Accession Number: 1968.72.4

Wallpaper

Fragments. Appears to be allover design of loosely arranged flowers and scrolls in grey and black on a light grey ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179005

Accession Number: 1968.72.1

Wallpaper

Fragments. Diaper pattern. Diamonds formed by reverse printed lines revealing unground paper and enclosing centered diamonds with floral elements on a white field.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179006

Accession Number: 1971.178.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. Foliate stripe. Green and white stripes with meandering foliate vine reverse printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179007

Accession Number: 1971.178.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diaper pattern. Quatrefoil (flower) within segmented diamond marked with parallel diagonal lines. Printed in brown and white on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179008

Accession Number: 1968.71.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Alternating green and white moire stripes bordered by honeycomb pattern and stylized leaf motif and berries. Printed on unground paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179009

Accession Number: 1968.71.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments fashioned into a collage affixed to colored paper and paperboard. Arts and crafts style papers. Roses with a figure 8 stem. Stripes of linear elements, squares and dots. Geometric shapes with hard edges juxtaposed with curved forms. Printed in two greens, pink red and white on a...

Date: 1905-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179010

Accession Number: 1976.3

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Reform style, stripe pattern. Stylized floral bouquet in between stripes. Along and on the stripes are chevrons and decorative patterning and stylized leaf ornaments. Printed in metallic gold, tan, brown and teal on a grey ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179011

Accession Number: 1922.709

Wallpaper

Unused sample of three uncut borders. Floral pattern of roses and daisies in a scalloped framework. Printed in two browns, cream, tan, three greens and burgundy on a polished white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179012

Accession Number: 1918.896

Wallpaper

Fragment. The border design is a very simple drapery paper with tassels in between each drapery swag. Black painted on a yellow-beige ground.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179013

Accession Number: 1986.1080

Wallpaper

Possibly part of a landscape figure paper. Stripe pattern with a meandering vine and a stripe of horizontal, elliptical dots. Printed in dark green and white on a pink ground.

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179014

Accession Number: 1986.1081ab

Wallpaper

Fragment. Scenery paper with a cartouche framing some type of maritime scene with a body of water, ship and tower (in the background) and a rainbow sky. Printed in two blues, two pinks, red, green, grey and brown on a white polished ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179015

Accession Number: 1927.373

Wallpaper

Four fragments. Vignettes of Rococo figures framed by flowers and scrolls and foliage. Printed in pink, red, yellow, brown, two greens and blue on grey ground.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179016

Accession Number: 1952.470A-D

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of gilt stripe wallpaper. Pattern consists of rosebud and leaf edged with plum sprigs set in interlocking lacy ovals. Printed in gold leaf on grey ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179018

Accession Number: 1985.41

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment. Overall pattern of leaves. Printed in beige, tan and blue on off-white ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179019

Accession Number: 1924.566

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment. Overall pattern of leaves. Printed in green, red and beige on light grey ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179020

Accession Number: 1924.563

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragments. Delicate floral bouquet and stylized fleur-de-lis medallion pattern. Printed in green, white and grey on a grey polished ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179021

Accession Number: 1924.660

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with attached border. Paper (A) has pattern of alternating blue and white diamonds with opposite color quatrefoil flower in the center of each. White pinstripe background. Printed in blue and white on ungrounded paper. Top edge of paper is decorated with a blue ingrain border ...

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179022

Accession Number: 1924.561AB

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment of border with bellflower motif. Printed in two greens, black, brown, tan, metallic gold on beige ground.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179024

Accession Number: 1924.567.2

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment. Stylized geomtric and floral figure set within large diamond fretwork pattern. Printed in green, tan, brown, orange, blue on white ground.

Date: 1860-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179025

Accession Number: 1924.567.1

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment of border. Egg and dart and delicate scroll pattern. Printed in two reds with gold dust and green flock overprinted with bright green on tan ground.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179026

Accession Number: 1924.568.2

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